So do you know how to pronounce Dünd?

Sirius · #1 March 29th, 2007, 05:10 PM

I don't think the "¨" is in the English language, right? Sorry, english is not my mother tongue.
Anyways, so I've been wondering if you guys (girls?) knew how to pronounce his name. If you do not, well, I will tell you :P

Well, the ¨ serves as a diacritic, some sort of escape to the diphthong.
For example, in french -- Noël is written with an ë so it is pronounced "No-el" and not "Nol".
Corn is the english word for Maïs, in french. It is written with an ï so it is pronounced "Ma-eess" and not "Meh".
Acute is the english word for Aigüe, in french. It is written with an ü so it is pronounced "é-gu" and not "ege".
(Btw, I'm using the g here as a hard letter, like in the way you would pronounce the word "gay" and not "jay". So it is -gu and -ge, not -ju and -je.)

So the same goes for Dünd. His name is pronounced "Doond" and not "Doned (Done)".
Well here you go. ^_^

markwars · #2 March 29th, 2007, 05:15 PM

Doond is correct in my mind.

NecroBlade · #3 March 29th, 2007, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by markwars

Doond is correct in my mind.

That is more or less how I pronounce it, too.

dnutt99 · #4 March 29th, 2007, 05:41 PM

My Dund doesn't care what I call him.

Neither do my Generals,.....though I've never seen them!

Sargent_Drake_8 · #5 March 29th, 2007, 06:40 PM

Though this is kinda cool, I think it's ever so slightly out of place on a website. Dund is written Dund no matter haw you pronounce it. However, maybe I'm just bitter since I've always pronounced it how it's spelled.

dnutt99 · #6 March 29th, 2007, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sargent_Drake_8

Though this is kinda cool, I think it's ever so slightly out of place on a website. Dund is written Dund no matter haw you pronounce it. However, maybe I'm just bitter since I've always pronounced it how it's spelled.