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How to pronounce the names of some products and artists' names

ArielRGHArielRGH Posts: 105
edited June 2018 in The Commons

I understand that by writing in these forums, we are communicating by using written words and there really is no need to pronounce anything. But the other day I was showing my partner some of my work, the products, the renders, and she started asking me questions, which I answered. We were laying in bed, and we talked about DAZ, and how she never knew 3D art and concepts like rendering were so foreign to her before she met me (we've been living together for two years and a half now). So we were talking about certain products, and how I like this and that artist's work, how some artists specialize in a certain type of products... And then I realized that there are so many products and artists with exotic names that make everything more appealing, and I don't really know the correct pronunciation for them. I am just making up some sort of pronunciation, but what if they are not what the artists intended?

Many names in the DAZ environment are quite straightforward... there is only one way to pronounce "Victoria", "Michael", "Olympia", "Charlotte", "Edward", "The Girl"...

But how do you pronounce Aiko? Is it "A-ko" or "eye-KO"? I always thought it was "eye-KO".

@Mousso, how do you pronounce your name? "MOO-so"? "Mouse-o"? Also, how do you pronounce Izanami ("Ee-za-NAH-mee"?) and Nylyssa? ("nee-LEE-sah"?)

@Bluejaunte, how do you pronounce your name? ("Blue-Johnt"?) How do you pronounce Sahel? (is it "sa-HELL"? "SAY-hell"?) Misumi? ("me-SOO-me"?)

@Jepe, how do you pronounce your name? I assumed it was "YEH-peh" since you are German.

If anyone who is reading this can say another name with a pronunciation you are in doubt, add it below. By the way, how do you guys pronounce these or other products' names?

If any other PA's can supply pronunciation where it is not obvious, I ask them to please do so. I am curious, and I guess I am not alone. Thank you in advance :)

 

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  • Lyrra MadrilLyrra Madril Posts: 277

    Lyrra - (leer-ah)  From the Welsh god Llyr.  Sounds like the italian coinage

    NOT Lie-rah. I am not a swan

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    Are you using the true welsh pronunciation of the letter Ll  at the beginning ?   she says with a wicked grin

  • ArielRGHArielRGH Posts: 105

    I believe she is! Thank you Lyrra! At some point I'll buy one of your dresses :)

  • Lyrra MadrilLyrra Madril Posts: 277

    Chohole - less rolled, more of the common harder L like in 'Laura'.  I can pronounce it properly ( I am half welsh after all) but other people tend to have trouble ;)  And my Lakota friend pronounces it more like Leahrah, but eh. Close enough ?  I know I mangle her name so I think we're even

  • bluejauntebluejaunte Posts: 1,936
    ArielRGH said:

    I understand that by writing in these forums, we are communicating by using written words and there really is no need to pronounce anything. But the other day I was showing my partner some of my work, the products, the renders, and she started asking me questions, which I answered. We were laying in bed, and we talked about DAZ, and how she never knew 3D art and concepts like rendering were so foreign to her before she met me (we've been living together for two years and a half now). So we were talking about certain products, and how I like this and that artist's work, how some artists specialize in a certain type of products... And then I realized that there are so many products and artists with exotic names that make everything more appealing, and I don't really know the correct pronunciation for them. I am just making up some sort of pronunciation, but what if they are not what the artists intended?

    Many names in the DAZ environment are quite straightforward... there is only one way to pronounce "Victoria", "Michael", "Olympia", "Charlotte", "Edward", "The Girl"...

    But how do you pronounce Aiko? Is it "A-ko" or "eye-KO"? I always thought it was "eye-KO".

    @Mousso, how do you pronounce your name? "MOO-so"? "Mouse-o"? Also, how do you pronounce Izanami ("Ee-za-NAH-mee"?) and Nylyssa? ("nee-LEE-sah"?)

    @Bluejaunte, how do you pronounce your name? ("Blue-Johnt"?) How do you pronounce Sahel? (is it "sa-HELL"? "SAY-hell"?) Misumi? ("me-SOO-me"?)

