T h e   l e a r n e d   D r .   S m e d g e r   p o p p e d   i n   y e s t e r d a y .   A n d   I   d o   m e a n
p o p p e d .   T h e   s o u n d   o f   t e l e p o r t a t i o n   i s   q u i t e   a u d i b l e   a t   c l o s e   r a n g e   ?
s u c h   a s   j u s t   b e h i n d   o n e ? s   c h a i r .
 

? P l u f f i e ,   y o u   t w i t ,   I   asked  you not to do that!,? I greeted him
politely. ?I even rearranged the furniture so you couldn?t.?
 

He returned my salutations with his usual grace. ?You call that
furniture? Besides, you can?t confuse me; this place is ?very familiar.?
 

Got a copy of Leadbeater?s  Astral Plane??

?Probably. Check the files.?

Ignoring my hint, he kept talking. ?I think he confused devas
with solars and planetars. He?s probably never seen either one up
close.? The good doctor waddled over and addressed the southern
office wall. ?Sarparaconafulous !? Nothing happened, of course. I
snickered.

?You changed it again?? he asked.

?Of course; try number eight.?

?Hrmph. Filueaulisyaefondaioilicumbrox!? The wall turned to
pink mist. ?You just like to make it hard for me. You  know  I have
trouble with quadruple vowels!? he muttered, stepping through into
the interdimensional space.
 

I went back to my work. A few minutes later, Pluffie returned;
apparently his mind was still on Leadbeater.

?Just as I thought!? he grumbled, but in the tongue of the Flanaess. ?He confuses them utterly.? He gestured violently with his
wand.

I responded in the same language, out of courtesy. ?What do you
expect? That was written in London, in 1895. You?ve seen more
devas than he has. Please put that wand away.?

He looked startled, and switched to Cammon. ?More what?
Devas? Your accent is terrible.?

He was right; I?m not very good with the Flan language. ?Now
that you mention it, could you check a few pronunciations for me??

?Gee, I think I might might have to rush off. . .? he said, standing idly and pretending to read my diplomas (rather obvious, even
for him; cash is his weak spot). I named a price ? a bit more generous than is my wont, but then, he still had his wand out. After making several unnecessary remarks about my habits and my heritage,
he finally agreed, and dictated the following list to my Scroll of
Transcription.

I am not the linguist Smedger is (though I wouldn?t admit it to
him). My notes on his pronunciations were hastily made in Common, translated to English for this publication. I don?t use your
?standard? phonetic symbols; first, most people don?t understand
them, and second, my scroll won?t write an upside-down ?e,? nor
pairs of dots.

Your consonants are usually well-behaved. C is a notable exception; it always sounds like S or K, or combines with something (as in
?ch?). CH is always choppy, and turns into something else otherwise; ?chronic? becomes ?kranik? ?chute? becomes ?shoot,? and
the German ?nicht? (or Fochlucan College, or the Yochlol monster)
uses the CH in an unusual throat maneuver ? sounds like you?re
going to spit ? which changes it to KH. (That KH sound is not
common in English, but often appears in the dragon tongues.)

Remember that J and G are different; ?get gems? should be
written as ?get jemz.? This business with PH is silly; F will do in all
cases. Q has problems similar to C, dragging U along with it. S
always sounds like it just did; when it buzzes, it changes to Z (?as?
becomes ?az?). And X is totally unnecessary; even your dictionaries
agree on that.

But although most of your consonants are acceptable, some are
missing. Consider consonant slurs: wouldn?t it be easier to have
single letters for ?ch,? ?sh,? and so forth? (Your ancestors had more
sense.) Your ?th? actually has two different sounds, as in ?thing?
(soft) and in ?this? (hard). I use a plus sign (+) to represent the hard
version, but it doesn?t appear very often except in certain articles
and pronouns (the, this, them, and so forth),

Your vowels are an utter disaster; my translation notes follow.
(You should strongly consider going back to Common, Elvish,
Dwarvish, or some other reasonable language; but this is not the
place to rant about that.).

