egalor said:
How do you pronounce "Psyniscience"?
Like you would omniscience only with the "om" replaced with a "psy". ;-)
A PRONUNCIATION QUERY
I'd go one step further and say in this instance "psy" is pronounced "sih" and is kid. So it would sound like "sihniscience" - mostly because pronouncing it the other way sounds silly.
Jack of Tears said:
I'd go one step further and say in this instance "psy" is pronounced "sih" and is kid. So it would sound like "sihniscience" - mostly because pronouncing it the other way sounds silly.
What would be the other way?
The other way would pronounce "psy" as spy, or psychology.
Jack of Tears said:
I'd go one step further and say in this instance "psy" is pronounced "sih" and is kid. So it would sound like "sihniscience" - mostly because pronouncing it the other way sounds silly.
Thanks, so it's SEE-NEE-"science", ok?
Actually it's "sih-nish-ence"
Again, "sih" as in Kid, Sith.
But, hey, your game - pronounce it whichever way you like best.
Jack of Tears said:
Actually it's "sih-nish-ence"
Again, "sih" as in Kid, Sith.
But, hey, your game - pronounce it whichever way you like best.
I just hate to sound lame!
Are you sure, it's "SH" there?
If so, then it's "SIH-NIH-SHENS", right?
That is absolutely correct.
And if you don't know, the players probably won't either ... in fact, since you're dm they may well assume they're wrong if they had another pronunciation.
And, really, we're playing a role playing game ... I don't know how long you've been doing this but I grew up in the era that firmly believed you were lame if you did such a thing ... so there is really no escaping that. :: smirks ::
I... have never in my life heard "psy" pronounced like "spy". In everything, it's always been pronounced like the "sci" part of "science" including when used in "psychology" making it sound like "sci-chol-ogy". Goes to show that there are many different possible ways of pronouncing a word depending where you're from I reckon. I'm gonna go out on a limb and make the assumption that "spy" is the British way of pronouncing psy in most situations, correct?
As for the psyniscience, it's pronounced the way it is due to the two words that make it up: psy (as in the first part of psychic showing that psyniscience is related to supper spooky mental power stuff) and science (root Latin word for knowledge and pronounced as it is in other words ascribing types of knowledges such as omniscience, all knowing). That makes psyniscience the skill of psychically knowing and, as pointed out by Jack, pronounced like 'si-'ni-shen(t)s (only with an upside-down "e")
I was merely refering to the way the "y" came off - since the letter can have multiple pronunciations. In retrospect I can see where that might have been misleading ... I knew what I meant.
LEGION3000 said:
Alasseo said:
Actually, it's G'Kar, which illustrates your point even better.
Arbites= ARB-it-EES (emphasis on the first and last syllable- the intermediate 'it' can also be rendered as a schwa followed by a 'soft' t as part of the final syllable (tEES)), although I have heard some people argue that the first two syllables should be treated in the same manner as the german 'arbeit', with the same long 'e' sound tacked on to the end (effectively ar-BITE-ees), although obviously there's a shift in emphasis.
It should definitely be three syllables rather than two, though.
I am really happy that someone finally corroborated my pronunciation of Arbites. That one has been a personal pet peeve of mine for a while.
It's pseudo-latin. Latin pronunciation would be AR-bee-Tays...
aramis said:
LEGION3000 said:
Alasseo said:
Actually, it's G'Kar, which illustrates your point even better.
Arbites= ARB-it-EES (emphasis on the first and last syllable- the intermediate 'it' can also be rendered as a schwa followed by a 'soft' t as part of the final syllable (tEES)), although I have heard some people argue that the first two syllables should be treated in the same manner as the german 'arbeit', with the same long 'e' sound tacked on to the end (effectively ar-BITE-ees), although obviously there's a shift in emphasis.
It should definitely be three syllables rather than two, though.
I am really happy that someone finally corroborated my pronunciation of Arbites. That one has been a personal pet peeve of mine for a while.
It's pseudo-latin. Latin pronunciation would be AR-bee-Tays...
I say are-bee-tays
Arbites = Ar-bite-ez
(Although the pseudo-Latin pron. of Ar-bee-tays is probably more correct i still say ar-bite-ez...wierd).
Psyniscience = (S-eye)-ni-(s-eye)-enss
I pronounce them as follows:
Arbites : AR-buh-TEES' (less inflection on the central syllable, reducing it to almost just a soft "b" sound) Reasoning, it will maintain the same syllabic qualities as saying "Adeptus" which has three distinct sounds in it (ah-DEP-tus) with the inflection on the central syllable, producing a rising/falling inflection each syllable throughout the entire name.
psyniscience: sy-NIH'-see-ence (much like omniscient, or omniscience)
Illithidelderbrain said:
I pronounce them as follows:
psyniscience: sy-NIH'-see-ence (much like omniscient, or omniscience)
What country or region are you from? I'm from the Pacific Northwest in America and we do not pronounce the last half of either of those words the way you suggest here - instead the "see" you note above would be pronounched "sh". (om-ni-shence)
Which brings me to the point - there have been a number of different suggestions on this thread and - ultimately - it really depends upon what region you are from. The Brits pronounce everything incorrectly, you know. (a joke)