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Thanks Bryan! That link is great...my husband and I argue over the prounaciation of made up words from fiction when ever we try to discuss the works...LoL...
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Fantastic! I loved that site. Glad we still have a link for it.
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Aye it is, just don't visit the forum as it turrned into a spam site for vendors of little blue pills.
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So that's why your avatar is always bouncing! :lol:
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I can honestly say that in this instance, at least, art is not mirroring life. :)
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I have to source tapes for these recordings, and in one of them Herbert says the word "secher nbiw." Too bad that one didnt make it to the list here.

Also as a reminder for those of you who dig cool Dune shit, take a look at the Secondary Sources index. Here is the URL:

http://bb.solahpmo.com/viewtopic.php?t=4

You will find lots of stuff like this there.
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I've been listening to the Audio Rennaisance Dune audio book today and just got to the "C.H.". I can't help but chuckle every time they say it.

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Who's the reader on that, and what kind of accent do they have?

I keep imagining this really bad hick "see-aytch". :shock:
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SandChigger wrote:Who's the reader on that, and what kind of accent do they have?

I keep imagining this really bad hick "see-aytch". :shock:
It's read by Scott Brick, Olagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance and "Cast". I first noted it by Hawat's character but they seem to all pronounce it the same way.

They all seem to have a slight English accent.
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Yeah, a lot of people seem to think that Dune characters should have an English/British accent. Especially for the upcoming (and fantasized) movies.

Which makes absolutely no fucking sense, since they don't speak English.

(Wow ... this has remained the only active Dune-related thread here today. Has Jacurutu jumped the sandworm?)
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SandChigger wrote:Yeah, a lot of people seem to think that Dune characters should have an English/British accent. Especially for the upcoming (and fantasized) movies.

Which makes absolutely no fucking sense, since they don't speak English.

(Wow ... this has remained the only active Dune-related thread here today. Has Jacurutu jumped the sandworm?)
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Very helpful. When I first read Dune I assumed FH wanted everything pronounced super exotic, so I mispronounced things for a long while...

Atreides as "A-tray-uh-deez"

Harkonnen as "Hark-un-in" (Which is apparently the right way after all. I switched over to "Hark-cone-in")

And Bene Gesserit as "Bane Jess-er-it"


I'm still surprised that Chani is "Chany" rather than "Chun-eye"
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Damn...I'm stuck with all the pronunciation from the movie and Mini...it never occurred to me they could messing with it... :shock:
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The spelling of Chani makes no sense whatsoever, given FH's pronunciation of it as "Chay-nee" (to rhyme with "zany").


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There's intelligent political discussion, and then there's stupid shit that would be better flushed onto a personal blog. Or just flushed, period.
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But, bitching is the official sport of the internets :)
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:lol: Go teh internetz!

Seriously, though, he should have spelled it Cheini if that's how he intended to pronounce it. :ugeek:
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I vote for Chainy

Chainy's got a gun...

*machine gun fire echoes as the stereo is blasted to pieces*

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Didn't you all know Grumpy is the new "Black".
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No. But I have heard that 50 is the new 40. :P

That'll come in handy in a few years. ;)
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Couldn't Chani be pronounced as it is and spelt 'phonetically incorrect' (if that's what its called) because of the natural changes in spelling that occur over time? Or do those changes also incorporate changes to pronunciation? I'm just thinking of things like the change in English of wulf to wolf or Wilhelm to William (second one looks obvious in terms of pronunciation but I know little about Old English pronunciation).
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GamePlayer wrote:I vote for Chainy
How about Cheney...like Dick ? :lol:
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My wife insist on spelling our daughter's name wrong. Her name is Elizabeth and we call her Ellie (L-E). She spells it Elle. To me that looks like "L".

I guess Elli could be right too, SC, any input?
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She spells it Elle. To me that looks like "L".
That's want it means in french...Elle = she
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:lol: Cue Elvis?

Costello, not the fat "arse-bandit". :shock:

I'm with you, Freak, on the Elle being "wrong". (However French it may be. :P ) Elli would work, tho, why not? Even looks kinda modern-trendy, without the usual final "e". Hmmm....
Rakis wrote:How about Cheney...like Dick ? :lol:
That would make Cheney's got a gun! very dangerous.

But only if you're his friend. And out hunting birds with him. :P
SadisticCynic wrote:Couldn't Chani be pronounced as it is and spelt 'phonetically incorrect' (if that's what its called) because of the natural changes in spelling that occur over time? Or do those changes also incorporate changes to pronunciation? I'm just thinking of things like the change in English of wulf to wolf or Wilhelm to William (second one looks obvious in terms of pronunciation but I know little about Old English pronunciation).
Well, I guess that's a possibility. Another way of looking at is is that it's only spelled C-H-A-N-I in our alphabet as a convenience to the modern reader. The Fremen speak a form of Arabic (and know Chakobsa and Galach) and who knows how they would write her name (=using what letters and in what way).
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