Re: Emoria: OOC

[Kalon Ordona II]

Yeah, I figured if I put "skew," someone might think "skoo" instead of "skyoo," so I went with "skyoo."

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So that everyone on the new page knows what we've been talking about, here's an updated Pronunciation guide. We're still waiting for confirmation on some of these.

Venteux: Von-TOO
Perun: PAIR-un
Fionu Arqueno: Fee-OH-noo Arr-KEH-no
Lairelossë: Lye-reh-LOSS-say
Jean Poitiers: ZHON Pwah-TYAY
Nilus of Izic: NYE-luss uv EYE-zick
Naomi of Tratant: NOW-mee uv TRA-tant
Gregor Legato: GREG-or Leh-GOT-toe
Lafiyah Cavalcanté: Lah-FEE-yah Kah-vahl-KAHN-tay
Chälan Irrdánë: KHAH-lahn Irr-DAHN-ay (/rr/ is trilled)
Tatyana: Taht-YAHN-ah
Sailahína Carnil: Sye-lah-HEE-nah CAR-nill (/r/ is trilled)
Ja'Dhannar: Jah-dthahn-NAHR
Siade Ayurent: See-AID (or See-AH-day) AYE-yoo-rent
Morgarath: MORE-guh-rath
Corbina Obscuracce: Kor-BEE-nuh Ob-skyoo-ROCK-kay
Zahiik Tusohe: Zah-HEEK Too-SO-hay
Aeren Sretin: AY-ren SREE-tuhn
Dasciis Arkandis: DASK-iss Arr-KANN-diss


Edit:
Updated with Shadow Moonseye's pronunciation of Tusohe.
Updated with Kathryn's pronunciation of Sailahína Carnil.
Updated with DeadEye's pronunciation of Naomi of Tratant.

[Shadow Moonseye]

You almost got it right, Kalon! (I'm rather impressed actually. It took me forever to work out pronounciations.)

You're pronouncing Zahiik correctly, but Tusohe is pronounced Too-SO-hey. (I know it probably doesn't make sense outside my head, but that's how it's pronounced.)

[Dax]

Wow, I was WAYY off for Obsuracce's pronounciation.

I should be fixed now!

bah, I guess ill just use the way I said it in my head. I like it better!

[Gadreille]

How were you pronouncing it?

[Dax]

Obscur-Ah-Chay

[Kalon Ordona II]

French is fun. Parlez vooze fronkayse? Kest la vye.... Seafood plate?

[Dax]

Hahaha, I absolutely love your spelling Kalon!



Yah, french is fun to know, but it sucks to learn it. Find the problem in that. >.>

[Bird of Hermes]

C'est si bon.

[Kalon Ordona II]

Anything worth doing is usually hard. Its difficulty proves its worth. xD

By that logic, I guess that means Chinese is a cool language, too.

[Dax]

Haha, true.

heh, Chinese is probably THE coolest language then!

Oh, and for my post, its slightly longer than I originally intended *cough* but its just Jean talking, so I guess thats ok.

[Kathryn Lacey]

Mike - FoG says (9:28 PM):
Can you tell everyone in emoria I don't have Internet yet at my new place and I'm still playing and will be posting when I have it! Plz

He sent me this on MSN, so I thought I'd share because I'm nice. ^^_^^


As for the pronunciation of my character's name...

Sailahína Carnil is actually:

sigh-lah-HEE-nah CAR-nill ((with a trilled r))

However, Saila is SIGH-lah.

In Quenya, the "ai" combo makes the "i" sound like in "aisle."
A's without accent marks are pronounced softly as the "a" in "father."
I's with accent marks ((í)) are always long like "ee."
Without the accent mark, they're short like in "it."
R's are always trilled like they are in Spanish, Russian, and Scottish English but not like in French.

In words that only contain two syllables, the stress always falls on the first syllable.

[Kalon Ordona II]

Oh that's right! I should have known to follow Quenya pronunciation rules! xD
Duly edited.

[Gabe]

For anyone wondering:
Naomi of Tratant is pronounced 'NOWmee of TRATunt'
Some pronounce it 'Nay YO mee' but her name is pronounced as two syllables instead of three.

I should also note that I am not dead or anything, my computer is just not at the house, and I started working my new job this week. I could write a post from my phone, but it would take thrice as long and it wouldn't be a substantial post overral. Tonight I get my computer back, so I will have a full response to everyone by tonight.

[Loki]

Ja'Dhannar: Jah-dthahn-NAHR

You almost need to give the "dthahn" it's own pronunciation.

Assuming that the "t" softly blends with the "d" rather than combining to make the "th" sound, you are spot on. Nicely done.

