Worldbuilders 2016: Pat pronounces Kingkiller names!

[@emmabuijs]

"the origin of them is that I made them up" lol

[@mickey-jm7jk]

1:15 - Cthaeh 1:23 - Kvothe 1:29 - Adem, Ademre 1:38 - Caeldish, Ceald 2:21 - Siaru 2:32 - Tempi 2:45 - Devi 3:33 - Edema Ruh 3:43 - Tarbean 4:05 - Tinuë 4:19 - Vashet 4:28 - Letantha 4:38 - Haert 4:48 - Feant 4:59 - Elodin 5:14 - Imre 5:24 - Amyr 5:27 - Modeg 5:28 - Yll, Yllish 5:42 - Skarpi 5:47 - Myr Tariniel 5:51 - Tehlu, Tehlin 5:57 - Taborlin the Great 6:05 - Kote 6:27 - Chandrian 6:34 - Fela 6:52 - Hemme 7:03 - Lanre, Lyra 7:10 - Maedre 7:27 - Auri 7:40 - Eolian 8:04 - Aleph 8:30 - Aturan 8:40 - Elxa Dal 8:48 - Trebon 8:52 - Lethani 9:01 - Abenthy 9:06 - Felurian 9:18 - Ciridae 9:48 - Carceret 9:57 - Saicere, Caesura 10:08 - Centhe Sea 10:18 - Neware 10:33 - El’the 13:02 - Reshi 13:14 - Amauen, Anpauen 14:03 - Vorfelan Rhinata Morie 14:12 - Maer (Alveron) 15:03 - Valeritas 15:26 - Kist, Kraem 16:07 - Shaed 16:15 - Aloine, Savien 16:30 - Devan Lochees 17:06 - Rashi 17:21 - Denna 18:36 - Cinnas 18:41 - Scrael 18:45 - Selas 19:05 - Alar 19:14 - Foxen 19:18 - Rike 19:25 - Re’lar 19:30 - Teccam 19:37 - Dracci, Draccuses 19:54 - Sithe 20:05 - Usnea 20:15 - Count Threpe 20:35 - Tahlenwold (give or take a couple seconds)

[@Dave51430]

Bless you

[@KamennaDragon]

Thanks!

[@maren6195]

you are a saint

[@stinkycheese7779]

Bless your soul 🙏

[@danielburow8538]

God bless your soul!

[@CapturedInWords]

I've watched this video so many times for the Kingkiller lore videos I make, and I still have trouble pronouncing Kvothe.

[@lolo2221]

Kvothe, like quothe. Kvothe the raven, nevermore!

[@Zaru7t10]

Interesting. May I ask what country you a from?

[@CapturedInWords]

Zaru7t10 I'm from Canada

[@deanaoxo]

I'm okay with how you pronounce it. We all speak, the way we speak. People make fun of the way i say wash.

[@SpencerJ289]

I catch myself taking the V sound completely out of it sometimes.

[@RedReality13]

rothfuss: there is no latin or greek in my world also rothfuss: caesura

[@pauldahlhoff9118]

also rothfuss: alpha and beta (the donkeys of abenthy)

[@TheYuvimon]

@@pauldahlhoff9118 Thanks for saying it first, it bothered me so much ^^

[@leventekecskes8030]

Also Medica, And Kvothe named his bones once on latine

[@DrowningUpsideDown]

All these examples have contemporary usage and knowledge in English, which is what we know as Aturan, right? Same words, none of the same origins. I feel like a fucking nerd.

[@wjones28]

yea, every time he says a word or adds an s to the end to make it plural he's being contradictory lol. What a mad lad

[@sn2967]

how do you pronounce "finish the third book?"

[@fiorfin]

LOL

[@gekkenhuisje]

I believe Rothfuss pronounces it "Never"

[@princesaa.negron8077]

you don't

[@agiftofflame]

You pronounce it "you'll wait till you're 50 if you have to".

