The Pronunciation Thread

[Vimana]

I think Quo Vadis is pronounced "kwoh wah-diss," but I don't think a native Latin speaker would be able to tell the difference between a v and a w. Based on comparison with Sanskrit, I think the v and w sounds in Latin were used without discrimination, and in places where it was easier to pronounce. For example, the Sanskrit word "dva" was probably pronounced "dwuh" because it's pretty hard to put a d and a v right next to each other in the same syllable. Being that Sanskrit is pretty closely related to Latin, I think the same principle probably applied in the pronunciation.

TL;DR: I think the v in Quo Vadis was probably pronounced as a w, but based on my studies of ancient Indo-European language, I doubt that a Latin speaker would be able to distinguish Quo Vadis from Quo Wadis.

How was the "ae" in Solitude Aeturnus pronounced. As ei or ai?

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

I've never been sure how to pronounce "lykathea" as in Lykathea Aflame. Also, how the fuck do you pronounce this: Kvikksølvguttene?

 

[Susilapsi]

Can someone tell me how to pronounce Anathema? I do have some idea how to pronounce it "anathema" in English but the name comes from a Greek word, so do you use the Greek or the English pronounciation??

 

[The Ozzman]

I pronounce it dem-i-lik

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

I play D&D, so it's lich
so how do you say Drudkh? I think that's the only one I truely care about. heh

 

[The Ozzman]

Andy told me it's Drood-Kuh..

 

[sevag00]

Can someone tell me how to pronounce Anathema? I do have some idea how to pronounce it "anathema" in English but the name comes from a Greek word, so do you use the Greek or the English pronounciation??

How's the Greek pronunciation different than the English one?

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Andy told me it's Drood-Kuh..

hmm, I've always said it like that

 

[Susilapsi]

How's the Greek pronunciation different than the English one?

I have no idea, I just though it would be... English is not my native language and I don't know any Greek.

 

[Vossyrus]

Anathema is pronounced like this:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?anathe01.wav=anathema

I've never pronounced it any other way or heard any different from that.

 

[Vimana]

The pronunciation difference tends to be in the vowels. The word ψυχή, romanized as psyche is pronounced "psoo-khei" (stress on the second syllable), but in English is pronounced "sai-khee" stress on the first syllable.

The pronunciation of anathema is with the stress on the second syllable in Greek. I'm not sure how it's usually pronounced in English, because it's not a word that's used very often. I'm guessing a-nuh-thee-muh (stress on the first syllable, with the first a like the a in apple) or uh-na-the-muh (stress on second syllable, with the second a like the a in apple).

 

[El-Shoggoth]

Here's another Tolkien one. What about Ephel Duath?

 

[General Zaroff]

Winterfylleth anyone?

I'm guessing Winter-filleth

 

[Panzerhunt]

The pronunciation difference tends to be in the vowels. The word ψυχή, romanized as psyche is pronounced "psoo-khei" (stress on the second syllable), but in English is pronounced "sai-khee" stress on the first syllable.

The pronunciation of anathema is with the stress on the second syllable in Greek. I'm not sure how it's usually pronounced in English, because it's not a word that's used very often. I'm guessing a-nuh-thee-muh (stress on the first syllable, with the first a like the a in apple) or uh-na-the-muh (stress on second syllable, with the second a like the a in apple).

greek way of Anathema: aanaa-thei-maa

So same rule for English: ana-thei-ma

for Ephel Duath, according to me: Efel Duat

 

[Vimana]

The e is an "eh" sound. The Greek word is spelled with an epsilon instead of an eta.

 

[SlaytallicaDethrax]

Pretty easy one I think, but my friend disagrees.

I say Evile is EE-VILE, as in the letter E followed by the word Vile.

He says Evile is pronounced like Eville, rhyming with Deville as in Cruella Deville

 

[mutantllama]

adramelch or adramelk