dravis Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 (edited) Take book to signing. Use your one question to point to a word and ask, "Will you say that?" Edited November 24, 2011 by dravis 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus Ex Biotica Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Wow. I have no idea how I missed Kell-syay. And I was so proud of reading the online guide to Elantris before I got into the habit of thinking them wrong. Thanks for the tip, internet! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeatherWriter she/her Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Wait so how are you supposed to say Egwene and Nyneave? I've gone with EG-ween and NIGH-neeve (rhymes with weave). Though I used to pronounce Nyneave as NIN-uh-vay before my mom set me straight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 The back of the WoT books have pronunciations for some of the names. I know for a fact I mispronounce Egwene's name, so I won't even try to help you here. But if you have the earlier books available, just the last pages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Spoonface he/him Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Listening to the Mistborn audio book, apparently Kelsier is pronounced KEL-seer, Elend is pronounced EH-lend, and Sazed is pronounced SAY-zed. Lot's of first syllable accents. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanist Lupus he/him Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Listening to the Mistborn audio book, apparently Kelsier is pronounced KEL-seer, Elend is pronounced EH-lend, and Sazed is pronounced SAY-zed. Lot's of first syllable accents. Brandon has said that the people in Mistborn would pronounce Kelsier as Kel-see-ay (although he pronounces it KEL-seer), like it's French. Word of god trumps the audiobook. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Spoonface he/him Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Brandon has said that the people in Mistborn would pronounce Kelsier as Kel-see-ay (although he pronounces it KEL-seer), like it's French. Word of god trumps the audiobook. If he chooses to pronounce is Kel-seer, and the character pronounce it Kel-see-ay, does that make their pronunciation an in-world linguistic oddity? If so, ought we to pronounce it that way? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanist Lupus he/him Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 From the Brandonothology: RankWeis: The characters in Mistborn all have very French names. My girlfriend insists Vin's name is pronounced almost "Veh", as it would be in France, and I'm almost convinced. How do you pronounce it?Brandon: The Central Dominance is intentionally French sounding. I say Vin's name like an American would, but everyone in world would say it with a French accent. Same goes for Kelsier, (which they would say Kel-syay.) Again, I say it as an American would, but then I'm not from the Central Dominance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeatherWriter she/her Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 I actually just started reading the book in French on Amazon, Fils-des-Brumes. The names slip very well into French pronunciations, and I definitely pronounce them differently. eh-LEND vin-CHUR becomes AY-len VAHN-tyur. VIN becomes VAH (just the barest hint on an N on the end). KEL-see-ur becomes KEL-see-yay. Even the planet name, Scadrial works really well in French. It's so awesome reading about "l'allomancie" and "ferochimie" and actually understanding it. Though I have to admit, I laughed out loud at Breeze's name. Unlike most of the others, which are spelled exactly the same way. Breeze actually became "Brise" which would be pronounced exactly the same and is actually the French word for it! Gah, I want to read to read the whole book in French, but it's sooooo expensive. I have a feeling the first few chapters are not going to be enough! Also, I really want to read Stormlight Archive in French! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zas678 he/him Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 This is what Brandon says about Pronunciation: QUESTION How do you pronounce the Mistborn Planet? [scadrial] BRANDON SANDERSON Sca (as in Scab) dri (as in drink) al (sounds like ul). MEMBER OF AUDIENCE Okay. I always said Sca (as in Skate) dri (as in drink) al (as in Albert) BRANDON SANDERSON That’s perfectly fine. This can launch me into my little thing on Pronunciation. As readers, you get the say, you’re the director. I wrote the script. The director can always change things. If you want a character to look differently in your head, that’s okay. If you want to pronounce things however you want, that’s okay too. Because a book does not exist until it has a reader. It really doesn’t live. It exists, but it doesn’t live until you read it and give it life. So however you feel like doing it, go ahead. And remember, I’ve said this numerous times before, I don’t pronounce all the names right. I’m American, so I pronounce things with an American accent. The best example I give is Kelsier, because I do say Kel (as in bell) si (as in see) er (as in air), but they say Kel (as in bell) si (as in see) er (as in hey) in-world (it sounds very French). I say E (as in the letter e) lan (as in lawn) tris (as in hiss), they say E (as in the letter e) Lan (as in lane) tris (as in hiss) in-world. So there are linguistic fundamentals of these because I do have some linguistic background, but I don’t always say them right. I like saying Sa (like suh) rene (like Reen), instead of Sa (like suh) rene (like meany), which is how they say it. Which Suh-reany sounds kind of dumb in English. And in their language, it’s a beautiful woman’s name, but here you wouldn’t call someone Suh-reany, you’d call them Suh-rean. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turos he/him Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 For me it's: Kaladin = PALadin with K Sarene = Say-RAY-nay (I force myself to pronounce it this way now... used to be suh-REEN) Galladon = GAL-uh-don Raoden = RAY-oh-den (I used to call him RAU(like "ow!")