I've been wanting to start this thread for a while, but I never got around to it. There was a thread like this on the NaNoWriMo forums, and I thought having one here might benefit people too! I know a lot of people make up names for their stories, and sometimes they worry readers won't pronounce the name the way they do. So if you have a name that you're concerned about, feel free to post it here and see how others would pronounce it! (I put this in the Fantasy section, because I think it'll apply to fantasy stories more than others. But please move it if it's in the wrong place. ) EDIT: Deleting my names so that others who posted theirs can have a chance to get some feedback. For the record, my pronunciations go as follows: (Elidyr) El-eh-deer (Talin) Tay-lin -- spelling has since been changed to Taelin (Veiro) Vair-o (like pair) (Edelmira) Eh-del-meer-uh (Preithos) Pray-tohs -- h is silent
Unless you place a stress on a certain syllable, I'd have to pronounce them by the default method. EL-id-UR (this one is a bit strange to my ear.) TAL-in VEIR-o ed-ELM-ira or ED-elm-IRA (depends on where you want the stress at.) PREITH-os
Sorry, I guess I should be more specific. For Talin, you just put "TAL." But more specifically, does it sound like "tall" or "tal" rhymes with pal? Edelmira, does the "ira" sound more like eye-ruh or ear-uh? Sorry if I didn't explain myself correctly the first time.
Hello Lea, It is fine, pronunciation is a hard thing sometimes. If there is a certain way you want these names to be pronounced you can use stress and nuance symbols to direct the reader to pronounce the name a certain way. As for me personally, TAL would rhyme with PAL. Ira is a bit harder for me, my gut says Ear-uh.
1. El-uh-dyer 2. Tal-in (rhyme with pal) 3. Veero 4. Edel myra 5. Pree thos (rhyme with those) I don't worry ,much about how a reader might pronounce a character's name since I'll never know it or have any control over it anyway.
I don't know what you're referencing when you say "same as pub," and I was going for the long a sound in Veiro and Preithos (also, a silent h), but close enough. I'm not worried. I just thought I'd be fun for people to guess what others were going for with their names.
Oh gotcha. lol I actually figured people wouldn't pronounce her way the way I wanted, so I switched it to Taelin a while ago. I think that makes it easier to understand.
This looks so useful! Here's how I'd pronounce them: Eee-lie-deer Tal-in (pal) Vy-row (as in rowing a boat) Ed-ul-meer-a Pree-thos (os as in boss) If I could I'd like to chuck my words into the mix? Higyoti Lun Norðreyjar Sley Treales
Of course! That's why I made it! Hig-yo-tee (hig rhymes with jig) Loon? Or maybe Luhn. I could read it either way. North-ray-yar (I'm really bad with words like this ) Slay Trey-al-ess (al rhymes with pal) I feel like I'm not even close, but that's what I got.
Elidyr..Eh..lied..ahrrr, ah hah hah hah harrr, probably a bad guy. Talin...Toe...l'In [And here I imagined almost the gothic silent l.] Veiro...Fhero! Fetch boy, the ball.. Edelmira...Eldorama, pure gold. Preithos...raspberry of P/th/os..like one who gives spit, often..
You did really well. You were there on all but Sley, so well done! Sley is an adaptation of a small village called Cley, and it rhymes with spy. Everyone is always pronouncing it as clay there so I wasn't suprised at that one, but you got Treales which has had some really weird pronunciations so I'm happy about that
Elidyr (el - ih - deer) Talin (tah - lynn) Veiro (vay - ih - row, as in the boat) Edelmira (ed - el - meer - ah) Preithos (pray - ih - thos [very light on the th- the o in "os" like in "nose")
Elidyr : El-i-dire or El-y-dire or El-i-deer Talin: Tall-een or Tal-een Veiro: Vay-roh or Veer-o Edelmira: A-del-myra or Edel-meera Preithos: Pray-tohs (kinda like Kratos) Pray-toss Those are complicatered. Might add a few into the mix for fun. Dlynvacko Hinara Janxica
I can pronounce them easily, though perhaps not as you intend. Unless how they are pronounced matters to the story or character, I wouldn't worry about how the reader pronounces them, as long as it isn't difficult for them. If it does matter, find a way to show the pronunciation, perhaps in rhyme, by another character making a big deal of it, using it in a taunt, or something -- "Talin, Talin, never gets the ball in!"
D-linn-vay-co (Linn rhymes with inn) Hin-ar-ra xs always get me. do I pronounce it like ex, ks or zed? Well here goes- Jan-zee-car. Oh, none of them it seems.
1/ Elidyr Rhymes with HELL, DID, BEER 2/ Talin Rhymes with PAL, SIN 3/ Veiro Rhymes with BEER, SHOW 4/ Edelmira Rhymes with HEAD, HELL, SHEARER 5/ Preithos Rhymes with BUY, LOSS
Higg-yotti Lun to rhyme with run As it's spelt? I know Icelandic/Old Norse spelling, though. North (voiced th)-ray-yar Slay Like Eels, but with a Tr in front
It would help if we knew the gender of your characters, but for what it's worth here is my attempt. Underlined the stressed syllables. Elidyr Eli-dirr (m) Eli, as in the book of. Talin Tah-lin (m) Not like Taylin Veiro Vaero (m) Trade you dipthongs. Edelmira Eedle-my-ra or Eddle-meera. (f) Preithos Prey-thos (m) a good villains name.
@Lea`Brooks & @I.A. By the Barn Dlynvacko : Din-vak-ko (kinda like a taco with a v) Hinara: Hy-nare-uh Janxica : Jenk-sika Still have to say that yours are more complicated.
Elidyr Talin Veiro Edelmira Preithos I would pronounce them as such: Ell ih dire Ta-lyn Vey-row Edelmira is the easiest and I'd pronounce it like I read it Pree-th-oss
1. Ell-eh-deer 2. Exactly the same as the word talon 3. Vay-ro 4. Eh-dell-meer-uh 5. Pray-thos 1. Hig (like pig) - yoti (like yeti and yogurt) 2. L-uh-n 3. Noro-rey-jar 3. Slay 5. Tree-lees D-line-vacko (like wacko) Hih-nah-rah Jan-zi-kah
