pronunciation

[Shazane Koronova]

does anyone have any idea how to pronounce any name of anything in the Elric Saga? particularly r'len k'ren a'a

[Hawksun]

Personally, I've always pronounced it "reh-lin-kren-ah". I don't know if there's any "official" pronunciation, or what the alternatives would be - that just makes the most sense to me.

[Shazane Koronova]

I also thought it was "reh-lin-kren-a" I guess that works.

[Morgan Kane]

being french and not pat to foreign accent, i prononce everything french way : r'len k'ren a'a

[Shazane Koronova]

Not being French and only comprehending English, Spanish, and Korean, I dont understand; how do you pronounce that the French way?

I usually try to pronounce things with the Japanese particles, which comes from watching as much anime as I do. However, r'len k'ren a'a does not compute.

[The Dark Mage Of Melnibone]

Originally Posted by Shazane Koronova

does anyone have any idea how to pronounce any name of anything in the Elric Saga? particularly r'len k'ren a'a

I know naught, dear comrade... What about Arioch? How does anyone pronounce that? I always wanted to know if I was pronouncing it right... My computer pronounced it as Airy-Otch... Airy otch? No, I will not pronounce Arioch's name as: Airy Otch... I pronounce it as Ahri-oak... Or even Airy-oak... Perhaps I am right... It would be pure damnation to find that his name is pronounced: Airy otch!!

[Shazane Koronova]

I always called him "ah-ry-ok"

What about Melnibone? The accent implies the emphasis is on the last sylable, but it just feels right to put it on "Mel" or "bon"

[The Dark Mage Of Melnibone]

Originally Posted by Shazane Koronova

I always called him "ah-ry-ok"

What about Melnibone? The accent implies the emphasis is on the last sylable, but it just feels right to put it on "Mel" or "bon"

Ah ry ok? I also thought of that... I thank you for not saying: Airy-otch!! I pronounce Melnibone as: Mel-ni-bone-eh... Thank you for the reply... I hope I recieve yet more... I want to know how everyone pronounces it...

[Shazane Koronova]

Everyone else who replies, also say how you pronounce Yyrkoon and Dyvim Tvar.

I've always though "Yer-kun"

[The Dark Mage Of Melnibone]

I pronounce it as :Year-koon, if that is what you mean... I also pronounce Dyvim Tvar: Di-vum T-var... It is not like we have a dictionary of all the names anyway, eh?

[Sean Guzman]

Originally Posted by Shazane Koronova

I always called him "ah-ry-ok"

What about Melnibone? The accent implies the emphasis is on the last sylable, but it just feels right to put it on "Mel" or "bon"

within "STORMBRINGER" the witch that guards the tomb of Roland, says " i know of no mulnebooney" in reference to elric's astonishment that he can recoznize her speech, though he believes she garbled his folk's speech.

i have always pronounced Melnibone' as " mel-nib-o-NEY"
yyrkoon as " Yir-KOON"
cymoril as" Sim-OR-il"

as i remember more, i shall reveal what i know or let you know what you need to know if the circumstances permit, as a traveller upon the moonbeam roads, you know how it is...

[Ros]

preferences, preferences.. makes me wonder how you guys would tackle the pronounciation of H.P. Lovecrafts works. heh

I've always pronounced them thusly:

"Arioch" = Air-ee-ok (not to be confused with Airy-crotch.err...)

"r'len k'ren a'a" = Ri-len Ki-ren Ah-ah

"Melnibone" = Mel - nih - bone (bonay makes baby jesus cry..../sigh - to me, melniBONE sounds more natural... perhaps even sounding slightly more gruff, as appropriate for the dragon lords than 'melniBonay' - Bonay makes it seem more like some kind of french cuisine...lol no offense.)

"Yyrkoon" = Year-koon

"Dyvim Tvar" = Di-vim Ti-var

"Cymoril" = Sih-more-ill.

"Tanelorn" = Tan-eh-lorn.

"Erekose" = Eer - reck - kosey

my 2c

[Sailor on the Seas of Freight]

I've always pronounced things relatively phonetically, so:

'Ruh-len Kuh-ren Ah-Ah'
'Air-re-ock'
'Mel-nih-bo-nay'
'Year-koon'

[Michael Moorcock]

That's about how I pronounce them. You can hear me pronouncing the both on the BBC readings and the introductions I've done to the AudioRealms audiobooks.