TimJames Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Tyrion as "Tyrone".In fact, I still pronounce his name as "Tyrone". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Pepsi_Cupps Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Well Cersei the name is a nod to Circe of Greek mythology, which was actually pronounced "Kir-keh" in the original Greek.So we all wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arya Weinergaryen Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Well Cersei the name is a nod to Circe of Greek mythology, which was actually pronounced "Kir-keh" in the original Greek.So we all wrong.That's right. Hard C, I still forget that sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isobel Harper Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Well Cersei the name is a nod to Circe of Greek mythology, which was actually pronounced "Kir-keh" in the original Greek.So we all wrong. I never knew that. Thanks! KIRKE (or Circe) was a goddess pharmakeia (witch or sorceress) who lived with her nymph attendants on the mythical island of Aiaia. She was skilled in the magic of metamorphosis, the power of illusion, and the dark art of necromancy. Robert Strong much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north of the wall Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 R'hllor is Rah-hole-ah isn't it? It is in my head anyway.Yronwood as Yern-wood Mya- My-AhLys as Lees and Lysene as Lees-een (like teen)Aegon as AY-gone (like its gone somewhere)Myr as MurrMeereen as Marine (although that could just be my lazy aussie accent not wanting to stretch out the "eeee" soundI always assumed Damphair was obvious as well as the hard G in Gendry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isobel Harper Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Tyrion as "Tyrone".In fact, I still pronounce his name as "Tyrone". I read it as "Tyrone" a few times oh so many years ago. I was like "he ain't bl... a Summer Islander. What the?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isobel Harper Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 R'hllor is Rah-hole-ah isn't it? It is in my head anyway.Yronwood as Yern-woodMya- My-AhLys as Lees and Lysene as Lees-een (like teen)Aegon as AYE-gone (like its gone somewhere)Myr as MurrMeereen as Marine (although that could just be my lazy aussie accent not wanting to stretch out the "eeee" soundI always assumed Damphair was obvious as well as the hard G in Gendry. I read it as "AY gone" and still do. As far am I'm considered, Egg is as appropriate a nickname for Aegon as Ned is for Eddard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north of the wall Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I read it as "AY gone" and still do. As far am I'm considered, Egg is as appropriate a nickname for Aegon as Ned is for Eddard.Oops this is what I meant. Silly kids disctracting me. I will change it now. Lol. I thought Egg was just as good as Ned for a nickname too. Sort of like Dick for Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isobel Harper Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Oops this is what I meant. Silly kids disctracting me. I will change it now. Lol. I thought Egg was just as good as Ned for a nickname too. Sort of like Dick for Richard No need to change anything. First impressions are first impressions. And "Tyrone" is a more familiar name to us, I assume, than Tyrion. Because who knows anyone named Tyrion besides the Imp? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynned Lannistark Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 :blushing: OMG that just blew my mind. To this date, I was sure that it was Azor Azai. You are not the only one. :) But I found out I got it wrong some time ago. In my case there were also Kettleback, Victorian , And I always say Hidzhar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Pepsi_Cupps Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 The river where Meereen is. To this day, I can neither spell it nor say it. Sherezedemahadazan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastydream Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 soo what I got from this thread cersei is NOT pronounced ser-say ? are you sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalCount Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 soo what I got from this thread cersei is NOT pronounced ser-say ? are you sure? I personally think that's a valid pronunciation, but the majority of people probably say ser-see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaginepageant Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 soo what I got from this thread cersei is NOT pronounced ser-say ? are you sure? I'm pretty sure George pronounces it "ser-see." Everyone on the show does. And I think the name was derived from Circe, the Greek goddess, which is pronounced "ser-see" (in English). So yes, I'd say it's supposed to be "ser-see," not "ser-say." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morticia Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Until I watched the show I pronounced Cersei as Ker-see, Arya as Arree-ya and Daenerys as Dan-air-iss or Day-ni-riss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dragons Hand Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Until I watched the show I pronounced Cersei as Ker-see, Arya as Arree-ya and Daenerys as Dan-air-iss or Day-ni-riss I shall never go with "Are-Ya?" Ar-ee-uh for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mother of The Others Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I once called Jaime the Prince that was Promised by mistake. For Arya, I was picturing the "Are-yuh Underfoot" thing being said as a question to her, like when you almost tripped over her you'd say as a greeting, "Are-yuh Underfoot? Yes you are! And well met!" But that's not required. It could as easily be Ar-ee-uh Underfoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florina Laufeyson Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Arya is "Ar-ya" quite literally. "Yronwood." I only too recently realized the phonetic is "Ironwood," which was pretty dumb :blushing: .I pronounced that like the Y in Ymir. So it came out sounding like "Yih-ronwood"Welp. rip me. Yes! I pronounced Damphair as Damfair until I heard GRRM saying it, haha!Har im guilty of this. im like "Damp Hair. omg im a potato." "Lys" reads like "Lees" to me, not "Lice"...Ser-see-eye for Cersei.Show calls it Lees. :dunno: Oddly enough, i pronounced most of the names in the series correctly. I did have a time where Aegon sounded close to Egon Spengler :P Now hes Ay-gon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mother of The Others Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 reading Lys as Liss sounds the most classy-correct and exotic-proper to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastydream Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 reading Lys as Liss sounds the most classy-correct and exotic-proper to me. yes agreed,I call it liss too Surprisingly though I never had a problem with Yronwood. But yes I did call damphair damfair as well :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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