Pronunciation of Kare?

[TheDustyZebra]

I did end it on -ow. Whatcha thudding your head about?

Don't listen to me -- I'm just the crazy American.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

I think I used to think A-BEN-doh, but that somehow morphed into Ah-ben-DOW.

Omendegon, I think of as Oh-MEN-dee-gone. Except when I think of it as Oh-MEN-dee-gun.

Of course with our different accents, some of us may be describing the same sounds and not even know it.

Jo, I learned a long time ago to take the same attitude that you do, and not mind how people pronounce the names in my books. I sometimes put in a guide to pronunciation for people who like that sort of thing, but I expect most people to skip over it. I don't always pronounce my character's names the way I originally thought of them, so who am I to mind what other people do with them?

 

[Glitch]

I think I used to think A-BEN-doh

Reading that 'doh' has giving me an image of Homer Simpson followed by a monkey with symbols

I've pronounced Kare as care and Abendau as A-ben-do, or something along those lines.

For some reason I keep reading Omendegon as Omega-don

 

[Hex]

I think I hear Omendegon as Ah-men-de-gon

 

[HareBrain]

abendau ends on -ow

As in "sow", yes?

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Yes, with a soft ow.

 

[HareBrain]

Oh. (Like that?) So I've got two wrong out of two. I'm not your ideal reader.

I'm pretty sure I've got your first name sounding right, though.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Oh. (Like that?) So I've got two wrong out of two. I'm not your ideal reader.

I'm pretty sure I've got your first name sounding right, though.

Oh, good. The rolling of it into J-ho normally catches everyone out.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

you're all lucky Springs isn't from Kerry or West Cork or maybe even West Clare.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

I met @Kerrybuchanan for coffee today and she nearly fell off the seat every time I said Kurrrrrr. Next time I will choose a name that cannot be corrupted by my nice Norn Irish posh burrrrrr.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

I'm still laughing now!

I have my lovely, shiny copy of Abendau's Heir now, which looks even better than it does in the photos.

 

[HareBrain]

I'm surprised you didn't make that the core of your marketing approach, Jo:

"The author will deliver you the book in person, and give a spoken guide to the pronunciation of names."

 

[Jo Zebedee]

@HareBrain - you forgot the end...

Provided you live in the sticks.

 

[Ursa major]

Can I admit to buying the book thinking it was about a captain on the Arabian Sea (Ibn Dhow)...?

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Can I admit to buying the book thinking it was about a captain on the Arabian Sea (Ibn Dhow)...?

Absolutely. I wouldn't hold out hope of a refund from Gary, though....