[@unkjason]

I've read, that he supposedly had all 3 books complete from the beginning. Obviously he didn't. He loves the attention aka money. But gets all mad if asked about a possible release date for book 3.

[@AndyTalesTV]

I laughed when Pat forgot a name of a place from his own book. This has happened to me on more than one occasion during revisions. "Wait, who was so-and-so's childhood friend again?"

[@RagnarRoxShow]

My middle name is Has'trythsxz'gort and this offends me.

[@jackdomanski6758]

RagnarRox That sounds so lovecraftian.

[@Jwvdknbw]

RagnarRox you made my day! XD

[@samfilmkid]

Us Yuery'k'th'b'd'e'llians need to stick together.

[@dionisiovega6270]

I cringed hard reading this

[@thac0twenty377]

That was my grandparents name!

[@alfvidr]

tfw when you pronounced "Caeldish" as "Kale-dish" this whole time

[@CalaCrisp88]

I love kale!

[@Callanthekiter]

tfw everyone pronounces "Celtic" as "Seltic" this whole time

[@theartsofkingrat2305]

I always said Seal-dish

[@tovekauppi1616]

King Raticus Corvolious yeah, I listened to the audio book, and that seems to be the only major thing they mispronounce. The Nick Podel also pronounces it as seal-dish.

[@Mjot101]

​@@theartsofkingrat2305 Same, I listened to the audiobook and that is how the narrarator pronounced it

[@missOhdrey]

I'm surprised so many people didn't pronounce Edema Ruh properly. It never occurred to me that it could be anything other than a "roo" sound! Fascinating

[@Novakaine777]

I agree. I've always pronounced it "roo"...never crossed my mind that it might be different.

[@jsoimn6812]

Well here in Spain "Ru" literally sounds like the english "Roo" so we all pronounce it correctly. We pronounce Edema wrongly, though

[@candlestick8880]

Well duh rhymes with huh and bruh, so standard English phonetics would dictate that Ruh should rhyme too, but he gets to decide since it's his world :)

[@addisonguidry7856]

I think I pronounced Edema wrong. not Ruh

[@Wynisius]

there is a ruh world in turkish it means means soul

[@aionval2734]

I always thought that Auri was a name derived from Aurum, Latin for gold, as a reference to her hair or her personality. Granted, in the book it means "sunny" (or something similar), but I really liked my assumption.

[@SplitWasTaken]

Megane-kun well, in Portuguese, áureo derives from aurum and it means bright or in a tone of gold, golden. It is used in reference to the sun and good things so not far

[@felipehinkel9498]

In Portguese Auri is a name, but the pronunce is diferent, we pronunce ''AURÍ''

[@lunar_light]

And I always wondered if it had anything to do with AURINKO - Finnish for sun. But the pronunciation is vastly different so maybe it is a coincidence after all :)

[@karinaberrocalrojas512]

Felipe Hinkel actually I used to pronunce the name just like the name in Portuguese (I speak Spanish, English and Brazilian Portuguese)

[@robertdullnig3625]

Could also refer to her alchemy. Also sounds a bit like Ariel from Little Mermaid since she collects junk.

[@tobyarmbrust8260]

Hearing the correct pronunciation of edema ruh makes me think my entire life is a lie

[@efecan8451]

this is creepy Ruh means spirit in turkish so it fits very well for the turkish translation

Efe can edema ruh'u 'idima rah' şeklinde okuyacak diye çok korktum...

[@haticefurkanerdogan1907]

İnci Demirel Türk görmek duygulandırıyor

[@Sheriff_K]

How else would you pronounce it? o_0 (this way is more whimsical, that's why I always pronounced it like that, though with more emphasis on the 'A,' more like 'uh.')

[@comelittlelamb]

I always rolled the 'R'.

[@kait3313]

I pronounce some of them wrong because of the audio book

[@stensler]

I listened to the audio book as well. It's odd that there would be mispronunciations in there. Don't you think Pat consulted on the production?

