I know that isnt how you spell his name (Drizzt Do'urden?) but how do you pronounce it? I always pronounced it like *Drits* and when you meat him thats what it sounds like he says but in BG1in candlekeep the gaurds say, "I could take *Drizit* with both hands tied behind my back." Which one is it?

In the "Sojourn" the lil boy pronounces Drizzt "Dritsit"

Well, in the book, Drizzit is wrong. I always pronounce it Dritst, with a sharp 's'. That's saying it how it's literally spellt. I always found it the best pronounciation...but it's really up to you. Like Drow I pronounce Dr-oh, with an 'oh' sound cos I think it sounds better, but in BG2 it is pronounced: Dr-ow, as in 'ouch'. *Shrug* just your preferance, I guess...

"Drow rhymes with cow." -- several issues of Dragon Magazine in the 80s
I always spell Drizzt phoenetically as "Drisst," but I think the above-mentioned "Dritst" is also appropriate.

[ 04-05-2003, 03:16 PM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]

I always pronounce Drizzt as I read it in Dutch; I just pronounce the 'z' as normal, so it sounds somewhat like "drizzit" but without the last 'i'.

Yeah...shame that Salvatore's books broke down...I really liked his ones right up to Legacy of the Drow, but Spine of the World is just boring...but Salvatore originally wanted Wulfgar as the main character, but after writing a few lines, he changed it to Drizzt instead...which I prefer.

Jan Jansen says "Drisst," BTW.

Well thats not entirely true...
Salvatore wrote the pilot on a new series for the company....but they thought that the main characters where a bit too normal so out of nothinness came Drizzt Do`Urden...he was thought up as a tantalizer for the company but quickly Salvatore became aware that he migh have struck gold!

And yes...Spine of the world IS the worst of the books so far...but take a look at "the Thousand Orcs" and U´ll know that Drizzt is back...and so is Salvatore!

The pronouncement [Drisst]is the right one...for me anyway...to call him Drizit is to follow the dark path!

The Icewind Dale trilogies were Sa WEET what are you all talking bout. But my favorites is Homeland, Exile and the last book in the Icewind Dale trilogy.

Anyway I prounce it Drizzt just like Link. I suppose the lil dude in Sojurn said Drizzt's name like this "Drizziit" I am guessing the kid made a long i there. Tell if me if it does or does not make sense.

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Guards in BG1 do say it Drizzit, and it is wrong. All the other characters (IIRC) say it without i, and it is correct. And it is up to you if you spell it as a s, z, c or whatever.
For the word drow, I think it sounds more natural if pronounced as the word draw, and not as drawn (minus n).
Personal preference, that all.

Drow rhymes with cow....

drow rhymes with cow is the "proper" way, but i've always felt it sounded cooler as drow rhymes with know.

Also drow rhymes with brow?

[ 04-07-2003, 06:36 AM: Message edited by: D*Ranged ]

Also drow rhymes with brow?</font>[/QUOTE]Yep.

That's exactly what I was about to mention.

Am I the only one who liked Spine of the world? I think it was far better then The Legacy of the Drow. Why? Less Drizzt ;) I mean, he is an ok char. But I always found it a shame that the other characters got so little screen time. Besides, you've got to love Morik and Jarlaxle ;)

In America Drow as in slow is a slang term for weed(the one you smoke)!

i like "drizit"

Jan actually sounds like he was written by two people--not only due to the difficulty of forcing just *1* person to come up with everything that spouts out of his mouth, but also because he's not quite sure how to spell things:

Turn your Subtitles on and see him say, "What? Is there a griffon about?"

And then wait for him to have his dialogue with Aerie about his cousin the griffin baiter.

Jan actually sounds like he was written by two people--not only due to the difficulty of forcing just *1* person to come up with everything that spouts out of his mouth, but also because he's not quite sure how to spell things:

Turn your Subtitles on and see him say, "What? Is there a griffon about?"

And then wait for him to have his dialogue with Aerie about his cousin the griffin baiter.</font>[/QUOTE]I believe that the manual in BG1 has his name pronouced phonetically

i also pronounce Draw

I always just called him Bob the Dark Elf. HA! HA!
No but really last year I went to Las Vegas Nevada and there was a convention going on there that had every Game company on the globe there. Black Isle had a booth there and they had about 20 people talking about this same subject, they were 10 to 1 saying it was pronounced "Dritz" Like "ritz" the cracker and with that I was very happy to happen upon the booth when I did because I had wondered for years How to say his name. That's the way I plan to pronounce his name forever so you can call him Bob the dark Elf if you want, you know to each his own but, never argue with a woman you like.

[ 04-12-2003, 03:34 PM: Message edited by: TheCrimsomBlade ]

I think I'll just keep pronouncing him Drizzit (with the i).

Jan actually sounds like he was written by two people--not only due to the difficulty of forcing just *1* person to come up with everything that spouts out of his mouth, but also because he's not quite sure how to spell things:

Turn your Subtitles on and see him say, "What? Is there a griffon about?"

And then wait for him to have his dialogue with Aerie about his cousin the griffin baiter.</font>[/QUOTE]Yes another mistake is one of Jan's subtitles says "We make a fine partnership like Drizzt and Wolfgar..." Wulfgar of course should be spelt W-U-L-F-G-A-R so there's another mistake!

Except for the last remark, as I've never heard of Drizzt being pronounced as "Dritst" before in my life, I agree with Timber on this. ;)