Pronouncing D&D Words
16 years ago
General
Leaving aside all the fun new vocabulary words like "abjuration" and "lucubration" that Dungeons & Dragons players tend to pick up, there are a lot of new words in the game and related media which tend to see some disagreement in pronunciation.
"Drow" is a good example. Some rhyme it with THROW, others with COW; "ixitxachitl" is another confusing example. Monster names aren't the only stumbling blocks: I played a game with a half-orc cleric in the party who called his deity "grum-MUSH".
Are pronunciation arguments common in your games? Who do you consider the authority on these things, especially for completely (or mostly) fictional things?
"Drow" is a good example. Some rhyme it with THROW, others with COW; "ixitxachitl" is another confusing example. Monster names aren't the only stumbling blocks: I played a game with a half-orc cleric in the party who called his deity "grum-MUSH".
Are pronunciation arguments common in your games? Who do you consider the authority on these things, especially for completely (or mostly) fictional things?
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We're all used to the english terminology.
So any pronunciation debates, seldom as they are, are actually accusations of incompetence in english pronunciation. Not made-up words pronunciation. :D
I've seen people disagree about pronouncing "Yeenoghu." I'd always assumed YEE-no-ghyoo from hyenas and ghouls. I really haven't seen anyone get especially whatevered about any pronunciation, because we all know that a "drough" or a "droh" refers to "dark skinned, white haired, and typically hot elves who tend to be either evil or Mary Sues."