[@idoyavonkipriano7680]

Which one did you listen to, the British one or the American one?

[@jksgameshelf3378]

I remember years ago listening to a book on tape for "The Hobbit" and they pronounced Gollum's name Gol-LOOM. I had to stop listening to it because it bugged me so much.

[@ConnerMello2]

He says closer to the end that he "coached" Nick Podehl (American narrator) by recording a lot the words he'd need to be pronouncing. It seems like almost everything lines up with the audiobook... the only ones I've caught that are different in the American audiobook are Ceald/Cealdish and Devan. Podehl might have just misheard Pat with the Ceald stuff though, because Pat even told him that he wanted the Cealdish accent to be analogous to an Eastern European accent, which Podehl nails.

[@water737]

the only book on audible was read by a british actor Rupert Degas so i went off of those pronunciations and being Australian they meshed quite well with my way of speaking so i dont know if Pat would be offended by how i say them now or if he would be like 'no thats fine horses for courses' or some such :/ defs feels like my life is a lie now though.

[@Lacifur]

We gave our newborn son the middle name Elodin, so this helps a bunch. :)

[@greaterfleshmachine]

NerdYoga so cute! I named my kitter Auri cuz I found her on a full moon, blonde will brilliant eyes! such good names

[@kirulz]

NerdYoga My daughter’s middle name is Auri. Although in my head I pronounced it like Aura with an I.

[@samuel9294]

Elxa dal is such a cool name, def one of my favorites.

[@arjunbanga3530]

omg my theory was correct, he lives right in the middle of newarre, which also seems similar to nowhere. now the strange thing is faerinial(the city of the story k tells to sim and will) is in the middle of nowhere. so kvothes inn is in faerinial

[@thalia955]

Oh i thought it was that it sounded like noir like black

[@ainhoapg8702]

@@thalia955 Yes, it happened to me also. I thought that It was pronounced like "Noir", and even tought I know its black I thought of it more like darkness. Sorry if I mispelled some things wrong, since english is not my motherlanguage I make mistakes, sometimes, but I hope its understandable, what I'm trying to say

[@thalia955]

@@ainhoapg8702 You speak English very well. Don't worry about making small mistakes. I understood you perfectly! That's exactly how I feel. Noir because it means black, but really thinking of darkness. I think Kvothe is a villain, so that would make sense to me.

[@LiterallyJasmine]

The pronunciation of Cealdish makes me immeasurably happy for some reason.

[@fela__]

Pat, I hope you read this. Fela is a name for boys where i live. I've never been so attracted to myself.

[@merickful]

😆😂🤣 You sexy sexy....person.

[@jonan6141]

"Fela" is the 3rd person singular present tense verb in spanish for "sucking dick". Latin root for "fellare". Congratulations!

[@Skyhawk619]

I used to pronounce Chandrian as Shandrian lol

[@SurrealSam]

Now every author who's ever used an apostrophe in a name must add a youtube video pronouncing it.

[@sylla_headhunter4725]

Tad Williams will have a lot to do, then xD

[@Luke-nn4pm]

@@sylla_headhunter4725 fortunately his books have a pronounciation guide in the glossary😂

[@Suchtnudel2000]

Haha, as someone who read the books in german, i pronounced most things right because my pronounciation was german influenced (Edema Ruh as roo not ruh)

[@pinkfluffyplat3587]

Nico g same

[@ColieBear18]

Huh maybe that's why I pronounced them correctly because I speak German. Interesting

[@bunsprout]

i literally just wrote a comment like that lol. i think some sounds really cool in german. like fela sounds much better and i also like auri and elodin in german a lot

[@TheYuvimon]

I'm german but read them in english so I'm kinda pissed I got Alar with 2 open "A"s right, but he insinsts it's pronounced Ey-dem and Eydemre (Adem) or stuff like Lääänre. He also says Anm-au-en with the AU like the german Umlaut, but Auri (which I pronounce they way it's written) according to him is Ori or Ari, I mean come ooooon, gimme some consistency Patrick I also got Caeldish wrong (pronounced it "Kelldisch") but that mistake I can accept.

