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Your search for the tag 'Brandon on pronunciation' yielded 8 results
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Interview: Jan 19th, 2015
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[Note: the question was likely “How do you pronounce Adonalsium?”]Brandon Sanderson
Andrew, I pronounce it Ih-don-awl-sium.Tags
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Interview: Feb 20th, 2015
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Are there differences in pronunciation between the different worlds in the cosmere? Do you have any record of that?Brandon Sanderson
Yes. So, it depends on the culture and things like that, what it’s going to be like. You can kind of bet in Mistborn it’s going to be French, if it’s from the central dominance. So they’ll say “Kelsi-ay” and “Demou” but where Elend’s from is a lot more Germanic so “EE-lend” “Strahff” and stuff like that. The other worlds are all going to have their things. In Roshar you are going to get some of the “YAS-nah kho-LIN” [kho being a back of throat guttural sound, kind of like Scottish “ch” as in loch] it’s going to be a little more semitic in its language family.Tags
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Interview: Oct 9th, 2015
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About the pronunciation of “Sazed”.Brandon Sanderson
I say “Say-Zed”, but in-world they don’t say that. Kelsier says something close to “Say-Zed”, but Sazed himself says something closer to “Saahzd”, more along the flowing way the Terrans speak, but they speak different languages, but you can say it every way you want.Tags
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Interview: Oct 9th, 2015
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Atium: used as a currency, sounds close to ATM, is that coincidental?Brandon Sanderson
That is coincidental. I’ve noticed it but it was not done on purpose. I do do some dopey things, like “Wax and Wayne” was intentional, but most of things like that...Tags
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Interview: Oct 9th, 2015
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I was wondering how you pronounce Szeth.Brandon Sanderson
I say “Zeth.”Tags
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Interview: Feb 17th, 2016
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Have you ever considered doing a pronunciation guide for your characters?Brandon Sanderson
I should do that, shouldn’t I?Question
It would help so much [...]Brandon Sanderson
The thing about that is I’m kind of of the philosophy that however you do it in your head is the right version in your version of the story. Because the characters won’t look the same to everyone. Everyone imagines them differently, might as well say the names differently...Tags
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Interview: Feb 25th, 2016
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WOT pronunciation.Brandon Sanderson
Finding out [how Robert Jordan pronounced things] is kind of hard sometimes, because his wife and his assistant disagree.Tags
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Interview: Nov 22nd, 2016
BYU Bookstore (Paraphrased)Question
I also asked how to pronounce the main characters in Elantris:Brandon Sanderson
RAY-O-DEN, SA-REE-NEE, hRAY-THENTags