    @Jepe, how do you pronounce your name? I assumed it was "YEH-peh" since you are German.

    If anyone who is reading this can say another name with a pronunciation you are in doubt, add it below. By the way, how do you guys pronounce these or other products' names?

    If any other PA's can supply pronunciation where it is not obvious, I ask them to please do so. I am curious, and I guess I am not alone. Thank you in advance :)

     

    Bit of a longer o. Like aunt maybe. Sa-hell, me-soo-me. Lie-ra (my character).

  • ArielRGHArielRGH Posts: 105

    Thank you very much Bluejaunte! I just bought Lyra, I'll get Sahel and Miriam later.

  • Lyrra MadrilLyrra Madril Posts: 277

    Hi Bluejaunte ....  Yes your character kind of weirded me out 0.o  looks nice though

  • ArielRGHArielRGH Posts: 105

    Anyone from DAZ on the pronunciation of Aiko?

  • SnowSultanSnowSultan Posts: 3,678

    Ariel, it's pronounced "eye-ko". Japanese "a" has an "ah" sound, and combined with "i" (which normally is pronounced "ee"), becomes "eye". Hope that helps.  :)

  • ArielRGHArielRGH Posts: 105
    SnowSultan said:

    Ariel, it's pronounced "eye-ko". Japanese "a" has an "ah" sound, and combined with "i" (which normally is pronounced "ee"), becomes "eye". Hope that helps.  :)

    That's what I thought, but I wanted confirmation :)

  • macleanmaclean Posts: 2,438

    Maclean = MahClayne

    'Mac' is fine, but defnitely not MacKleen!

  • CrescentCrescent Posts: 332

    I'd love to know if the PA name "Polish" is meant as someone from Poland or what you do to furniture and models to finish them off (Poh-lish vs pah-lish).

  • KitsumoKitsumo Posts: 1,216

    Did anyone bring up Chohole? Cause that one has me stumped.

    Sorry Maclean, I've been saying it wrong for like a decade. It'll take some time to fix.

     
  • maikdeckermaikdecker Posts: 3,037

    I want to add to the question of the OP:

    Do we all have to pronounce all those names the american way? Or would it be possible to pronounce the name of figure supposed to be japanese like a japanese would? And how can we be sure which nationality and therefor name nomenclature we have to use for characters where none is given? Is Michael an American? Italian? German?

  • ArielRGHArielRGH Posts: 105

    @Maikdecker... Since Michael is from DAZ Originals, I assume he's American and therefore I use an English pronunciation. I might be wrong but no one from DAZ has answered to this thread... yet. Of course if he were German it would be "me-kha-EL"

  • LinwellyLinwelly Posts: 6,016

    Fun thread, he, I've been on the wrong for maclean as well, and yes that will get hard to change

    I will add @saiyaness to the ones I'd like to know how to say it

  • NorthOf45NorthOf45 Posts: 5,585

    One that's been nagging me is "Sighni"

    s-EYE-nee
    SIG-nee
    SING-yee
    shin-EYE
    shiny ?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 104,102
    maikdecker said:

    I want to add to the question of the OP:

    Do we all have to pronounce all those names the american way? Or would it be possible to pronounce the name of figure supposed to be japanese like a japanese would? And how can we be sure which nationality and therefor name nomenclature we have to use for characters where none is given? Is Michael an American? Italian? German?

    I pronounce Giselle zhizell and Daz hasn't arrested me - yet.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,866
    Richard Haseltine said:
    maikdecker said:

    I want to add to the question of the OP:

    Do we all have to pronounce all those names the american way? Or would it be possible to pronounce the name of figure supposed to be japanese like a japanese would? And how can we be sure which nationality and therefor name nomenclature we have to use for characters where none is given? Is Michael an American? Italian? German?

    I pronounce Giselle zhizell and Daz hasn't arrested me - yet.

    I guess Jizzell is wrong then blush

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    Kitsumo said:

    Did anyone bring up Chohole? Cause that one has me stumped.

    Sorry Maclean, I've been saying it wrong for like a decade. It'll take some time to fix.

