The Great Heroscape Pronunciation Guide

[HeroscapeLunatic]

Ok, I guess nobody is interested in this thread - please lock it down.

[bunjee]

The end of summer is a crazy time for many. For me it was Gencon, followed by a weekend at the Ocean, followed by the start of school (I work at a school) I'm only just starting to catch up on a massive back log of email, I have this thread in my watch list so I can remember to come back with my detailed list of pronunciations once I work them out.

Patience.

[teekay]

Why do you have 22 ways to pronounce Izumi?

It's Japanese.

It's a REAL language.

There is only one way to pronounce it.

[Onacara]

Isn't that the last name of the guy from the car commercials that lied all the time...Joe Izumi???

[HeroscapeLunatic]

Originally Posted by teekay

Why do you have 22 ways to pronounce Izumi?

It's Japanese.

It's a REAL language.

There is only one way to pronounce it.

I understand that, but not too many people pronounce Thor, Tor, which is how the Vikings pronounced it. I simply covered the bases since it was for HeroScapers to determine what was the most common way of pronouncing something.

[edridtc123]

I prononce Krav Maga Krav Mahgaw

[edridtc123]

Izmi I say I (long I) zoo mee

[Talyn]

Marro - Maaahhrro

[Kinseth]

Cyprien

- Sype(pronounced close to Skype, but take out the k.) Wren.

[HS ~ KNT]

1. Ast-rid
2. Bear-en-spur
3. Bleek-wood
4. Bran-dawr
5. Dag-mawr
6. Der-geth
7. Er-land
8. Fay-luhnd
9. Fin
10. Ger-duh
11. Grim-nak
12. Gruht
13. Ee-Vor
14. Ee-zoo-mee
15. Kel-duh
16. Kra-veh Mah-Guh
17. Laur / Lϋr
Lar/Ler
18. Lins-farm
19. Mawr-oh
20. Mi-gawl
21. Mim-ring
22. Meet-ton-soul
23. Nas-truh-lawnd - 1 vote
24. Nay-ves
25. Nee-Gawk-Sah
26. Ray-lin
27. Suh-var-is
28. Tawrn
29. Th-or-grim
30. Thor-muhn
31. Val-dah
32. Vohl-suhn-gah
33. Zeht-ee-an

I bolded the ones I thought didn't fit anything on your list...
And italiced the one that I would pronounce the two different.
I'm not sure this is what you were looking for, but I thought I'd put my two cents up. ^-^

[The B.I.V.]

Okay, my mother-in-law is from Norway (which pretty much makes me an expert).

She says :

Einar: Eye-nar (which incidentally, she says is a very common old viking name).

Jandar: Yawn-dar

Ullar: OO-lar

Utgar: OOt-Gar (which is how it's pronounced in the videos on Hasbro's site)

Vydar: Vie-dar

Incidentally, the 'r' at the end of each name is pronounced almost like a hard 'd' sound.

I didn't ask her about Aquilla since it doesn't look like it has it's origins in viking culture, like the others. I personally like Aa (as in "at")-kwilla (with the emphasis on the first "A."

Oh, and Krav Maga is Kraa (as in "at")v Muh-gaw (with the emphasis on the "gaw"). It's an Israeli martial art.

Brandon

[Grungebob]

Originally Posted by HS ~ KNT

1. Ast-rid
2. Bear-en-spur
3. Bleek-wood
4. Bran-dawr
5. Dag-mawr
6. Der-geth
7. Er-land
8. Fay-luhnd
9. Fin
10. Ger-duh
11. Grim-nak
12. Gruht
13. Ee-Vor
14. Ee-zoo-mee
15. Kel-duh
16. Kra-veh Mah-Guh
17. Laur / Lϋr
Lar/Ler
18. Lins-farm
19. Mawr-oh
20. Mi-gawl
21. Mim-ring
22. Meet-ton-soul
23. Nas-truh-lawnd - 1 vote
24. Nay-ves
25. Nee-Gawk-Sah
26. Ray-lin
27. Suh-var-is
28. Tawrn
29. Th-or-grim
30. Thor-muhn
31. Val-dah
32. Vohl-suhn-gah
33. Zeht-ee-an

34. Haw-thorn