Sorry. Noob Here. I need people to tell me how to pronounce these names please...

[CoyoteXStarrk]

I am completely new to Elite and just got the game fro PS4 on the 27th. I enjoy roleplaying in games like this and I enjoy knowing as much as I can regarding the lore and the setting of the world I am in.


That being said I am also a stickler for pronouncing names of people and places correctly. So I am gonna list the names of people and places I am having trouble with and if you all could give me the correct way to pronounce them I would greatly appreciate it.


Aisling Duval - I have been saying Eye-ling



Arissa Lavigny- Duval - (The lavigny part obviously) I have been saying Luh-vig-knee


Edmund Mahon - I have been saying Muh-hone


Denton Patreus - I have been saying Pa-tray-us (or just refer to him as "Jerkbag")


Li Yong-Rui - I have purposely avoided trying to say his name out loud or just call him "Lee"


Archon Delaine - I have been saying Delay-knee


Pranav Antal - Honestly have no idea here. Pra-nav An-tall?



Achenar - I have been saying Ack-eh-nar


Cubeo - I have been saying Q-bey-oh


Eotienses - Not even gonna try this one




I greatly appreciate any help that is offered. Thank you in advance.

 

[Cmdr Travers]

Well clearly... Aisling Duval is pronounced Aisling Duval, Edmund Mahon is pronounced Edmund Mahon, and Li Yong-Rui is pronounced Li Yong-Rui.

I'm not really helping here, am I

 

[CoyoteXStarrk]

Not even a little lol

 

[Stealthie]

I spent the last week in a system I was calling "Morrisons" and then I realised it was actually "Mariosonis" (or something) so I'm probably not the best person to ask.

 

[CoyoteXStarrk]

I spent the last week in a system I was calling "Morrisons" and then I realised it was actually "Mariosonis" (or something) so I'm probably not the best person to ask.

Thats what I do when I give up trying to pronounce something correctly.


I just pick a word that is somewhere in the ballpark and use it instead, but I prefer to at least try lol

 

[Jenner]

I'll never forgive Frontier for dropping the R from Achernar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achernar

 

[CMDR Redcrest]

I am completely new to Elite and just got the game fro PS4 on the 27th. I enjoy roleplaying in games like this and I enjoy knowing as much as I can regarding the lore and the setting of the world I am in.


That being said I am also a stickler for pronouncing names of people and places correctly. So I am gonna list the names of people and places I am having trouble with and if you all could give me the correct way to pronounce them I would greatly appreciate it.


Aisling Duval - I have been saying Eye-ling



Arissa Lavigny- Duval - (The lavigny part obviously) I have been saying Luh-vig-knee


Edmund Mahon - I have been saying Muh-hone


Denton Patreus - I have been saying Pa-tray-us (or just refer to him as "Jerkbag")


Li Yong-Rui - I have purposely avoided trying to say his name out loud or just call him "Lee"


Archon Delaine - I have been saying Delay-knee


Pranav Antal - Honestly have no idea here. Pra-nav An-tall?



Achenar - I have been saying Ack-eh-nar


Cubeo - I have been saying Q-bey-oh


Eotienses - Not even gonna try this one




I greatly appreciate any help that is offered. Thank you in advance.

ALD: I pronounce like Ailing (as in having some illness or affliction)
LYR: lee yong roo-ee (that's how I pronounce it anyway)
Cubeo: q-bee-oh
That's my pronunciation anyway.
Welcome to Elite! If that's your main difficulties so far you're probably doing better than I did when I started out!

 

[CoyoteXStarrk]

ALD: I pronounce like Ailing (as in having some illness or affliction)
LYR: lee yong roo-ee (that's how I pronounce it anyway)
Cubeo: q-bee-oh
That's my pronunciation anyway.
Welcome to Elite! If that's your main difficulties so far you're probably doing better than I did when I started out!

Oh no I have plenty of issues. I am just getting started with my various question threads over the next few days lol

I need to look to see if there are old threads, but I am having a multitude of issues.

 

[satrycus]

Aisling Duval - I have been saying Eye-ling
Ash-ling Doo-val

 

[GG7]

AZELING is one of the more modern/non-gaelic ways to pronounce it and how I and my friends say her name, although there are several others including ASHling:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisling_(name)

I would guess that by 3302, Azeling or Ayzling would have won out over the more ancient versions.

And Cubeo is pronounced:

Cue-Bee-Oh

By everyone in my PowerPlay group. Its our home system.

