Dai stiho? (Pronunciation)

[wizard]

how do you pronounce dai sthio? i always pronounced it die ste-o
any know how you pronounce it?

[This message was edited by wizard on 02 August 2002 at 19:00.]

Edited to correct spelling of title - Peter

[Caledonian]

I know that there's been a pronunciation guide to Ailurian and Gaelic, but has Diane ever written a guide to the Speech?

I'd assume that we're never told many words in the Speech to keep us from wreaking havoc... [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

I thought it was pronounced "dye stih-o" myself.

Any other thoughts, everyone? Where's Diane when you need her? [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif[/img]

Logic is a poor servant, but an excellent master.
-- The Book of Forgotten Things

[wizard]

whats gaelic? i thought ive read every book about wizardry that diane had made so far ( all the YWs out so far book of night with mioon to vist the queen and the 2 exserpts from a wizard alone) i heard about the door into.... series but i didnt know that had anything to do with the others.
so whats gaelic?

[Diane Duane]

Originally posted by wizard:
whats gaelic?

The language of the Gael(s) -- the Celtic peoples who lived in the British Isles before the Normans and others arrived. There are two kinds of Gaelic: Irish and Scots. (The proper spelling for Irish Gaelic is "Gaeilge."

Here's a link to a New York based site, Daltai, with some basic information. But there are hundreds more Irish-language information sites scattered around the Web.

-- DD

[Diane Duane]

Oh, and the pronunciation is "die stee-ho". Pretty much.

And, no, I'm not going to be establishing any vocabulary for the Speech. For all kinds of reasons, which I'm not going to get into here.

-- DD

[ROMzombie]

Don't want people messing with powers beyond our mortal comprehension? [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

[Poliester]

thank u. now i can say diastiho right.

[Agent M]

Hmm. Well I was close. I always prounounced it, Day-Sti-Ho

Or maybe I'm not so close...

Evil will always lose.- Miep Gies

[edited to combine double-post. --kli.]

I'm betting you're glad you don't HAVE to make much vocabulary in The Speech, DD. I would too, because aren't there something like 480 characters in it?

*Having enough trouble with the 26 or so in the English language, goes back to lurking.*
Danz

I can see why you wouldn't want to quantify the Speech( I think). In my mind at least, making a "dictionary" for it would restrict something that sort of needs to be boundless.
err, forgive the intrusion into your territory, DD.

How many disassociated Bocce fanatics does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

[chatrboxz0]

yeah, and in one of the books, it says something like new characters in the speech are being created(or made, maybe?) every day.

a bit of a waste of paper, doncha think?

[edited to combine double-post. --kli.]

[kittymeow]

hmmm. well i was just alittle off. I always pronounced it "die-ae Ste-ho" lol
Oh well though.

[Nita1Callahan]

I pronounce it Die-a sith-oh. Dai!!!

[Sean L.]

Dai stiho - d-I stee-h-O

Of course, to each their own :P...anyone not speaking the speech will recognize it as "go well" anyway, right?