Topic: Pronunciation of Shadow World names.

[terefang]

Bonus points if you can pronounce "veere" like Londo Mollari pronounces "Vir."

in the "german dubbing" of B5, londo's "vir" and my pronounciation of "k-ta-viir" are the same  .

[brandivil]

I'm surprised at all the variants, here's how our group pronounces some of the names

Jaiman -> JUH-MAAN
Emer -> EH-MER
K'ta'viir -> KIH-TEE-VAR
Kadaena - > KAH-DEEN-A

[Terry K. Amthor]

I'm surprised at all the variants, here's how our group pronounces some of the names

Jaiman -> JUH-MAAN
Emer -> EH-MER
K'ta'viir -> KIH-TEE-VAR
Kadaena - > KAH-DEEN-A

However you do it is fine of course. Just FYI, I pronounce Jaiman as 'Jy-man' and K'ta'viir as 'Kuh-tah-veer' Otherwise we match up.

[Spectre771]

I think it would be interesting if we also included the language we speak or the location we are from.  It would give an interesting insight into how regions and dialects of our own language influence how we pronounce the words we see.

[Hurin]

I'm Canadian, so 'EH-MER' comes naturally 

The only one I think I have been pronouncing incorrectly (differently from Terry) is Jaiman. I naturally pronounced it as 'Jay-mer', like Bluejay.

[Spectre771]

I'm just south of Boston, MA. USA.

Jaiman -> Jay-min
Emer -> Ee-mer
K'ta'viir -> K' ta-veer  (Like veer off course)
Kadaena - > Kah-day-nah

[Jenkyna]

New Jersey, but incarcerated in California until I can manage my escape to a cheaper, saner, state.

Jaiman -> JAY-MON (with a Rastafarian accent.)
Emer -> EH-MER
K'ta'viir -> KAH-TAH-VIR
Kadaena - > KAH-DAY-NA

I think I like my way of saying the first three, but Terry's way of saying Kadæna sounds better imo.

Speaking of Kadæna, I am very curious about the Ahrenryak. That headless corpse sounds like fun.

[kmanktelow]

UK English:

Jaiman - Jay - MUN
Emer - EM - eer
K'ta'viir - Kuh - TAH -virr (pl: Kuh - TAH - virr - ee)
Kadaena - KAH - day - ena

[Voriig Kye]

Buenos Aires, Argentina.
We first found out about Shadow World in the Spanish (from Spain) Master Atlas 2nd edition.
We have been using the English books for years now, but we still read most of the names of places/people using standard spanish rules.

Jaiman - Ha-i-mán
Emer - Émer
K'ta'viir - Ta-vir
Kadaena - Kah-dah-eh-na

This is the best I can do to explain it, you should check the sounds using Google translate and ask to read in English.

[brandivil]

We're generally Scottish in our group with a sprinkling of northerners (English from the North).

[zyax1]

Jy-man
Eh-mer
Ku-tah-vir
Kah-dah-eh-na

From Sweden