How do you pronounce your main character's name?
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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2010-12-02 17:30 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I pronounce mine "Which-one-do-I-want-to-play-now" most times.
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I've always pronounced Desi Nova as "deh see no vah"
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My favorite character Yukihime is approximately pronounced like the English words "you key he may".
My main characters name is pretty much obvious but I do have some that might get pronounced incorrectly such as Mine, which should be pronounced Mee-nay.
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I know; it's tricky, right?
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I just use common english words such as Tech Pulse
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I pronounce mine "Which-one-do-I-want-to-play-now" most times.
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But in all seriousness, um....
Mekana Magnus May-ka-na Mag-nuss
Kalen Herne Kay-lin Hern
Alanna Cassidy Ah-la-nah Cass-ity (irish, go figure...)
the most difficult to pronounce:
Duh-lahn-TEE-uh.
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Too many blasted alts to list, but all on Virtue.
"Stan."
...like I'm going to let a juicy target like that one get away. 
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Bolwevil. It's a type of insect. Boll-wee-vil
The only name I have that is remotely difficult to pronounce is Endemoniada, which I usually pronounce as "my evil Blaster."
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I don't tend to have difficult to pronounce names. However I do have one alt that I don't really play but made entirely for that reason, but when you do sound it out, it's a gem.
Ono Nachuagin.
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Pretty easily. I took Japanese language for four years so Akuma Ryu and Sakura Tenshi are pretty easily pronounced.
redside's easier since my main is named Redcoat. (no, he's not a british soldier)
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All my characters' names are easy to pronounce, except for this one: Schlaizy Noithn
I took it from a novel series. It was a name of a town. Frankly, I don't know the correct pronunciation of it is. In my mind, I designated quite a few silent letters and say it as: sh-lazy noit'n
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Up Start. Or Seek Trouble. Yeah mine are all pretty straight forward.
I often consider this.
However, I think, beyond the sounds, which syllables are stressed and whatnot can be more telling/interesting.
My main/forum handle is rather obvious (I think), but another major character of mine is named Zavathanir.
Za VATH a NEER
Oh, I suppose an alt of mine, Xzeemzo is not always immediately known by others.
ZEEM zo
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ZOCKS OCK you LOCKS
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I pronounce it Throatwobbler Mangrove.
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My character people have most trouble with is Doctor Eremianaiepus though.
Eh Reh My An Nay Ah Puss.
I am the Blaster, I have filled the role of Tank, Controller and Defender
Sometimes all at once.
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Most of my characters use regular English words slammed together so they're not a problem. The two that get people most are Karnac (Car-nack) and Scarlet Sidhe (Sidhe pronounced 'She'). But then not everyone knows the sources I'm referencing so I don't expect them to get them right.
With those two, I'm normally called 'that huge Tank' or 'anyone see the Stalker?'. 
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Rod. If you're feeling all formal-like, Rod-er-ick.
I have two characters whose names aren't completely obvious:
Sieanna - It's of Celtic origin, so "Sie" is pronounced "Shee". "-anna" is pronounced just like it looks.
IIe - because of the in-game font, many people have trouble reading it, and instead of "iie" they see "ILE". As one of my robots named after old computers, her name should be pronounced "Two-E".
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I have only one toon that begs for pronunciation help: Ka'Althu, which means "forbidden one" in his own tongue. It's pronounced "KAAL-thu." He must call himself Ka'Althu because he is forbidden to use his own name; punishment for committing acts of selfishness. He must refer to himself only as "the Ka'Althu" and must redeem himself with acts of charity and sacrifice until he is called home and returns to his own planet.
My old main is Warpact ie; war-pact
My rad is Pacte de Guerre which is french for Warpact.
My broot is Kreigpakt which is german for Warpact.
Seeing a trend?
I've often wondered how players pronounce their characters names. There are some that are easy to pronounce if your native tongue is English but for other languages it presents an awesome exercise.
My main's name is Murcielago which is Spanish for bat. Its said Mor-see-al-a-go
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