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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
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Posted - 12 Feb 2018 : 19:55:16
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always said KAY not KAI (assuming that KAI is like KIE?) |
Alavairthae, may your skill prevail
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 12 Feb 2018 : 20:40:41
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I always said 'SHAD-er-kie'.
But I also say 'Mie-stra' (I was very upset after hearing people speak at Gencon... they were all getting it WRONG! Even Ed!"
And most recently, I found out I've been saying 'fay-run' all wrong (which I should have known, but I was being lazy).
Drow are drow... stop saying 'droe'. Thats wrong.
quote: Originally posted by Brimstone
quote: Originally posted by moonbeast
Just watched a video of Mike Mearls talking about their upcoming Moe's Tome of Foes.
So what else did he have to say about the book? Got a link?
Hopefully we can get this scroll back on topic..
Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
However, if you watch his earlier videos on...
Gith
Tiamat
Tieflings
Illithid
Origin of Elves
To get the full picture of what we are about to get.
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"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3802 Posts |
Posted - 12 Feb 2018 : 21:38:38
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quote: Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I've always assumed the third syllable rhymed with high, not with hay.
That said, I know that officially, drow rhymes with cow -- but I've always said it so it rhymes with know. I'm such a rebel, in that regard.
I'm the same. I hate the sound of drow rhyming with cow. Drow rhyming with know sounds much more fluid to me, especially when I have to say it in a phrase in my language. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
Edited by - Irennan on 12 Feb 2018 21:39:06 |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 12 Feb 2018 : 23:19:50
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I was going to actually prove my point in my above post, but when I researched it, I realized something: 'Drow' comes from 'Trow' which is where we get 'Troll' from, and 'troll' has a long-'o' sound. Thus, it probably should be Trô (but except for when I see videos online, or have gone to conventions, I've never heard anyone in person say it that way). If fact, when I did hear an 'official type' person speak at a con, they actually used both (..."the Droi... or Drow... if you prefer..."). So sometimes we have to ditch 'the rules' and just go with what everyone is using. Unfortunately, I'm not sure there'd be any clear winner here.
If everyone in Menzoberranzan can misprononce their own god's name for over 30 years ('Lloth', as opposed to 'Lolth'), then i suppose we cans ay both versions of the of the name are correct.
In D^D, the word 'Drow' is a debased form of Dhaerrow(sp?), which means 'traitor'. This is why I always thought the 'o' should have a short sound, because its not supposed to based on 'Trow' (even though we know it is).
(And trying to find the right spelling for that made me find the original lore about the Godswar (CBoE), and now I know I am right - the elves WERE created AFTER the Godswar. Since the Eladrin are a Creator race, then they had to have come before that, since the fey and others are mentioned earlier in the lore.) |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
2708 Posts |
Posted - 12 Feb 2018 : 23:29:43
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I have always pronounced "dr-ow", as in rhyming with cow lol, despite it's origins, which, as MT pointed out, is likely pronounced "oh". |
Sweet water and light laughter |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 13 Feb 2018 : 09:11:29
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Why can’t Dhaerrow be pronounced De-Row (like cow)?
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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moonbeast
Senior Scribe
USA
522 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2018 : 19:03:01
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quote: Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I've always assumed the third syllable rhymed with high, not with hay.
That said, I know that officially, drow rhymes with cow -- but I've always said it so it rhymes with know. I'm such a rebel, in that regard.
Rebellion is fine. Just don't mind me when I say FAY-ROON. |
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