Are there any things in SW that you intentionally mispronounce?

Ulic Qel Droma [oo-lick-kel-droumah]

Exar Kun [Eckzar Koon]

(These are official)

Now how do you pronounce Empress Teta's name, cuz if its [Teh-tah] then its kind of awkward, if you know spanish

 

Hell, pronounced by the audiobook readers as Ib-liss.

(And me, too)

 

What does pronouncing it like that have anything to do with an American accent? The English pronunciation, American or Australian, would be "Kuhn", which sounds downright awkward. "U" is pronunced "oo" in most languages, and English is the exception. The IPA even uses the character "u" for "oo". "Koon" makes more sense, and it has nothing to do with an American accent (which wouldn't even say it like that).

 

Yeah, I've always said KOON. . . guess that makes me weird, huh?

But for the life of me, I can't figure out how to pronounce Ysalamiri. It comes out differently every time I try to say it. . Oh well!

 

Kun sounds darker as a K-u-n rather than a c-oo-n which is a type of cheese.

By the way coon is derogatory slang for indigenous Australians.

 

ysalamiri> sal-ah-meree

Is Massassi > Muh-saw-see?
Ludo Kressh > Loodoh Kcresh?

 

Kun as in "fun"
Iblis as Ib-lis
Ysalamiri as Salamiri
C'Baoth= Ca-Both

 

Coruscant...Courisant
Xizor...ex-izor (corrected at age 11 )
Executor...Executor
Chimera...Shimera
Dreadnaught...Drednot
Exar-Kun...ExR Kun

 

Five points deducted for mispronouncing a creature from Greek mythology! Shame on you!

 

Denial, Hydronium, is a succulent dish. Once tasted, it becomes hard to detain. But I'm confident you're up to the job. We need more Griff Vaos.

Homeworld 2 pronounces Chimera as Ky-meera . . . Oh wait, they're American too.

I've heard at least 3 ways of Chameleon; an Aust ad says Kee-mee-leon.

Bottom line is, there's not really an official pronounciation. Why? Because why aren't we talking the shakespearian way of that time? Diction changed; and congressor is a legit word. You don't, after all, say senatorman and senatorwoman, so why do you say congressman?

 

Oh I have another one.
Ki-Adi-Mundi=cohn-hed.

 

I have the same problem. . . go fig!

 

Hm, so does Ryan Kaufman. Weird aint it?

 

Try pronouncing "Zhirrzh". Or "Fsss" Or "Thrr". Fun times, I tell ya.

I used to always mispronounce Jaina as "Jay-ne-uh" (And still do, sometimes).

The only other one I can think of is Noghri = "Kno-gir-ri" (Still do that one sometimes.)

I, too, never noticed the l in Iblis until the last time I read the Thrawn Trilogy 'bout a month ago, too.

 

Living in the past aren't we?

How are the unknown regions?

 

I always thought I was pronouncing Lumiya correctly "Loo-Mee-ah". But in this thread it looks like some officials from a C3 panel are pronouncing it 'Loo-My-ah'. I think I'll stick with my pronunciation.

danielc56

 

I used to pronounce Jaina "Jay-nee-ah" (and in fact, sometimes do), but now I also pronounce it "Jay-nah"

For me Kashyyyk has always been "Cash-eek"

Exar Kun is "X-R Koon"

Xizor is "Zizor" (rhymes with scissor)

Before TPM I read Coruscant as "Kore-US-kent" which although I use the movie pronunciation, helps me a lot spelling coruscant when writing on thses boards. i even say it to myself when I'm writing coruscat. Well, there I go again

Ulic Quel-Droma = "You lick Kell-Dromah"

Mrykr for me is "My-kur"

Mit'traw'nuruodo(sp?) I pernounce with an elvish accent

Tahiri I have always pronounced completely wrong. I pronounce it "Tari." I know it's wrong and have tried to change it, but "Tahiri" has never felt right

For Zsinj I make the "s" silent so it's Zinj

Tsavong Lah I've heard of people having trouble with, and I'm pretty sure I say it correctly. I blend the "t" and the "s" so I make a "tss" sound and ad a short "a" at the end to make it "Tsa." If anyone here is familiar with the japanese alphabet, I pronounce "tsa" much like the character "tsu" is pronounced.

Ooryl Qrygg(sp?) I pronounce Oo-ryll Qu-rgg.

I pronounce Palpatine rhyming with "mine" instead of rhyming with "teen" as said in the PT. I don't think either are wrong. I think it's just two different pronunciations of the name

And as I said, Iblis=Ibis


EDIT: I pronounce Lumiya "Loo-mee-ah"

 

Talon Karrde: Talon Kuh-raid
Naboo: Nuh-boo (i believe it is Nah-boo...not sure)

 

I'd like to know why the Yuns from Taris upper cantina and Dark Forces, and Kun, are pronounced with "oo".

 

Wasn't the SW one named after the BSG one? And in any event, I follow the "Iblee" pronunciation.

When I was younger, I pronounced:
-"Coruscant" as "Coruskant"
-"Xizor" as "Shishor."
-"Mon Calamari" as "Mon Cal-AH-mer-ai."
-"Executor" as "Execute-or."

I still pronounce "Borsk Fey'lya" as "Borsk Feyla." And "Ken" as "Satan."

 

I always pronounce it "Joris Ka-booth!"
I think it sounds better that way...

 

"coon" is also an old racial slur for african-americans that is rarely used.

By the way, is Zekk pronounced "Zeek" with a long e, or "zeck" with a short e?

 

I used to make the Iblis mispronunciation unti watching that Galactica episode.

I pronounce Ysanne Isard (another dreaded Y-name, Ex! ) as Yes-anne. Don't ask why, I just do