[@annabellw865]

I read them in English but listened to the audio books in German. I prefer the German pronunciation for most of the names lol

[@ethandubois7536]

You really need to get in touch with the people who do the audio books, because a lot of these are gonna drive me insane when I give the series another listening.

[@kellyvanniekerk226]

Waaaaay prefer the audiobook pronunciation

[@kellyvanniekerk226]

Think there's a UK and US version of the audiobook

[@ilazria]

Thank you! It's a sweet and nice when authors say "however YOU pronounce it is correct." No. If I'm asking, it's because I WANT to know how the author pronounces it. It might not matter towards understanding the story but it gives a comforting sense of depth.

[@TheSpicydiva]

So... Lanre is actually a real name! It comes from the shortened Yoruba (Nigerian) male name Olanrewaju, which means "my wealth is the future" or something like that. Short forms of Yoruba names are almost always used in day-to-day language. It obviously wasn't intended but it is good to see some name representation from my continent :)

[@tanakeilidh384]

Thank you for this, Patrick. My love for your work is boundless! Many blessings to you and your family.

[@ramidarichardsen6423]

I've pronounced all these names in Norwegian. Some where really close though. Fun hearing them pronounced! :)

[@CataRDJ]

Creo que nos beneficia bastante ser hispanohablantes, casi todos los nombres los pronunciaba bien excepto Kvothe... Siempre le dije "Cuoth"

[@braedon26]

Cata GregoryHolmes Sí muchos tiempos los nombres en los libros son diferentes que yo creo porque de las diferencias entre las idiomas. Estoy impresionado contigo que tu pronuncias muchos de los nombres correctos. (Lo siento si mi español no es perfecto)

[@gisole98]

Me estoy riendo mucho con el que el original de Edena Ruh sea EDEMA

[@gabrielcollstefoni7765]

@@gisole98 ahora entiendo porque lo cambiaron XDDDDDDDD

[@ximenamartinez8235]

Todos se confunden con la pronunciación de Kvothe. Hay quien le dice "Kuvote" siendo que en una parte del libro dice específicamente como se pronuncia jaja viva el español

[@easternblue00]

Yo le decia "keivot" pronunciando la K en ingles y el resto "vot" xD

[@SirCowdog]

I actually really ended up liking the Devi character, despite her being such a hardass.

[@mattnlogan101]

def in my top 5 favorite characters. Denna, Devi, Auri, Elodin, and Kvothe of course

[@royalblue5367]

Who the fuck doesn't like Devi?

[@MichaelFinkCMT]

WHOA! He said "anapestic metrical foot" I HAD to look that up. lol Anapestic tetrameter is a poetic meter that has four anapestic metrical feet per line. Each foot has two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. It is sometimes referred to as a "reverse dactyl", and shares the rapid, driving pace of the dactyl.

[@crazycrazycrazykid]

Kote was also "Disaster" in Caeldish right? I'm not the only one who picked up on that...?

[@seratharem6820]

I noticed it to.. Good to see i'm not alone. Also, i think that the maers' wife is Kvothes' aunt (his mothers' sister) and that Dennas' patron is one of the candrian. Anyone else?

[@seratharem6820]

Chandrian*

[@carloshighers3150]

@@seratharem6820 100% Meluan Lackless is Kvothes Aunt. He even says he thinks he recognisers her but can’t think why, he sees his mother in her.

[@sparrow9328]

No wonder the name "Felurian" reminded me of Luthien! It does rhythmically sound like Tinuviel.

[@pi6lette]

I always thought of Luthien and Tinuviel too!

[@mur2932]

felurian sounds so tolkien-ish

[@laugher2211]

Newarre...right in the middle of nowhere...nice one

[@kylekillpack2272]

I thought it was pronounced like noir as in dark and broody like Kvothe when he's there. But I like your answer better.

