Limsa Lominsa, Ferry Docks -- Text -- Ahldskyf's Incorrect Hyphenation -- "gods-sent"

[Fernehalwes]

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When pronouncing Roegadyn names, you can, for the most part, follow the rules of English. There are, however, some exceptions, so I'll cover a few of those here.

Vowels:

AE: Somewhere between the 'e' in 'egg' and the 'ai' in 'air' depending on the consonant that follows it
Aerg (ambitious) would be pronounced like 'airg'
Aent (duck) would be closer to 'ent' (rhymes with 'sent')

Aergaent (ambitious duck)

Y: A long 'e' such as the 'ea' in 'eat' or the first 'e' in 'Steve'
Alyr (alder) would be pronounced 'ah-leer'
Blyss (blossom) would be pronounced like 'bleece' (rhymes with 'fleece')

Alyrblyss (alder blossom)

OE: An 'ooh' sound such as the 'ue' in 'blue' and the 'oo' in 'I pity the foo'
Broen (brown) would be pronounced 'broon' (like 'broom')
Loef (leaf) would be 'loof' (rhymes with 'goof')

Broenloef (brown leaf)

Consonants:

PF: Closer to an F than a P
Pfym (five) would be 'fim' (rhymes with 'slim')
Skapf (sheep) would be 'skaff' (rhymes with 'staff')

Pfymskapf (five sheep)

TH: More like a hard 't' than a soft 'th'
Thosin (grey) would be 'toe-sin'
Sthal (steel) would be 'stall'

Thosinsthall (grey steel)

W: A 'v' sound rather than a soft 'w'
Wyzn (white) would sound like 'vee-zin' (thanks Viridiana!)
Wilf (wolf) would sound like 'vilf' (rhymes with 'filth')

Wyznwilf (white wolf)

G: Almost always hard (like the 'g' in 'guilt' but not the 'g' in 'page')
The 'gin' in Swygyn (silent) would be NOT be pronounced like the drink 'gin' but like the 'gin' in 'begin'
Agat (amber) would be 'ah-got'

Swygynagat (silent amber)

J: A 'y' sound like in 'year' and 'yummy'
Jungh (young) would be pronounced 'yoong'

H: When paired with a vowel (before or after), almost always silent
Smhid (smith) would be pronounced 'smid' (rhymes with 'kid')

Junghsmhid (young smith)


Like I mentioned before, we hope to make available a Roegadyn dictionary and pronunciation guide sometime before the launch of 2.0. Until then, I hope this helps clear things up somewhat.

[Viridiana]

OE: An 'ooh' sound such as the 'ue' in 'blue' and the 'oo' in 'I pity the foo'
Broen (brown) would be pronounced 'broon' (like 'broom')
Loef (leaf) would be 'loof' (rhymes with 'goof')

Perfect chance to be a smartass and say it's pronounced like "aloof," but no. . .

W: A 'v' sound rather than a soft 'w'
Wyzn (white) would sound like 'vizin' (rhymes with 'prisim')
Wilf (wolf) would sound like 'vilf' (rhymes with 'filth')

Wouldn't that actually sound like "veezin"?

Anyway, thank you very much for another post shedding light on the lore of the world!

[Urthdigger]

From the depths of the Seven Hells, a post rises once more to wreak havoc on the Localization forums. (cue dramatic riff)

When pronouncing Roegadyn names, you can, for the most part, follow the rules of English. There are, however, some exceptions, so I'll cover a few of those here.

Vowels:

AE: Somewhere between the 'e' in 'egg' and the 'ai' in 'air' depending on the consonant that follows it
Aerg (ambitious) would be pronounced like 'airg'
Aent (duck) would be closer to 'ent' (rhymes with 'sent')

Aergaent (ambitious duck)

Y: A long 'e' such as the 'ea' in 'eat' or the first 'e' in 'Steve'
Alyr (alder) would be pronounced 'ah-leer'
Blyss (blossom) would be pronounced like 'bleece' (rhymes with 'fleece')

Alyrblyss (alder blossom)

OE: An 'ooh' sound such as the 'ue' in 'blue' and the 'oo' in 'I pity the foo'
Broen (brown) would be pronounced 'broon' (like 'broom')
Loef (leaf) would be 'loof' (rhymes with 'goof')

Broenloef (brown leaf)

Consonants:

PF: Closer to an F than a P
Pfym (five) would be 'fim' (rhymes with 'slim')
Skapf (sheep) would be 'skaff' (rhymes with 'staff')

Pfymskapf (five sheep)

TH: More like a hard 't' than a soft 'th'
Thosin (grey) would be 'toe-sin'
Sthal (steel) would be 'stall'

Thosinsthall (grey steel)

W: A 'v' sound rather than a soft 'w'
Wyzn (white) would sound like 'vee-zin' (thanks Viridiana!)
Wilf (wolf) would sound like 'vilf' (rhymes with 'filth')

Wyznwilf (white wolf)

G: Almost always hard (like the 'g' in 'guilt' but not the 'g' in 'page')
The 'gin' in Swygyn (silent) would be NOT be pronounced like the drink 'gin' but like the 'gin' in 'begin'
Agat (amber) would be 'ah-got'

Swygynagat (silent amber)

J: A 'y' sound like in 'year' and 'yummy'
Jungh (young) would be pronounced 'yoong'

H: When paired with a vowel (before or after), almost always silent
Smhid (smith) would be pronounced 'smid' (rhymes with 'kid')

Junghsmhid (young smith)


Like I mentioned before, we hope to make available a Roegadyn dictionary and pronunciation guide sometime before the launch of 2.0. Until then, I hope this helps clear things up somewhat.

You know, I'd love for a chance for us Roegadyn to change our names when that comes out. When I first made this name, Dobenn was meant to be similar to the true galkan names in FFXI (Similar to the names used in FFXIV). However... I'm pretty sure it doesn't meant anything. I'd love to give my Roegadyn a meaningful name, but I would also hate to lose out on all the things I've done so far, so making a new character is out of the question

[Nakiamiie]

You know, I'd love for a chance for us Roegadyn to change our names when that comes out. When I first made this name, Dobenn was meant to be similar to the true galkan names in FFXI (Similar to the names used in FFXIV). However... I'm pretty sure it doesn't meant anything. I'd love to give my Roegadyn a meaningful name, but I would also hate to lose out on all the things I've done so far, so making a new character is out of the question

They should put such information on the character creation screen for all races.