Thread: Pronunciation of foreign/unusual names in books
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Old 05-09-2011, 08:02 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by wayrad View Post
I usually pick a reasonable pronunciation based on the most similar real language, but in cases where the pronunciation is completely unclear or ambiguous, it tends to nag at me. The pronunciation guides some fantasy authors include can be very helpful when that happens.
I don't read very much fantasy, so I didn't think so much about made-up languages, but I can imagine the issues

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Of course, if the author's pronunciation isn't reasonable, it's even more irritating. A while ago I read a fantasy in which the author wanted "kitsune" to be pronounced "kit-SOON-ay". I spent the whole book wondering if she also collected "net-SOOK-ay".
With my Danish background "kit-SOON-ay" is more or less how I would pronounce it Now I wonder how it's supposed to be pronounced in "English"
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