Input! Yours. Requested.

[rolanni]

All righty, then.

Steve and I will be doing, sometime this fall, even sometime this October, an audio pronunciation guide to the Liaden Universe®. Yes! You will be able to hear us speak those words that you have only seen in writing and always wanted to know how to say.

But you have to help us.

Liaden is our second language. We have no idea which words are head-scratchers. Which is why we need your help.

Tell us what words you would like us to include in this new! audio! guide.

Lists appended to this entry only, please (on Facebook, LJ, or here at sharonleewriter.com). Lists appended to other blog-or-facebook entries, or lists sent to me, or to Steve, by email will be ignored.

Thank you.

. . .let the games begin.

Edited to add: Requests for “all of them” will be treated as so much wind in the trees.  We are looking for a list from you of the words you wish to hear pronounced.  This is no time for laziness, ladies and gentlemen.  The authors are lazier than all of you put together.

This policy brought to you in part by the gentlemen reader who wished to insist that the word “adumbration” was Liaden.

Thank you for your understanding, The Management.

Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Glunk! It doesn't have three syllables? I've been pronouncing it kam-EH-leh all the time.

I second the request for "all the names", especially the multi-syllable ones (I remember seeing something about them not being separate but don't really grok how that works). And ones with 'th' like 'Er Thom' ('th' as in 'thin', 'this', or as a (possibly slightly 'wet') 't'?).

This is a very good idea, since not very many people know enough IPA to get it in that form and there is always confusion and controversy. Much easier to hear it (and possibly someone who does know IPA could transcribe it as well later, which would also be useful).

I don't get the "consumptive courtesan" reference...

[pedanther]

"Camille", La dame aux camelias, from the novel by the other Alexandre Dumas.

(And for what it's worth, I've been pronouncing Kamele with three syllables as well, though not quite the same three syllables as you.)

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Ah, I have neither read the novel nor seen the film, thanks (I had heard of the film but didn't know anything at all about the character).