The letter A has several treatments. Short A (as in ?far?) is left
alone, but long A (as in in ?fate?) is always followed by Y (?fayt?).
The narrow, back-of-the-throat A (as in ?fat?) is written as ?@? ?
so that the word is ?f@t.?

The letter E is always short (as in ?help?) when it appears alone.
If long, it is always doubled (?me? becomes ?mee?).

The letter I is always soft (as in ?hid?); the long version changes
to Y (?high? becomes ?hy?). The pronoun I is written as ?Y.?

The letter O, if long, is left alone, but useless additions are
dropped (?row? becomes ?ro?). It has a different sound when followed by R (?for?), so that is written as 0 (the numeral zero). The
sound of OI becomes OY (as in ?boy?). The double-O sound is
distinctive in itself (as in ?moo?). The soft O (as in ?not?) is actually a short A, so out it goes. OW always rhymes with ?cow.?

The letter U is normally soft (as in ?tub?). It is often replaced by
OO (?tube? becomes ?toob?). A notable exception is the UL sound
(as in ?bull?) from the back of the throat. (UL should be a separate
letter, but I?ll leave that alone for now.)

The letter Y as a vowel is always long, as in ?my.? (?Happy?
becomes ?h@pee.?) Remember that Y by itself is pronounced like
the name of the letter I.

Schwas are irritating, and I ignore or change most of them. Consider ?circus?; shouldn?t it be spelled ?surkus?? (If you don?t know
what a schwa is, look it up. I can?t cover everything here.)

FInally, CAPital LETters show where the ACcents should go.
 

Below are some normal words transformed into this form, to
illustrate some vowel sounds. Purists will probably argue for the
distinction of schwas and other subtleties; but I care not, for this is a
general guide, not an exhaustive one. Thereafter follows this very
paragraph, also transformed.
 
 

fat	f@t
fate	fayt
pair	payr
far	far
-	-
ago	ugo
met	met
me	mee
her	hur
happen	hapin
pin	pin
pine	pyn
fossil	fasul
fort	f0rt
note	not
move	moove
gallop	g@lup
foil	foyl
pound	pownd
tub	tub
cube	kyoob
bull	bull

Heer ar sum NORmul wurdz tr@nsFORMD intoo +is f0rm, too
ILlustrayt sum vowl sowndz. PY0Rists wil PRABablee ARgyoo for
+u disTINKshun uv schwaz @nd U+ur SUTulteez; but Y kayr nat,
for +is iz a JENerul gyd, nat en eksASTiv wun. +er@Ftur FALloz +is
veree P@ragr@f; ALso tr@nsf0rmd.

(It?s easy when you get used to it, but remember to  stop using it
when you take English tests.)

W h e n   t w o   o r   m o r e   p r o n u n c i a t i o n s   a r e   g i v e n   i n   t h e   l i s t i n g ,   t h e
f i r s t   i s   m o s t   c o m m o n   o r   p r e f e r r e d ,   a n d   t h e   o t h e r ( s ) ,   a l t e r n a t e ( s ) .

I   m u s t   n o t e ,   i n   c o n c l u s i o n ,   t h a t   I   p e r s o n a l l y   b e l i e v e   t h a t   t h e r e ? s   n o
? r i g h t ?   o r   ? w r o n g ?   p r o n u n c i a t i o n   o r   s p e l l i n g   f o r   a n y t h i n g ;   t h e r e
a r e   j u s t   m o r e   a n d   l e s s   c o m m o n   u s a g e s .   Y e s t e r d a y ? s   ? s p e l l i n g   e r r o r ?
i s   o f t e n   t o d a y ? s   n o r m   ?   a n d   v i c e   v e r s a .   I f   y o u   d o n ? t   l i k e   w h a t ? s
g i v e n   h e r e ,   j u s t   c r u i s e   t h e   P l a n e s   a   b i t   u n t i l   y o u   f i n d   a   s p a c e - t i m e
w h e r e / w h e n   y o u r   o p i n i o n   i s   s h a r e d   b y   t h e   m a j o r i t y .

