Quote Originally Posted by Jinketsu View Post
While on the topic of Lalafell naming conventions and asking questions about them, I'm wondering some things myself. In Blaise's thread we got into discussion about what would be considered passable for names given the lack of good examples showing just how diverse things can be.

In the examples given, there are names like Alka Zolka. According to the naming conventions thread, the L in Zolka is a single consonant syllable, breaking down the surname as Zo-L-Ka. Is that right, or is Zol its own syllable? Either way, how would we pronounce the L in Alka Zolka? Like we would in English, or is there more of an emphasis on it like "Uhl" or something?

Then we have names like Nokksu Shanksu from Lalafell NPC lists from version 1.x. Is the Sha in Shanksu supposed to be one phonetic sound for a three-letter syllable, or is the S separate from the Ha? And if the latter, do we separate the sound (like Seh-Ha)? The same question applies to the Ksu portion of the name.

I feel I might be reading too far into this, but I would absolutely love some more specifications on consonants and their phonetics!
I imagine the question made their heads spin, resulting in a delayed response while they recover from said spinning.