[Dax]

So, how many people have yet to post?

[Hello Danger]

HEY!

As Kathryn said for me, I'm still playing. I don't have internet at my apartment yet. I'm at my buddies house, but I should have the internet this weekend and I'll get caught up on everything!

[Shadow Moonseye]

*hides*

Me and Plaguewalker still need to post...it's been very slow going and I'm so sorry it's taking so long.

...we're terrible. We keep saying it's going to get done but we never make our set date...

Hopefully we'll get our posts done in the next few days. For now though, back to work on my post.

*scampers off*

[Bird of Hermes]

I have an egg that I haven't mentioned yet that has yet to post for itself.

Eh. That might not count. ^ ^'

[Kalon Ordona II]

Are we only waiting on the Tynir and I'nak to arrive before the council starts? or is the pirate coming too?

[Kathryn Lacey]

I thought that Boyd ((the pirate)) was also coming to the council.

[Guest]

Yes, he is coming too.

[Kathryn Lacey]

Don't worry. I've got part of my post written. I just need to finish it, but anticipate it taking a while. I'm a slow poster. ._.

[Gadreille]

Sighlent has not posted yet,and neither has Elric or ImmortalSin, but I would not expect one from the latter two because Elric has lost his muse and ImmortalSin has temporarily dropped out due to real life commitments. I am not sure if Sighlent is going to post soon either.

[Kathryn Lacey]

Dax forgot his here.

I just thought I would let him know, so he can fix it. ^^_^^

[Dax]

How silly of me, let me fix that right up.

Thanks.

[Kathryn Lacey]

I don't mind. I'd want anyone to do the same for me. ^^_^^

EDIT
Um... Since quite a few of you did one of the following:
- forgot what I wrote
- skimmed what I wrote
- ignored what I wrote
- didn't understand what I wrote

Or any of the other ways that it's possible to go about doing things in any role play, I decided that I would "reinform" you all here.

In my first post, I wrote:

She had to go straight to the largest room of the Library where the Council would be held.

It was on the first floor at the back of the building, and before she traversed the space, she nodded to the guides who were positioned to lead outsiders to the room.

There were two doors to it, and a large table with many surrounding chairs had been placed within it for this occasion. As she crossed the threshold of one of the doors – both were open to welcome those who needed to be there – she noticed one familiar face already within the room.

I was referring to the Council meeting room. Several must have missed that because I've seen other locations and sizes and descriptions of it, but that's okay. I'm not angry. I just wanted to remind you guys. I know that I'm among those who often forget details like that, especially after so many posts are made. Hell, I even forget some things that I write myself.

However, in a role play this large scale, I find it helps to reread each post as I write, so I can make sure that I keep the proper details in mind. After all, if someone described their character as having short, blond hair, and another person described that same character as having flowing, red hair, it would be pretty incorrect. The same is true for surroundings and such.

Kalon, I think it's cool the way you described the Library. I don't mind if people want to add to its description as long as they keep in mind what's already in place and what's already been said.

EDIT #2
It's also not a secret room. They're not having a meeting around the Portal or anything. Very few people even know about the Portal. The only person that seems to make sense as having known about the Portal is Venteux because she guards it. Other guards would be NPC's, and there are those who specifically "own" the Library who need to know about it to ensure its safety and to hire guards and whatnot.

I'm actually kind of curious if there's a reason why Kalon's people would know about it. I know they're immortal, but if the Thendári character wasn't around at the time that it became all hush-hush, I wouldn't know why they would keep the knowledge of it throughout their nation because it's meant to be a secret. I'm sure the people who guard the Portal and whatnot would have specifically asked that the knowledge of it not be spread, even between those as highly regarded as the Thendári. You know? I'm sure if/when it's explained, it'll make sense.

[Bird of Hermes]

That sounds good.

As for knowledge of the Portal, I don't really know who has knowledge of it other than guardians and such. Just know that if your character knows about it that it is a very rare thing to have that knowledge.

[Dax]

Just as a kind of declaration of mine, I am going to make sure that Jean is a pompous @$$ and arrogant to the extreme. All while not going too far and possibly offending someone, of course.

Just remember, hate the character, not the writer.

[Kathryn Lacey]

I already know you're a cool guy, Dax. :: pats :: I would never presume to dislike someone based on a character they create.

[Dax]

Thank you. :cheer:

I just felt the need to say that because I have already been a victim of some people hating me, in previous role-plays on some dispersed sites, because my character was geniunely unlikable.

At least I can comfort myself on two notions:
1. FoG is full of nice people.

2. Jean isnt a COMPLETE moron.


I am not too sure about the second notion, however....

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