@Muttonhawk

This reminds me of when someone asked how to say Jvan and was told, "You don't!"

I think Termite actually just said, "I got a way of saying it but I won't say bc I want u all to say it wrong lul"

...Much easier than saying knight how it is spelt.

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More like, I found the diversity of answers fascinating and I wanted people to build up the character in their heads without forcing a 'correct' interpretation. i wrote a whole IC post on the million different ways she was known just to give you ideas

But in case anyone is dissatisfied with their own reading, here's the most closely guarded secret of the cancer that blogs...

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nice try lol

I pronounce the 'j' as 'jam' and add a quick syllable into it. JUH-VAHN, clipped and shortened, J'VAHN. JVAN. Jvan!

The alternate pronunciation with J as Y was always something I'd had in mind, though.

Another thing I'd always considered was the similarity to the unspeakable name of the Abrahamic God, YHWH, or Jehovah. Jeh-vah. J-vah(n). I gave Y'vahn to the humans in that old name post because it was the closest thing to what I'd fallen into the habit of using, made a little more sense, and resembles another version of YHWH, 'Yahweh'.

The Rovaick name 'Yah Vuh' is another play on the same. Her 'I am who I am' chant is too, though I found nice story reasons for it later.

Hain and Tauga got 'Jaan' because it's the easiest possible interpretation, just silencing the annoying consonant that breaks up the name.

I just say it as it's written, a one-syllable Jvan.

Where did Juk Fonk come from?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBHPmYIxaiI&t=11

K is just a really great guttural letter you can slap on anything to make it sound orky. Gork. Mork. Dakka. Mekboyz. Kommando. Kult of Speed!

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For the longest time I accepted that pronunciation, but in recent years I have grown rather disenchanted with it - largely due to the fact that the letter 'H' is not pronounced as clearly as it is written. I believe a more appropriate pronunciation would go something like this:

KIN-EYE-JJJJJJ-HHHHHH-IT

(You know you're saying it right when you're feeling like you're about to have a heart attack.)

@Cyclone Noah Webster tried to fix English, believe me. He just made it worse.