A n d   i f   y o u   d o ,   c o u l d   y o u   b r i n g   b a c k   a   l o c a l   d i c t i o n a r y ,   f o r   m y
l i b r a r y ?

A b b r e v i a t i o n s   u s e d :
( M )   =   f r o m   t h e  A D & D® Monster Manual, AD&D® Monster
Manual II, or FIEND FOLIO® Tome
(P) = AD&D® Players Handbook
(D) = AD&D® Dungeon Masters Guide
(G) = DEITIES & DEMIGODS? Cyclopedia
(R) = AD&D® Rogues Gallery game accessory
(W) = WORLD OF GREYHAWK? Fantasy World Setting

Aaqa(D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-ka
Aarakocra (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @-ra-KO-kra
Abbathor (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .@B-ba-th0r
Abishai (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .@B-i-shy
Aboleth (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @B-o-leth
Abyss (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a-BIS
Acererak (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a-SER-ur-@k
Achaierai (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a-CHY-ur-y
Acheron (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @TCH-ur-un
Acolyte (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @K-o-lyt
Adept (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a - D E P T
Adherer (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @d-HEER-ur
Adonais? Deep (D) . . . . . . . . . @D-o-nyz
Aerdi (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AYR-dee
Afanc (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AY-f@nk
Agathion (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a-GAY-thee-0n
Aishapra (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . y-SH@P-ra
Al?Akbar (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . al-@K-bar
Alastor (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a-LAS-t0r
Aleax (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AY-lee-@ks
Algoid (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @L-goyd
Allosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . @l-lo-SAR-us
Al-mi?raj (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @l-mi-RAJ
Almor (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ L - m 0 r
Alu-demon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . @L-oo-dee-mun
Alzoll (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ L - z a l
Amaimon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . a-MY-mun
Amir (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a - M E E R
Amon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AY-mun
Amphisbaena (M) . . . . . . . . . . @m-fis-BAY-na
Anatosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . @n-@h-to-SAR-us
Androsphinx (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . @N-dro-sfinks
Anhkheg (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @NK-eg
Ankisaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . an-ki-SAR-us
Ankylosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . @nk-ee-lo-SAR-us
Annis (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @N-nis
Anstruth College (P) . . . . . . . . @N-struth
Anthraxus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . @n-THRAK-sus
Antrodemus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . @n-tro-DEE-mus
Apatosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . a-pat-o-SAR-us
Arcadia (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ar-KAY-dee-a
Arcanadaemon (M) . . . . . . . . . ar-C@N-a-day-mun
Archelon ischyras (M) . . . . . . . AR-ka-l0n i-SHY-rus
Arkayn (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ar-KAYN
Arlanni (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ar-LAN-ee
Arrarat (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ R - a - r a t
Artur?s Dolmen (D) . . . . . . . . . AR-t0rz DOL-men
Arumdina (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . a-rum-DY-na
Ascomoid (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @S-ko-mid
Asmodeus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . .  @z-mo-DAY-us, or @z-MO-dee-us
Aspis (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @S-pis
Atabeg (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @T-uh-beg
Atamen (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @T-uh-men
Atomie (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @T-uh-mee
Audible glamer (P) . . . . . . . . . a-di-bul GL@-mur (or GLAY-mur)
Augury (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AG-ur-ee
Aurora Borealis (W) . . . . . . . . a-ROR-a b0r-ee-@L-is
Aurumvorax (M) . . . . . . . . . . . a-rum-V0R-@ks
Azer (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AY-zur

