08-17-2018, 07:26 AM | #11 |
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Aerlith
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08-17-2018, 08:19 AM | #12 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Re: Can we talk about the Mnoren?
The last time I met a Mnoren I asked this very question. "How do you pronounce the name of your people?"
He looked at me like I was a bug and finally said. "It rhymes with 'Harvey'." Then he snickered a little, so I'm not sure if he was putting me on, or what.
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08-17-2018, 01:45 PM | #13 |
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Re: Can we talk about the Mnoren?
The English convention for an initial "mn" is to treat the 'm' as silent, e.g. "mnemonic" or "Mnemosyne". So, "NO-ren". (You could also go for "NOR-en", "no-REN", or "nor-EN" while still keeping that silent M rule by moving the syllable break and stress around. But those would be less common in Greek pronunciation.)
Of course, those examples are based on Greek and not Mnoren, and the Mnoren might well do things their own way. It could be pronounced "Throatwarbler-Mangrove". Or, more menacingly... "Proot!" All this time, who knew? |
08-17-2018, 03:37 PM | #14 |
Join Date: May 2018
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08-18-2018, 01:18 AM | #15 |
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Alsea, OR
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I've known enough africans to know that m is a semi-vowel. (n, v, z and ž as well) All three are voiced, and thus can be held as if a vowel. Hold it as a one beat vowel, rather than the partial-beat usually used as a consonant.
m-nor-en is how I say it. |
08-18-2018, 06:14 AM | #16 |
Join Date: May 2018
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I pronounce it like in "somnambulist" or "condemnation" but without the "so" or "conde". I.e. stick a vowel in front to practice, like "omnoren".
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08-18-2018, 06:56 PM | #17 | |
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Location: Carrollton, Newnan area of Ga
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Maybe I remember these points wrong. At my age, it happens. As for using Mnoren in campaigns, I did the same as you. They left toys around if you could find them. But never gave players a chance to meeting one. |
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Salem Oregon
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08-19-2018, 05:52 AM | #20 |
Join Date: Sep 2007
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