[@thalia955]

@@kylekillpack2272 i thought it was noir too because in my mind kvothe is evil lol

[@LordZarovich]

See, this is great for me (who has only ever heard the Audible pronunciations for these words and names) to learn how these nouns are spelled.

[@BlueberryHobbit]

Seeing the spellings was VERY helpful and at one point made me feel very foolish. “Maer” Alveron..... is not the Mayor of a city.... Glad I watched this. Cleared up some of my questions as I’m mid book 2.

[@blakemama]

I have resorted to reading reviews and avoiding spoilers at all costs just to see whether the spelling I have visualized is correct. Sometimes, I just NEED to know.

[@crookedclown9499]

I always thought Kvothe was phonetically similar to "Quothe" (like "Quothe the Raven?") And thought it was a pun given his trouper background.

[@LaLolaViola]

It is. Maybe you are pronouncing quothe incorrectly?

[@fab006]

lolaviola Quothe has a w sound, while Kvothe has a v. It’s still only one syllable, though.

[@andomaker]

I've been saying Shandrian this whole time. I've grown to love that version more than Chandrian.

[@MaverickMono]

lol. Listening to this, all the Words sound very "American" ... I'm now doubting my own imagined versions sound fantasy-ish at all, and very English. Although I did notice I put a few French inflections on some of the words.

[@Rashagar]

MaverickMono yeah, I was putting a good few Irish twists onto the words (like "si" is pronounced "shee" and that sort of thing), but I think I'll just continue to do so, I don't think Pat could complain when his own main character does the same for his sword's name haha!

[@HelplessBug49]

Same, I'd put Spanish inflections into words too! (I like my versions better ;) )

[@MaverickMono]

haha, well my "trebon" is the same as "Tres Bon" in french (very good, isn't it! haha)

[@josuelouis3204]

as a french, i feel you

[@magister343]

I generally pronounce everything as in Classical Latin, with the Cs and Gs always hard and the AEs like the word eye.

[@evaderidder9394]

"Willem & Simmon sound familiar because I wanted them to sound like real names". Yes, because they literally are. Those are two very common Dutch names.

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

I also knew Dutch girls named Devi (pronounced like the second pronunciation he gives for Devi)

[@toyoANDtovo]

I was so wrong about almost all of these

[@tyetnic]

Nick Pohdel always says "Seel-dish". I assume that's a no for that then?

[@jonahwolf3252]

Dammit. I've been saying "ruh" not "roo" this whole time.

[@SirLukHipolito]

in my country you read ruh as roo

[@samfilmkid]

Where are you from?

Sam Harnish turkiye

[@noaheyob8428]

As is proper

[@Gab8riel]

You've been pronouncing it ru not ruh

[@barowt]

Dunno why you showed up in my suggested feed, but I'm glad it did, subscribed!

[@amanda-luellaodeorain1998]

I always think of Kvothe like "Quoth," as in; "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'"

[@crazyballz96]

Hey Patrick just completed The name of the wind and I am so excited to read the next one! I am an Indian and yes Devi is a Hindi and Sanskrit word and you pronounced it right. The meaning of the word is Divine or to be more exact Goddess.

[@ladydinlove]

Kvothe happens in my head but my tongue is confused. 😢😭

[@Peter-xs2mu]

12:02: "Valeryan" is a type of steel from the Game of Thrones cycle and sounds a lot like the name which Mr. Rothfuss pronounces.

[@justlittleme-2149]

Wait. Wait hold on. Letantha? Wasn't that the path of the sword tree? Bast studied the path of the sword tree?

[@captain0blivious]

The sword tree is spelled LAtantha but I too am curious. A slip on Pat's part saying Bast or a hidden clue...