Baalberith (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . BAYL-bur-ith
Baalzebul (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . BAYL-ze-bul
Baalzephon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . BAYL-ze-fan
Baba Yaga (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ba-ba YA-guh
Babau (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ba-BOW
Bactrian camel (M) . . . . . . . . . B@K-tree-en k@-mu1
Bael (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bayl
Bahamut (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ba-HA-mut, or BA-ha-mut
Baku (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BA-koo, or B@K-oo
Ballista (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ba-LIST-a
Balor (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BAY-l0r
Baluchitherium (M) . . . . . . . . . ba-loo-ki-THEER-ee-um
Banderlog (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B@N-der-log
Banshee (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B@N-shee
Baphomet (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ba-FOM-et, or BAF-u-met
Barbican (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BAHR-bi-kun
Bardiche (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bar-DEESH
Barghest (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bar-GEST
Bar-lgura (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bar-lu-G0R-a
Bartizan (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BAR-ti-zun
Basidirond (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ba-SID-i-rund
Basilisk (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B@Z-i-lisk
Bet de corbin (P) . . . . . . . . . . . bek-de-K0R-bin
Beetu (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bee-TOO
Beglerbeg (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . BEG-lur-beg
Behemoth (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bee-HEM-uth, or bee-HEE-muth
Behir (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be-HEER
Belial (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bee-LY-ul
Belissica (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be-LISS-i-ka
Beluga (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be-LOO-ga
Berbalang (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . BUR-ba-l@ng
Bey (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bay
Bill-guisarme (P) . . . . . . . . . . . bil-gwee-ZARM
Bilwhr (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BIL-wur
Bireme (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by-REEM
Blashikmund (W) . . . . . . . . . . BL@SH-ik-mund,
or bl@sh-IK-mund
Blibdoolpoolp (G) . . . . . . . . . . blib-DOOL-poop,
or BLIB-dool-poop
Boalisk (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BO-a-lisk
Boccob (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BAK-ab
Bodak (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B O - d @ k
Boggart (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BAG-art
Boobrie (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOOB-ree
Booka (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOO-ka
Brachiosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . bratch-ee-o-SAR-us
Brontosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . bran-to-SAR-us
Bubonis (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . boo-BAN-is
Bulette (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . boo-LET, or byoo-LET;
also boo-LAY, or byoo-LAY
Burneal (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BURN-ee-ul

Cabalist (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K@B-u-list
Cacodemon (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . K@K-o-dee-mun
Camarasaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . ka-mar-a-SAR-us
Cambion (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K@M-bee-0n
Camptosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . k@mp-to-SAR-us
Canaith (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ka-NAYTH
Caryatid column (M) . . . . . . . K@R-ya-tid kal-um
Catoblepas (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ka-TAB-le-pus, k@t-o-BLEPus,
or k@t-o-BLEEPus
Cea (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see
Ceratopsian (M) . . . . . . . . . . . ser-a-TAP-see-an
Ceratosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . ser-@h-to-SAR-us
C e r e b u s   ( D ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SER-e-bus
Cetiosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . set-ee-o-SAR-us
Chaggrin (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sha-GRIN
Chaos (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KAY-as
Charon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K@R-un, or KAY-run
Charonadaemon (M) . . . . . . . . . ka-RAN-a-day-mun
Chasme (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K@Z-mee, or CH@Z-mee
Chauves souris (P) . . . . . . . . . . sho-ves S0R-is
Chimera (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KIM-u-ru, or kim-AYR-u;
also CHIM-u-ru, chim-AYR-u
Choleria (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ko-LAYR-ee-a
Cifal (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . si-FAL
Clangeddin (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . KL@NG-e-din
Cli College (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . klee
Compsognathus (M) . . . . . . . . kamp-sag-NA-thus
Cooshee (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . koo-SHEE
Corellon Larethian (G) . . . . . . k0r-el-un la-RETH-ee-an
Corseque (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . k0r-SEEK
Corusk (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K0R-usk
Corvice (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K0R-vis
Corythosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . K0R-ith-o-SAR-us
Couatl (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . koo-@T-ul, or koo-AT-ul
Couteaux de breche (P) . . . . . koo-to de BRESH
Criosphinx (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . KRY-o-sfinks
Cryonax (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KRY-o-naks
Crysmal (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KRIS-mal
Cuir bouli (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . keer boo-LAY
Cyclopskin (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . SY-klops-kin
Cygnet (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIG-net

Dacentrurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . day-SEN-troo-rus
Daemon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAY-mun
Dahlver-Nar (D) . . . . . . . . . . . dal-vur-NAR
Dakon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAY-kan
Dao (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dow
Decaton (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEK-a-tan
Deep Sashelas (G) . . . . . . . . . . deep S@SH-ul-us
Deinonychus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . day-in-o-NY-kuss
Demodand (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . DEE-mo-d@nd
Demogorgon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . DEE-mo-g0r-gun
Denzelian (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . den-ZEL-ee-an
Derghodaemon (M) . . . . . . . . . DUR-go-day-mun
Derro (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DER-o
Deva (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEE-va
Diakk (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DY-ak
Dilophosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . dil-o-fo-SAR-us
Dimetrodon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . di-ME-tro-dan
Dimre (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DIM-ray
Dinichtys (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . di-NIK-tis
Diplodicus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . di-PLO-di-kus
Diptherius (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . dip-THEER-ee-us
Dispater (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dis-PAY-ter
Djinni (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JIN-nee, or JEE-nee
Dracolisk (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DRAY-co-lisk, or DR@K-o-lisk
Drakkar (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DR@K-kar
Drow (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . drow, or dro
Dryad (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D R Y - @ d
Duergar (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEW-ur-gar
Dumathoin (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . doo-ma-THO-in
Duodrone (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . DOO-o-dron

Eadro (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EE-dro
Eblis (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EB-lis
Elasmosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . ee-l@s-mo-SAR-us
Elysium (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e-LIS-ee-um
Emir (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e - M E E R
Emu (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-moo
Erac (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E - r @ k
Erinyes (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AYR-i-neez
Errtu (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AYR-too
Erythnul (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e-RITH-nul
Euparkeria (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . yoo-par-KAYR-ee-a

Farastu (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F@R-as-too, or far-AS-too
Fharlanghn (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . far-LANG-n
Firbolg (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FEER-bolg
Flanaess (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fla-NES
Fochlucan College (P) . . . . . . . FOKH-loo-kan
Formian (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F0R-mee-un
Formorian (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . f0r-M0R-ee-un
Fraz-urb?luu (M) . . . . . . . . . . . fr@z-URB-loo

Galeb Duhr (M) . . . . . . . . . . . gay-leb D0R
Gambado (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . g@m-BA-do
Geas (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . geez, or GEE-@s
Gehenna (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ge-HEN-na
Githyanki (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . gith-Y@N-kee
Githzerai (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GITH-zer-y
Glabrezu (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GL@B-re-zoo, or gl@b-REE-zoo
Glaive-guisarme (P) . . . . . . . . . glayv-gwee-ZARM
Godentag (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GO-den-tag
Golem (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GO-lem
Gorbel (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G0R-bel
Gorgimera (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . gor-gi-MAYR-a
Grippli (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRIP-lee
Grolantor (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gro-L@N-t0r
Grue (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . groo
Grugach (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GROO-gatch
Gruumsh (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . grumsh, or groomsh
Guisarme (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gwee-ZARM
Gynosphinx (M) . . . . . . . . . . . GY-no-sfinks

Hanali Celanil (G) . . . . . . . . . . h@n-na-lee SEL-a-nil
Harginn (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . har-GIN
Heward (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HYOO-ard
Heironeous (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . hayr-O-nee-us
Herzog (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HAYRT-zog
Hezrou (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HEZ-ro
Hieracosphinx (M) . . . . . . . . . . heer-AK-o-sfinks
Hippocampus (M) . . . . . . . . . . hip-o-K@MP-us
Hippogriff (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIP-o-griff
Homonculous (M) . . . . . . . . . . hu-MUNK-yoo-lus
Hruggek (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HRUG-ek
Huecuva (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hyoo-KOO-va
Hutijin (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HUT-i-jin
Hyaenodon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . hy-@N-o-dan
Hybsil (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIB-sil

