How do you pronounce the races?

Fyron · #1 April 11th, 2006, 05:01 PM

Does nobody else pronounce the "Jr" as a single sound in Jraenar? Almost like the "dr" in drum (or perhaps dram to keep with a similar "a" vowel for the entire syllable), but with a "j" subtly modifying it.

Something like: "DRAY-nar"

It doesn't seem to me that pronounciations like "juh-RAY-nar" make much sense, as they are adding an extra vowel sound not present in the word, when you can pronounce the "jr" fairly easily. YMMV

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 April 11th, 2006, 05:14 PM

A-mon-kree. Cause it rhymes with monkey. Other than that, I havn't really thought about it.

Will · #3 April 11th, 2006, 05:29 PM

Well, I don't really put a vowel in the juh, it's just the only way I could think of to put it. It's more like the sound you make when you're first learning the alphabet. "J as in j- juh- jump". It's like the first sound there, where you're saying the letter's sound, but just letting it trail off without adding the vowel. Now slam an accented RAY right next to it. juh-RAY-nar. It's basically close enough that you could consider it a single syllable.