How you say your name.

[usonian]

So sometimes my friends who have not yet been sucked in by WoW (at least not directly) will watch me play.  While I describe the in's and out's of the game I'll often use guildies' names and find it interesting to try actually saying them since I don't have to worry about pronunciation when I'm typing.  What got me started on this was when my friend started pronouncing Uso as "ooo-so" when in my head it should be "you-so" since it is short for Usonian "you-so-nee-an". 

Maybe I'm going crazy, but I think it would be fun to see how everyone pronounces their names (if they aren't obvious, or even if they are) and see if what we hear in our heads matches what the creater intended.  So let's get this started:

Usonian - "you-so-nee-an"
Uso - "you-so"

[Drygioni]

Drygioni is a Welsh word for "wickedness" or "badness"

pronounced:  Drigg-Yo-nee


great thread Uso

[Arcdelad]

well uso...i can actually see why there would be confusion...pronounce "utilititarian"...that word requires you to make a "you" to start...now pronounce "ubiqitous"...that word uses the "ooo" start...english is probably the most inconsistent language on the planet for pronuniation and grammar...

arcdelad - arc (like the geometric shape)-duh-lad (like my kid)

i think its interesting too to seewhere these names came from...dry's is certainly interesting....how many people could guess where yours came from uso?

[usonian]

This is great.  I always pronounced Drygioni as "dry-gee-oh-nee". LOL

[Arcdelad]

same...

...and btw...even if your aussie, british, or canadian, you all have an american accent in my mental readings

[Threlin]

Threlin is dwarvish for "redneck land surveyor." 

Pronounced just as it's written, with a "th" as in the, a short e, the emphasis on the L and in as in...well...in.

Threl-in

I tend to go with names that have no underlying meaning, but at least have an in-game feel.

Great thread, Uso! (and great name, Drygioni!)

[Shadowwolf]

Ayrn = Arin or Erin (Aryn was taken already so I had to deviate slightly)

Nahimana = Naa-hee-maa-naa (Cherokee name deviation for "Moonlight")
Adahy = Aa-daa-hee (Nahi's pet wolf / Cherokee for "Lives in the woods" bestowed on a male)

Astrania - Astra-nee-aa (said similar to "Astronomy" if you replaced the first "o" with an "a") (created from her being a Draenei and coming from a spaceship / stars / where Tom Cruise is from)

Shadowwolf - should be pronounced just like the two words were seperate (blizz doesnt allow spaces), not mashed together, lol. (very long story as to where this came from but it has been my name since I was a baby)

[Kaethdorala]

For me I like this game cause everyone is always like how the heck do you say your name  . Kaethdorala - Like kayth-dora-la I dont think its that hard to say. I got it from taking Kael like Kael'thas and just adding my own spin to it. I was really into lore and stuff and thought it sounded night elvishy lol i just made up a word elvishy  .

[Krieg]

I don't think my name is very hard to figure out but essentially Kreig is pronounced kreeg... as to the spelling, well, originally when i created the name in EQ2 it was Krieg.  However, someone beat me to it so Kreig it is.  In chat, either is fine since i don't think there will ever be a confusion for who it is.

[dharq]

I don't know.. mine are kinda difficult... 

Dharq, Darq, Ðharq, Ðarq... all pronounced like "dark".
Dalak - Dal (like the name "Al" with a D in front) ack (like pack, back, sack, quack, etc.)
Mithrax - Myth racks
Rhyn - Rin
Ezfreezy - EE zee free zee

That about covers it. At least until I get my shaman to 70 and unleash my strangely named priest alt on the world.

[usonian]

As far as meanings for my names, some people say I put way too much thought into them but I figure if I'm going to be using them for days/weeks/years then the name might as well have some significance.

Usonian - stems from my obsesssion with architecture but has no real character meaning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usonian
Leonov "lee-oh-nov"- named after the first person to walk in space, the russian Alexei Leonov (fitting for Draenei I think)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Leonov
Wetiko "wet-ee-ko"- "mythical native american creature... seen at night... eight feet tall... glowing red eyes" works for a horde tauren who actually has red eyes.  When you see him, you'll see them, followed by a lightning bolt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetiko
Cutchu - becuase he will, indeed, cut you.

[voctovian]

Well, it might cost me significant spousal DKP to tell the origin of Vocto....

Anyway, Vocto didnt sound very appropriate, so I added the suffix and became Voctovian. 

To pronounce... Voc (rhymes with doc, rock) is a fine concatenation, the full name I pronounce voc-toe-vee-an

Wrathency started as a random name, I liked the wrath part.  It looked cool but the original name was used.. I tweaked it and became wrathency.

Voc

[Lovica]

Aldel is too lazy to make his own post so we're combining it in one post 



Lullah: Loooo-Lah.  I liked the name Tallulah but I found out a nickname for it is Lullah and I thought it looked better as well.

Lovica:  Luhv-vee-kah and it means lovable & lovely girl.  Really nice name, just a pity I don't play my 'lock anymore

Syrenzu:  Sy-ren-zu.  Japanese romanization of the word Silencer.  I don't know why I named my hunter "Silencer" but the romanized version sounded nice, especially the Syren part heh.

Raerin:  Ray-rin.  I just made this one up and thought it sounded cute.  Again asian (chinese/japanese) influence in the name too.

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Aldel: A-del (L is silent for unknown reasons...)  This was one of his bank characters on FFXI.  He got the name from pressing the randomizing name option and Adel came up, so he decided to be witty and put an L behind the A

Aldey:  Al-dee.  Yea..he got unoriginal.

[un4]

Dvalin... Dv-ah-lynn
Name of the most skilled of all the Dwarves in Norse mythology.

Desidarius... Des-eh-dahr-ee-us
Erasmus.

Jhade - Jade
/shrug

Rache, German for "Revenge"

[Muridin]

i have heard americans came up with very strange ways to pronounce my name, ive heard ( TS ) Muradin, Muradon, Murdaane .... its really easy

Mu-ri-din....
and i nicked that from the NPC name of Muradin Bronzebeard, the poor dwarf that was killed by arthas i w3

Sophillia - So-pheel-ia

Giovani - Gio-va-nee

Vestaranar - Vest-a-ran-ar

Ometea - Om-e-t-ea