Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Technomancer 01-11-04, 07:01 PM	my group was debating this....the name of the surface drow clan in Cormanthor. So, how do you pronounce House "Jaelre"?
Maskanodel 01-11-04, 07:10 PM	I've always pronounced it jail-ray.
dragonheart 01-11-04, 08:27 PM	your question and teh previous answer made me stop and think - I have been pronaouncing it Jall (like shall) ray but the ae should make the a long (a true a sound) so it should be Jail-ray unless they are pulling the ae combo from anotehr language or from some very old variant of english.
Zanan 01-12-04, 10:17 AM	Vendui! Well, it comes from a fantasy language and as such I do not always follow "English" pronunciation guidelines. Thus, we made /YELL - re/ out of Jaelre so far. Anyway, drow shall be pronounced that it is "pleasing to the ear" and thus you can use it in a way you see it fit best into your language - or setting. To my knowledge, there has never been an official guideline to the pronunciation of drow words (apart from the race (rhymes with "now") and its deities).
Crust 01-12-04, 11:17 AM	I once read that all FR words and names are pronounced using all vowel sounds. In that case... JAY-el-ray is how I'd pronounce it.
Another Gnome 01-12-04, 01:23 PM	EC posted this bit on the novel boards: ... the basic rules Ed Greenwood set down for Realms pronunciation: no silent letters, every letter is given time and weight. * * * Just for the fun of it, by the way, here's something from an old FAQ thingy: How do you pronounce...? Here are some commonly mispronounced words and their dictionary pronunciations where they are available and common-practice pronunciations or TSR rulings where they not. For more general pronunciation help, see the article "Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd" by Frank Mentzer in Dragon #93 (Jan. 1985). For help pronouncing words and names specific to the Forgotten Realms setting, see the Forgotten Realms box and the trilogy of Forgotten Realms deity books. For help pronouncing the names of the various tanar'ri and baatezu types, see MC8 Outer Planes Appendix. Aarakocra: a-rah-KO-krah Arquebus: AR-keh-bus Baatezu: bay-AH-teh-zu or BAH-teh-zu Bardiche: bar-DEESH Bulette: boo-LAY Catoblepus: kuht-OH-bleh-puhs, also kah-TA-ble-pus Chatkcha: CHAT-k-cha (thri-kreen throwing weapon) Chimera: ky-MAEE-ruh, or ky-MAIR-ruh (rhymes with "care of") Chitin: KITE-in Cuirass: KWEE-rass Drow: DRAU (as in drowsy; rhymes with now and how) Dweomer: DWEH-mer (rhymes with "hem her"), or DWIH-mer; sometimes DWEE-mer Falchion: FAL-chun Geas: GEE-ass, or GYASS (both with a hard "g") Gygax: GY-gaks Halberd: HAL-berd, (not HAL-bread) Herb: ERB Ioun: EYE-oon Iuz: YOOZ or EE-uz Ixitxachitl: iks-it-ZATCH-i-til or ik-zit-zah-chih-tull Lich: LITCH (as in ditch), *not* LIKE or LICK Lycanthrope: LY-kun-throhp, LY-kan-throhp (like lichen rope/my tan rope) Lycanthropy: ly-KAN-thruh-pee Mage: MAGE (as in age), *not* MADGE (as in badger) Melee: MAY-lay Otyugh: AHT-yuhg Sahuagin: sah-HWAH-gin Scythe: syth (rhymes with tithe) Svirfneblin: svirf-NEB-lin Tanar'ri: tah-NAHR-ree Tarrasque: tah-RASK THAC0: either THAK-oh, or THAKE-oh Vargouille: var-GWEEL Vrock: vrahk Wyvern: WIH-vern (as in did learn), or WHY-vern Zaknafein: zack-NAY-fee-in