Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Lowthar's Blade Pronunciation Guide

 

Note that all ‘g’ sounds are hard g, as in good. Long consonants sounds have a bar across the top, short consonant sounds have nothing.

 
Artemus          
Ar · te · mus (rhymes with fuss)
Aryn Dûr         
Erin Derr
blûd lith           
blewd lith
Brogan            
Brō · gun
Carreg Dhu     
Care · eg Do (rhymes with blue)
Cerinor
Ser · i · nor
Dulcet             
Dull · set
Dûr Haven       
Derr Hā · ven
Durrig              
Durr · ig
Erdig               
Air · dig
Fangr              
Fang · rrrr
Faroth            
fair · oth (short o)
Fey                 
F­ā  (rhymes with play)
finnboggi         
 fin · bog · ee
gildaberry        
gil · da · berry
Glumgi 
Glum · gee (both hard g’s)
Golnir              
Goal · near
Grymclaws      
grim · claws
gurfig               
grrr · fig
Helgor             
Hel · gore
hilfen               
hill · fen
Hlogg              
Hog with an L
Hnagi              
Huh · na · gee (hard g)
igni lith 
ig · nee · lith
Ilgorm             
Ill · gorm
Kraag              
Krag (Rhymes with nag)
Linwe            
Lin · wee
Lowthar          
Lō  thar (rhymes with far)
luna-lith           
loona lith
lunila                
loon · ill · a
Marolas           
Mare · o · loss
Mawr              
Marr (also rhymes with far)
Mithin Dûr      
(rhymes with pure)
Mordig
Mor · dig
Nuugi              
Noogie (hard g)
Orlegg             
Or · leg
Rindelorn         
Rin · dee · lorn
Skogul
Skō · gull
Sleäg               
Slee  · ag
Sorleg             
Sore · leg
Tamaril
Tam · a · rill
Thorgil 
Thor · gill (as in fish gills)
Thulidor       
Thool · ee · door (Thool rhymes with tool)
Urgol 
Err · gol  (This highest caste of goblins is always capitalized, even though it
isn’t a proper noun. It is a sign of their status over the other two goblin castes, the gurfig and the finnboggi)
Valorin
Val · or · in