I find it amazing after reading this thread that so many people were using completely different pronunciations.
I'm about to start book 7 and I'm debating using the correct ones or continuing to use mine. Some of these correct pronunciations blow my mind. It seems like RJ is a huge fan of using as many syllables as possible. I guess from now on when I hear new names I'll just have to assume every vowel is sounded out, even if there are 3 in a row.
Anyway here are my pronunciations thus far:
Amys = AY miss
Aiel = Ale
Birgitte = BURR Jitt
Cairhien = CARE in
Elaida = uh LAY duh
Ogier = OH gear
Morgase = more GACE
Rhuidean = rue ID ee an
Saidar = say DAR
Saidin = say DEEN
Taim = Tame
Aes Sedai = AIZ suh DIE
Semirhage = SEM mer ridge
Shaido = SHAY dough
Egwene = EGG ween
Nynaeve = NIN ay eve
Suian = this name is nonsense to me. I think i just read it and don't even sound it out in my head.
Seanchan = SANE chan
Aviendha = AV ee EN duh
It's amazing because some of them I would have thought were fairly obvious before reading the correct pronunciations aformentioned.
Also I'm well aware that the way I'm typing my pronunciation is not the proper form in the slightest but it makes sense to me.
Advice: Should I start using the correct names? I want the full experience of this series because it's incredible, but the real names seem harder to pronounce and I think might actually make it more difficult to fluidly read.
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I find it amazing after reading this thread that so many people were using completely different pronunciations.
I'm about to start book 7 and I'm debating using the correct ones or continuing to use mine. Some of these correct pronunciations blow my mind. It seems like RJ is a huge fan of using as many syllables as possible. I guess from now on when I hear new names I'll just have to assume every vowel is sounded out, even if there are 3 in a row.
Anyway here are my pronunciations thus far:
Amys = AY miss
Aiel = Ale
Birgitte = BURR Jitt
Cairhien = CARE in
Elaida = uh LAY duh
Ogier = OH gear
Morgase = more GACE
Rhuidean = rue ID ee an
Saidar = say DAR
Saidin = say DEEN
Taim = Tame
Aes Sedai = AIZ suh DIE
Semirhage = SEM mer ridge
Shaido = SHAY dough
Egwene = EGG ween
Nynaeve = NIN ay eve
Suian = this name is nonsense to me. I think i just read it and don't even sound it out in my head.
Seanchan = SANE chan
Aviendha = AV ee EN duh
It's amazing because some of them I would have thought were fairly obvious before reading the correct pronunciations aformentioned.
Also I'm well aware that the way I'm typing my pronunciation is not the proper form in the slightest but it makes sense to me.
Advice: Should I start using the correct names? I want the full experience of this series because it's incredible, but the real names seem harder to pronounce and I think might actually make it more difficult to fluidly read.