#name pronunciations

[steamberrystudio]

Love love love When Stars Collide (so much, already) the CGs are chefs kiss, and hello Noel with that tattoo! Not sure if you've answered this, but how do you pronounce the ROs names?

Asher Dioscuri:

This one is fine to say how you naturally do but I personally say "Ah-sha" or "Ah-sher" (more of an ɔː than an æ at the start). For his last name, it's said pretty much how it's spelled but with a "Dee" at the start, not like "Die" - so Dee-o-skur-ee

Daaz/Daazlon Cree:

This one I say like "Daz". Rhyming with...uh...pizazz? The aa makes an æ sound.

Daazlon is the same way but with "lohn" at the end (like long without the g) and the stress at the first syllable.

Cree is said exactly as you'd expect. Like "Kree"

Noel Romero:

said like "Noll" (one syllable) and not No-ell and Romero is said as you'd expect it to be said "Ro-mehr-oh"

Raif Atlas:

This one, I usually say as "Rafe" (like 'rake' but with an f) with an eɪ. Initially I intended it to be said more as "Rah-eef" - but fast enough to sound more like "Rife" with an aɪ instead of eɪ. But it somehow morphed into "Rafe" instead.

Atlas is said the usual way.

Yren Ladon:

Eer-ehn (similar to Aaron but with more of an ɪə or iː at the start)

Ladon is said as "Lay-don" with the stress on the first syllable.

Hope this helps!

[ruitethewingedfox]

You may question the need for the 4th one but believe me one of the 2 DWW polls I made about this revealed some WEIRD ways people have been pronouncing my name

(I mean it kinda made sense that Brian pronounced it as roo-ie considering his accent but I still don't have a single clue where the fuck Axo got ree-oot from-)

[darker-than-darkstorm]

This is too long for tags, so bear with me as I ramble a while about names.

My last name is very simple — only four letters. However, it's also a relatively uncommon spelling for the name, so as a kid I got to see those more-common spellings (there's more than one) all the time.

The baffling one is when, in sixth grade, at a pizza party in school, the people who made my pizza stuck a random "c" in the middle of my last name. None of the common spellings have a c in them.

I have a similar issue with my full first name, where an alternate spelling is more common — at least I did when I was living in the US; in France, I have a different issue, where the way my name is spelled is a woman's name here, so I'm often addressed as "Mme" when my name is being called out, before they get a look at my shaggy hair and shaggier beard. (I find this hilarious rather than annoying, especially the look on people's faces when they realize. Doubly so if they address my wife first and she points at me)

My wife also has a spelling/pronunciation issue with her first name (the spelling is common, the pronunciation is common, but that spelling doesn't usually go with that pronunciation). I've joked that one of the reasons we're married is that I pronounced her name correctly on the first try.

Once again: Reblog to help find out how many of us share in the Struggle — and you can find the companion poll about first names here.

[kizzer55555]

DP x DC: The Most Dangerous Card Game

Ok so Danny has essentially claimed earth as his. And he is fully aware that there are constant threats to the planet. Now he can’t stop a threat that originates on earth (that’s something he’ll leave to the Justice league) but he can do something about outside threats. Doing some research on ancient spells, rituals, and artifacts, he cast a world wide barrier on the planet to protect it from hostile threats so they cannot enter. This will prevent another Pariah Dark incident. However, barriers like this come at a price. You see, there are two ways to make a barrier. Either make one powered up by your own energy and power (which would be constantly draining) or set up a barrier with rules. The way magic works is that nothing can be absolutely indestructible. It must have a weakness. The most powerful barriers weren’t the ones reinforced with layer after layer of protective charms and buffed up with power. Those could eventually be destroyed either by being overpowered, wearing them down, or by cutting off the original power source. No, the most powerful barriers were the ones with a deliberate weakness. A barrier indestructible except for one spot. A cage that can only be opened from the outside. Or that can only be passed with a key or by solving a riddle. So Danny chooses this type of barrier and does the necessary ritual and pours in enough power to make it. And he adds his condition for anyone to enter. 

Now the Justice league? Find out about the barrier when Trigon attempts to attack, they were preparing after he threatened what he would do once he got to earth. How he would destroy them. The Justice league tried to take the fight to him first but were utterly destroyed, so they retreated home to tend to their injuries, and fortify earth for one. Last. Stand. Only when Trigon makes his big entrance…he’s stopped.

The Justice league watch in awe as this thin see-through barrier with beautiful green swirls and speckled white lights like stars apears blocking Trigon and his army’s advance. The barrier looks so thin and fragile yet no matter how hard the warlord hits, none of his attacks can get through and neither can he damage said barrier. That’s when Constantine and Zatanna recognizes what this barrier is. Something only a powerful entity could create. For a moment, the league is filled with hope that Trigon can’t get through yet Constantine also explains that it’s not impenetrable. And clearly Trigon knows this too for he calls out a challenge. 

And that’s when, in a flash of light, a tiny glowing teenager appears. He looked absolutly minuscule compared to Trigon and yet practically glowed with power (this isn’t a King Danny AU though).