 

[IndigoWyrd]

I am completely new to Elite and just got the game fro PS4 on the 27th. I enjoy roleplaying in games like this and I enjoy knowing as much as I can regarding the lore and the setting of the world I am in.


That being said I am also a stickler for pronouncing names of people and places correctly. So I am gonna list the names of people and places I am having trouble with and if you all could give me the correct way to pronounce them I would greatly appreciate it.


Aisling Duval - I have been saying Eye-ling

My guess would be more like "Ay-ling"

Arissa Lavigny- Duval - (The lavigny part obviously) I have been saying Luh-vig-knee

Sounds good to me.

Edmund Mahon - I have been saying Muh-hone

I'm thinking "Man", kind of like Ed McMahon, or Vince McMahon. I call him "Ed" though.

Denton Patreus - I have been saying Pa-tray-us (or just refer to him as "")

Yep, sounds about right.

Li Yong-Rui - I have purposely avoided trying to say his name out loud or just call him "Lee"

Lee Yong Roo-eee, like Hong Kong Phooey. There is a rumor he may be cousins with the ill-fated flight crew of Sum Ting Wong, Wei Tu Lo, and Bang Ding Ou.

Archon Delaine - I have been saying Delay-knee

"Tar-get". But I read it as "Dah-lane"

Pranav Antal - Honestly have no idea here. Pra-nav An-tall?

Spot on.

Achenar - I have been saying Ack-eh-nar

That's what it sounds like when I say it too.

Cubeo - I have been saying Q-bey-oh

About how it sounds when I say it too.

Eotienses - Not even gonna try this one

"Eh-tee-en-sis"

I greatly appreciate any help that is offered. Thank you in advance.

When you're really up for a challenge:

Cuyahoga
Mantua
Tuscarawas

Now those are some fun places to say - or watch others try to say.

 

[KonigWolf]

Aisling is something like "ashleen" if I'm not mistaken. "Ashling" is also acceptable.

 

[FoxTwo]

Li Yong-Rui - I have purposely avoided trying to say his name out loud or just call him "Lee"

Being a Chinese, I can tell you definitively how to pronounce this one... the rest, sorry

It's pronounced exactly as you see it. The Chinese name is phonetically translated (or "Romanised"). The "Rui" part is same as how you'd say "ruin" minus the "N".

 

[Tataboj]

Aisling Duval - Ashling Duva:l (like Ashley). Yes, seriously.

Seriously though, could we change lingua franca to a language that is not so ridiculously helpless when it comes to any names of anything?

 

[metascrawl]

Aisling is a real Irish name, and it's usually pronounced Ashling. Irish names can be like that - think of Siobahn or Niamh.

That's all I've got I'm afraid. There isn't anyone I talk to about this game out loud so I've never really thought about it.

EDIT: Double ninja'd.

 

[CMDR Redcrest]

Strange how nobody ever struggles with the pronunciation of Acokwang in ALD space...

 

[CoyoteXStarrk]

Aisling Duval - Ashling Duva:l (like Ashley). Yes, seriously.

Seriously though, could we change lingua franca to a language that is not so ridiculously helpless when it comes to any names of anything?

Aisling is a real Irish name, and it's usually pronounced Ashling. Irish names can be like that - think of Siobahn or Niamh.

That's all I've got I'm afraid. There isn't anyone I talk to about this game out loud so I've never really thought about it.

EDIT: Double ninja'd.

Well now I just feel dumb.


How am I supposed to serve the Space Waifu when I have pronounced her name wrong for 2 weeks [blah]

 

[Villainous Ruffian]

Lavigny

The G in Lavigny is pronounced the same way as champagne.

 

[GG7]

Well now I just feel dumb.


How am I supposed to serve the Space Waifu when I have pronounced her name wrong for 2 weeks [blah]

I would suggest that by 3302/03, the more modern non-Gaelic versions may have won out. (AazeLing or Ayzling)

 

[IndigoWyrd]

Aisling is a real Irish name, and it's usually pronounced Ashling. Irish names can be like that - think of Siobahn or Niamh.

That's all I've got I'm afraid. There isn't anyone I talk to about this game out loud so I've never really thought about it.

EDIT: Double ninja'd.

Irish, like Scottish, and the whole of Gaelic language... I do like to hear them spoken, but whoever tried to invent spelling... there had to be a whole lot of whiskey involved.

Aoibhneas
Comhaltas
Comhluadar
Flaithiúlach
Muiceanach idir Dhá Sháile
Sláinte
Taoiseach

Just a handful of words and a place-name that sound absolutely nothing like how they look. It's easier to pronounce: