SM - Meyer Twilight Universe pronuciation key

nothingdoing · Post by **nothingdoing** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:01 pm

Oh God, it's so nice to know I'm not the only freak who says "Carl-leese-el." I keep trying to pronounce it like "Car-lyle," but I'm so used to the other way that now it sounds weird

lol, now I think of it, in elementary school's my teachers were always like, "Skip names on the tests, they don't matter!" So I never really bother nowadays to read names that closely

And I was under the impression that you say "Lee-ah"...

malu lobes yew · Post by **malu lobes yew** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:14 pm

Carlisle
is Carl and isle (as in short for island)
get it? sorry if that didnt make sense, there is a street in my town named Carlisle and thats how we say it,
NETSPEAK IS SO UNATTRACTIVE PLEASE FIX ME! if i spelled it right tho/

mrs.jasper hale · Post by **mrs.jasper hale** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:09 pm

I thought Carlisle was 'Car-lis-l', with a silent 'E'. I also always thought Leah was 'Lei', as in those flower necklace things.

Lawane · Post by **Lawane** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:14 am

I too pronounced Carlisle the way it's written and it sounded extremely stupid. xD I pronounced Quileute like "Queue-let".

Manta · Post by **Manta** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:15 pm

Glad I know all the correct pronunciations, but I continue to pronounce certain things the wrong way, knowingly.

My incorrect pronunciations...

Esme... Es-mee
Quileute... Quil-et (et sounding like 'gET')
La Push... so simple, yet I always say La-poosh

Monica · Post by **Monica** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:38 pm

This might just be me, but yesterday I was around some people from the north and a girl said "Holy Crow"

I think Bella says this in the books, but I was wondering how everybody else said it. In Texas, we just say Holy Cow. So I pictured crow with the ow sound as in cow, how, couch... and not crow like slow, mow, though....

that make sense? How do you pronounce it?

Bella~Marie · Post by **Bella~Marie** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:32 pm

Monica wrote:This might just be me, but yesterday I was around some people from the north and a girl said "Holy Crow"

I think Bella says this in the books, but I was wondering how everybody else said it. In Texas, we just say Holy Cow. So I pictured crow with the ow sound as in cow, how, couch... and not crow like slow, mow, though....

that make sense? How do you pronounce it?

I think it's like the bird

futuremrscullen · Post by **futuremrscullen** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:27 pm

Yeah where I'm from we say Holy Cow and Holy Crow.

Aegwynn · Post by **Aegwynn** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:09 am

Resident Latin geek here...

The "ai" in "Caius" sounds like the letter "I". Then just add "us" to the end and there you have it. Caius.

Interestingly enough, in Classical Latin, the names Gaius and Caius were pronounced the same. Both sounded like "Gaius" despite the "c" on the latter.

/random

kariebear · Post by **kariebear** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:24 am

what about the pronounciationn of the Volturi? its probualy obviouse but im pretty dense. vol-i-tor-y? volt-tree? vol-ter-ee? or somthing totaly diffrent?

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