Summer Storm Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 I have to say I'm really excited this thread got so many replies since it's my first one ever and I was a bit nervous :love:Gendry I say like Jendry. I do have to own up to saying Catelyn like Cait-lin, it kinda annoys me that it's spelt with an e in there if you don't need it, why not just call her Catlyn? Why GRRM, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Duncan of Flea Bottom Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 mainly Slaver's bay's names, but let's face it, they have strange names Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summer Storm Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 mainly Slaver's bay's names, but let's face it, they have strange namesI have a hard time remembering who is who in SB, let alone their names or how to say them properly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Duncan of Flea Bottom Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 yes, I don't know even how to write their names, I don't know how to write Dany's husband's name :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Kettlebacks instead of Kettleblacks, idk why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florina Laufeyson Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Daenerys = "Day-nair-iss"Gendry = Gen (as in gun)DreeViserys = Visair-issTargaryen = Targ-ar-yenAegon = Ay-gonTyrell = Tear-rellBaratheon = Bar-ah-theonTywin = Tie-winTyrion = Tear-ee-onCersei = Ser-seeJaime = Jamie (dude. this guy has my same name only with the i in a different spot!)Gilly = Gill (like fish gills)-ee (it does look like it should be jilly though)Maester = May-sterQarth = KarthRhaegar = Ray-gar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisa Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I still struggle with Arya - I just can't get Ay-ra out of my head. And then I'm sure I've heard people pronounce it Are-eya and others Arr-ya and others Aye-a. I have no idea how to pronounce Rhaegar, it sounds different in my head everytime. As do all the names beginning with a Q and O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptowngbv Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I've listened to all of the audiobooks on a "reread". Roy Dotrice isn't always consistent with the names, especially if a minor character takes on a bigger role in a later book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mother of Dragons Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I was always unsure if Maester was pronounced my-ster (like half of the actors in the show say it) or may-ster. I prefer may-ster, just because it flows off of my tongue easier. I also feel that half of the people on the show change the pronunciations of half of the names/locations every other episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StannisBamfatheon Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Daenerys = "Day-nair-iss"Gendry = Gen (as in gun)DreeViserys = Visair-issTargaryen = Targ-ar-yenAegon = Ay-gonTyrell = Tear-rellBaratheon = Bar-ah-theonTywin = Tie-winTyrion = Tear-ee-onCersei = Ser-seeJaime = Jamie (dude. this guy has my same name only with the i in a different spot!)Gilly = Gill (like fish gills)-ee (it does look like it should be jilly though)Maester = May-sterQarth = KarthRhaegar = Ray-garBuuuuuut 'tear' has two different pronounciations pally, I suppose you mean "tear" like tears in ones eyes though right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florina Laufeyson Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Buuuuuut 'tear' has two different pronounciations pally, I suppose you mean "tear" like tears in ones eyes though right?tear as in crying a tear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarkWhite Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I wouldn't consider it mispronunciation unless you really butcher it. I work with "foreigners" and they don't pronounce my name the way I would but I also wouldn't consider it incorrect. It's more of a dialect thing. There is this Filipino gentleman I collaborate with however who insists on referring to me as "Kebbin", and while it's close I would have to call that one a mispronunciation, though I don't correct him when he refers to me by name. Who gives a shit if I refer to Catelyn as "Caitlyn". I'm pretty sure everyone would know who I was referring to and unless she's a pretentious bitch (and some may argue this) I wouldn't expect her to correct me if she were "real". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mother of Dragons Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I wouldn't consider it mispronunciation unless you really butcher it. I work with "foreigners" and they don't pronounce my name the way I would but I also wouldn't consider it incorrect. It's more of a dialect thing. There is this Filipino gentleman I collaborate with however who insists on referring to me as "Kebbin", and while it's close I would have to call that one a mispronunciation, though I don't correct him when he refers to me by name. Who gives a shit if I refer to Catelyn as "Caitlyn". I'm pretty sure everyone would know who I was referring to and unless she's a pretentious bitch (and some may argue this) I wouldn't expect her to correct me if she were "real"."Sometimes, Catelyn felt her heart had turned to stone." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mother of Dragons Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I have a hard time remembering who is who in SB, let alone their names or how to say them properly!I just think "If there's a 'haz' or a 'nak' as the last syllable, it's Slaver's Bay related." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The girl with curious hair Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Aegon/ ah-GEE-onViserys/ vi-SAR-usOberyn/ O-ber-lyn (I have no idea where I got the ‘L’ in the last syllable from)Cersei/ SAR-sayYgritte/ yah-GREETJeor/ JEH-orArryn/ ARE-inTommen/ TOE-minThere are so many more but these are the ones I remember at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Faceless Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Jaime : Jay-mDaenerys : Day-eh-nariesYgritte : I-grit-ey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutella23 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Oh and I always pronounce Margaery with a hard g (because of the A) -- "MAR-guh-ree". I believe on the show they just say it like Marjorie but I hold to my pronunciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Spearwife Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Oh and I always pronounce Margaery with a hard g (because of the A) -- "MAR-guh-ree". I believe on the show they just say it like Marjorie but I hold to my pronunciation.Likewise. I battled with myself for ages trying to figure out how to pronounce her name, but I've settled on the hard g (like you, because of the a). I still haven't decided how to pronounce Gared, but since he's only appears briefly before dying, it doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xango Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Kettlebacks instead of Kettleblacks, idk why.So I'm not alone. This is good...didn't notice the L until half way through AFFC, too late by then. They will always be the dudes with kettles on their backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valyriancupcake Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I pronounced Tyrion a million different ways in my head until I watched the show a bit and settled into their pronunciation, well into the first book. Same thing with Baratheon. I always read it as Bear-a-theon (like the character Theon, the-on). Daenerys was Day-neer-eez (long e). I pronounced all the Targaryen names with long e's. Air-ezz, Vis-er-ezz etc. Still do with alot of them sometimes, except Dany's. Targaryen was Tar-gar-yen. Which when said aloud sounds like Tar-gary-en. Similar to Arya in that way. In my head I can say Arya, but when I say it aloud it sounds like Aria.Some misspronunciations I still use.Catelyn. I pronounce it like the name in this world. I have a friend named Katelyn, and everyone spells that name differently, so why not? I still hear it that way.Cersei. I pronounce as something like sear-say. The sear rhyming with bear. I've heard it this way in the show.Tyrell was always Tie-rell. The way Loras says it in the show bugs the crap out of me. Tyrull. Ugh. I can deal with the Tyr being pronounced like in Tyrion as long as the rell is the stressed. TyrELL.I am well aware that Damphair is probably meant to be Damp-hair, but it looks like Dam-fair, so that is how I hear it in my head. I've tried to change, haha.Names like Sansa and Targaryen I say right for the most part. Except the "a" are pronounced americanized.LOL. Basically, everybody says things different. Just look at Maester. I say may-ster. A near equal number would say my-ster. They even switch between them in the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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