Varyn Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 In Mistborn, I just kept pronouncing Kelsier "Kel-See-Er" instead of "Kel-See-Ey", so it wasn't very french of me. Got Demoux right, though 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamir Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 In Mistborn, I just kept pronouncing Kelsier "Kel-See-Er" instead of "Kel-See-Ey", so it wasn't very french of me. Got Demoux right, though I kept pronouncing Demoux and Renoux as Dem-Ocks and Ren-Ocks. I have a feeling I'm making Sanderson cry whenever I alter the pronounciation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turos Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 When I still blush profusely upon seeing women's left hands uncovered. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 I had no idea Scadrial had French pronunciations until after I finished the trilogy. It does? Gee... I am French... I never noticed Funny... Spook in French would pronounce like Spock in Star Trek with a long o... we don't do double o in French... Weird. Elend in French sounds like huh... elk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcasm Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 When I still blush profusely upon seeing women's left hands uncovered. *Glances at uncovered safehand. Scandalous! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turos Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 I think Brandon mentioned that there were german-like pronunciations, as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbazz4 Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Realizing after a second read through of WOK and WOR that when Shallan stumbles upon Tvlakv after she washes up on the beach that he is the same slaver who sold Kaladin in WOK. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turos Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 When I still can't find Hoid in Steelheart... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcasm Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 For a very good reason. The Reckoners isn't Cosmere. None of the books set on Earth or a parallel version of Earth (Legion, Reckoners, Rithmatist) are Cosmere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turos Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) Still... no Hoid... Hoid is like Santa Claus. If you still believe, he will pop up. But sometimes he just doesn't... And then, you cry. Edited May 28, 2015 by Turos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High prince of geeks Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 For the longest time I thought chill were cows, and crem was cremling poop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmj11 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) I had,(well, have) no idea how to pronounce the names of half the cosmere characters. You're up to 50%? I gave up long ago. I am 100% sure I am mispronouncing 99% of the names. I had no idea Scadrial had French pronunciations until after I finished the trilogy. In Mistborn, I just kept pronouncing Kelsier "Kel-See-Er" instead of "Kel-See-Ey", so it wasn't very french of me. Got Demoux right, though I kept pronouncing Demoux and Renoux as Dem-Ocks and Ren-Ocks. I have a feeling I'm making Sanderson cry whenever I alter the pronounciation It does? Gee... I am French... I never noticed Funny... Spook in French would pronounce like Spock in Star Trek with a long o... we don't do double o in French... Weird. Elend in French sounds like huh... elk I think Brandon mentioned that there were german-like pronunciations, as well. Ummmm, folks..... I don't read the physical books. I listen to the audiobooks, you might try listening to some of the free samples available on sites like Audible.com Whenever I write out Kaladin I am constantly trying to add an "h" to it because to my ears that is how the narrators pronounce his name. I am fairly certain that Kelsier is pronounced in the audiobooks with an r ("errr") sound at the end This also helps IMMENSELY with Patrick Rothfuss's protagonist's name (NO I am not going to try to spell it) Edited September 19, 2015 by michaelmj11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wax Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) I also listen to the audiobook version, but I would say that the narrators have got this one wrong. The " r" is silent because of the french connection. It was just the other day that JK Rowling confirmed on twitter that Voldemort should be a silent "t" owing to french pronunciation. And that was after 8 movies were made with the wrong pronounciation!! Edited September 19, 2015 by axcellence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmj11 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) Well darn here I was supposing that the authors would have input on inflection, nuance, pronunciations, etc. Now I am going to have to hunt for an answer to this. I HAVE read where Patrick Rothfuss got his narrators to pronounce the name correctly. Edited September 19, 2015 by michaelmj11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 It does? Gee... I am French... I never noticed Funny... Spook in French would pronounce like Spock in Star Trek with a long o... we don't do double o in French... Weird. Elend in French sounds like huh... elk The French pronunciations is just for Central dominance names (So Kelsier, Vin, Demoux, etc.). Spook is just the English translation of his nickname (I'm pretty sure the French translations refer to him as "Spectre"). And the Northern dominance, where Elend and Straff are originally from, uses more Germanic pronunciations so "EE-lend" and "STRAHFF". