NationStates Jolt Archive

Obviously, we all read in our heads, and pronounce as we see fit, but how do you actually pronounce your nation?

Mine: Keh-roo-vay-lee-ah

Some are obvious .... maybe ... but, hey, it could be a fun excersize.

Edit: The emphasis is on the "lee" .... so it's Kehroovay-LEEah ... sort of like saying "Garoovy Lea" ... (a little hint as to where my name came from)

"Gong" like the band and instrument and "ite" like light.

A-Lonz-e-ism

Cat-GAN-iss-tan.

Really easy.

AN ar kee EL

The emphases on the first and last syllables are approximately the same.

CON-cept-chew-al-ists

Dyelli Beybi - jelly baby.

Dyelli Beybi - jelly baby.

Discworld fan, by chance?

Leh-tea-luh

Actually, it is really pronounced as though it were Spanish or Italian.

Leh-tea-luh


Oh yah? In my head, I've always pronounced it Leh-ti-lah.

Tea, eh? I'll remember that.

SOW when

...it's a Druid festival.

Just like it sounds. ;)

And-a-loosh-e-ay

quality.

Just like it sounds. ;)


Liar! :D

KEL - rIN (Kel is like the name Kelly, and rin is like the word "in" with an r infront of it, sounds like grin with out the g)

You pronounce Corona Luminai as:

kuh-ROW-nuh loo-min-EYE

as in log
keep the short o sound

lov

replace the l with an s

sov


add a silent p


Psov


(pronounced) sov (short o not soov, or sov as in soviet)

Go-jul-ar

Faith fool free dumb :)

Mine is normally pronounced
"KEE-ah-mer-e-ah"

Mine's super easy

Purr-pull-stan

Fors ma-zhur'

Etymology: French, superior or overpowering force

Just like it's spelt: ar-TOO-nee-uh

Kerubia:

Keh--roo--bee--uh

Can also be:

Care--eww--bee-uh

I find myself saying them both at times.

SL as in

http://geowww.uibk.ac.at/tirol/images/kitz-sleigh.jpg

AP as in

http://gvrflash.sourceforge.net/images/Main%20application%20screen.png

HAP as in

http://www.mp3.com.au/img/album/HapHazard_HapHazard_RESIZED.jpg

PY as in

http://208.33.45.210/images/stormtroopers-pee.jpg

LUNA as in

http://www.horoscopos.com.mx/Busqueda/LaLuna/Moon_1_.gif

TICS as in

http://www.thetick.ws/images/ticks.jpg

Gree

As in the word Greedy

Dy

As in the word Greedy

P

As in the word Pig

Ig

As in the word Pig.

Squa She Dah

Callisdrun

Cal-iss-drun

Cal as in California, iss as in listen, and drun, which sounds like gun

Mew-cuss-bur-gee-ah

(hard g)

Accent Mew and bur

he- like "heh", rhymes with "meh"

spar- pronounced "spare"

i- it's from latin... so pronounce it like the "e" in "he"

a- rhymes with duh.

Whoever first says where my name comes from gets a cookie. (Be specific, if you can- no, the answer isn't just "latin") ;)

"noo" "Gruh-Nàh-Duh"

zink - ite

It's named after the mineral, which is named after the metal. Pretty simple. And yeah, it was really random. My friend was telling me to hurry up and name my nation so I typed in the first thing that came to mind.

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hehe, 1st post on these here boards and I'm talking about myself. I got to stop doin that at every place I go. :p

OMG noes!

Ger-mah-CHEE*-ni-a

(CH as in scottish loch. More like HEE than CHEE.)

And for those who get it wrong: :sniper: :mp5:

LOL, Posers!

LOL, Posers!

LOL, Warned for spamming. Keep it up and you'll earn your own ban.

kyuukei
kaizoku

err ass tide

:p

:D Thanks Keruvalia for starting this.

I wanna know how to pronounce Sdaeriji....


Mine's fie-ay-key-ah
As in the mythic Greek island...

I would like to know how to pronounce my name
note - my nations motto

ive gone with

fin Dee car no Kalah el lean

"throatwobbler mangrove", obviously

YARM-o is how you say it!

Show-ta-gone

:D

Nor-thrup Gruh-men not Groo-man

Cass-ohp-ear

dra-gun-yang (rhymes with wang)

Either 'shard' or 'Sha - ed'... I can't really decide.

