But... isn't Ianthe a LSDC/LC's creation in the pastiche Star of Khorala?
Yes, you're right! Go ahead and pronounce that any way you care to!
Thanks, Kortoso!
In Brazilian Portuguese, the pronounce is "Ee-un-tee". 
Pronounce....
Started by Boot, Oct 07 2011 12:49 AM
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 02:30 PM
Thanks, Kortoso!
In Brazilian Portuguese, the pronounce is "Ee-un-tee".
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Posted 16 March 2012 - 01:50 AM
I just read that REH pronounced the 'w' in 'sword', and said the word 'wound' to rhyme with 'sound'. From this point on I am sure I will pronounce these words as REH did when reading his yarns.
As a kid, when I started to learn English (basically by playing computer games), I pronounced both words the way REH did... until some English teacher corrected my intuitive Howardian pronunciation
I've got another one for you that's been on my mind for a while:
Do you rhyme "Kull" with "full" or "hull"?
I guess most people prefer the "u" as in "hull", but for some reason I've always pronounced it the other way... maybe because it sounds more archaic or because it also rhymes with "bull".
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Posted 16 March 2012 - 06:09 AM
Because it rhymes with "cool"?
I just read that REH pronounced the 'w' in 'sword', and said the word 'wound' to rhyme with 'sound'. From this point on I am sure I will pronounce these words as REH did when reading his yarns.
As a kid, when I started to learn English (basically by playing computer games), I pronounced both words the way REH did... until some English teacher corrected my intuitive Howardian pronunciation
I've got another one for you that's been on my mind for a while:
Do you rhyme "Kull" with "full" or "hull"?
I guess most people prefer the "u" as in "hull", but for some reason I've always pronounced it the other way... maybe because it sounds more archaic or because it also rhymes with "bull".
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 05:54 PM
Do you rhyme "Kull" with "full" or "hull"?
I guess most people prefer the "u" as in "hull", but for some reason I've always pronounced it the other way... maybe because it sounds more archaic or because it also rhymes with "bull".
I never thought of going any other way but with the "hull" sound. I know what you mean about pronouncing the names differently, though. I do that too. It brings "something" to the story.
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Posted 24 March 2012 - 02:55 AM
Finishing up my first read of People of the Black Circle, and it's rapidly turning into one of my favorite Conan tales.
I was having trouble with the word "Irakzai" until I realized that Howard was represented the proto-Iraqis.
Either "Eee-rack-zye" or "Eee-rack-zay-ee".
I was having trouble with the word "Irakzai" until I realized that Howard was represented the proto-Iraqis.
Either "Eee-rack-zye" or "Eee-rack-zay-ee".
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Posted 24 March 2012 - 06:12 AM
ee-ROCK-zye
Edited by Ironhand, 24 March 2012 - 06:13 AM.
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
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Posted 25 March 2012 - 06:32 PM
I would think it's ee-rak-ZAH-ee. Like the name of the Afghan premier or president, Karzai.
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 03:47 AM
That's what Eye said.I would think it's ee-rak-ZAH-ee. Like the name of the Afghan premier or president, Karzai.
Edited by Ironhand, 26 March 2012 - 03:47 AM.
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 10:02 PM
Who is Eye?
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Posted 28 March 2012 - 04:09 AM
Eye am Who Eye am.
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 05:23 AM
Then, I yam what I yam.
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