nods to jonero - how do YOU pronounce...

[G. Wayne]

melee. may-lay, meh-LEE ?

rapier. rayp-ee-yer, rah-PEER ?

sigil. (specifically the city in d&d planescapes) sijil, sihgil (a hard "g"?),

paladin. a friend got it stuck in his head to say "plah-din"

there's all kinds of fun ones from the wheel of time.

have any other fun pronunciations from the gaming table, due to the made up words or crazy r&d teams?

[Perry Holley]

For years (because I had read the word long before actually hearing it) I incorrectly pronounced 'melee' as MEE-lee instead of MAY-lay.

[pirulaso]

my friend says click for kilik. and pronounces ryu as r-I-O. (think i did that right)

[G. Wayne]

for the longest time i said REE-oo, until i found out it was RY-oo. took a while to train myself for that one.

i'd love to know what it is with older people and pokemon though. if i had a nickel for every time i heard "pokey-man".

[DarkSoldier]

for the longest time i said REE-oo, until i found out it was RY-oo. took a while to train myself for that one. It's actually pronounced sort of like "Rih-oo." The name is composed of the katakana characters ri and u, with a small yu between them, turning ri into ryu, and extending the last sound with the u into ryuu.

In order for "Ry-oo" to be correct, the name would have to be spelled ra, i, yu, which it is not.

[Melchior]

melee. may-lay, meh-LEE ?

rapier. rayp-ee-yer, rah-PEER ?

sigil. (specifically the city in d&d planescapes) sijil, sihgil (a hard "g"?),

paladin. a friend got it stuck in his head to say "plah-din"

there's all kinds of fun ones from the wheel of time.

have any other fun pronunciations from the gaming table, due to the made up words or crazy r&d teams?

meh-LEE
rayp-ee-yer
si-jil
pal-a-din

[Robotech Master]

Melee is MAY-LAY

Other than that, Melchior's list is correct (Although I'm not familiar with Sigil but I'll take anyones word for it).

[Melchior]

Melee is MAY-LAY

Other than that, Melchior's list is correct (Although I'm not familiar with Sigil but I'll take anyones word for it).

Actually, yeah, that's an oopsy on my part. I usually go "Meh-Lay", though.

[Alistair]

Melee is MAY-LAY

Other than that, Melchior's list is correct (Although I'm not familiar with Sigil but I'll take anyones word for it).

Sigil is pronounced with a hard "g". There's a "flavour text" quotation in one of the original Planescape box set sourcebooks which has someone telling a newbie to the Planes that having pronounced it "Sijil", he now has to die :D

[DrewTheXenocide]

Raiden. I don't know whether to say MGS2 Raiden or MK Raiden.

[DarkSoldier]

"Raiden" = long I.
"Rayden" = long A.

Pronounciation depends entirely on how it's rendered in text. Both forms are technically correct, referring to the Japanese god of thunder and lightning.

[Doug W]

How do you pronounce Suikoden? you know the console RPG series?

I pronounce it: "Soo-ee-ko-den" sometimes but that sometimes gets corrupted to "Swee-ko-den"

[Sanagi]

How do you pronounce Suikoden? you know the console RPG series?

I pronounce it: "Soo-ee-ko-den" sometimes but that sometimes gets corrupted to "Swee-ko-den"
"Swee-ko-den" is closer to correct anyway. Even though the phonetic spelling is "Soo-ee-ko-den", the "Su" sound gets very little emphasis, and when you say it quickly the vowels blend together.

Dipthongization.

(gesundheit)

[Jack]

Correctly.