It was originally Sha - ed, but I'm lazy, and Shard is easier to say...

Either are fine, I guess.

If any of you have played Escape Velocity: Nova, you should recognise the name of the lead planet of the Polaris, so as far as i know its pronounced

Kel-Lar-Lee

Mig ins :eek:

JuNii = Jew-Knee otherwise spelt Jyuni

Eff cee dee. FCD.

Yeah.

I pronounce my ns name as Lear glass

Same as the word, Valiant.

Shee-la-na-gig.

I could have made it much trickier.

Green-man-BREE

wer-ship-the-de-vil

Row-toe-vee-ah

You can blend the last to sounds together, I just like to distinguish from "via".

Myrth: pronounced like 'Earth'

Nee-eh-rez

Kah-mee-RIN.

Myrth: pronounced like 'Earth'

so the m is silent then, is it?

Huss-it-arnie-ah

Myrth: pronounced like 'Earth'

So... not like 'mirt--- *is tackled by her sense of self-preservation*

Merrorwr
{Nekone... Ne Ko Ne.}

bun *E* Eaters

ves-KA-land
Simple really.

Jello like the brand of gelatin. Biafra like the place in Africa.

Jel-low Bee-ah-fra

Shee-la-na-gig.
You exhibitionist!

Boat-lay.

:P.

Rah-SLOW-vee-uh

Jer-roo-ser-lem

so the m is silent then, is it?

As in it rhymes with Earth...

Let's see... Pair-RA-tow-GA.

core ark e OUGHT ah

Up-Ward-Thrust

yu-pong-fska-d-d

You as in not me,
Toe as in the things on your feet,
Nee as in the Knights who Say...
Um as in "What was the question again?"

Yoo-TOH-nee-um.

Named after Professor Robert Utonium, developer of the abiogenesis process, father to the first three synthetic humans, and founder of the Experimental Colony.

my name is easyyy

mace - en

xDD

yu-pong-fska-d-d
so not one of thoes pho-ah-net-ic names is it?

Anyone want to take a guess at how my name is pronounced before I tell you all?

ANNE... As in Anne of Cleves, "The Flanders Mare",
GREE...As in a greyish green colour,
KEEP...As in "lock er in the...",
LEFT...As in "By the Left, quick march!",
SIGNS...As in the really shit movie starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix.

Anyone want to take a guess at how my name is pronounced before I tell you all?
s-d-a-e-r-i-j-i?

s-d-a-e-r-i-j-i?

Wise guy.

Wise guy.
Hmmm less wise guy more smart ass :-P

Wise guy.
"wise-guy" = Sdaeriji :confused:

"wise-guy" = Sdaeriji :confused:

I agree with UpwardThrust.

Smartass is more appropriate.:)

"I'm the funny man. I'm so fucking fuuunny" - Ron Jeremy in The Boondock Saints

Pronunced according to the German pronunciation, to English speakers that's
Vah-fen SS Oh-st-lahnd.
My other nations:
Christus Victor: per the Latin (Kree-stoos Veek-tor)
Tribes of Zion: as it looks
New Avignon, West New Avignon: "Avignon" is French (A-vee-nyon).
Dragistan: Drag-is-stan
Micketania: Mik-et-tay-nee-uh
Anarcho-Libertaria: Ann-are-ko-lib-err-tare-ee-uh

My name comes from an actual indigenous tribe of bee-keepers from Kenya's Mau and Mt. Elgon forests. There are only about 200,000 Ogiek left and as I have never traveled to Kenya or met an actual Ogiek Im not sure how they pronounce their name.

I would be interested in hearing from anyone who may have traveled to those forests of Kenya.

Anyone want to take a guess at how my name is pronounced before I tell you all?

I've always read it as 'Sty-er-ee-jee'. Doubtless I'm wrong.
Mine's pretty easy really - wank-hands. Emphasis on the first syllable.

My name comes from an actual indigenous tribe of bee-keepers from Kenya's Mau and Mt. Elgon forests. There are only about 200,000 Ogiek left and as I have never traveled to Kenya or met an actual Ogiek Im not sure how they pronounce their name.

I would be interested in hearing from anyone who may have traveled to those forests of Kenya.