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 The French pronunciations is just for Central dominance names (So Kelsier, Vin, Demoux, etc.). Spook is just the English translation of his nickname (I'm pretty sure the French translations refer to him as "Spectre"). And the Northern dominance, where Elend and Straff are originally from, uses more Germanic pronunciations so "EE-lend" and "STRAHFF". Spectre would be an acceptable translation to Spook, though I have not read the French translation so I can't comment on how they named him. I'm glad Elend is EE-lend and not Élan.... Type Élan in google and click on image... This is my new canon image for Elend 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfa Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 In German they substituted "Elend" with "Elant", because "Elend" means "misery". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Misery seems accurate for Elend considering . . . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maya389 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 This is from Mistborn, so I'm going to spoiler tag it. Don't read it unless you have at least read the Final Empire. I felt sure Kelsier wasn't really dead. I thought he was going to make some elaborate comeback and last minute save. And, this also seemed to cause something else, once I had gotten used to Sanderson. WoR spoiler. Because of the Mistborn thing, I felt sure that when Jasnah died, she would stay dead. Wrong on both counts. Oh well. I almost didnt finish WoK because i felt like jasnah hald every thing together but then i dicided that not finishing it would be a sin so... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Portz Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) Although in german "Straff" would be pronounced "Schtraff" with very short "a" (and besides it does mean taut in english, which one might consider as fitting :-) ) The French pronunciations is just for Central dominance names (So Kelsier, Vin, Demoux, etc.). Spook is just the English translation of his nickname (I'm pretty sure the French translations refer to him as "Spectre"). And the Northern dominance, where Elend and Straff are originally from, uses more Germanic pronunciations so "EE-lend" and "STRAHFF". Edited September 30, 2015 by Atastor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockbud Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 1. This is very close to how I pictured Shard plate, and I was so happy when I found these illustrations confirming it's awesomeness. I did have a short moment of disappointing face palm when I saw other illustrations of it being very similar to boring regular armour, but this makes me happy. 2. As an audio book listener I don't have to question name pronunciations, but it did annoy me at the beginning of WoR when the Thalin accent is changed (presumably after some executive decision) to a more French accent, from the light Irish that had been used for WoK and the first few chapters of WoR. (A negative of listening rather than reading is you have no idea how to spell anything). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Plate probably looks cooler in color, mind. Plus, it looks a little like normal plate armor in shape, but the joints are perfectly sealed with more plating that is probably fluid-tight, and it snaps into place without being strapped together and then adjusts size to fit perfectly. If Iron Man wanted to look more medieval he'd probably look like this, I reckon. I facepalm every time I forget about Thaylen eyebrows looking weird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blightsong Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) 1. This is very close to how I pictured Shard plate, and I was so happy when I found these illustrations confirming it's awesomeness. I did have a short moment of disappointing face palm when I saw other illustrations of it being very similar to boring regular armour, but this makes me happy. 2. As an audio book listener I don't have to question name pronunciations, but it did annoy me at the beginning of WoR when the Thalin accent is changed (presumably after some executive decision) to a more French accent, from the light Irish that had been used for WoK and the first few chapters of WoR. (A negative of listening rather than reading is you have no idea how to spell anything). The accent was always french, from Tvlakv on. At least after half a dozen listens of the audiobook that is how i remember it O.oEdit: Nvm, i guess Kate changed the accent of the sailors to match how she would talk as Tvlakv and to match Micheal's Thaylen accent. Edited October 3, 2015 by Blightsong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulcastJam Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 The French pronunciations is just for Central dominance names (So Kelsier, Vin, Demoux, etc.). Spook is just the English translation of his nickname (I'm pretty sure the French translations refer to him as "Spectre"). And the Northern dominance, where Elend and Straff are originally from, uses more Germanic pronunciations so "EE-lend" and "STRAHFF". How do you go from EE-lend to the nickname El? Wouldn't the nickname be Eel? For that reason (and to avoid change) I'm going with EL-end as the pronunciation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 How do you go from EE-lend to the nickname El? Wouldn't the nickname be Eel? For that reason (and to avoid change) I'm going with EL-end as the pronunciation. Not Eel.... Just El like the El in Elephant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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