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Pronounciation Key
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:13 pm
by be my escape
Here is a partial pronunciation key. This is the place to discuss any pronunciation questions. Nahuel anyone???
Carlisle = CAR - lyle
Quileute = QUIL - yute (I asked the Quileute woman working in the Quileute Welcome Center)
Esme = EZ - may/mee (right in the middle of the two sounds)
Rosalie=Rose-ah-lee
Meyer = MY - er
Laurent = Lor-ahnt
Aro: ah-roh
Caius = keye-us (eye as in the word eye)
Palazzo dei Priori = pah-lah-tsoh day pree-oh-ree
La Tua Cantante = lah too-ah cahn-tahn-tay
Re: Pronounciation Key
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:14 pm
by NessieCullen
I say it as nah-Hue-ell, but maybe that's just me.
How do you pronounce Uley? Is it Oo-lee or You-lee or something else?
Re: Pronounciation Key
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:33 pm
by Alphie
I say You-lee for Uley.
And I say Nah-HUE-el for Nahuel. When in doubt, I go with the obvious.
However, I hope I'm not the only person this totally clueless out there. Siobahn is pronounced Sha-Vaun. Pel had a good laugh at me over this one, so please speak up if you didn't know that was how it was pronounced!
Re: Pronounciation Key
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:38 pm
by Miss Vengeance
Haha, you're definitely not the only one.
I kept pronouncing it See-oh-bon. Talk about embarrassing. It's such a misleading name!
Re: Pronounciation Key
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:18 am
by danobanano
I never had a problem with Renesmee (Re-Nez-May)
until my friend, and I'm not naming names but you know who you are, ruined it for me when she called her
Resume
Thanks a lot
Re: Pronounciation Key
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:42 am
by Andrea S.
Oddly enough, I only knew how to pronounce Siobahn because of the film "Speak" (starring Kristen, of course).
Re: Pronounciation Key
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:53 am
by lydiane
danobanano wrote:I never had a problem with Renesmee (Re-Nez-May)
until my friend, and I'm not naming names but you know who you are, ruined it for me when she called her
Resume
Thanks a lot
lol. okay.
Resume. Now that ruins it.
Re: Pronounciation Key
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:52 am
by jenni_elyse
danobanano wrote:I never had a problem with Renesmee (Re-Nez-May)
until my friend, and I'm not naming names but you know who you are, ruined it for me when she called her
Resume
Ha ha!
That just makes me laugh because I know who you're talking about!
The only name that I had a problem pronouncing was Aro. I always pronounce it like an arrow, but then I have to remember that it's Italian, so the "a" would be pronounced like the "a" in father.
The only reason I knew who to pronounce Siobhan's name was because I just got done reading a book with a name similar to it that had a pronunciation guide. Otherwise, I would have said is see-oh-ban.
Re: Pronounciation Key
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:12 pm
by dragon-girl
jenni_elyse wrote:
The only name that I had a problem pronouncing was Aro. I always pronounce it like an arrow, but then I have to remember that it's Italian, so the "a" would be pronounced like the "a" in father.
Isn't that how you pronounce an arrow anyway, with the sound like in father? (Or is this just my British accent?)
Re: Pronounciation Key
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:16 pm
by vamp na hEireann
Shiobhan is pronounced Shiv-awn.It's basically the Irish version of Joan.