Native english speakers: How do you pronounce ...

Das Plans · Sat 07/10/2006 12:26:12

Ahoi there!

I just started working on my first game ... for the tenth timeÃ,Â

. Anyway, I was looking for a good working title, and thought "The Thule Deception" sounded kinda good. There's just one question: How do you pronounce Thule? Is it "Thewl", or "Tooly", or what? Not, that it's really important - I just want to konw.

Thanks!Ã,Â

voh · Sat 07/10/2006 14:29:55

I would say it as Thewl/Thool. Any other way of saying it just feels wrong.

Ali · Sat 07/10/2006 14:36:13

I'd probably go for a more 'you' like 'u' sound than 'Thool', I'd also happily hear it pronounced with a 't' sound rather than a 'th'. That might be a little odd, but wouldn't jar.

EDIT: I din't see the wiki, and didn't realise that Thule was a 'real' place. I thought you were asking for suggestions on how an invented word might be pronounced. Never mind!

GarageGothic · Sat 07/10/2006 14:46:44

If you actually read the wiki that you link to, you would find this:

QuoteRegarding pronunciation Joanna Kavenna writes that the name has been pronounced most frequently as Thoolay rather than Thool. "Poets rhymed Thule with newly, truly and unruly, but never, it seemed, with drool."

Sam. · Sat 07/10/2006 14:58:07

Tahooly

Eigen · Sat 07/10/2006 15:12:14

From that wiki page "..the name has been pronounced most frequently as Thoolay rather than Thool. "

So, Thoolay.

edit: sorry, GarageGothic, didn't notice your post.

voh · Sat 07/10/2006 15:28:22

"Most frequently as" does not say Thoolay is correct. It says it's more common. Thool and Thoolay are both acceptable and correct.

By the way, rhyming Thoolay with newly doesn't make sense. Then it would have to be Thooly

Das Plans · Sat 07/10/2006 18:39:22

So, what do you imply? - That I should read the stuff that I link to?Ã,Â

Ooops ... I feel dumb. If you don't mind, I'll continue banging my head against that brick wall.

Thanks a dozen!