How do you pronounce....

[Kayos]

Ridill = Riddle or Rid Ill?

[Epical]

Xarcabard: Zar - Ka - Bard
Byakko: Bee - ack - oh (I sometimes randomly say By - ack - oh as well)
Pso'Xja: So - Jah
Catoblepas: Cat - toh - bleh - pas
Beadeaux: Bee - doh
Caedarva Mire: Kay - Darr - Vah Mire
Wajaom Woodlands: Wah - joh - umm Woodlands
Beaucidine Glacier: Bow - sed - een Glacier
Al'Taieu: Al - Tay - Yew
Uleguerand Range: Yew - leg - grawnd Range
Temple of Uggalepih: Temple of Yew - gal - epp - eh
Haubergeon: How - ber - gee (soft G, like in beige) - on
Qufim: Koo - fim (I used to say Kwee - fim long ago, then I realized how wrong I was)
Mount Zhayolm: Mount Zay - olm
Castle Zvahl: Castle Zvahl lol (sounds the same as it's spelled phonetically)
Grand Palace of Hu'Xoi: Grand Palace of Huu - Zoy
Konschtat Highlands: Konn - shtat Highlands
Aragoneu: Ara - gone - ow
Fauregandi: Far - reg - gon - dee
Jeuno: Jew - no (sorry Maxx)
Li'telor: Lee - tell - or
Lumoria: Lew - more - ee - a
Sarutabaruta: Sar - ru - ta - bar - ru - ta
Tu'Lia: Too - lee - a
Aht Urhgan: Awt/Aht - Urr - gan

What's most obnoxious to me is when people pronounce the job abrvs. like acronyms, e.g. "Dee Arr Kay."

Heh, I used to do that with PLD and RDM. Started catching myself, and have since stopped.

Also had trouble properly saying "Paladin" and "Ballad" because of the way I always said it in my head before I started using TS/Vent. I used to say them "Pull - ah - din" and "Buh - lad", but I was like wow wtf, stop being retarded Epical, and have since pronounced them properly as well.

Ridill = Riddle or Rid Ill?

Hmm, I say both, but "Riddle" more.

I also used to have a guy in my LS who would pronouce "Jeuno" "Draino". Fucking drove me up the wall.

Anddddd how do people say "Gustaberg"? Guu - sta - berg or Guss - sta - berg?

[Scythiroth]

Anddddd how do people say "Gustaberg"? Guu - sta - berg or Guss - sta - berg?

Second one for me.

[Falconblade]

Seeing as I rarely look at the spelling of half the words I see, Prounouncing these was easy for the first time I said them in my mind. But, since they were my first impressions, they stuck with me.

Horrible Prounciation time GO

Xarcabard: Zar - Ka - Bard
Byakko: By-Ah-Ko
Pso'Xja: So-Ja
Catoblepas: Cah-to-bul-pas(I know...)
Beadeaux: Be-Uh-Dux(Yeah, I also know. Doesnt change my mind from always going back to that.)
Caedarva Mire: Kay - Dar - Va
Wajaom Woodlands: Way - oam Woodlands
Beaucidine Glacier: Be-yew-ci-dine Glacier( >.> )
Al'Taieu: Al - Tay - yew
Uleguerand Range: Ew-Le-Gur-And Range
Temple of Uggalepih: Temple of Ew-Gal-e-pay
Haubergeon: Ha-Bur-Gau-Gen
Qufim: kwif-em
Mount Zhayolm: Mount Zay - olm
Castle Zvahl: Castle Zvahl
Grand Palace of Hu'Xoi: Hew - Oi
Konschat Highlands: Kon- shat
Aragoneu: Ar-a-gon-ew
Fauregandi: Far-en-gau-di
Jeuno: Jew - no
Li'telor: Lih-Tey-Lor
Lumoria: Lew-mor-ee-a
Sarutabaruta: Sar - ru - ta - bar - ru - ta
Tu'Lia: Too - lee - a
Aht Urhgan: Aht - Urr - gan

[Epical]

Lol Falcon I was going through your post and start cracking up randomly. Funny shit.

[Vobent]

I think in chineese pronunciation Byakko is said like "Bai-kuu".
I say it like that when I want to annoy people on vent.

[VZX]

So, when people pronounce something wrong, do you just let it slide, or do you correct them? Or do you start pronouncing it their way so they don't feel stupid?

not if they pronounce them in English
lolenglish

[Swatt]

xa kah bard
bu kah kay

I lol'd
whether you did it intentionally or not

Sar-kah-bard and
Byahk-koh for me (as in japanese pronounciation)

Catoblepas and Beadeaux >_>???

I dunno for the first one, I just type it lol
for second one.. probably beh-doh.

i had a couple ls mates calling it that on vent. hehehehe BUKKAKE HAIDATE

hi vrt :D

[Eraphiel]

I swear it just drove me bloody nuts on TS when people in my old LS would be talking about gods.

Byakko was reasonably straightforward, but the way one of them said Seiryu (See-roo) just irked the hell outta me. I say it like Say-reeyou, with the 'ryu' as more of a glide...easiest way I can describe to people how the 'r' sound is is 'halfway between L and R.'

