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[Paganmoon]

GRRM's Q&A in Sweden is now on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMvFNaqSWEo

 

[RatskyWatsky]

GRRM's Q&A in Sweden is now on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMvFNaqSWEo

GRRM pronounces Dothraki as doth-rak-eye. Interesting.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

GRRM pronounces Dothraki as doth-rak-eye. Interesting.

WHAT
He's wrong!

 

[PhoenixDark]

I hope all future Martin Q&As work the same, where they quickly recite the most popular/repetitive questions (favorite character=Tyrion) super fast at the beginning.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

I love his answer regarding his decision not to let a board game manufacturer produce a real world version of cyvasse.

I hope all future Martin Q&As work the same, where they quickly recite the most popular/repetitive questions (favorite character=Tyrion) super fast at the beginning.

Yeah, that was a really smart decision.

 

[PhoenixDark]

This Norwegian paper claims so, while from not a blog:



I'd try looking for another source for the news paper claim, but I'm pretty spoiler paranoid (and conservative(?)) now that I jumped off the show.

Pretty sure Martin said he wrote it in 2000 or 2001. It was originally planned for the 5 year gap AFFC, as her first chapter.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

This is actually a really interesting panel. The discussion about the map making was really fascinating.

 

[Steelyuhas]

GRRM pronounces Dothraki as doth-rak-eye. Interesting.

I've always been thrown by how he pronounces Cersei.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

"You may see some extremely shocking things on the show that come up in the next season or two - but I'm not sure you could consider them spoilers because they're never going to happen in the books. They can't happen in the books."

based grrm

I've always been thrown by how he pronounces Cersei.

How does he do it?

 

[Thug Waffle]

"You may see some extremely shocking things on the show that come up in the next season or two - but I'm not sure you could consider them spoilers because they're never going to happen in the books. They can't happen in the books."

based grrm



How does he do it?

sir-say

 

[RatskyWatsky]

sir-say

That's how I pronounce it

 

[B.K.]

That's how I pronounce it

Is there any other way to pronounce it?

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Is there any other way to pronounce it?

Ser-see is how some people pronounce it

 

[Fuzzy]

Ser-see is how some people pronounce it

That's what the show's official pronunciation guide lists. Isn't it how Roy Dotrice says it also? I don't like it.

 

[You Know Nothing]

#TeamDoth-rak-key
#TeamSer-see

George is wrong on both counts.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Doth-rak-ee
Cer-say
Jay-mm

 

[Brakke]

Anyone ever listen to the audio books? I did 4 or 5 on a long drive a while ago I forget which. The way dude said "Brienne" was the craziest thing I ever heard. Like "Bry eeeen" except he somehow also made it sound like he was swallowing in the middle of pronouncing it.

 

[fallout]

Doth-rak-ee

Yep.

Cer-say

Right on.

Jay-mm

You monster.

 

[Incandenza]

High-may

 

[Brakke]

awoiaf is lunatics though

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Pronunciation_guide

I laughed at this one:

Damphair : Roy Dotrice ['dæmfɛəɹ] dam-fair

Apparently that guy is just a disaster lol. "dam-fair" smdh.

 

[Fuzzy]

awoiaf is lunatics though

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Pronunciation_guide

I laughed at this one:

Damphair : Roy Dotrice ['dæmfɛəɹ] dam-fair

Apparently that guy is just a disaster lol. "dam-fair" smdh.

Asha hbo ['jæɹə] ya-ra

They really fucked up the pronunciation of that one.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

awoiaf is lunatics though

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Pronunciation_guide

I laughed at this one:

Damphair : Roy Dotrice ['dæmfɛəɹ] dam-fair

Apparently that guy is just a disaster lol. "dam-fair" smdh.

lord help us, not this again!

 

[Brakke]

Should've remembered my new house words:

edit: NM. My post was well trod ground that doesn't need to be covered again. Sorry!

 

[shanshan310]

awoiaf is lunatics though

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Pronunciation_guide

I laughed at this one:

Damphair : Roy Dotrice ['dæmfɛəɹ] dam-fair

Apparently that guy is just a disaster lol. "dam-fair" smdh.

As someone who listened to the audio books, uh, how else is it pronounced?

 

[exYle]

As someone who listened to the audio books, uh, how else is it pronounced?

Damp-hair

 

[ZekeThePlumber]

Damphair I got right the first time I read it but "Jeyne rhymes with pain" blew my fucking mind.

 

[Fuzzy]

Damphair I got right the first time I read it but "Jeyne rhymes with pain" blew my fucking mind.

I'm curious how you thought it was pronounced.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

I'm curious how you thought it was pronounced.

My wife says "Jean."

 

[Morrigan Stark]

I pronounce it like Jane.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

I pronounce it like Jane.

Me too.

 

[Fuzzy]

I always thought it was weird that GRRM doesn't follow his own rules with names (that's assuming he has rules).

Tywin = tie-win
Tygett = tie-get
Tyrek = tie-wreck
Tyrion = tier-ian

Following the other names within the same House it should be more like tie-ryan.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

I always thought it was weird that GRRM doesn't follow his own rules with names (that's assuming he has rules).