-den) Aona = AY-oh-nuh Dalinar = DAL(like "dad")-ih-nar Jasnah = JAZ-nuh Szeth = Zeth Vin = Vihn(believe it or not!) Kelsier = KEL-see-ur Demoux = Deh-MO(as in "oh!") Renoux = Reh-NO TenSoon = .... OreSeur = Or-SEE-ur MeLaan = Mee-LAWN Luthadel = LUU-thu-dell The Lord Ruler = Tu-HEE Lard Ruu-LEER (jokes ) Ati = AY-tee Atium = AY-tee-uhm Malatium = MAL-ay-tee-uhm Leras = LAIR-us Lerasium = Lair-chull-ee-uhm (pardone my french ) Cosmere = KAZH-meer (jokes again! AH HAHA! Man, I'm so funny!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCAL37 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I personally always pronounced Szeth's name as "Sheth", drawing on Polish, and the Alethi "kh" as a velar fricative, like some Irish or German "ch"s, a Spanish "j", or a Lojban or IPA "x". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikomis he/him Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Wait so how are you supposed to say Egwene and Nyneave? I've gone with EG-ween and NIGH-neeve (rhymes with weave). Though I used to pronounce Nyneave as NIN-uh-vay before my mom set me straight. I pronounce it "Egg-win" even though it's wrong. And it ticks off my wife. She pronounces it "Eg-wayne" as per the pronunciation guide. As to Szeth, I pronounced it Zeth until I started studying Russian. Then I found this letter that is like a "shch" sound, and started using it by accident. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altonahk Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I pronounce Szeth..... Szeth. I'm really good at sliding from one consonant to another without a vowel between, so I don't find it hard to slide from an SS sound to a ZZ sound. Kaladin is Paladin with a K. Sarene is Sah-Ree-Nee; if you pronounce quickly, with a Japanese style even cadence (NO stress), it actually sounds good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor Feesh Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Slight thread necro, but... I feel like a bit of a tool. All this time I've been pronouncing Realmatic as Real-matic (RHEE-ul-MAH-tic). Only today, when thinking about the associations of the three realms and the term Realmatic in the same sentence did I realise it's probably pronounced Realm-atic (RELM-AH-tic). 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChronicFeruchemist she/her Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 So on the topic or Rock's horneater name I always assumed it was pronounced like hawaiian. His name actually reminds me of the state fish of hawaii, humuhumunukunukuapuaa which means fish that grunts like a pig. (and yes I can pronounce the fishes name.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAgain he/him Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Hearing Brandon's readings was interesting since I have gotten used to saying names a certain (often peculiar) way:Kaladin = Ka-lah-DEEN. Actually, it kind of sounds like saying "Paula Deen" and... I don't... even... NEXT!Shallan = SHALL-unJasnah = JAZ-nuh (Never gonna give J up!) "Kh" like Spanish "J" (not lazy island dialects' /h/ but real /X/): XO-leen, XO-lih-nar Elhokar = el-oh-KAR Szeth = I don't say it consistently: seth, zeth, sheth. Rysn = RIH-zin Sadeas = Sa-DAY-us Rock = Hawaiian sounding name (easy to say once you read through it carefully) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterAhlstrom he/him Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Kaladin = Ka-lah-DEEN. Actually, it kind of sounds like saying "Paula Deen" and... I don't... even... NEXT! Rock pronounces Kaladin's name like that too. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeatherWriter she/her Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 I just wanna point out that even though I replied to this conversation a LONG time ago, I started a pronunciation meme on Tumblr where people actually record themselves saying lots of Cosmere names. If you all are interested in hearing my pronunciations, they can be found over here: http://featherwriter.tumblr.com/post/50974558197/cosmere-pronunciation-meme-sel-characters 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SethPwnSzeth Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Hello all, I would like to comment what I think. My name beings Seth, it's annoying to think of it pronounced as Seth or Zeth and Suh-Zeth sounds just awful. So, I have been letting the S fall silent and pronouncing the Z the German way, 'Ts. Making the pronunciation 'Tseth. to me this Is the most pleasant way to try and pronounce the name as I have tried all previously recommendations and more. I am seriously considering naming my son(if I ever have one) Szeth because it looks like a badass name which is why I want it to sound good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheSeamonster he/him Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 For me I've always said; Sazed = SAH-zed Kelsier = KELL-see-er Sadeas = Suh-DEE-us Kaladin = Cal-uh-DIN (Cal as in California. Soooooo the same way that Chaos says it.) Jasnah = YAZZ-nuh Jezrien = Yezz-REE-in Szeth = Zeth Demoux = Dee-MO Soo yep! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landis963 he/him Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 For me: Szeth= Zeth Kaladin=Kahl-uh-din (Chaos' pronunciation) Sadeas=Say-dee-us Jasnah=Yahz-nuh Shallan=Shuh-LAHN Kelsier=KELL-See-Ay Vin=Vahn Renoux= Ruh-NOO Demoux= Duh-MOO Sarene=Suh-REE-nee Raoden=RAH-oh-dn (I give Arelish Aonic slightly different vowel sounds than Teoish Aonic - I thought an accent might develop over the course of Teod's history) There are more, but it's already far too late where I am. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying_shadow she/her Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I say all of the names with a Russian accent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Going with the French influence on many of the names in series I would say it is "Set". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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