[@TheHslade3]

If this was not a misspeak and Bast actually practices the Latantha, the ramifications of this revelation could be ground shattering. I think that the Adem could be the Temerant descendants of “practicing” Amyr, of which Felurian said “mortal Amyr have never walked”, which means to me that the true Amyr were Fae and human Amyr where kind of “playing Amyr” by comparison (from the Fae perspective). Ergo, Bast is Amyr?

[@korpakukac]

"Letantha is Bast's martial art" wut? o.O Bast is not from Ademre. Or did Kvothe teach him what he knew of it?

[@joaopedroreboucas3545]

At the Brazilian version, Edema Ruh is Edena Ruh, with an N

[@lilyvazquez4261]

João Pedro Rebouças also in Spanish version, is Edena Ruh...

[@igorporfiirio4915]

I was pretty confused with it. I'm kinda dyslexic sometimes, I don't really have dyslexia, but I had read some names wrong for entity books and only catching it on the second time a read, I thought that happened with Edena, but I was confused because I ready the books 4 times.

[@arjunasolis7756]

Says the guy who's main character name is Kvothe. 11:30

[@marcpolo3932]

E'lir?

[@badreddinekasmi8919]

I love that I'm watching this even though I'm reading the first book in French which means that most of these prounounciations aren't how I or anyone French would read them, unless they have in mind that they are written by an English speaker.

[@Vofzolne]

8:00 @worldbuildersinc The way you pronounce Aleph is in fact your word. The Hebrew Aleph is pronounced Ah-leph

[@Dminae1]

I always pronounced fela like fayla. Fella an old slang word for boy.

[@jbparkes190]

He says that the Letantha is Bast's martial art, but it's also the Sword Tree in Ademre. Curious.

[@captain0blivious]

The sword tree is spelled LAtantha but I too am curious. A slip on Pat's part saying Bast or a hidden clue...

[@jbparkes190]

It's also misspelled in this video.

[@TheHslade3]

Or, Letantha is the original Fae spelling because it is the martial art of the Amyr which were all originally Fae, and Latantha is the current spelling, changed over time just like the Lackless name and so many other words that shift over time?

[@mortenbakke2810]

I'm glad to find that I have gotten about 95% of the names right, and thus either you convey the names very well with the lettering or I'm just so damn smart:>

[@catfish552]

Sorry, "Sith" is in the original Star Wars novelisation, 1976. They were first on that one.

[@TheRealHiccup]

Although Pat clearly based his fairies off Irish folklore, the Aos Sí, which was spelled Aes Sídhe in old Irish. Supernatural race of beings who you don't fuck with and who live in an invisible Otherworld. Familiar stuff. Also Deoch who runs the Eolian is the noun for "drink" in Irish as he says it is in Yllish, pronounced kinda like "juck" (with more of a d sound at the start and/or more of a ch sound at the end depending on where you're from) There's a few other bits and pieces in the story where I see Irish influence

[@Harry-McKenzie]

In the German audiobook "Threpe" is indeed pronounced "Thrappy" and I think it's great because I always imagined the man to be a kind of goofy little person with a hat.

[@Untouched77]

I thought Fela was pronnounced Feela... which i honestly like better so I'll keep pronouncing it that way haha

[@cazjones1386]

Malou Me too.

[@Barron_Picklez]

So at 10:20 he mentions that Kote lives in the middle of Newarre. is this simply him saying that "he lives in the middle of no where" or is there a deeper meaning? Am I digging for water in a desert or....?

[@leafarlope7234]

I thought he took Aleph, from borges book El Aleph. is a good coincidence since it also have a kind of mythical/ spiritual meaning.

[@fuzzlefeenix]

I listened to your books on audiobook and so many of these pronunciations are so different, I can't take it!! :')

[@leviackerman1799]

"the origin of them is that I made them up" Glad to hear that... 😂I'm also writing a book and this is a great motivation for writing character names..

[@bobisu3111]

Letanthe is Basts martial art? It's also of the Adem yeah?