It's almost certainly pronounced how it's spelt: o-gee-ek.

he- like "heh", rhymes with "meh"

spar- pronounced "spare"

i- it's from latin... so pronounce it like the "e" in "he"

a- rhymes with duh.

Whoever first says where my name comes from gets a cookie. (Be specific, if you can- no, the answer isn't just "latin") ;)

Not entirely sure if this is right, but Hesperia (originally a Greek word) is a reference to 'Western Lands'. To the Greek it meant either Italy or Spain, but in its more common usage as a Latin word it just means Spain. Do I get a cookie?

Anyone who can't pronounce my name needs a lesson in history, but just in case there are some out there who don't know, it's like this:
Eye, as in...erm... I.
Vee, as in...erm... V.
Star, as in them bright things in the sky at night.
Lin, as in Lincoln.
If you want to know what the I V actually stands for, it's Iosef Vissarionovich.

I've always read it as 'Sty-er-ee-jee'. Doubtless I'm wrong.
Mine's pretty easy really - wank-hands. Emphasis on the first syllable.


Sort of like this:

Sd = Sid

aer = Air

I = ee

ji = Gee

Sid-Air-Ee-Gee

Sd-aer-i-ji

Sdaeriji

Foy-er-land-uh

The "a" in land is short. It doesn't say it's name.

NAW-stee-kOs

Gur-gul gur-gul.

Ah-row or air-row.....depending on where your from I suppose...

This one seems to confuse most people so here:
Sa-nta-phra-ks.

Sih-rock-oh

zoo - kee

(short for zookeeper)

Grre-yen-iv-OL col-on-ee

Imardeavia = im-uh-DAY-vee-ah. Derived from Imardeavian Gnomes, a race I created for a D&D setting. I kinda liked the name so I used it here.

Other Nations (The Dynamic Islands):
Pure Eden = PYOO-ah EDE-un
Noble Platinuisha = NO-bull Plat-in-WEE-sha
Liberowan = LIB-uh-row-un
Issimo Kagri = is-EEM-oh KAG-ree
Uberland of Greatness = OOB-uh-land of GRATE-ness
Hiplen = HIP-len
Lisodi = li-SO-dee
Feranditoris = fer-AN-di-TORE-iss
Conservatorian = con-serv-a-TORE-ee-an
Genial Smartopia = JEE-nee-al smar-TOPE-ee-ah
Phartopia = phar-TOPE-ee-ah

Mikorlias of im-uh-DAY-vee-ah

Hsiang-gang

Ne* - ra - lia
*('e' as in "message")

"Ha" as in "hat"
"jek" as in "adjective"
"is" as in "Piss"
and "tan" as in "tan"

Separate it into three words: Demon Lord Enigma.

If you can't pronounce that and English is your native tongue, please apply forehead to keyboard with brute force repeatedly.

Oh yah? In my head, I've always pronounced it Leh-ti-lah.

Tea, eh? I'll remember that.

Ti and Tea should be pronounced the same way..... ^.^


Mine:

English references: Tah-'Koo-Mah (' indicates stress)
IPA Unicode: [ta-ky-ma] (www.omniglot.com/writing/ipa.htm)

The weird phrase at the end of my name (IPA only because of sounds not in English):

Tjhami Joszua M. Bonifass-gamma Takuma-Aeu'ai/Gadlaraque-ban'te sig'na.
[ʨa-mi ʤoʃu-a em bɔnə-fas gama ta-ky-ma aiu-aɪ gaɮ-aɹa-kʷe ban-te sig-na*]

* the [g-n] can be pronounced [ɲ]

More information about the language can be found here: www.freewebs.com/balkania/takuma/language.htm

Wow am I the only one to actually have a full language pronunciation down for my country?

(i.e. Bump)

A (like the a in around) see ray ma Day teen oo (like the oo in boo)

Hsi-koo-AHNG.

And no, Takuma, you're not. :)

Separate it into three words: Demon Lord Enigma.

If you can't pronounce that and English is your native tongue, please apply forehead to keyboard with brute force repeatedly.

My native tongue is pig latin so can you spell out all the sylables? :)

West-and-Skul

'bump'

Noo Gruh NAH duh

Mine is simple. It is pronounced as it looks. Or for those you can's say it, it goes "learn-span-ish-mor-on".