Author Topic: one request. (Read 10185 times)

Lord Kain · « **on:** June 14, 2004, 02:01:58 AM »

Could you have one of the voice actors say Nalia's last name. I'd like to know how it sounds exactly. As far as I can tell no one voices her last name in the normal game.

Guest · « **Reply #1 on:** June 14, 2004, 04:23:54 AM »

I thought it was pronounced like 'deh-ar-nees'

jcompton · « **Reply #2 on:** June 14, 2004, 08:33:21 AM »

Hadn't occurred to me, but sure, that seems reasonable.

Bri · « **Reply #3 on:** June 14, 2004, 09:05:06 PM »

I think you could also be justified in making it sound like D'arnise...

I am far from a French speaker, but I would think the two vowels would blend, and make one syllable...similar to the D'artagan from Three Musketeers fame

Ghreyfain · « **Reply #4 on:** June 14, 2004, 09:25:39 PM »

That's sort of funny, too, since I would've sworn I'd seen de'Arnise spelled d'Arnise in the game, as if it actually was french. And yeah, my inclination is to pronounce it as such.

Tinuviel · « **Reply #5 on:** June 14, 2004, 09:37:12 PM »

You could also decide not to have it pronounced in the mod and have everyone continue to pronounce it the way they want too.

Khanaris · « **Reply #6 on:** June 19, 2004, 06:46:20 AM »

If the name of the family was de'Arnise in the classical sense, would that not make it the Arnise hold?

Khanaris · « **Reply #7 on:** June 20, 2004, 10:32:46 AM »

On reflection, the castle would likely have the same name as the ruling family. The region that made up the Keep's holdings would be called Arnise.

Eltharodo · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2004, 12:42:34 AM »

i think it's actually Dee-ar-neese. It would only be Darnise if it was spelt d'arnise.

julwise · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2004, 01:37:46 AM »

Quote from: Eltharodo on July 09, 2004, 12:42:34 AM

i think it's actually Dee-ar-neese. It would only be Darnise if it was spelt d'arnise.

This is true. That is if we're following french pronunciation rules. But I think it would be more of a "day" than a "dee" sound.

Mongoose87 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2004, 10:50:20 PM »

if it was french pronunciation, it wou;d've be spelled D'arnise

julwise · « **Reply #11 on:** July 10, 2004, 12:44:36 AM »

Hence why I specified "pronunciation" and not "grammar."

Eral · « **Reply #12 on:** July 10, 2004, 09:12:14 PM »

I've always assumed De'Arnise was a spelling error, because in French you can't have an e next to an a. Or so Mme Simmons always told me. (It's not like it's the first time there was a spelling error in a game.) De just means of, but indicates status, old families had de in their names. Simone de Beauvoir was always proud of her de. So Arnise is the family name- and it would be pronounced Darnise. IMO.

Mongoose87 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 10, 2004, 09:57:30 PM »

Doesn' spanish have a "de"?

julwise · « **Reply #14 on:** July 10, 2004, 11:28:52 PM »

This discussion may not even be relevant. Do they even speak french in the FR?

Eral · « **Reply #15 on:** July 10, 2004, 11:37:37 PM »

julwise, relevant? Relevant? Wash out your mouth!

As a proud contributor to the 8 page Romance in Gaming post, I am stunned you even use the word!
They call it first class blather for a reason you know.( I realise this isn't EFCB, but the thought's the same.)
Besides, since FR isn't REAL, they can and do use any language they like.

julwise · « **Reply #16 on:** July 11, 2004, 01:56:08 AM »

I thought this particular discussion did have a goal though... That goal being trying to decide how to pronounce "de'Arnise." And, although I'm not a D&D-er, I know the FR have certain races with cultural rules, norms, and languages. However, I don't know if French is one of them.

Eral · « **Reply #17 on:** July 11, 2004, 06:03:01 AM »

julwise, you're scaring me.
It's FR, not the Silmarillion. They've culled from many different cultures I imagine. Have you listened to Saemon Haevarian?
It may be that the language has been created with the same (lunatic) devotion that Tolkien gave to elvish, but with names spelled like De'Arnise, I don't think so. I don't think they had that sort of production time.
I'm just giving you my guess. French-based, Darnise.
Someone else might be right.

julwise · « **Reply #18 on:** July 11, 2004, 04:45:48 PM »

Well just because Bioware did it doesn't mean it's "canon."

Mongoose87 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 11, 2004, 08:06:00 PM »

I'm going to guess that whatever language the players speak automatically becomes "common"

CORVIS TERRIBLE MOUNTAIN GOD · « **Reply #20 on:** July 11, 2004, 11:45:32 PM »

Quote from: Eral on July 11, 2004, 06:03:01 AM

julwise, you're scaring me.
It's FR, not the Silmarillion. They've culled from many different cultures I imagine. Have you listened to Saemon Haevarian?
It may be that the language has been created with the same (lunatic) devotion that Tolkien gave to elvish, but with names spelled like De'Arnise, I don't think so. I don't think they had that sort of production time.
I'm just giving you my guess. French-based, Darnise.
Someone else might be right.

My guess would be they just thought De'Arnise sounded neat and decided to go with that.

Mongoose87 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 12, 2004, 03:31:46 PM »

My vote is with Corvis on this one.

julwise · « **Reply #22 on:** July 12, 2004, 06:04:47 PM »

No kidding, I think it'd be safest just to keep the pronunciation of the name out of it and let the player decide. I know I would've been happier if the movies hadn't ruined my Harry Potter name pronunciations.

Mongoose87 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 13, 2004, 09:12:22 PM »

I had a friend who misread Hermoine (or however you spell the girl's name) as Hemroid once.

NiGHTMARE · « **Reply #24 on:** July 14, 2004, 05:15:38 AM »

In pnp there's an "Arnise Hold". Since it's location is roughly where the BG2 "De'Arnise Keep" is, I'm guessing they're one and the same.

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