Lit The Official "How do I say that?" Thread

So if the Bothans sing about old Borsk, would it be an epic Fey'lya?

 

I always pronounced it Fay-lee-a.

 

Ditto. That's also how they say it in X-Wing Alliance.

 

I think the salient point is that the second syllable is stressed - it only sounds like "failure" if the first syllable takes more stress than the rest of it.

 

Got one here: Lusankya.

Is it LUS-AHN-KIE-AH? Or LOOSE-AN-KEY-AH?

 

I say Loo-sahnk-yuh.

 

I say "Loo-sank-ya," as in "Lou sank ya ship."

And since I've been hearing it spoken aloud all weekend... How do you pronounce "Boussh?" I say it as "Bush," but I've been hearing it being pronounced as "Bowsh."

 

"Boosh". And "Loo-sahnk-ya".

 

This, because of this.[/i]

 

Boussh = Bosh. Not sure why, it's how I was raised.

Deliah = Dee LI ah. Rather like this.

Jariah = Jair I ah. See above. Though JAIR e ah also works.

Shira Brie = Sheera Bree. Originally I had it as "Bry" but then I made the cheese connection.

Vergere = Ver JEER. I don't care what anyone says.

Hapes = Grapes.

Eramuth = AIR a muth (as in, "bad motha" "shut yo mouth")

Yuuzhan Vong = YOU zhan Vong, pretty straightforward if you get the zh/j phoneme.

Kuat = KOO aht. I would also accept KOO at, as in "I'm at the train station."

Lusankya = Lou SANK iah (slight "ee" sound before the last a). Or the Lubyanka way (just not how it appeared in my mind's ear).

 

Shysa has the y as in monopoly, not as in fly. Partially because of what the names mean in German.

 

Boussh: I've always used Boo-shh.

Lusankya: Loo-sahnk-ya, as others have said.

 

I'm not in the mood to read through the long list of posts in this thread. Has anyone touched on "Lettow" yet?

 

If not, I read it as "Leh-toe."

 

Let-ow.

 

Unlock and bump.

 

As long as it's here--"Uhumele"?

 

Soft C, baby!

I always went with a soft C, and before that video, I had it semi-confirmed by various podcast interviews where the interviewers always pronounced it with a soft c and he never corrected them (even after they corrected his "Play-juss" pronunciation (that's how he pronounced it while he was writing the book!)).

Even though it's probably a "Yoo" sound, I've always gone for "OO-HOO-mell." My mind did the same thing with Ulic, pronouncing it "OO-lick," throughout TOTJ until an answer in one of the letters columns said something like "A Ulic-centric issue" or something and I was like ahhhhhhh. But I still like OO-HOO-mell.

 

I'm partial to "Oo-hoo-mell-ay," but that's probably just me.

 

How do you say: Brrbrlpp

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Brrbrlpp

 

Dunno if it's been asked, but how the hell do you pronounce 'Jamaane'? Is it Ja-mahn-ay, Ja-mahn, or Ja-mayne? I think I've got 'Shimrra' down, but the second name is tripping me up.

 

The correct Denning/Zahn era pronunciation, is:

J'a'm'a'a'n'e

 

Skirata. Is it "SKEER-at-tah" or "Skih-RAH-tuh"?