The Great Name Debate....

[Leira of Asrai]

The one that really cracks me up is how a guildie of mine says-
Covetous: koh-VEE-tus
I pronounce it KA-vit-iss

 

[hen]

I visited Skara Brae a few months ago. The real one is definitely [Skarah Bray], and a most beautiful place it is too.

 

[whiterabbit]

and skara is real life place too
doh should have read it all

 

[Laura_Gold]

Funny. At a meet-up in Seattle in 2000 (or was it 2001) we asked Runesabre (a dev) how Ocllo was pronounced. He said
Ock-key-yo
giving the double L the same sound it would have in Mexico. Note that Origin Systems was in Austin Texas.

 

[BrianFreud]

As normal English pronounciation for Britain, Buccaneer's Den, Cove, Haven, Heartwood, Holy City, Lakeshire, Luna, Moonglow, Serpent's Hold, Vesper, and Wind.

Delucia: Del - Eew (as in hue) - see - ah
Jhelom: hard J - hell - omm (like the mantra)
Magincia: Magi - see - ah
Minoc: Min - ok
Nujel'm: New - gel - omm
Ocllo: Occ (as in Occam's Razor) - french rolling "L" - low
Papua: Pap - ' - ooo - ah
Skara Brae: Skarah - bray
Ter Mur: Ter (as in Terra) - Mur (as in Murder)
Trinsic: like 'Intrisic' without the 'In'
Umbra: like the first half of 'umbrella', finished with the clothing women wear
Ver Lor Reg: Ver (as in Very) - Lore - Reg (as in Regular)
Yew: You
Zento: to rhyme with Mentos, without the final "s" sound

 

[MalagAste]

The one that really cracks me up is how a guildie of mine says-
Covetous: koh-VEE-tus
I pronounce it KA-vit-iss

I always pronounced it:

Covetous: Kov(like Love with K) eh Tuss.
Zento: Zen-Toe
Ver Lor Reg: Ver (Like Verb) Lore Reg (Like Regular)
Umbra: Um(Like as in Umbrella) Bra(like Brazil or Brave)
Trinsic: Trin-Sick
Ter Mur: Ter (Like Terminal) Mur (Like Murder)

 

[Lady Storm]

Pronunciating names of UO citys and towns is like reginal wines... they vary in suttle ways and tastes.
I have talked to many ans have giggled my tail off as i hear different ways people say the names... to each his or her own and one more thing...
I cant help sing the UO version when UO Assist pops up...with "Do you know the way to Skara Brea"

 

[ShameFarmer]

The million dollar question is how people pronounce "cu sidhe"

 

[Yadd of Legends]

The one that really cracks me up is how a guildie of mine says-
Covetous: koh-VEE-tus
I pronounce it KA-vit-iss

Entertaining thread. There really shouldn't be much debate on how to pronounce this one, since covetous is part of a group of dungeons that are named after normal English words for vices (covetous, wrong, shame, despise). Of course English is not the native language for many UO players.

 

[The Zog historian]

Thou shalt not co-veet' thy neighbor's wife and so on...

 

[Skelf]

"...thou shalt not co-veet your neighbour's wife..."

No...definitively not...smearing hair removing gel over each other is NOT what you should be doing with you neighbour's wife...

tsk tsk...

 

[hen]

The million dollar question is how people pronounce "cu sidhe"

It's pretty easy as pointed out way back in the thread. It's [Koo Shee]. A fairy dog, usually green or black but in UO all manner of garish colours.