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09-26-2006, 07:03 AM
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Symbol of Cyric
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a friend of mine who's into fantasy art referred to drow (dark elves) this weekend but she pronounced it differently to me - so which is it?
1. 'drow' (rhymes with cow, how, now) or 2. 'drow' (rhymes with low, throw, blow) thanks in advance [img]smile.gif[/img] |
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09-26-2006, 07:13 AM
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Ironworks Moderator
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The former.
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09-26-2006, 09:15 AM
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Fzoul Chembryl
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I always use 1, although I could be wrong.
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09-26-2006, 09:20 AM
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Legion Symbol
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it is pronounced 1 ingame "the drow rule supreme" "destiny of the drow is to... (can't remember rest)..." ... etc
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09-26-2006, 09:29 AM
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Jack Burton
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2 i use the latter.
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09-26-2006, 12:39 PM
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Red Wizard of Thay
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Depends on where you earnt your stripes in AD&D circles I'd say, but I'm leaning towards the former - its what I've most consistenly used and heard over the years, going back to when a friend first drew me a charcoal sketch of Mr Drow'Urden (sic) in art class back in '92. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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09-26-2006, 01:06 PM
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I use 1 when I'm speaking english and 2 when I'm speaking french.
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09-26-2006, 05:11 PM
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Symbol of Cyric
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I don't understand Cerebrodragon... I earned stripes in D&D over 20 years ago, and I never saw a pronunciation guide when Drow first made their appearances.
BTW, I always said option 1 (rhymes with cow).
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09-26-2006, 06:11 PM
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Elite Waterdeep Guard
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I always used the first, that also seems to be Forgotten Realms canon.
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09-26-2006, 06:53 PM
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Lord Ao
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Yep. Drow! rhymes with bow...
Oooh, can you guess which one it is?!  cow 
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