Are these the correct pronounciations for the AoM gods?
Zeus - zoose
Thor - thaw
Set - Set
Loki - low-key OR low-ki
poseidon - per-si-don
Odin - o-din OR odd-in
isis - eye-sis
hades - (s)"hades"
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Zytos Mortal
posted 03 December 2002 09:36 AM
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1 / 19
May be due to an American accent, but I pronounce:
Thor = "Thore", rhymes with say 'lore', or 'floor'
Poseidon = "Poe-si-done", with the accent on the second syllable.
shelper HG Alumnus
(id: Smileyshelper)
posted 03 December 2002 10:00 AM
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2 / 19
hades i pronounce as hey-these
Cruzz Mortal
posted 03 December 2002 10:01 AM
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3 / 19
poseidon - per-si-don
Ummm, r? I've never ever heard anyone pronounce poseidon with an r.
Triped Mortal
posted 03 December 2002 10:17 AM
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4 / 19
Pretty sure it's:
Zoose
Poe-side-un(schwa sound)
Hay-dees
Eye-sis
Rah
Set
Oh-din
Thore
Low-key
Zlaz Mortal
posted 03 December 2002 10:18 AM
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5 / 19
Judging by Toxotes and Hoplites maybe Hades is hey-days.
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Reg Pither Mortal
posted 03 December 2002 10:19 AM
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6 / 19
'Zyoose' for those of us who speak the Queen's English, rather than the American version
Hel Mortal
posted 03 December 2002 10:40 AM
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7 / 19
Here's the way I pronounce them. I normally speak Dutch, but I mostly use the English pronunciation. I sometimes use the Dutch pronunciation for the Norse gods, because it's quite similar.
I also put the minor gods with it. Maybe I'll do the MUs too, some time. The underlined parts are where the stress is put and the letters between brackets are pronounced very weakly.
Odin - O(h)-din Thor - Tho(r) Loki - Low-kee ------------ Heimdall - Heyem-dall Freyja - Fray-ja(h) Forseti - For-say-tee Njord - Nj-o(h)-rd or Nj-euh-rd Skadi - Ska(h)-dee Bragi - Bra(h)-ghee Tyr - Tear (pronunciation of the liquid that comes from your eye) Baldr - Ba(h)-ld-ehr Hel - He(h)l
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shelper HG Alumnus
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posted 03 December 2002 10:51 AM
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8 / 19
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Hephaestus - ef-eye-stuz
i thought the english pronounced it als hey-phest-es
i heard it on tape once ( dont ask )
Hel Mortal
posted 03 December 2002 10:54 AM
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9 / 19
There's another spelling for Hephaestus that gives a better view on the pronunciation: Hefaistos. ai = eye.
Hey-phest-es is too Englishised
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declineandfall Mortal
posted 03 December 2002 10:56 AM
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10 / 19
While we're being pedantic: it's "pronunciation", not "pronounciation".
And while we're on the subject of names: is there any truth in the rumour that Ensemble got the names of its Norse units from an old IKEA catalogue? At any rate, I can't get my Nidhogg bookshelves to stay up. More favour needed, maybe.
The Fenris Wolf Banned
posted 03 December 2002 11:19 AM
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11 / 19
i pronounced them the danish way
Thor = TOR
Loki = LO-KE
Odin = O-din
Set = Z
Ra = RA
Isis = ISÆ(e)S
Zeus = SØVS
Poseidon = POSEJDON
Hades = HADDES
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DarkKnight_ Mortal
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posted 03 December 2002 02:59 PM
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12 / 19
Hel's way are all "correct", at least from what's in my histroy book and how I pronounce them.
However, I found that the correct pronunciation for Ra is "Ray" (like a sun ray).
DK
The Fenris Wolf Banned
posted 03 December 2002 03:17 PM
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13 / 19
that would become Ræ on danish...........
the "ay" in ray is how you pronounce the letter "æ"
sword_master_1 Mortal
posted 03 December 2002 05:05 PM
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14 / 19
I prounounce most of them Hels way but I say these instead
At least in America its Hey-phest-es
These ones are probably wrong but I say them this way in my head
Seck-a-met
Tirer
For-set-tee
Skad-ki (I must of imagined the k)
Hymn-doll
Hath-or
Ne-fes-this (i know this one is wrong cuz I added a e sound between ph and th
About Dionysus, I sometimes here it Dio neye sus, but also I hear it Di-Onuh(schwa)-soose. I have heard Ray for Ra. I know the actual Greeks pronounce Zeus "Dze-oose" and i saw someone put Ay rees, well I have always heard Air-ees.
PS the queen's english is prissy
starcrap Banned
posted 03 December 2002 05:56 PM
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16 / 19
lol - this was all a joke...right? Persidon? Is there really a city named England? A country named Dorset (check orange's location
Weird this doesn't seem like orange
Juice2552 Mortal
posted 03 December 2002 06:31 PM
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17 / 19
"And while we're on the subject of names: is there any truth in the rumour that Ensemble got the names of its Norse units from an old IKEA catalogue? At any rate, I can't get my Nidhogg bookshelves to stay up. More favor needed, maybe."
^^^LMAO, hilarious^^^
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Baron Bobo Mortal
posted 03 December 2002 06:32 PM
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18 / 19
Hades is pronounced with an "ees" sound because Greeks never had silent vowels, in the case of hoplit"ays" and toxot"ays".
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British Agent Mortal
posted 03 December 2002 06:46 PM
EDT (US)
19 / 19
Why is it 'ay' in Hoplit'e'? wouldn't it be a long 'e'?