Ichor (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IK-0r
Icthyosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . ik-thee-o-SAR-us
Iguanadon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . i-GWAN-a-dan
Ildriss (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IL-dris
Illithid (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . il-LITH-id
Imix (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y-miks
Imorph (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y-m0rf
Incabulos (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . in-K@B-yoo-lus
Incubus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INK-yoo-bus
Ioun stone (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y-oon ston
Iuz (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . yooz, or EE-uz
Ixitxachitl (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ik-ZIT-za-chit-ul

Jaculi (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ja-KOO-lee, or J@K-oo-lee
Jangada (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j@ng-GAD-a
Johydee (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jo-HY-dee, or johee-DEE
Juiblex (M) JOO-bleks, or ZHOO-bleks

Kamadan (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . K@M-a-dan
Kelanen (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEL-a-nen
Kelubar (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEL-yoo-bar
Kenku (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . keng-KOO, or KENK-oo
Kentrosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . ken-tro-SAR-us
Keoghtom (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEE-o-tum
Kevokulli (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ke-vo-KUL-ee
Killmoulis (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kil-MOO-lis
Ki-rin (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kee-RIN, or ky-RIN

K o p o a c i n t h   ( M ) . . . . . . . . . . . . ko-PO-a-sinth
Korseke (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . k0r-SEEK
Kostchtchie (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . KAS-tch-tch-ee
Kraken (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KRAY-ken, or KRA-ken
Kuo-toa (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . koo-o-TO-a
Kurtulmak (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . KUR-tul-mak
Kwalish (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kway-LISH
Kyuss (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kee-OOS

Labelas Enoreth (G) . . . . . . . . l@b-el-as EN-0r-eth
Lacedon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAS-e-dan
Lambeosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . lam-bee-o-SAR-us
Lamia (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAY-mee-a, or LA-mee-a
(rarely, la-MY-ah)
Lammasu (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . LA-ma-soo
Laogzed (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lay-AG-zed
Lemure (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lem-YOOR, or lem-Y0R
Leomund (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEE-o-mund
Lernaean hydra (M) . . . . . . . . ler-NAY-un HY-dra
Lich (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . litch, or lik
Locathah (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LO-ka-tha, or lo-ka-THA
Lochaber axe (P) . . . . . . . . . . . lok-A-bur @ks
Lolth (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lalth, or lolth
Loxodont (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAK-so-dant

Mac-Fuirmidh College (P) . . . m@k-FUR-mid
Machicolation (D) . . . . . . . . . . m@t-chick-ul-AY-shun
Maglubiyet (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . ma-GLUB-i-yet
Malebranche (M) . . . . . . . . . . M@L-u-bran-cha,
or M@L-eh-bran-cha
Mamenchisaurus (M) . . . . . . . ma-men-chi-SAR-us
Mandragora (M) . . . . . . . . . . . m@n-dra-G0R-a
Mantari (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m@n-TAR-ee
Marid (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ma-RID
Massopondylus (M) . . . . . . . . m@ss-o-PAN-du-luss
Megalosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . meg-a-lo-SAR-us
Mephistopheles (M) . . . . . . . . me-fis-TAF-e-leez
Mezzodaemon (M) . . . . . . . . . MEZ-o-day-mun
Mihstu (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIS-too
Mobat (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M O - b @ t
Modron (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MO-dran
Monoclonius (M) . . . . . . . . . . . man-o-KLO-nee-us
Moradin (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M0R-a-din
Mordenkainen (R) . . . . . . . . . . M0R-den-kay-nen
Morkoth (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M0R-kath
Mosasaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . mo-za-SAR-us
Murlynd (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR-lind
Myconid (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MY-ko-nid
Myrmarch (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEER-march
Myrmidon (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR-mi-dun

