Ilaeian names and pronunciation

[Matthew Haldeman-Time]

Note from Matthew: The posts from this thread originated in the thread on "A Brother's Tale."  I pulled the thread apart because we were having 2 discussions at once.  If we seem to be replying to something that doesn't exist, that's why.

On Ouneaoaunaeat:

I just call him Onomatopoeia.

There was a post on the discussion list where I talked about pronouncing Eatoune.  I say it:

ay-ah-two-ohne
or
ay-ah-two-oh-nay

Which means pronouncing (almost?) every vowel.

And King Ouia is pretty much "oh-oo-ee-ah" (although somewhat run together).  Pronouncing every vowel.

Which means that pronouncing Ouneaoaunaeat Uialouepaiaimaenea will take you all day.

-Matthew

[LilacMajesty]

I have a theory that Matthew takes a bunch of Scrabble tiles, tosses them up in the air, and then just writes them down the way they land.

[SilverMoon28]

I have a theory that Matthew takes a bunch of Scrabble tiles, tosses them up in the air, and then just writes them down the way they land.

It does make us wonder how you pick the names, Matthew, lol.

Ok, off to 'A Brother's Tale'!!!

Vani

[SilverMoon28]

By the way, I'm already deciding to pronounce his name: Ounea.  Short, concise and to the point

Now, back to the sory

[Diamond]

I just call him Onomatopoeia.

There was a post on the discussion list where I talked about pronouncing Eatoune.  I say it:

ay-ah-two-ohne
or
ay-ah-two-oh-nay

Which means pronouncing (almost?) every vowel.

-Matthew

I always pronounce Eatoune like Ee-ay-two-own.

I pronounce Aiae like Ay-ee.

They are the only two I even attempt. 

-Diamond

[LilacMajesty]

During a phone conversation, Sue tried to get me to pronounce some of the names outloud.  I think I broke my tongue.

[lelehtidazzio]

Ouneaoaunaeat Uialouepaiaimaenea



What in the world is that? 
Where did you come up with that? 
And why, why, why on earth would you torture us with it?

[Matthew Haldeman-Time]

Ouneaoaunaeat Uialouepaiaimaenea
What in the world is that?
Where did you come up with that?
And why, why, why on earth would you torture us with it?

It's his name.  Don't look at me, blame his parents.

-Matthew

[SilverMoon28]

Ounea Uialou

*nod*

Simplifies things.  At least that's how I thought about him in my mind lol.

Vani

[Matthew Haldeman-Time]

this is one of my favorite shorts!   I just love it so much.

Thank you!

Okay, let me try: Ouneaoaunaeat

Oh-u-nee-ah-oh-ah-u-na-ee-at

Dude.  No wonder short names became more fashionable.

They're named after ancestors.  Maybe you take the first syllables of your ancestors' names and slap them together into whatever amalgamation works best.  His brother's name is Eatoune, which looks like the beginning and the end of his name, reversed.  And if I recall correctly, Eatoune's name is short because the family fell out of favor with some relatives, possibly the ones whose names form the middle of Ouneaoaunaeat.

But now I'm just speculating.

-Matthew

(Comment edited because I can spell Ilaeian words just fine, apparently, but not English ones.)

[LilacMajesty]

Matthew shouldn't you be the one person who knows all this stuff?  Hmm  You're kinda like Anosukinom, you're omniscent - in that world at least.

[mc_cart_ny]

You're welcome!

While I think it's kinda cool that they get their names by using their ancestors, I totally sympathise and completely understand why they started making their names shorter - my own last name is 12 letters long and people usually have a hard enough time pronouncing it!  I can't imagine having anything much longer and more difficult!

~McCartny~

[LDoza]

Good thread here too. Though I don't remember that name.  It is like Hawaiian where all the letters are sounded in every word. I taught  myself by translating songs syllable by syllable.  But I could do it, because all the words are pronounced the same by everyone. 

Now Eatoune.... to me is Ee-ah-tone...but thats the french way.

...and In hawaiian Aiae... is just that a-i-a-e. There will be emphasis on the first syllable.

One neat thing is the the ' in hawaiian is pronounced, it is a glottal stop. So Hawai'i is Ha vai / i, in the back of your
mouth like a little cough.

[queenbee]

I'm sad to say I spent at least ten minutes trying to figure out how to pronounce Ilaeian names when I was reading 'A Brother's Tale'.

The only one I could come up with a satisfactory pronunciation for was Ouneaoaunaeat.  I pronounce it "Oh-nay-ow-naut".  I'm not sure how I got four syllables out of eleven vowel sounds, but it certainly flows better than any other pronunciation I tried.

Uialouepaiaimaenea?  Uh....Oo-way-a-lou-eh-pie-eye-may-nay-a?  Yoinks.  Say that five times fast, I dare you.

[LDoza]

Ok, finally trying.  Ouneaoaunaeat

Oo-nay-a-wa-ooNAH'-ay-aht.

[LilacMajesty]

Would you like some ice for your tongue now?   Even I know better than to try and pronounce Iliean names out loud.

[LDoza]

Now don't everyone scream, but since I don't think I have read the Brothers Tale yet.
I thought I had better have the pronunciation in my mind before I do, so it doesn't
slow me down too much. That's why I couldn't figure out where it came from.