Zape Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) I pronounce it like Sazed from mistborn just with a th at the end is that correct ? Edited February 28, 2018 by Zape
RShara she/her Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 It's mostly Zeth with a little hint of an S at the beginning. Quote Questioner [PENDING REVIEW] How do you pronounce Szeth's name? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Zeth. Questioner [PENDING REVIEW] Just the Z? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Yeah. There's a little bit of s... Questioner [PENDING REVIEW] And Sazed? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] So, he says something more close to Saze-d. But Kelsier says Say-zed. And people just kind of go with what Kelsier does. I say Say-zed also. source
Zape Posted February 28, 2018 Author Posted February 28, 2018 yeah that was my second guess why did he even put a s ?
RShara she/her Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 Why not? Because he liked the look of it, because the subtle S was nice? Why name Rock Numuhukumakiaki'aialunamor when he knows few readers and few characters are ever going to call him that? 2
Elenion he/him Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, RShara said: Why not? Because he liked the look of it, because the subtle S was nice? Why name Rock Numuhukumakiaki'aialunamor when he knows few readers and few characters are ever going to call him that? Because he knows that hardcore fans will memorize it anyway. 1
RShara she/her Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Elenion said: Because he knows that hardcore fans will memorize it anyway. To watch the flame wars when people pronounce it differently
Calderis he/him Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Because it's not an English name, and there are dipthongs we don't typically use. The s is subtle, but it's still there, and it fits with the linguistic structure that is built into the dawnate language group. Edited February 28, 2018 by Calderis 2
Zape Posted February 28, 2018 Author Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) well in rock's case (not sure if i should capitalize rock) he told us his name to as one of the ways to establish his very different culture (and for a joke) in Szeth's case there is no real grammatical difference and it dosn't sound any odder then Shallan or Kaladin i doubt that was Brandon's intention with the name seeing how later on he brought up the cultural difference by having people refer to him as Szeth son son Vollano its obliviously Brandon's choice i just find it weird Edited February 28, 2018 by Zape
1stBondsmith he/him Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Calderis said: Because it's not an English name, and there are dipthongs we don't typically use. The s is subtle, but it's still there, and it fits with the linguistic structure that is built into the dawnate language group. How do you know we do not use dipthongs in private? Some of us are a little shy showing off our dipthongs publicly, but are quite comfortable using them at home. 2
Iron_Ape he/him Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 I always pronounced it as Z-ee-th, with perhaps a slight s sound at the beginning as other posters have said. I always really liked that name and found it very fitting for the character as it rhymes with seethe, which I imagine the poor Truthless fellow does quite a bit.
Draginon he/him Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 I try to pronounce it how it's spelled. I'm curious if brits pronounce it s-zed-eth considering they pronounce z differently.
Jace21 he/him Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 I am a brit and I pronounce it Zeth with a bit if the S at the front, how its spelt. We only pronounce the letter Z as zed when we are just saying the letter, not when its in a word.
AerionBFII he/him Posted March 16, 2018 Posted March 16, 2018 It is pronounced Zeth. I know now this has been answered already but I suffer from the desperate need to be included. My psychiatrist believes it stems from my stern and decidedly sand offish father figure.
Weltall Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 You can hear Brandon (repeatedly) show off how he pronounces it in this WoB via the audio link, if you're curious On 2/28/2018 at 11:22 AM, Zape said: i doubt that was Brandon's intention with the name seeing how later on he brought up the cultural difference by having people refer to him as Szeth son son Vollano its obliviously Brandon's choice i just find it weird Because apparently how names reflect language and culture can only differ from others in one way, there can't be multiple things distinguishing Shin names and language from other Rosharan groups, of more or less subtle form... On 3/16/2018 at 9:12 AM, AerionBFII said: I know now this has been answered already but I suffer from the desperate need to be included. My psychiatrist believes it stems from my stern and decidedly sand offish father figure. So... your father is Praxton and Kenton is your little brother? I have so many questions about Dayside I want to ask you. 1
AerionBFII he/him Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 3 hours ago, Weltall said: So... your father is Praxton and Kenton is your little brother? I have so many questions about Dayside I want to ask you. Might be a typo... Might be a pun. Whose to say...
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