Some of the ways I say things really don't translate well into text just because of letters that are more breathed than articulated (Garden of Ru'hmet [ru-h*exhale slightly*met] for example). Shakhrami maze falls into this, and a few other things that I can't quite think of at the moment for some reason.

*shrug*

[darkhero168]

anyone ever try and see what microsoft sam has to say about these words?

[Tricen]

I pronounce Sieryu See Air You >___>

[Epical]

Seiryu: Seer - you
Garden of Ru'hmet: Garden of Roo - hmet (yeah I slide that "h" in there)
Maze of Shakhrami: Maze of Shack - rammi

I pronounce Sieryu See Air You >___>

Would help if you start spelling it right! =P

[Siegtaru]

I heard Aht Urghan pronounced Aut-Ur-gone on That G4 or whatever show.

[Elesirdur]

Other place names are obviously French and German words. If you're familiar with either language you can pretty easily figure out a close enough approximation in English that doesn't sound stupid. Beadeaux turning into 'beh-doh' suffices. There are probably some nasal vowels in there I simply can't produce. Don't ask me to try pronouncing Bostaunieux Oubliette though.

Bos-tau-niew Ew-blae-ete

That's about the best I can do there. The first syllable in Oubliette is kind of an E dipthong, spoken at the back of the mouth. 'ette' is very common in French and can be pronounced almost like a syllable and a half 'et-ah' but it's mostly just the emphasis on the palatal t. This is one of the few loan word place names that actually makes some sense in it's original tongue. Aside from bad spelling it translates from French into English as "Forgotten Bastion" - oublier being 'to forget' and Bostaunieux being some weird bastardization of Bastion, which is a kind of fortress. Fitting name for the dungeons of the Chateau d'Orguaille.

Pso'xja is a fun one to say as I pronounce it almost tso-chaa with the 't' being a long palatial combined with the 's' and the ending being 'ch' but mixed with the 'j' from jazz.

The one thing that just pissed me the hell off on my old LS' vent was people calling Attowah Chasm "At-wa Ch-asm" with the CH being the same as in Church. /slap /slap /slap it's a k-sound you dolts. GAWD That and calling Paladins "Plad's" for short which makes no damn sense for me as it's not even an appropriate nickname.

[Tricen]

Seiryu: Seer - you
Garden of Ru'hmet: Garden of Roo - hmet (yeah I slide that "h" in there)
Maze of Shakhrami: Maze of Shack - rammi

I pronounce Sieryu See Air You >___>

Would help if you start spelling it right! =P

I get my e's and i's mixed up. I also spell stuff how I sound it out. So if the e is supposed to be an a or an a is supposed to be an i, I'll be close .

[Odyssey]

When all else fails use Ventrillo's Microsoft Sam say it for you.

[Metah]

When all else fails use Ventrillo's Microsoft Sam say it for you.

soi soi soi soi soi soi soi soi

[Lasitha]

Sometimes I find it easier to read the names in FF maybe because of speaking spanish and sometimes from the phonetics of the japanese names . And I always say:

Byakko: bee - ah - koh
Pso'Xja: So - Jah
Catoblepas: Cat - toh - bleh - pas
Beadeaux: Be - doo
Caedarva Mire: Kah - dar - va Mire
Wajaom Woodlands: Wa - Jomm Woodlands
Beaucidine Glacier: Bew - see - dine Glacier
Al'Taieu: Al - Tai - U
Uleguerand Range: Oo - le - gehrand Range
Temple of Uggalepih: Temple of Oo - gah - leh - pea
Haubergeon: Haw - ber - geon
Qufim: Kwi - Fim because that's how it is spelled in Japanese.
Mount Zhayolm: Mount Zay - olm
Castle Zvahl: Castle Z - val
Grand Palace of Hu'Xoi: Grand Palace of Huu - Hxoi (it's hard to pronounce the X in spanish in words like these)
Konschtat Highlands: Konn - shtat Highlands
Aragoneu: Ara - gone - ew Rs rolled
Fauregandi: Faur - gandee
Jeuno: Joo - Noh
Li'telor: Lee - tell - or
Lumoria: Loo - more - ee - ah
Sarutabaruta: Sa - roo - tah - ba - roo - tah Rolls your Rs~
Tu'Lia: Too - lee - ah
Aht Urhgan: At - Oor - Gahn
Garden of Ru'hmet Garden of Roo - Meh
Seiryu Seh - Ryu Roll your Rs!
Bostaunieux Oubliette Bos - tah - new - Oo - blee - eh I don't speak French, but since San d'Oria always seemed French to me, I figure it's something close to that.
Attowah Chasm Attoh - wa - Kasm
Genbu G as in get, Gen - Boo It drove me crazy when people said Jenboo.
Kirin Kir - in With Rs rolled.
Sanctuary of Zi'Tah Sanctuary of Zee - taah
Misereaux Coast (sp) Misa - roh Coast Rs rolled .
Lufaise Meadows Loo - fae Meadows

[Damen]

1a.) Ulli -"You-Lee"

1b.) Ullikummi - oo-lee-koo-me

2.) Charybdis - cherry-bee-diss >_>

[Epical]

Ulli: Oo - lee
Ullikummi: Oo - leh - key - me (yesssss I know there's no "key" in it, shut up)
Charybdis: Charr - rib - diss