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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #45 on: July 20, 2009, 11:48:13 PM »

To-bye-us.  (I originally used to read it as "Toe-bee-us" as a kid reading the series the first time through, but I was a moron.)


exactly what I did. Now I keep switching, but mostly if I'm talking about the TV show, I say To-bye-us, and if I'm talking about the book I say Toe-bee-us
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #46 on: November 26, 2009, 11:08:49 PM »
Lee-ran or Leer-an?

I do the first, but it literally just dawned on me there may be another way
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #47 on: November 26, 2009, 11:16:06 PM »
I say leer-an
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #48 on: November 26, 2009, 11:26:14 PM »
It's definitely "To-bye-us", I know cause I dated a Tobias once.

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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #49 on: November 27, 2009, 01:06:59 AM »
Lee-ran or Leer-an?

I do the first, but it literally just dawned on me there may be another way
There's barely a difference.

My pronunciations:

Leeran: Leer-an
Tobias: Toe-bye-us
Visser: Viz-zuhr
Hork Bajir: Hork-Ba-jeer
Taxxon: Tax-on
Iskoort: Isk-yoort
Yeerk: Yerk
Yoort: Yurt



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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #50 on: November 27, 2009, 11:34:06 AM »
Woa, someone else who says Vizzer with a 'z' sound instead of an 's'.  I thought I was the only one.
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #51 on: November 27, 2009, 03:13:20 PM »
i remember i always pronounced Hork Bajir as Hork Badger...not sure how i came up with that back then lol

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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #52 on: November 27, 2009, 08:26:58 PM »
i remember i always pronounced Hork Bajir as Hork Badger...not sure how i came up with that back then lol
That technically makes sense. I still pronounce it "Baw-jer"
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #53 on: November 27, 2009, 08:29:13 PM »
I said like Hork Bah-jhher

very soft "g" sound
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #54 on: November 27, 2009, 09:54:55 PM »
A list of my pronunciation for most of the terms in Animorphs that I'm unsure of pronouncing correctly/have already been listed and I think my way is right xD:

Leeran: Lee-rin
Tobias: Toe-bye-us
Axmilli: Ax-mill-ee
Andalites: An-duh-lites
Aristh: Air-isth
Escafil (Device): Es-kuh-feel
Nothlit: No-thlit
Ketrans: Keh-trins
Visser: Viz-uhr
Hork Bajir: Hork-Buh-jeer
Taxxon: Tax-un
Iskoort: Isk-ort
Yeerk: Yurk
Yoort: Yoo-urt
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #55 on: December 08, 2009, 01:06:47 PM »
From Scholastic's interview with KA Applegate (For reference; I know it's been mentioned)

Q: "How do you pronounce the following names: Hork-Bajir, Visser, Tobias, Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul, Ket Halpek, Andalite?"
A: "Here's how I pronounce them: Hork rhymes with "cork," and Bajir sounds like "buh-JEER"; Visser rhymes with "kisser"; Toe-BYE-us. Oh, good grief, you asked me a tough one. Okay, it's "ELF-un-gore Sir-RIN-ee-ul Sham-TOOL; Ket Hal-PEK; and finally, AN-duh-lite."



I used to think "Hork Badger" when reading the series too, but I think I'd managed to switch to the correct pronunciation in my mind by the end. Tobias is a name, with real-world precedent for the pronunciation, and one I haven't read incorrectly since I knew a real Tobias (was at my school for all of like two weeks) Haha... Arrested Development never fails to remind me of Animorphs. Oh Tobias...

It definitely feels more correct to me to say "visser" with a z sound. I always put the emphasis on the second i sound in Aximili: ax-uh-MEE-lee. For some reason, I always want to roll the r's in "Esgarrouth;" EZ-ga-rrrrowth (soft th). Makes saying Ax's full name more fun  ;)

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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #56 on: December 08, 2009, 03:29:44 PM »
leeran: LEER-an
tobias: toe-BI-as
aximili-esgarrouth-isthill: ax-IH-mil-ee es-GAR-outh IS-thil
andalite: an-DAH-lite
aristh: AR-isth
escafil: Es-ca-fil
nothlit: NAH-thlit
ketran: KET-rahn
visser: VIS-ur
hork bajir: hork-ba-JEER
taxxon: TACK-son
iskoort: IS-kort
yeerk: yurk
yoort: yort