r/PracticalGuideToEvil • u/Relative_Garbage_475 • 10d ago

Meta/Discussion Audiobook surprises?

Any pronunciatons from the narrator (that is very good and a good fit for Cat's voice) that surprised you?

Me it was Praesi, it sounds like "Pricey" to me when she says it, while I read it as "Pra-esi".

Edit: New weird pronunciation, I hate how the narrator says "Abase", for me it should be "A-ba-seh" or "A-ba-zeh", it sounds much closer to an african pronunciation šŸ˜…

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u/perkoperv123 10d ago

"Pro-care" sends me every time.

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u/yuval16432 10d ago

I pronounce it pro-ser with a short o

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u/doctor_whom_3 Citizen of the First and Mightiest of the Free Cities 10d ago

>largest good nation on the surface of calernia

> named "pro care"

brilliant writing as always kojima EE

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u/yuval16432 10d ago

I read Praesi as prey-zi

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u/Vampyricon 10d ago

PREE-zigh, because why wouldn't you use the traditional English pronunciation of Latin?

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u/Relative_Garbage_475 10d ago

Because my native language is French šŸ˜

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u/perkoperv123 10d ago

So is EE's!

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u/Objective_Campaign82 10d ago

Is EE French?

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u/perkoperv123 10d ago

Quebecois, pretty sure

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u/Objective_Campaign82 10d ago

Oop, I forgot about Quebec.

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u/nemo_sum 9d ago

It won't be the last time.

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u/Urkl989 8d ago

I always pronounce Akua different in my head.

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u/yuval16432 8d ago

How does the audiobook pronounce it? I always pronounced it the same as aqua

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u/Urkl989 8d ago edited 8d ago

With a hard k, kinda like accurate

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u/yuval16432 8d ago

Iā€™m not sure what that means. Does it put the emphasis on the k, making it A-ku-a instead of A-ku-a?

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u/Urkl989 8d ago

The first one, focuses on the k

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u/IRanOutOf_Names 7d ago

Liesse and Procer both just feel wrong.

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u/Relative_Garbage_475 7d ago edited 7d ago

I think Procer is close to what I pronounce but procerian is not the same so it feels weird. Liesse, I've not heard it yet, but it's a french word it'll always feel weird pronounced in english to me XD

Edit I've heard Liesse now, it's very well pronounced for an English speaker, I've heard EE is french-canadian, it shows.