New Questions
- Tove Foss Ford
- May 14, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: May 14, 2020
"How do you pronounce Eiren?"
"Could you give readers a list of pronunciations of Eirdon names?"
"Is it 'Eye-for' or 'Ee-for'?"
It's easy, when you live with your characters all the time, to forget that some of their
names aren't obvious to others. The derivations of Eirdon names will remain secret for now, but here is a guide to pronunciations.
People
Eiren (the most asked about name) - EAR-en
Ifor (second most asked about name) - EE-for
Lorein (third runner up) - LOR-ine (long 'i')
Lucen - LOO-sen
Zelia - ZEEL-yah
Haakel - HAY-kul
Stevahn Rondheim - STEHV-ahn RAHND-hime
Aylam Josirus - AY-lem joe-SIGH-rus
Joroloam - JOR-oh-low-ahm
Tharak Karak a'a' Thrun - THAH-rahk KAH-rahk ah ah THRUN - (in Thrun, the article 'a functions universally. It is used for all articles. In the case of Tharak's name, a'a' means 'of the', so the name is Tharak Karak of the Thrun).
Tharan-Tul - THAH-rahn-TOOL ('oo' as in book, not tool)
Nazir - NAH-zeer
Lina - LEE-nah
Cadrean Dalmanthea - KAD-ray-en dal-MAN-the-ah
Tellyn Fein - TEL-lin FINE
Glorantha - glor-ANN-thah
Isan Theodus Brumnel - EYE-sun the-OH-dus BRUM-nel (we know why he goes by his last name)
Places
Eirdon - EAR-dun
Erdahn - ERD-ahn
Erdstrom - ERD-strum
Mordania - more-DANE-ee-uh
Artreya - are-TRAY-uh
Surelia - sir-AY-lee-ah
Samorsa - suh-MORE-suh
Surytam - SIR-ee-tam
Hetzophia - het-ZOH-fee-uh
Barambos - bah-RAHM-bohs
Piankon - PEE-an-kahn
Leptham - LEAPT-um
Simeridon - sigh-MEER-ee-dun
Critters
Farlin - FAR-lin
Borag - BORE-ag
Felschat - FELLS - cut (surprise!)
Grundar - GRUHN-dahr
Manquar - MANK-wahr
Langhur - LANG-ger
Leorand - LEE-uh-rand
Bil-bil - BILL-bill
Thryge - Thry-gee (hard 'g')
That's a start on some of those tricky names and words. If you run across one that gamfoozles you, just drop me a line at theeirdonbooks@yahoo.com, and we'll get it sorted out without any farfumboozala.
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