Pronouncing "BPAL" and scent names!

[Penance]

So can we get a pronunciation of Leanan Sidhe by chance? I stink at Gaelic pronunciation in spite of my heritage.

[Laurel the Woodfairy]

I *think* it is LEE-nan Shee, but I may be totally wrong. Hopefully someone else will confirm or deny that...

[ipb]

the sidhe = shee part, at least, is right.

[oatmealneko]

There's a particular scent that I'd love try that I haven't yet, but the spelling of it was a bit of puzzling to me. Aizen-Myoo. I thought it would sound like "aizen-myu", but it just still looked weird to me. When I looked it up online, it's actually prounounced as "Aizen-Myo-o".

[fragrantgrasse]

i may be slightly off center here, but everytime i see the SWAP FORUM - or any mention of swaps - for some odd reason i always read it as SWAMP.

 

SWAMP FORUM anyone?

 

[tart]

Heh...I think clephan and grrrlennyl would get a kick out of your "swamp" forum.

[anmorata]

So I have to ask.. in the pronounciation of Samhain as "Sow-en", is it a long or short O?

[diabolique]

short o.

 

actually, i don't know. i pronounce it like a hybrid between a short o, as in "obtuse," and an o as in "ou," like "ouch."

 

i'm probably wrong though.

Edited March 12, 2005 by diabolique

[Witch's Dagger]

So I have to ask.. in the pronounciation of Samhain as "Sow-en", is it a long or short O?

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short o.

 

actually, i don't know. i pronounce it like a hybrid between a short o, as in "obtuse," and an o as in "ou," like "ouch."

 

i'm probably wrong though.

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Not wrong at all!

 

It's *exactly* the sound as in "ouch"... or "how", or sow (female pig), etc.

 

Not like "low"

 

More detail for anmorata:

 

Think of it as ah + oo only really fast. Though, if you practice too much, people might start thinking you're a dog *grins*

 

Because in "Samhain", the concensus is that "mh" = "w". "w" = "oo" only faster, and the vowel before the "w" is "a". But it goes so fast that all you get is "sow".

[clover]

Hmmm, what is the correct pronunciation of vetiver? I always say it in my mind like it's frech "vet-i-vay", but I'm not sure that's right. Anyone?

[ipb]

dictionary.com says vt -vr

 

so veht'ih-vahr

 

eh as in pet, ih as in edible, ah as in about

 

(i the dictionarysearch extension)

[oatmealneko]

How does one go about pronouncing "Tzadikim Nistarim"? That "tza" sound is probably going to kill my poor tongue.

[darklorelei]

I'm thinking the "tza" is just like "czar".

[Brianne]

Hesperides - Hes-pair-uh-dees

Lampades - Lam-pah-days

Hamadryad - Ham-uh-dry-uhd

 

 

Of course, there are different variations to each of those words, depending on where you're learning your Greek mythology

[yeahbutnobut]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who says Bee-Pal as the pronounciation! seems I'm with the majority!

 

Chypre is, I think, pronounced 'Chee-pruh' I know that in French, the name 'Chypre' means Cyprus, not sure if that's linked to the perfume or what.

 

How do you pronounce these names:

Oisin (I say it Oy-zin...rhymes with raisin...though I'm pretty sure that's not how it's pronounced!)

Aeval

Yggdrasil

[Shollin]

Oisin is pronounced oh-SHEEN. It's Gaelic.

[yeahbutnobut]

Thanks. I knew it was Gaelic but I know nothing about how to pronounce Gaelic (well, until I read this thread-now I know a few!)

[Krista]

here's how you pronounce xiuhtecuhtli, pookie:

 

she wa te KWA tle !

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i think it's rather fun to pronounce. the other day, i was talking to my grandpa about having ordered this scent, and i wound up pronouncing it, "she-tech-uhhhh.. i don't remember how to say it," and he managed to pronounce it PERFECTLY! i just looked at him, blinked, and said, "wow, you're good."

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I'm sure pirate be will be able to pronounce that, (anglo japanese boy)

But I'm going to refer to it as She-Ra. That's a heads up for you Laura!!!

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I'm not sure how well a Japanese person could read xiuhtecuhtli considering it has letters and syllables that the Japanese language doesn't. I'm not sure though.

[Silvertree]

How does one go about pronouncing "Tzadikim Nistarim"? That "tza" sound is probably going to kill my poor tongue.

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The emphasis would go: Tsa DEE keem Nees TA reem. The "tza" sound has a soft "s" rather than a hard "z"; it's like the "ts" in "tse-tse".

[pekeana]

Gosh darn it, I have no idea how to say Tenochtitlan.

 

Someone please help me so I don't make myself look like an idiot in front of pkwench by stammering into a twisted tongue at dinner again? PLEEEEASE?

[yeahbutnobut]

I think this is how it's pronounced:

Ten-NOCH (with a ch like cheese) tit-LAN. That's how someone on a travel documentary said it anyway.

[mmcfa2]

I think this is how it's pronounced:

Ten-NOCH (with a ch like cheese) tit-LAN. That's how someone on a travel documentary said it anyway.

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lol in our house it's *techno chittlin* for that very reason!

[nenya]

Yggdrasil

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Ig-druh-sil

[Penance]

I think this is how it's pronounced:

Ten-NOCH (with a ch like cheese) tit-LAN. That's how someone on a travel documentary said it anyway.

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lol in our house it's *techno chittlin* for that very reason!

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I love it!

 

That's even better than Grandmother of Goats.

[surf-tormented]

From Encyclopedia Mythica:

 

the Hesperides:

hes-pair'-i-deez

 

...and I pronounce it Bee-Pal too. My husband keeps insisting that Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab sounds like a goth-industrial band name (and has asked me jokingly when they're going to tour).

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They actually toured in San Diego last weekend...their music wasn't very good but they smelled fantastic!