How do YOU pronounce ...

[Ophidimancer]

How do you guys pronounce the various spells that casters use in the Dresdenverse?

An easy one would be Fuego! as FWAY-go.

How about Forzare?  I like fort-ZAH-rey.  It's supposed to be quasi Latin so that's probably not right, but I can't help going Italian and making it a hard Z sound like in PIZZA (PEET-za) and flipping the R sound.  It's probably supposed to be closer to for-ZAR-ay.

How do you pronounce the spells?  

[Archmage_Cowl]

i've been pronouncing Forzare like "FOR-zair" and i've been pronouncing fuego like FWAY-go as well lol.

[Ophidimancer]

i've been pronouncing Forzare like "FOR-zair"

Ooh, really?  That seems odd to me.  It has so much more punch when you emphasize the second syllable. 

[MijRai]

I say 'Forzare' like FOR-ZAR(GH)! Harry is a pirate, you know.

[Mal_Luck]

The same way James Marsters does post-Storm Front audiobook (It might be later than that, some of the early books spell pronunciations are different than the later books.)

[Baron Hazard]

For-ZAIR as well. even with you telling me how you pronounce it and can't even do it. lol.

FWOY-GO.

[Wyrdrune]

as it comes from harry's pseudo-latin, think about how you would pronounce it, if it were latin.

[YuriPup]

And faking Latin to Italian isn't a bad way to go.

[austinmonster]

The audio books say it "fo-ZAH-ray"  and "FWAY-go"

For the record, they also pronounce "Shide" like "she"

[Ophidimancer]

The audio books say it "fo-ZAH-ray"

Is that a hard Z or soft Z?

For the record, they also pronounce "Shide" like "she"

Yep, that's how you pronounce Sidhe.  Words with Gaelic roots always mess me up.

[TheMouse]

as it comes from harry's pseudo-latin, think about how you would pronounce it, if it were latin.

I do the same thing.

For the record, they also pronounce "Shide" like "she"

It's spelled s-i-d-h-e. Sidhe. And it is indeed pronounced "she." Gaelic pronunciation rules are... a little odd.

[austinmonster]

See, that's what I get for only listening to the audio books.  I can handle these words great in conversation, but when the time comes to TYPE them out... I look like a mook.

And it's "fo-ZAH-ray"  and the Za is the same Za as in "the Za Lord!"

[Stormtower]

I never really thought about it, but I pronounce it FEW-go and forze-AIR

[Bloodwork]

Yeah sidhe is also in banshee which everyone is probably more familiar with. I think the proper spelling is bean sidhe.

[Wyrdrune]

Yeah sidhe is also in banshee which everyone is probably more familiar with. I think the proper spelling is bean sidhe.

yep, that is right.

on a side note: i also have the audio books and not being a native english speaker i was very surprised how americans pronounce feng shui... (

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