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RJ's spelling and pronunciation of names. Narg Send a noteboard - 31/03/2010 12:31:44 AM
I realize that English spelling/pronunciation is horribly inconsistent, but RJ didn't need to do this in the names of people and places in WOT.

Unless you go through the pronuciation guide meticulously, you will mispronounce half the names in the books. The smart thing to do would have been to make the spelling of names phonetic.

Why the hell are Nynaeve, Egwene, Moiraine, Caihrien, aes sedai, etc spelled the way they are spelled? Just put them in a consistent form so their pronunciation is more obvious.

There is almost no rhyme or reason behind the proper pronunciation of many of RJ's names.

By the way, I agree with you about the language problem. It makes no sense. But it doesn't bother me as it would be impractical to have a realistic linguistic situation in WoT. I like having an old tongue and a common tongue, even though the way it is set up is just plain silly.
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RJ's spelling and pronunciation of names. Narg - 31/03/2010 12:31:44 AM 2608 Views
yeah, the fact that the different languages are there is totally fine and enjoyable.... mazza3 - 31/03/2010 04:45:28 PM 934 Views
Rand's stupid need to try to be hard newyorkersedai - 31/03/2010 01:12:41 AM 908 Views
Re: little things that irk you saidarisnowtainted - 31/03/2010 01:16:51 AM 1060 Views
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WORD! is it really so amazing when channelers 'invent' something new? mazza3 - 31/03/2010 04:46:43 PM 1135 Views
Re: WORD! is it really so amazing when channelers 'invent' something new? Timthetrolloc - 31/03/2010 09:00:50 PM 924 Views
RJ should show more evil things... Etzel - 31/03/2010 12:41:25 PM 1077 Views
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Yip - he pretty much confirms that Sidious - 01/04/2010 03:35:32 PM 920 Views
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I don't know darius_sedai - 08/04/2010 11:45:59 AM 888 Views
Re: little things that irk you *NM* Gerbeaud - 31/03/2010 02:25:38 PM 566 Views
Well Said. *NM* Narg - 31/03/2010 03:13:35 PM 505 Views
i'd like to add to this point... *NM* saidarisnowtainted - 31/03/2010 03:44:05 PM 465 Views
is your ultimate pet peeve the term pet peeve as well? *NM* mazza3 - 31/03/2010 04:47:18 PM 493 Views
It irks me that you are irked *NM* saidarisnowtainted - 31/03/2010 05:15:49 PM 457 Views
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Re: Agree on all points, especially #2 saidarisnowtainted - 02/04/2010 01:52:08 AM 841 Views
You've figured it out! RugbyPlayingAshaman - 02/04/2010 02:45:26 PM 938 Views
tell me about it redqueen - 02/04/2010 11:34:47 AM 906 Views
Attempting to pronounce the dang names. I like the names, but they're so hard to pronounce. *NM* LordPerrin - 08/04/2010 03:44:39 AM 923 Views
My pet peeve: using an ' to make names or titles sound foreign. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/04/2010 04:17:01 PM 915 Views
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Re: An animated WoT movie drawn by Sweet? saidarisnowtainted - 06/05/2010 03:31:13 AM 940 Views
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