How should word "C'tis" be pronounced?

[Foodstamp]

Originally Posted by Burnsaber

I've been wondering about Tir na n'Og. That's one damn beast of a word.

Tirnoog?

Tirnaug?

Dominions isn't the first game I have played with that word. Another game I have played since 2001 also references it. I am pretty set in my ways on how I pronounce it as Tir-Na- Nog.

I also pronounce Cuchulainn as "Coo-cha-lane" but the correct pronunciation is "Coo-Hoo-Lan (lane?)".

What happens is I see a word, create a pronunciation for it and then I find out the real pronunciation later on, but it is too late as I am set in my ways.

For example, I used to pronounce Stipend like "Stip-end" when in reality it is "Stipe-end". Safe to say I was the source of much amusement for a know-it-all when I found out I was pronouncing it wrong.

[chrispedersen]

Originally Posted by Foodstamp

Dominions isn't the first game I have played with that word. Another game I have played since 2001 also references it. I am pretty set in my ways on how I pronounce it as Tir-Na- Nog.

I also pronounce Cuchulainn as "Coo-cha-lane" but the correct pronunciation is "Coo-Hoo-Lan (lane?)".

What happens is I see a word, create a pronunciation for it and then I find out the real pronunciation later on, but it is too late as I am set in my ways.

For example, I used to pronounce Stipend like "Stip-end" when in reality it is "Stipe-end". Safe to say I was the source of much amusement for a know-it-all when I found out I was pronouncing it wrong.

The difference between those that encounter a word by reading - and other's verbal usage...

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by Foodstamp

For example, I used to pronounce Stipend like "Stip-end" when in reality it is "Stipe-end". Safe to say I was the source of much amusement for a know-it-all when I found out I was pronouncing it wrong.

You made me look this up, because I was actually curious if perhaps both pronunciations were considered valid.

I found something surprising.

Stiped comes from the Latin 'Stipendium'. Why is this so odd? Because Latin has no "ih" sound for I, yet we use it all the time in words derived from Latin - except in this case, we kept the original pronunciation.....

[Gregstrom]

Originally Posted by JimMorrison

Stiped comes from the Latin 'Stipendium'. Why is this so odd? Because Latin has no "ih" sound for I, yet we use it all the time in words derived from Latin - except in this case, we kept the original pronunciation.....

Some of this may be related to use of church Latin, which is not pronounced in the same way as classical Latin for some reason. Church Latin, for instance, pronounces c as a 'ch' sound most of the time, where classical Latin uses a hard 'k' sound.

PS: I thought R'lyeh was generally pronounced 'AAAAARGH!gibber*splatter*crunch*gristle (pause) belch'