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Gaming Discussion => Gaming Advice => Topic started by: Necrosnoop110 on December 10, 2019, 01:11:15 PM

Title: Pronounce: Alokkair
Post by: Necrosnoop110 on December 10, 2019, 01:11:15 PM

Anyone know how you would pronounce the Forgotten Realms wizard-king Alokkair (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Alokkair)?

Title: Re: Pronounce: Alokkair
Post by: Keldar on December 10, 2019, 05:17:08 PM

Its fantasy gibberish, pronounce it however you like or corner Ed Greenwood at a Con.  If a player complains, blame it on linguistic drift.

Title: Re: Pronounce: Alokkair
Post by: Skyrock on December 10, 2019, 05:40:58 PM

I'd go with Ay-lock-ehr.

Title: Re: Pronounce: Alokkair
Post by: Necrosnoop110 on December 11, 2019, 02:58:48 AM

We had been going with something like Aloe-kar.

Title: Re: Pronounce: Alokkair
Post by: Nanashi on December 11, 2019, 12:55:53 PM

Alo as in "aloe" (vera)
kka as ッカ vodka with a bit more emphasis/length on the k
ir as something close to ear

All said with some kind of faux middle eastern inflection.

Title: Re: Pronounce: Alokkair
Post by: Keldar on December 11, 2019, 03:56:06 PM

Quote from: Necrosnoop110 on December 11, 2019, 02:58:48 AM

We had been going with something like Aloe-kar.

If you want to go full Tolkien, pronounce it that way for modern characters and have the ancient liches and the like pronounce each k separately.  Aloek-kar.