How should one pronounce Mielikki in Faerun?

[Meira]

Now, because Mielikki is a Faerun goddess ripped from Finnish mythology it sounds really odd to me when her name is pronounced in any other way than I would do it myself.

 

But since we are in Faerun and not in Finland... Is there perhaps some official pronouncing guides - I tried to look at the wizards.com but found nothing helpful.

[BigRob]

Pronunciation is a problem with this stuff. I wish they'd put a pronunciation guide under each deity. I'm still not sure if Cyric is pronounced with a hard or soft "c" at the beginning.

 

 

I'd pronounce Mielikki as "MEE-Lik-ee"

[BevH]

According to Faiths and Pantheons, it's pronounced: my-lee-kee

[Bri]

Now, because Mielikki is a Faerun goddess ripped from Finnish mythology it sounds really odd to me when her name is pronounced in any other way than I would do it myself.

 

But since we are in Faerun and not in Finland... Is there perhaps some official pronouncing guides - I tried to look at the wizards.com but found nothing helpful.

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Just out of curiousity, how is the name pronounced in Finnish?

[BevH]

I could be wrong, but my guess is mee-lee-kee.

[Smoketest]

I'm still not sure if Cyric is pronounced with a hard or soft "c" at the beginning.

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Soft "c", according to whoever voiced Cyric07.wav in ToB. I'm not good at phonetic spelling, but it sounds something like seer-ick when he says it.

[Andyr]

^That's what I was going to say, Smoketest, yeah.

[BevH]

I'm still not sure if Cyric is pronounced with a hard or soft "c" at the beginning.

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Soft "c", according to whoever voiced Cyric07.wav in ToB. I'm not good at phonetic spelling, but it sounds something like seer-ick when he says it.

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That's exactly how they show the pronuciation in Faiths and Pantheons.

[BigRob]

I'm still not sure if Cyric is pronounced with a hard or soft "c" at the beginning.

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Soft "c", according to whoever voiced Cyric07.wav in ToB. I'm not good at phonetic spelling, but it sounds something like seer-ick when he says it.

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Thanks. I was sure that no-one had ever said Cyric in the game... shows how good my memory is.

 

 

That's exactly how they show the pronuciation in Faiths and Pantheons.

 

I gotta get me a copy of that.

[Ghreyfain]

Mulahey, the master of the effort to poison the Nashkel mines in BG1 also says Cyric.

 

"[MULAHEY 3] Fools, you would turn your back on a servant of Cyric? "

[Meira]

Now, because Mielikki is a Faerun goddess ripped from Finnish mythology it sounds really odd to me when her name is pronounced in any other way than I would do it myself.

 

But since we are in Faerun and not in Finland... Is there perhaps some official pronouncing guides - I tried to look at the wizards.com but found nothing helpful.

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Just out of curiousity, how is the name pronounced in Finnish?

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Like this:

 

mielikki.ogg

 

(Yes, that would be me.)

[Meira]

According to Faiths and Pantheons, it's pronounced: my-lee-kee

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Thanks!

[BigRob]

Mulahey, the master of the effort to poison the Nashkel mines in BG1 also says Cyric.

 

"[MULAHEY 3] Fools, you would turn your back on a servant of Cyric?  "

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And the memory lapses just keep on coming....

[Mahault]

According to Faiths and Pantheons, it's pronounced: my-lee-kee

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Really? I think I'll continue to pronounce it the Finnish way.