NGParadox Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I say crakehall correctly but because of my English accent, people tell me it sounds like crackwhore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liaraeyne Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I always pronounced Catelyn as Caitlyn until I watched the show. Anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastydream Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I always pronounced Catelyn as Caitlyn until I watched the show. Anyone else? Caitlyn carried me to gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neumond Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Well not being a native speaker I probably pronounce everything weird. And I don´t have a problem with it. If I think something sounds nicer in my native accent I´m ok with it.But what really cracked me up was the discovery that the weird-wood-tree actually doesn´t have a d in it. I just filled it in automatically... Also I actually read damphair as damp hair the first time and then couldn´t get rid of this. So I tried to pronounce it in my native language what makes it sound like dumbfire. It´s also weird... Now I go with some mix that sounds like: dumpyre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isobel Harper Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I always pronounced Catelyn as Caitlyn until I watched the show. Anyone else? Yes, I did as well. Her name is probably the most mispronounced in the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adara Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 How do you pronounce Redwyne? -wyne like gin or like fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueOrFalse Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 How do you pronounce Redwyne? -wyne like gin or like fine? I've always pronounced wyne like fine. :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myufa Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 How do you pronounce Redwyne? -wyne like gin or like fine? Redwine would make much more sense now that I think of it. Kinda like how Blackfyre is Blackfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel_Rose Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Also: Spent far too long reading Tywin as Twain (rhyming with Gwaine if you've seen Melin, or how a little kid would say Train) Kettleblacks were Kettlebacks For some reason thought Tommen was Tommy And after realising that Shavepate wasn't Sheep-pate I just gave up in Essos These books hate dyslexia... What do you mean it isn't Kettlebacks???! Edit : I'm a non-native speaker as well, so I prob pronounce some names completely wrong. I also look closely to the name when trying to decipher it - which is why Damphair was always damp hair to me, Redwyne red wine, Yronwood, iron wood etc. I just assumed GRRM combined these words and changed the spelling. cWhat really astonished me, though - 'cause I didn't pronounce it that way at all - was George saying that Cersei's name is supposed to sound like Circe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSovereignGrave Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Also I actually read damphair as damp hair the first time and then couldn´t get rid of this. So I tried to pronounce it in my native language what makes it sound like dumbfire. It´s also weird... Now I go with some mix that sounds like: dumpyre Huh? It's is pronounced 'Damp Hair'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel_Rose Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 How should 'gen' be pronounced? Gender, generation, gentle, genuflect, generator, gentile... But the show pronounces Gendry with a hard g. I choose to believe they are wrong. I'm 1000% with you on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salafi Stannis Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I pronounce everything the way it is in the show, because I watched it before I read the books. As for characters not in the show yet, the only one I got wrong is "Kettleblack", where I didn't notice the l at first, I realised after a while though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dragons Hand Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Kettleblack is just one long running pun, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel_Rose Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Kettleback for some reason reminds me of Nickelback. I'm not a fan by any means but it could have contributed to my mispronouncing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kynan Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I first read Arya as aye-ra and aye-ra-ra. I don't even know how that happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dragons Hand Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I first read Arya as aye-ra and aye-ra-ra. I don't even know how that happened. Sounds like a party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kynan Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Sounds like a party.I also know one who pronounced Sansa as son-say for the longest time. It was weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drekinn Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Kettleback. It just sounds better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morticia Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 My most ridiculous mispronunciation was when I started reading the first book and pronounced Jaime as J'aime, the French word for 'I like'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenedstark Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I used to say "shite" previously, but now, thanks to the book, realized it is pronounced as "shit". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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