[@brinkiTOgo]

It's cool that for german readers pretty much of these names seem to be pronounced in the right way intuitively. They may have a bit of a german sound of course. But Edema Ruh, Felurian, Denna, Fela, Reshi, Cealdish and much more are very intuitively for german readers. But some of these names are horrible when spoken from a german speaker though :D

[@somegingerthings9530]

Bubble while watching this video I feel like that too. The only thing ist sometimes the 'th'

[@klastname8477]

Just started this series and this helped a lot.

[@rajdeepkromchengurung1019]

In India “Devi” means “Goddess” Durga Devi / Goddess Durga Kaali Devi / Goddess Kaali

[@Mudamr]

They got a lot of these wrong in the audiobook, I'll have to see if that's been addressed anywhere.

[@CatrionaReads]

Having listened to both books on audio I will always hear things pronounced that way! ie almost entirely wrong in every way 😂

[@royalblue5367]

Rothfuss is wrong about the pronunciation of Cealdish and that's all there is to it.

[@rubeusrubie]

I just realized that I pronounce edema ruh correctly because of my language (turkish) 'ruh' means spirit so we actually pronouncing it like 'edema spirits' and I think that's cool as hell. Thanks Pat.

[@aflowerthatcannotbebloomed]

Lol Willem is an actual name in Dutch so that one always sounded like a normal every day life name because here in the netherlands it is. I also realised I say almost everything wrong😂😂

[@leyla5570]

Ruh means "soul" in Turkish I thought it was translation when I read it for the first time, thinking as a soul gave me pleasure

[@imjustapoorwayfaringgeek]

same

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

Cool. Was pronouncing some of them wrong but got others wright.

[@Ricu13]

Just finished the second book. I need the last one! Don't make us wait much longer

[@fuzzbucket1983]

Cool video--some of it unexpected. However I feel I am still saying them all the way I've subconsciously ingrained them in my brain already! They won't change! I liked the mention of Toronto as example! (I am biased.)

[@galahad38]

I love mentions of my country in places like this.

[@water737]

i doubt Pat will see this but i hope he does, i got into the books through audiobooks and i listen while at work or walking etc etc and the actor doing the reading (Rupert Degas) is pure brilliance and im just wondering if Pat has heard the reading, as he states a few names obviously change depending where your from,Rupert being British pronounces thing a little differently. Being Australian i pronounce stuff different to the Brits and Americans, so just wondering if hes heard the work and is fine with the pronunciations varying slightly because i reallllly hope Rupert reads the third book aswell :) he is fantastic and is the best english voice acting i think ive ever heard.

[@90BabyLove09]

You should listen to the version read by Nick Podehl. It's the audiobook I have and most are pronounced correct beside like 2 or 3 but the others are spot on.

[@CALIEN7K]

I only read The Name of the Wind in 2019. Reading Wise Mans Fear now. This has been very helpful.

[@MatthewWaltonWalton]

Must remember, Pat is American, Pat is American, Pat is American. I'm pretty sure this is why I'm always wrong about names in fantasy books with leading vowels and things, and syllable stress, because I'm British. That long A at the start of Adem, Aleph etc. is just not what I would have thought at all. Although can't say I was at all surprised by Cealdish. I like that one, and always figured it was one of those words brought in from another language that people get wrong if they've only ever seen it written down. Even in-world, although they probably find it hard to go through life long enough to learn to read without hearing it mentioned judging by how people talk about Cealdish merchants and the like.

[@kirstyroberts1764]

a-dem/a-leph as opposed to A-dem/A-leph? Yeah, vowel pronunciation is so different, that is literally a regional dialect difference. Saying A-dem just really doesn't flow for us Brits does it?

[@kellyvanniekerk226]

But also, the audiobook pronounces it all differently because he's British (I prefer it)

[@danteparrasaldana1960]

Como prenun pronunciass yo ya he terminuado el tercer libro?

[@rockingpinaple]

You clearly said Usnea's name and I just played it out loud in my room. Are they going to come for me now? Or would I have to be the one saying it? I'm worried I need answers.

