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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
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 Posted - 26 Feb 2004 : 07:40:07
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Soo-Nee? Is this true? We always thought it pronounced Sune as in Sun family, ie. Sun Tzu, Sun Jian, Sun Quan, (and others of that noble heritage and of the Book: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Recomended reading for anyone interested in historical documents splashed with great amounts of color). Could it be that this is not the case?!?! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 26 Feb 2004 : 11:47:44
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Originally posted by Bookwyrm
No, what I meant was why do members of the same (non-human, anyway) race speak the same or similar language as everyone else of that race in the setting? And yet there are so many different "human" languages?
Hmmm...you bring up an interesting point. Unfortunately the language sections of the Races of Faerun tome elaborate on this very little.
I don't think there's ever been a proper explanation for why this is so. It's most likely something the original game designers (Ed of the Greenwood) didn't really think about at the time.
This strange thing about this game trait is, that only FR seems to be display it. In nearly every other setting (except Greyhawk), there's as much variation between same race dialects as there is between the human races.
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 27 Feb 2004 : 06:09:33
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Originally posted by Shadowlord
Hmm, I just looked at my Faiths and Pantheons Tome and have been ashamed to say I've been pronouncing a greater deity's name wrong.
Sune is pronounced Soo-nee, not Soon, as I have been saying it. Has anyone else made this mistake?
Yes, I did the same thing until I read the entry in Faiths and Pantheons.
Personally, whenever I do made-up names and words, I write them as close to phonetically as possible. I hate getting confused myself, so I never want to confuse a reader. A few years ago, I would have said it should have been writen Soo'ne or Soo'nee. Of course, then I was puting appostrophes in everything, rather than the accents that normally evolve out of such words. So now, I'd write it as Suné, which looks so much better, and is closer to the original.
Of course, some people might still get it wrong: soo-nay, perhaps, or just "sunny."  |
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
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Posted - 27 Feb 2004 : 10:51:53
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I seem to recall back in the old days of TSR.... not long after the Planescape setting was released, TSR produced a download of WAV files which gave the correct pronounciations....shame that we cant get one of these for FR to clear up matters such as those raised in this discussion. That said, FR products DO have pronounciation guidelines (as per standard dictionaries) for deities, locales etc.
Ooops, I was mistaken. The guide was for the Birthright setting - you can download it here. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 27 Feb 2004 : 14:12:16
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This find is a real gem Rad  .
I've never been a big fan of the Birthright setting, but I've kept up with the general flow of information regarding the campaign (mainly for general interest or raiding for ideas for my own worlds), from it's early days right up to the current rumors about a possible 3.5e 'official' setting. Still, it's nice to see and hear that most of my pronounciations of most of the places, races, and deities of the world were essentially accurate...
Thanks Rad...
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Pronounciations of things in the Realms
