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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #30 on: December 21, 2009, 06:04:35 AM »

Well eventually there might be a couple more trilogies in the Mistborn universe.  ;]

Have you read Warbreaker or Elantris yet?
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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #31 on: December 21, 2009, 06:19:26 AM »
I haven't, although I've just started reading Warbreaker tonight. I didn't even intend to start reading it, but 20 pages in, I doubt I'll be able to just walk away, so I'll likely read all of it.

I'm quite new to reading. Until about a year ago, it had been many years since I'd read books on my own time, rather than for school (I'm a senior in high school now). I had always liked to read... in theory... but I had never gotten around to it. Then I ended up reading A Song of Ice and Fire over the school year, and I decided I wanted to read a lot more fantasy. I read Mistborn and several other books over summer, and started Wheel of Time. A couple days ago I finished book five of Wheel of Time, and I've decided to take a break from the series.

So, there's another book I intend to read soon, and then hopefully I'll pick up Elantris. I've also become very interested in writing fantasy, and Brandon Sanderson's online annotations sound extremely helpful for understanding the writing process.

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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #32 on: December 21, 2009, 06:25:08 AM »

Well it's good to see people reading. =]

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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #33 on: December 21, 2009, 06:28:49 AM »
I don't think it would be quite my type of book. Although, I may try reading it eventually.

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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #34 on: December 21, 2009, 06:14:38 PM »
For me it's always the vowels.  Talking about Warbreaker with my dad, he just laughed at me when I pronounced Vasher's name as VAW-sher, with a long a.  Is it the 'a' in 'hat', or the 'a' in 'wash'?

And Voldemort's name is also pronounced incorrectly.  The 't' is silent, like the French.

Darn those French people and their funny words!

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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #35 on: December 21, 2009, 09:53:20 PM »

It's like the 'a' in hat.

xD

I always pronounce the t in Voldemort.
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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #36 on: December 21, 2009, 10:18:49 PM »

I said it that way too, til I realized his nickname was "Saze" and realized it was "Say-zd"

Two syllables. Say zed. Or saze ed.
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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #37 on: December 21, 2009, 11:15:53 PM »
I've long given up caring whether I'm pronouncing fake Fantasy words and names "correctly", for the sake of my sanity.

Too true.

I still can't make myself say "say zed." It always comes out more like "suh zad,"(with the 'a' being like you were saying 'ah!'). I have no idea why, because "say zed" makes way more sense with the spelling...  :-\

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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #38 on: December 22, 2009, 06:02:40 AM »
I pronounce it like a good ole American, Sazed with a long a and silent e. I speake de english.
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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #39 on: December 22, 2009, 06:14:45 AM »

I said it that way too, til I realized his nickname was "Saze" and realized it was "Say-zd"

Two syllables. Say zed. Or saze ed.

Missed the e. xD
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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #40 on: December 22, 2009, 07:31:36 AM »
Ah, pronunciations. Gotta love 'em. As for Sazed. I said it Say-zd, until I heard Brandon say it. Then I tried to fix myself, but I still haven't quite managed to oust out that silent 'e' yet and give the name 2 syllables. I'm right about 50% of the time.

Voldemort. I used to pronounce that one correctly. At least until a whole slew of people told me I was wrong, and that the name needed the 't'...I knew I shouldn't have listened to them (especially since I'd found the pronunciation on a site devoted to HP and this section had recordings of the correct pronunciations for all the names of all the relatively main characters).
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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #41 on: December 22, 2009, 05:16:47 PM »
I thought Rowling pronounced the t.
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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #42 on: December 22, 2009, 05:25:29 PM »
I thought Rowling pronounced the t.

apparently not.

From wikipedia:

According to an interview with Rowling, "Voldemort" is pronounced with a silent 't' at the end, as is common in French.[2] This was the pronunciation used by Jim Dale in the first four U.S. audiobooks; however, after the release of the film version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in which the characters who dared refer to him by name pronounced it with the "t", Dale altered his pronunciation to that in the films. The pronunciation has since been used in the other films as well.



Side note: personally, I pronounce the t, but that's because i only watch the movies.
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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #43 on: December 22, 2009, 06:03:24 PM »
I think I remember hearing Rowling pronounce the "t" when she did a reading from the last book. Maybe she changed as well?
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Re: Most people say Kelsier wrong
« Reply #44 on: December 23, 2009, 06:50:25 AM »
Hm. I always say Sah - zed. (A as in hat, and I pronounce the e).

I realized I was wrong once I saw his nickname, but didn't care enough to fix my pronunciation.

And the whole thing with Voldemort makes sense, but it seems really weird without the t.
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