And that is when the conditions for passing the barrier are revealed. And the Justice realize that the only thing stopping Trigon and his army from decimating earth. The only way he can get through….is by beating this glowing teenager in a card game. 

Not just any card game though. The most convoluted game Sam, Danny, and Tucker invented themselves. It’s like the infinite realms version of magic the gathering, combined with Pokémon, and chess. And Danny is the master. So sit down Trigon and let’s play.

(The most intense card game of the Justice league’s life).

After Danny wins, this happens a few more times with outer word beings and possibly even demons attempting to invade earth, yet none have been able to beat the mysterious teenager in a card game. Constantine might even take a crack at it and try to figure out how to play. He’s really bad though. Every time this happens, the Justice league worry that this might be the time the teenager looses. Yet every time, he wins (even if only barely). 

Meanwhile, Danny, Sam, and Tucker have gotten addicted to the game and play it almost daily. Some teachers might seem them playing the game are are like ‘awww how cute’ not realizing this game is literally saving the world. Jazz is just happy they aren’t spending as much time on their screens playing Doomed.

[linipik]

tale as old as time

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[gg-ladybug]

Unsolicited Miraculous Ladybug Headcanon: Adrien Agreste doesn’t know how to properly pronounce his own name. Sure, he SETTLES with one, but on a theoretical level, he has no idea with what intention he was named with.

Mind you, it’s not even because of anything nefarious— he just had two very different nationalities for parents. The French and British pronunciations were used interchangeably, because Emilie and Gabriel often argued on a daily basis about how Adrien is ‘supposed’ to be said. (Have you ever seen an Englishman and a Frenchman argue about culture? It’s thermonuclear.)

Ah-dree-uhn vs Ay-dree-uhn is a battle that has been waged within the Agreste household for years

(Based on a very real conversation I had with a English-French person named Adrien on my trip to France)

[athanmis]

welly belly🤭

[stardustedknuckles]

Oooooooh

Who travels the ruins of Aeor to see

ES-SEK THEY-LESS

The history and all of the things that could be

ES-SEK THEY-LESS

If magical nonsense be something you wish

ES-SEK THEY-LESS

Then drop on the ice and flop like a fish!

ES-SEK THEY-LESS

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

(bluesky :))

[vampiric-fangirl]

this outfit change was her unlocking Cis+ btw. if anyone cares

[karamell-sweetz]

happy 4th anniversary, project sekai!! i made all 20 ocs into bracelets 👍 (+ showtime and kamiyama bracelets)

[scramratz]

I just had an epiphany, but I need y'alls opinion

[black-and-yellow]

Jel my beloved

[nana2009]

in this jolly times may i present u: MILF DOVEKAT :B

[jcollinswrites]

Character name pronunciation

I wanted to make a post about it in case anyone was wondering, because I know these names can be a handful. (and I didn't even choose long names. There were much, much longer ones in use)

According to my knowledge, we don't know for sure how the words were pronounced. Historians and linguists can only compare Ancient Egyptian to other, later languages that evolved from and around it, such as Coptic, which probably sounds similar, but we can't be completely sure because the language likely evolved a lot during the thousands of years.

Here is how I pronounce them (whether it's correct or not):

Narmer: Nahr-mer

Qenna: Ken-nah

Zaia: Zah-yah

Tabiry: Tah-bee-ree

Ahmose: Akh-mo-seh (where the kh is a strong h)

Hudjefa: Hoo-jeh-fah

Petepihu: Peh-teh-pee-hoo, correspondingly, Pihu is just Pee-hoo

Ramesses or Sesi: Rahm-ses and Seh-see (with s every time, not z)

Nedjemut (captain's mother): Neh-jeh-moot

Ebo: Eh-boh

Harkhuf: Har-kh-oof, where the kh is a strong h from the back of your throat

Heset: Heh-set

I think that's all. If I forgot someone, just ask! :D

[fairygodpiggy]

Roevember Day 1: Name

Eyri Styrbraena [EYE-ree steer-BRAY-nah] Translation: Wandering Starbreaker

Her true name is unknown except to herself and those few survivors of Poor Maid's Mill in Upper La Noscea. In fact, the village rarely, if ever, documented the births of their peoples, so there were no documents to strike the name from.

Ever a superstitious populace, the villagers believed in a prophecy that signaled the next great calamity - one that would give rise to a powerful, undying being that would cleave the Star in two: The Starbreaker.

When one night, a young Seawolf girl fell from the remains of the great Thalaos to the rocks below, the villagers' grief over the fatal accident swiftly transformed to fear and fury. The young girl woke from death, as if from sleep. She was thrown to the wilds in hopes that the wildlife would finish her off in her weakened state - a desperate attempt by those too cowardly to shed the blood themselves.

After some years, as the red moon descended in the sky, the restless village of Poor Maid's Mill learned of the girl's continued survival in Limsa Lominsa. This sent them into a frenzy. The calamity they so feared was upon them, they believed, and they had brought about their own end by not taking care of the Wandering Starbreaker.

Eyri took on the moniker of ill omen - out of spite at first. Replacing her given name, she wears this as a badge of hope that she would save the Star, not break it.

[prompt list]

bonus isolated shots of young Eyri and current-day Eyri