Nabassu (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NAB-a-soo, or na-BA-soo
Naga (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NA-ga
Nalfeshnee (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . nal-FESH-nee
Nao (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . now
Ndulu (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n-DOO-loo
Nothosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . noth-o-SAR-us
Nupperibo (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . nup-pur-E-bo
Nycadaemon (M) . . . . . . . . . . NY-ka-day-mun
Nystul (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY-stul, or NIS-tul

Obad-hai (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o-bad-HY
Obliviax (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o-BLIV-ee-@ks
Oerid (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O-rid
Oerik (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O-rik
Oerth (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OYth (rarely, URth or AYRth)
Ogremoch (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . O-gre-mokh
Ogrillon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o-GRIL-un, or AG-ril-un
Oinodaemon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . OY-no-day-mun
Ollamh College (P) . . . . . . . . . AL-lam
Onager (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AN-u-jer
Ophidian (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o-FID-ee-an
Opinicus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o-PIN-i-kus
Ornitholestes (M) . . . . . . . . . . or-nith-al-ES-tes
Otiluke (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O-ti-look
Otyugh (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AT-yug

Paladin (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P@ L-a-din
Paleoscincus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . pay-lee-o-SING-kus
Papyrus (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pa-PY-rus
Parasaurolophus (M) . . . . . . . p@-x-a-sar-AL-o-fus
Pazuzu (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pa-ZOO-zoo
Pech (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . petch
Penanggalan (M) . . .  . . .  . . . . . pe-N@NG-ga-lun
Pentaceratops (M) . . . . . . . . . . pen-ta-SER-a-tops
Pernicon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PER-ni-kun
Phaulkon (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FAL-kun
Phlogiston (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . flo-JIS-tun
Phoenix (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FEE-niks
Pholtus (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FOL-tus
Phororhacos (M) . . . . . . . . . . . f0r-0r-HAY-kos
Phycomid (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . FY-ko-mid
Piscodaemon (M) . . . . . . . . . . PIS-ko-day-mun
Plateosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . pl@t-ee-o-SAR-us
Pleistocene (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . plee-IS-to-seen
Plesiosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . ples-ee-o-SAR-us
Podokesaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . po-dak-e-SAR-us
Primus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PREE-mus, or PRI-mus
Prosaurolophus (M) . . . . . . . . pro-sar-o-LO-fus
Psionics (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sy-AN-iks
Pteranodon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . ter-@N-o-dan
Pycomid (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PY-ko-mid

Quaal (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kwal, or kwayl
Quadrireme (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . KWA-dri-reem
Quag (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . k w @ g
Quaggoth (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . KW@G-uth
Quasit (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KWA-zit
Quipper (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KWIP-per
Qullan (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KWUL-un

Racaraide (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r@k-ur-AYD
Rakshasa (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rak-SHA-sa
Ranseur (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r @ n - S O O R
Rehnaremme (M) . . . . . . . . . . ray-nar-MAY
Remorhaz (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . REE-m0r-az, or REHM-0r-@z
Rhizome (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RY-zom
Roncie (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RAN-see
Rothe (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ro-THAY

Sahuagin (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sa-HWA-gin
Saurolophus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . sar-o-LO-fus
Scimitar (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIM-i-tar
Sekolah (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEK-o-la
Semuanya (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . se-moo-@N-ya
Shaman (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHAY-man, or SHA-man
Shator (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHAY-t0r
Shedu (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHEH-doo, SHAY-doo, SHEE-doo,
or any with reversed accent
Shillelagh (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shi-LAY-la
Simulacrum (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . sim-yoo-L@K-rum,
or si-MUL-a-krum
Sirine (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sy-REEN
Skoraeus (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sk0r-AY-us
Slaad (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sl@d, or slad
Smilodon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SMYL-o-dan
Snyad (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SNY-@d
Solar (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO-lar
Solifugid (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sa-li-FYOO-jid
Spetum (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPEE-turn
Ssendam (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEN-dum, or SSS?sen-dam
Stegosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . steg-o-SAR-us
Storoper (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STO-ro-pur
Struthiomimus (M) . . . . . . . . . struth-ee-o-MY-mus
S t y r a c o s a u r u s   ( M ) . . . . . . . . . . sti-r@k-o-SAR-us
Succubus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUK-yoo-bus
Su-monster (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . SOO-man-stur
Sussurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUS-u-r-us
Svirfneblin (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . svirf-NEB-lin

