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Post by The Thing in the Vacuum Valve on Jun 14, 2019 23:50:45 GMT
Now that that's sorted... How about Dunsany ?? (Please forgive, I'm sure it's been gone over before.) I've heard several American friends pronounce it Dun-SANE-y, though I (also American) always thought it should be DUN-sun-y. I once heard Neil Gaiman in an interview say it my way, so felt sure I was vindicated. But are Neil and I wrong?
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Post by Swampirella on Jun 15, 2019 2:14:52 GMT
Now that that's sorted... How about Dunsany ?? (Please forgive, I'm sure it's been gone over before.) I've heard several American friends pronounce it Dun-SANE-y, though I (also American) always thought it should be DUN-sun-y. I once heard Neil Gaiman in an interview say it my way, so felt sure I was vindicated. But are Neil and I wrong? I would tend to pronounce it like you and Neil, what say you, fellow Vaulters?
By the way, hail and welcome to the Vault, there's no place like it (thankfully)!
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Post by The Thing in the Vacuum Valve on Jun 15, 2019 3:06:52 GMT
Thank you Swampirella. It is hard to imagine being in better company!
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Post by ropardoe on Jun 15, 2019 8:39:51 GMT
Now that that's sorted... How about Dunsany ?? (Please forgive, I'm sure it's been gone over before.) I've heard several American friends pronounce it Dun-SANE-y, though I (also American) always thought it should be DUN-sun-y. I once heard Neil Gaiman in an interview say it my way, so felt sure I was vindicated. But are Neil and I wrong? I would tend to pronounce it like you and Neil, what say you, fellow Vaulters?
By the way, hail and welcome to the Vault, there's no place like it (thankfully)! In this case, I think your American friends are right. I used to say DUN-sun-y too, but I believe it's Dun-SANE-y. I also used to say Lee-ber, until I learned that it was pronounced Lie-ber!
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Post by The Thing in the Vacuum Valve on Jun 15, 2019 15:56:55 GMT
I would tend to pronounce it like you and Neil, what say you, fellow Vaulters?
By the way, hail and welcome to the Vault, there's no place like it (thankfully)! In this case, I think your American friends are right. I used to say DUN-sun-y too, but I believe it's Dun-SANE-y. I also used to say Lee-ber, until I learned that it was pronounced Lie-ber! Hastur have mercy! Thank you Ms. Pardoe... I had both Leiber's and your name wrong as well! (I should have realized the former, having recently been informed that German names with "ei" vs. "ie" generally sound-out with the long-vowel sound of the second letter.) Not to mention I was guessing Ay-jer, relative to the OP. Cracking at the seams as my enunciative sphere now appears to be, could anyone assist me in shoring up these: Machen I pronounced May-chen for 30 years before hearing S.T. Joshi say Mack-hen. Surely that scholar has it right? And film directors Bava and Argento--I say their first names MAR-ee-o (as in "car"), and Dary-o (as in "Mary") respectively. I've heard others reverse those two ways.
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Post by Swampirella on Jun 15, 2019 16:35:52 GMT
In this case, I think your American friends are right. I used to say DUN-sun-y too, but I believe it's Dun-SANE-y. I also used to say Lee-ber, until I learned that it was pronounced Lie-ber! Hastur have mercy! Thank you Ms. Pardoe... I had both Leiber's and your name wrong as well! (I should have realized the former, having recently been informed that German names with "ei" vs. "ie" generally sound-out with the long-vowel sound of the second letter.) Not to mention I was guessing Ay-jer, relative to the OP. Cracking at the seams as my enunciative sphere now appears to be, could anyone assist me in shoring up these: Machen I pronounced May-chen for 30 years before hearing S.T. Joshi say Mack-hen. Surely that scholar has it right? And film directors Bava and Argento--I say their first names MAR-ee-o (as in "car"), and Dary-o (as in "Mary") respectively. I've heard others reverse those two ways. I agree with you about "Mario" and "Dario". I've never said his name, or read much of him, so in my head I've always pronounced "Machen" with a guttural German "ch". I suppose I should be "thinking it" your way....
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Post by The Thing in the Vacuum Valve on Jun 15, 2019 16:51:54 GMT
I agree with you about "Mario" and "Dario". I've never said his name, or read much of him, so in my head I've always pronounced "Machen" with a guttural German "ch". I suppose I should be "thinking it" your way.... The unspeakable name of Machen!!
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Post by ropardoe on Jun 16, 2019 8:47:23 GMT
In this case, I think your American friends are right. I used to say DUN-sun-y too, but I believe it's Dun-SANE-y. I also used to say Lee-ber, until I learned that it was pronounced Lie-ber! Hastur have mercy! Thank you Ms. Pardoe... I had both Leiber's and your name wrong as well! (I should have realized the former, having recently been informed that German names with "ei" vs. "ie" generally sound-out with the long-vowel sound of the second letter.) Not to mention I was guessing Ay-jer, relative to the OP. Cracking at the seams as my enunciative sphere now appears to be, could anyone assist me in shoring up these: Machen I pronounced May-chen for 30 years before hearing S.T. Joshi say Mack-hen. Surely that scholar has it right? I always used to say May-chen too, but it is indeed Mack-en. While we're at it - Tolk-een, not Tolk-i-en or Tolk-ine! (Again I always used to get it wrong!). Probably best not to get onto the subject of how to pronounce Cthulhu - who knows what tentacular creatures might be conjured up if we get it wrong (or right!).
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Post by The Thing in the Vacuum Valve on Jun 16, 2019 15:20:48 GMT
I always used to say May-chen too, but it is indeed Mack-en. While we're at it - Tolk-een, not Tolk-i-en or Tolk-ine! (Again I always used to get it wrong!). Probably best not to get onto the subject of how to pronounce Cthulhu - who knows what tentacular creatures might be conjured up if we get it wrong (or right!). Cheers... And yes, I'm with you on that!
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Post by andydecker on Jun 16, 2019 16:43:50 GMT
always used to say May-chen too, but it is indeed Mack-en. While we're at it - Tolk-een, not Tolk-i-en or Tolk-ine! (Again I always used to get it wrong!). Probably best not to get onto the subject of how to pronounce Cthulhu - who knows what tentacular creatures might be conjured up if we get it wrong (or right!). If you speak Aklo, a part of you is living in another dimension already :-)
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Post by ropardoe on Jun 17, 2019 11:11:00 GMT
always used to say May-chen too, but it is indeed Mack-en. While we're at it - Tolk-een, not Tolk-i-en or Tolk-ine! (Again I always used to get it wrong!). Probably best not to get onto the subject of how to pronounce Cthulhu - who knows what tentacular creatures might be conjured up if we get it wrong (or right!). If you speak Aklo, a part of you is living in another dimension already :-) I don't speak Aklo, but most of the time part of me is in another dimension anyway!
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