[@owlnemo]

Felurian sounded familiar to me as well, and I think Patrick's right by pointing out the similitude with Tinúviel. Not exactly similar to Galadriel, though, at least not to me. I have no idea what it's called in English, but there's this thing (called synérèse/diérèse in French) when you can pronounce it alternatively Fe-lu-rian/Ti-nú-viel or Fe-lu-ri-an/Ti-nú-vi-el.

[@MrWhangdoodles]

I like my pronunciation more. I know this is the author but I put a foreign spin on the words in my head. Like "Ademre" has a L3atin sound to it.

[@eusou0]

Felurian, being tetrasyllabic, would be more akin to a diiamb than an anapaest (trisyllabic), right? With the main stress on /lu/ and a secondary on /an/

[@greyforge27]

i thought the correct pronunciation of edema ruh was quite natural and obvious, not sure what the people in the comments are talking about

[@johanjarvinen]

The peoples of Fillory in The Magicians book series are called Fillorian and pronounced about one letter (u vs. o) off from the Fellurian.

[@GuardianKnightoftheRealm]

So Patrick Rothfuss thought of the word "Sithe" prior to 1974?

[@RobbinChewings]

I just searched my copies of both King Killer Chronicles Kindle books and found no "letantha". However, I did find "Latantha" which is the "the path of the sword tree" from Adem.

[@_MARSyt]

I prefer Cealdish (Seal-Dish)

[@Raven-gz8pq]

i pronounced it sealdish too but the country name sounds much better as the shawld

[@fionahodkinson8346]

Mr. Hat same

[@jhal4267]

They even say sealdish in the audio books

[@t.h.mcelroy6597]

Me too, thanks to the audiobook lol

[@bunsprout]

since i'm german and my english wasn't great when i first read the books i pronounce a lot of the word german and i have to say it works quite well for some. i'm really fond of some of my old pronunciation and with some others i use either the ones mentioned in the video, or the ones used in the audiobooks.

[@Benbobr]

Rupert Degas will forever be correct in my book!

[@TheSigrunsig]

Devi is a charecter in Johnan Vasquez book JTHM, also known as the one who got away, so I thought it was common in the US. And Skarpi is a common name in Iceland or to be more excact it is a shorter version of Skarphéðinn, and Skarpur means sharp in Icelandic.

[@greyforge27]

the felurian - tinuviel thing blew my mind first time i heard it by the way

[@timboygaming3131]

Dude.. I miss reading those books.. Cant wait for the next book..

[@remyrebel5455]

Sweet! I can settle my bets now!

[@bobisu3111]

I've lost count how many times I've listened to Name of the Wind, Wise Mans Fear and The Slow Regard of Silent things. Every single night I fall asleep listening to them, nothing else soothes me. I WILL get the books, it's just easier for me to listen.

[@MrMalikLucius]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. The Latantha is BAST'S martial art? As in, Bast is a student of the path of the Sword Tree?

[@Windwarrior]

Hi Patrick. Are you going to speak at one point about de Ceald Lore. I suspect than Heldred people are the Cealdish but there are some diferent points between Heldim followers (Cealdim) and Heldar followers (Cealdar) others than finanshes and forge.

[@LotRGurla64]

Sigh. I pride myself on my Kvothe-pronouncing skills, but I've been pronouncing Elodin wrong for 5 years. Gorramit. This was great though, thanks Pat!

[@dankalisz3235]

Doesn't "KOTE" mean Disaster is Sirau? Where you used it in Fishery after the Fire? Please I am going to in to Treatment soon and I would like to read Book 3 soon

[@suvetar]

I think it does indeed!

[@McStudo]

Slovakia mentioned. Now I can die in peace :)

[@arcanenaga5796]

McStudo N

[@TF1Akrata]

I was close with most of these so that makes me happy. Hard to change how you pronounce the names when you've been saying it wrong since the book came out xD.