Tywin = tie-win
Tygett = tie-get
Tyrek = tie-wreck
Tyrion = tier-ian

Following the other names within the same House it should be more like tie-ryan.

When I read the books I thought it was pronounced Tie-re-on

 

[Fuzzy]

When I read the books I thought it was pronounced Tie-re-on

Either way, it's weird it's tier instead of tie.

 

[NeoGiff]

I thought Hermione was pronounced Herm-ee-one and Dumbledore as Dumb-bleh-door.

In ASOIAF I thought Theon was Thay-on, and I thought Damphair was

Spoiler

Damp-hair duh

.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Either way, it's weird it's tier instead of tie.

I think so too.

Also, I always mispronounced Targaryen as tar-gar-yen (like the Japanese money) even though that doesn't follow the same rule as Daenerys and Viserys. Also, Aerys as air-iss instead of Ares (like the Greek god).

 

[bengraven]

I thought Hermione was pronounced Herm-ee-one and Dumbledore as Dumb-bleh-door.

In ASOIAF I thought Theon was Thay-on, and I thought Damphair was

Spoiler

Damp-hair duh

.

I was a total Hermeeohn. I hated her name, hated her character because I hated her name. Once I found out the true pronunciation, which I thought was fucking amazing, I softened on the character.

I may seriously do a HP re-read after IaF since I'm digging it so much and maybe now I can read the books without thinking her name is the wizarding equivalent of derp.

 

[Last Hearth]

I always thought it was weird that GRRM doesn't follow his own rules with names (that's assuming he has rules).

Tywin = tie-win
Tygett = tie-get
Tyrek = tie-wreck
Tyrion = tier-ian

Following the other names within the same House it should be more like tie-ryan.

I always pronounced Tygett=ti-get and Tyrion as tierian. So I think it's 50/50.

 

[butzopower]

I always thought it was weird that GRRM doesn't follow his own rules with names (that's assuming he has rules).

Tywin = tie-win
Tygett = tie-get
Tyrek = tie-wreck
Tyrion = tier-ian

Following the other names within the same House it should be more like tie-ryan.

Blame English / Germanic languages.

 

[ZekeThePlumber]

I'm curious how you thought it was pronounced.

Janie, as in the gun toting variety. Putting an E on the end of the word to denote the A taking on a long vowel pronounciation doesn't make sense when you remove the A.

 

[Brakke]

Man I really like Jaime in the Riverlands (until the Stoneheart confrontation because Stoneheart is lame and whatever). Just chillin' with his bro Marbrand, goofin' with his coz the Warden of the West, getting wisdoms from his dope-ass auntie Genna.

"but Tyrion is Tywin's son, not you. I said so once to your father's face, and he would not speak to me for half a year." What a dope-ass auntie. #teamlannister

 

[Aiii]

I thought Hermione was pronounced Herm-ee-one and Dumbledore as Dumb-bleh-door.

In ASOIAF I thought Theon was Thay-on, and I thought Damphair was

Spoiler

Damp-hair duh

.

Damn fair.

 

[q_q]

Either way, it's weird it's tier instead of tie.

Yeah but think about how you say "tyranny" as opposed to "tyrant." The ny at the end shouldn't change the way you pronounce the preceding syllable, yet it does. (for Americans anyway.) So those inconsistencies exist in real life.

Also with words like Targaryen and Jeyne etc,I just assumed early on that GRRM likes to replace traditionally "i" sounds with a "y" because he thinks it looks cool and unique. I find it to be a bit lame tbh.

 

[Montresor]

1.5 months later I still haven't gotten past page 40 of book 5. That depresses me.

Since January I've been steadily reading all the books (starting with book 1) on my work commutes and enjoying the hell out of them.

I really hope something can galvanize me into reading a couple of consecutive chapters. Because season 5 is the only season of the show I haven't watched and I am DETERMINED to read book 5 before I touch season 5.

 

[endlessflood]

Yeah but think about how you say "tyranny" as opposed to "tyrant." The ny at the end shouldn't change the way you pronounce the preceding syllable, yet it does. (for Americans anyway.) So those inconsistencies exist in real life.

Through
Rough
Tough
Bough
Cough

English laughs at your rules.

 

[Real Hero]

It actually makes me laugh people thought it was dam phair. Damp hair is like the most obvious pun in in the world

 

[Walshicus]

It actually makes me laugh people thought it was dam phair. Damp hair is like the most obvious pun in in the world

It wasn't a pun though, was it? Just a description / title many of us misread.

 

[NeoGiff]

He should have just written it as Dampear to avoid confusion.

Oh wait.

Damn-pear
Damp-pear
Damp-ear

Shit.

 

[Basileus777]

Damn-pear would have made the character much more interesting,

 

[PhoenixDark]

Damphair's first AFFC chapter is one of my favorites in the series. It's such a perfect set up chapter for that region, and almost feels more like a short story/prologue than a traditional POV.

(I suppose that makes sense given that it was once a part of AFFC's original 100+ page prologue)

 

[Victarion]

My dream is to open this thread one day and read the news that it's coming, it's finally coming.

Spoiler

TWOW of course.