The Progeny
That Pronunciation Thing
So we are reading through "The Horse and His Boy," by C.S. Lewis and this BURNING debate has developed...
How does one pronounce the name "Aravis?"
I've always said, AIR-a-viss.
Some of the kids are claiming nothing but uh-RAY-viss will do.
There could also be AR-a-viss or ar-RAY-viss, as well.
I'm open to suggestions, as Googling and reading the official Narnia forum was not terribly helpful.
No pressure. Just family harmony hanging in the balance.
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How does one pronounce the name "Aravis?"
I've always said, AIR-a-viss.
Some of the kids are claiming nothing but uh-RAY-viss will do.
There could also be AR-a-viss or ar-RAY-viss, as well.
I'm open to suggestions, as Googling and reading the official Narnia forum was not terribly helpful.
No pressure. Just family harmony hanging in the balance.
_______________
In other news, I've just reached 34 MB or 1% of my 2904 MB storage capacity at gmail.
Obviously a little celebration is in order.
Like, ice cream.
Tweet
posted by Ma Hoyt | 9:36 AM
2 Comments:
So how did you survive Lord of the Rings which is much more complicated in its names and places?
Trust me, there was much glossing over. Especially when it came to songs written in the Elven tongue, which I mostly skipped altogether.
The movies were a source for authoritative pronunciation of names (I guess) of which I only had to make one significant change...but I still say "GAN-dolf" rolls from the tongue much more elegantly than "GAN-dalf," which frankly reminds me of someone saying the name "Ralph," a most un-LOTRish term, if I do say so myself.
(how's that for a run-on? :-)
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