Pronunciations

I had recently asked about name pronounciations in another thread and was quickly answered by Jan Duursema, but I wonder about a few others.

There are a few from various media so I will list the ones I am curious about and then my way of saying it. If anyone finds something wrong, please correct me.

Q'Anilia (Kay-Ahn-illa)
Xamar (Zam-ar)
Krynda (Krenda)
Carrick (Care-rick)
Jarael (Jah-rel)

K'kruhk (Kay-kra-ck)
Jeisel (Jah-zell)
Chase Piru (Peru)

When I read through the comics and books I go through the different voices in my head. What do you guys imagine Raana Tey to sound like? Its been driving me crazy! Thanks alot

Redirecting to the Official "How Do I say That?" Thread.

 

I'm curious as to why you're adding vowel sounds to the beginning consonants, and I'm wondering if maybe you're bilingual and that's a language rule I'm not familiar with - you'll find that our cultural backgrounds often ignite arguments over pronunciation on this board, for example the canon pronunciation of "Kun" is "koon" which apparently doesn't make sense to a lot of posters but it's always been the way I pronounced it. Another example is the people who pronounce the name Jacen "Jay-kin" - there's no way that the C could make a hard sound there in standard English, but a friend of mine from an Irish family is used to hard C's in Celtic.

Anyway, in English you'll very rarely if ever find a Q without a U after it, but even in foreign words the Q tends to just take on a K sound, never "Kay." Therefore Q'Anilia is probably pronounced "KanILLia," or if the U is meant to be implied, "KwanILLia."

Same principle goes for K'Kruhk. As it stands - and I could be wrong - I don't see a reason to assign that particular sound to the single letter K. I usually pronounce it either "Kruhk" or "Kuh-Kruhk."

Could be an accent difference, but where I'm from EI is usually pronounced "-ay" or "-ai." It could also conceivably be pronounced "-ee."

Hm...I'm really beginning to think there's an accent or language difference, considering the consistency. Anyway, I'd usually pronounce the I as an "-ee" in this particular case, perhaps an "-ih."

I really am curious what led you to these, though. If you don't mind my asking...

Oh, also, the New Essential Guide to Characters has pronunciations beside most, if not all, the names.

 

Any idea where that confirmation might come from?

 

The Official "How Do I Say That Thread?" might suit your needs...