Tabaxi (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ta-B@K-see
Tadhemoth (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . t@d-HEE-muth
Taer (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tayr
Tanystropheus (M) . . . . . . . . . . tan-is-TRO-fee-us
Tarrasque (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . t a - R @ S K
Tasloi (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T@Z-loy
Tenebrous worm (M) . . . . . . . te-NEB-rus wurm
Tennodontosaurus (M) . . . . . . ten-a-dan-to-SAR-us
Tenser (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TEN-sur
Teratosaurus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . ter-@t-o-SAR-us
Terithran (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . te-RITH-run
Tharizdun (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thar-IZ-dun
Thoqqua (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THAK-wa
Thri-kreen (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thry-KREEN
Tiamat (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TEE-a-mat
Tirapheg (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TEER-a-feg
Titanothere (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . ty-T@N-o-theer
Titivilus (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ti-TIV-i-lus
Trachodon (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TR@K-o-dan
Trebuchet (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tre-boo-SHAY
Trireme (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRY-reem
Triton (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRY-tun
Typhous (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TY-fus

Umiak (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OO-mee-@k
Umpleby (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UM-pul-bee
Ustilagor (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . oo-STIL-la-g0r

Vacuous Grimoire (D) . . . . . . . V@K-yoo-us grim-WAR
Valkyrie (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V@L-kree, or V@L-kuree
Vaprak (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V@P-r@k
Vargouille (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . var-GWEEL
Varrdig (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VAR-dig
Vecna (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VEK-na
Verbeeg (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vur-BEEG
Verme (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . verm
Vilstrak (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIL-strak
Vizier (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viz-EER
Vodyanoi (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VOD-ya-noy, or VAD-ya-noy
Voulge (P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . voolj
Vrock (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vrak

Wemic (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WEM-ik, or WEE-mik
Wendonai (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WEND-o-ny
Wyvern (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WIH-vurn, or WY-vern

Xag-ya (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . z@g-YA
Xaren (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Z@-un
Xeg-yi (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . zeg-YEE
Xill (M). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . zil
Xorn (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . z0rn
Xvart (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . zvart

Yagnodaemon (M) . . . . . . . . . . Y@G-no-day-mun
Yeenoghu (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . yee-NAG-hoo
Yochlol (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YAKH-lal
Yuan-ti (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . yoo-an-TEE

Zaebos (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZAY-bos
Zuggtmoy (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZUG-tmoy
Zygom (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZY-gam

Oh, yeah . . . I almost forgot: It's GY-gaks.
 

LETTERS

The last word
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Dear Editor:
In the pronunciation guide (#93), it states the
pronunciation of Titivilus as ti - tiv - i - lus, while the
earlier article "Nine Hells Revisited" states it as
tih - tee - vie - lus. Which is correct?
Eric S. Goldstein
Greenlawn, N. Y.
(Dragon #96)
 

I wondered how long it would take someone to
notice those conflicting pronunciations. For the
record, the pronunciation given in issue #93 can
be considered "correct," since it appears in a list
of pronunciations that we regard as official. It's
unlikely that a character's fate in an adventure
will ever depend on whether he knows how to
pronounce someone's (or something's) name, but
it is nice to all be able to speak the same "language".

-- KM
(Dragon #96)