How does one pronounce "Peiste"?

[whoopeeragon]

I call the 'priest' without the 'r'.

[Teakwood]

Relevant to my interests. I pronounce it /'paɪs.tə/, if you're down with the IPA. (Roughly, "PICE-tuh", where the "uh" is the reduced vowel you find at the end of, say, the word 'comma'.) But practically everyone I know pronounces the word differently.

OOH OOH can we make a thread for pronunciation in general? Actually this subforum might already have answered this question and I don't want to derail, but while we're at it how in the world do you pronounce Goobbue? I actually asked Tanaka-san in person at one point (long story) and I think he pronounced it 'goo-boo' but it's been a really long time and I have tarubrains, so I can't clearly remember and that sounds so silly to me. (Then again with a name like Goobbue it's gotta be silly.)

[Shosasosa]

i prounounce it PEE-STEE

[Fernehalwes]

Hello all!

As you all know, FINAL FANTASY XIV is a veritable cornucopia when it comes to oddly spelled words (I believe, 'keyboard mashing' was a colorful term one player used). In the past, there have been multiple questions on how to pronounce certain names, and I've tried to cover a few of those in Localization posts. However, after discussing it with my fellow voidsent peers, we've decided that it is high-time that something a bit more comprehensive be introduced, especially with ARR and a whole new batch of players on their way.

Over the next few months, we hope to provide you all with some pronunciation guides for NPC, place, monster, and item names. If possible, I'd also like to get up some actual audio files, but if that proves impossible, we'll at least get some IPA action in there.

If you have any words we'd like to cover, use this thread as a place to list them up.

Thanks!

P.S. (Peiste is an Irish word for 'serpent' and to the best of my knowledge is pronounced roughly 'peace-tuh'. It is interesting to note that the Japanese rendering of the word comes out sounding like 'paste')

P.S.S. (Goobbue is, in fact, pronounced 'goo-boo,' as Teakwood mentioned.)

[Raldo]

I'll have to remember that by thinking of the Little Caesar's guy.

Peace-tuh peace-tuh

[Aleczan]

Names that have been making me want to pull my hair out:
Peiste (thanks for the answer!!)
Shposhae.
H'rhanbolo. (But for this one, I've already decided in my mind how I pronounce her name in my head when I go do local there LQ)
Some NPC names which I can't recall right now.

[Estellios]

Thanks very much Fernehalwes, my friend and I were both incorrect! My latin heritage was seeping through my pronunciation of it (pay-ee-stay), it looks vaguely Spanish. His was pie-stee.

To tell you the truth ever since you guys came out with the information on Roegadyn names I haven't had any issues figuring out how to say NPC names.

[gahoo]

Here are some locations to kick this off.

Paglth'an
Xelphatol
Zahar'ak
Dzemael Darkhold
Atelier Fen-Yll
Gwyr-Aen
Lake Tahtotl
Meracydia
Zanr'ak

[Teakwood]

Oh, here's one (that may have been answered before, I have tarubrains): the pronunciation of 'leve' itself. I want something to shove down my friend's throat when he pronounces it "levee"- I mean uh, to settle a long running LS dispute!

[Fernehalwes]

Oh, here's one (that may have been answered before, I have tarubrains): the pronunciation of 'leve' itself. I want something to shove down my friend's throat when he pronounces it "levee"- I mean uh, to settle a long running LS dispute!

I'll cover this one in the future as well, but I wanted to reply right away because leve is such a major term.

Here on the team, we've been pronouncing the word 'leave'. In fact, 'leve' is an archaic spelling of the word 'leave' that was used between 13th and 16th centuries.

Why look! Here's an example from Fitzherbert's The Book of Husbandry (1523)

"Seldom doth the housbande thryve withoute the leve of his wyfe."

Preach it Fitzherbert!

The reason behind using this word in the first place can be seen here in the in-game explanation given by leve distributors:

"In a city as large as this one, there will always be those who are looking for someone willing to assist them with their troubles. Instead of doing the searching on their own, they often come to us. We, in turn, document their petitions and then offer them to our clientele―fine men and women such as yourself. These tasks are what we like to call "levequests," and if someone happens to be interested in accepting one, we present them with a guildleve that is used in conjunction with the quest. Guildleves are, in effect, passes which grant their bearers "leave" to perform various actions which might otherwise be prohibited. These actions include, but are not limited to, the collection of forbidden items, the eradication of beasts, the admittance to restricted areas, and more."

I hope this helps!