     

    Chohole    Taken from the name of a Park Gate Lodge that we lived in for almost 20 years.  Back when the gate was first named it would have been the Charcoal Burners gate, or Charcoal gate, got a little corrupted over the years (1637 was when the gate was first erected)  to normally be sort of Chuhole with a very short vowel sound in the first syllable more like there actually isn't a vowel there at all.

  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,644

    My screen name is pronounced "Lester."

  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,644

    And I will add, nobody asked about Mattymanx, but for years I said it "matty manx," when in fact it's Matty Man X.  Similarly, I'm an idiot for not getting this one, but "MaleM3dia" is pronounced "Male Media."  I was literally saying "Male Em Three Deeah."  For real.

  • j cadej cade Posts: 2,310

    My username is pronounced ʤeɪ keɪd. So I hope that clears up everything for anybody.

     

     

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,866
    SickleYield said:

    And I will add, nobody asked about Mattymanx, but for years I said it "matty manx," when in fact it's Matty Man X.  Similarly, I'm an idiot for not getting this one, but "MaleM3dia" is pronounced "Male Media."  I was literally saying "Male Em Three Deeah."  For real.

    I guess my latest username a mystery to you too then cheeky 

    Hint, it is also a 3 for an E

    I always find yours     ...... wAit for it ...... Corny devil

  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,644
    th3Digit said:
    SickleYield said:

    And I will add, nobody asked about Mattymanx, but for years I said it "matty manx," when in fact it's Matty Man X.  Similarly, I'm an idiot for not getting this one, but "MaleM3dia" is pronounced "Male Media."  I was literally saying "Male Em Three Deeah."  For real.

    I guess my latest username a mystery to you too then cheeky 

    Hint, it is also a 3 for an E

    I always find yours     ...... wAit for it ...... Corny devil

    Whatever you say, The Three Digit.

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 11,898

    My name is pronounced Kriss. Or if you're Japanese like one of my friends, Ki-Ri-Su.

  • ArielRGHArielRGH Posts: 105
    edited June 2018
    SickleYield said:

    And I will add, nobody asked about Mattymanx, but for years I said it "matty manx," when in fact it's Matty Man X.  Similarly, I'm an idiot for not getting this one, but "MaleM3dia" is pronounced "Male Media."  I was literally saying "Male Em Three Deeah."  For real.

    Thank you for that, SickleYield! I thought he was, like, from the Isle of Man, and therefore, Manx :P

    And thanks to all the PAs that have contributed so far!

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,866
    SickleYield said:
    th3Digit said:
    SickleYield said:

    And I will add, nobody asked about Mattymanx, but for years I said it "matty manx," when in fact it's Matty Man X.  Similarly, I'm an idiot for not getting this one, but "MaleM3dia" is pronounced "Male Media."  I was literally saying "Male Em Three Deeah."  For real.

    I guess my latest username a mystery to you too then cheeky 

    Hint, it is also a 3 for an E

    I always find yours     ...... wAit for it ...... Corny devil

    Whatever you say, The Three Digit.

    The Digit actually cheeky

    and I used to read AprilYSH as Aprily Sh

  • maikdeckermaikdecker Posts: 3,037
    ArielRGH said:

    @Maikdecker... Since Michael is from DAZ Originals, I assume he's American and therefore I use an English pronunciation. I might be wrong but no one from DAZ has answered to this thread... yet. Of course if he were German it would be "me-kha-EL"

    Not sure how to pronounce that "kha" part... sounds to "hard"

    In german, Michael sounds more like Me - cha (as in CHArles) - ale (as the beer) to me...

     

    And that Giselle... should sound like Gee - thell (with a soft th) when pronounced like the french would do it (afaik... my french ain't that good)

  • zombietaggerungzombietaggerung Posts: 3,775
    SickleYield said:

    And I will add, nobody asked about Mattymanx, but for years I said it "matty manx," when in fact it's Matty Man X.  Similarly, I'm an idiot for not getting this one, but "MaleM3dia" is pronounced "Male Media."  I was literally saying "Male Em Three Deeah."  For real.

    Don't feel bad i was doing that too.

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