rmholt Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 My girlfriend while watching GOT cannot shake pronouncing Gendry "Jen-dry" HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU ITS A SOFT G!!!!!Sounds like she has a better handle on it than you do :drunk: Or is that her talking to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Victarion Greyjoy Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Greyjoy - Gre-joa (french) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maester Hodor Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 When I first read the books I always pronounced Tyrion "Ty-Rion" (For example like the name Tyler)But then I started watching the show and they pronounce it "Tear-Rion" I still don't get it why they pronounce it that way... :bang: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StannisBamfatheon Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 b...b...but they pronounce it "gendry" on the show, as in the sound like "gone" "Gain" "goat"not Jendry like...Jordan, Jacob, Jill.Isn't that hard g this ^^^^ if not, I learn something new every day on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutella23 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 "gone" "gain" "goat" is hard G. the "j" sound is soft G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 b...b...but they pronounce it "gendry" on the show, as in the sound like "gone" "Gain" "goat"not Jendry like...Jordan, Jacob, Jill.Isn't that hard g this ^^^^ if not, I learn something new every day on this board.Sometimes I hear Jendry, sometimes I think I hear Gendry. Like Gelatin, not gunpowder <- ObQueen reference.Heck, why *not* go with the Spanish pronunciation (endry) and get rid of that pesky G altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y ddraig Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Gendry, hard g, makes no sense. If that's the intended pronunciation, why not spell it Ghendry? In English, g before e and i is soft. GRRM is no Tolkien when it comes to linguistics; his ideas don't always make a lot of senseEdit: Spelling. What else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give Cersei some LOVE Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 nohead stark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Gendry, hard g, makes no sense. If that's the intended pronuncion, why not spell it Ghendry? In English, g before e and i is soft. GRRM is no Tolkien when it comes to linguistics; his ideas don't always make a lot of sense.Gelatin. Germ. Genetics. Gestation. Gerbil. Gist. Genial. Geography. Gendry. Giant, Gibberish, Ginger, Gigalo.It seems that if the 3rd letter is a vowel, the G may be hard. Except for Geo. WHich might be an error going from Greek to English.It is known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Gelatin. Germ. Genetics. Gestation. Gerbil. Gist. Genial. Geography. Gendry.Also every word I find (in a very quick scan) that starts with "Gen" uses soft Ghttp://www.scrabblefinder.com/starts-with/gen/Giant, Gibberish, Ginger, Gigalo. But far more hard Gs. However, Gillyflower is pronouced Jillyflower to my amazement. So I messed up that one. Gilly is pronounced Jilly, like the Jilly flower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica21 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I have a hard time with Daenerys. I still read it as Dan-air-ee-us, instead of Dan-air-us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daevyd Targaryen Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 what about the word 'geld'?exceptions are everywhere in the English language. i dont think any rule could conclusively prove a pronunciation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Spearwife Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Gelatin. Germ. Genetics. Gestation. Gerbil. Gist. Genial. Geography. Gendry.Giant, Gibberish, Ginger, Gigalo.It seems that if the 3rd letter is a vowel, the G may be hard. Except for Geo. WHich might be an error going from Greek to English.It is known.If the following letter is an "e" or an "i", it's a soft g. If it's anything else, it's a hard g.Usually. Gimp, gill, get, gear, etc., have hard g's. I pronounce Gendry with a soft g and Gilly with a hard g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 If the following letter is an "e" or an "i", it's a soft g. If it's anything else, it's a hard g.Usually. Gimp, gill, get, gear, etc., have hard g's. I pronounce Gendry with a soft g and Gilly with a hard g.if it is gilly like the flower, it is a soft G. according to Merriam Webster. So you are fighting the dictionary.Every word beginning with GEN has a soft G (that I found) so statistics are against you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 what about the word 'geld'?exceptions are everywhere in the English language. i dont think any rule could conclusively prove a pronunciationNot a Gen word. For one thing. English is tricksy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Spearwife Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 if it is gilly like the flower, it is a soft G. according to Merriam Webster. So you are fighting the dictionary.Every word beginning with GEN has a soft G (that I found) so statistics are against you.How? That's exactly what I said it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 How? That's exactly what I said it was.Oh, sorry. But most GI words have a hard G and nearly all GIL words are hard "G". I was surprised when I looked up Gillyflower -http://www.morewords.com/starts-with/gil/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiftraven Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I always pronounced 'Damphair' as "Dam-fair" before I saw GRRM confirm that it was "Damp-hair" in a youtube interview :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Spearwife Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 *sigh* English is stupid. It's impossible to find a rule that's not broken a dozen times over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y ddraig Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 The same goes for Genna and Gerion, btw. All soft g's for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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