NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/alt/fan/pern/2467

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From: [e-mail] (Chris Croughton)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pern
Subject: Re: (MUSH) Those Wacky Cross-Gender Impressing Dragons
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Date: 3 Jan 93 13:47:55 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:

>So the Pernese don't pronounce things the way you do: feLAR ->
>F'lar, faNOR -> F'nor, corMIC -> C'mic, mirRIM -> M'rrim,
>feLESsan -> F'lessan. Any brits out there wanna confirm if this
>pronounciation of names is typical for those across the pond?

Not that it's relevant (as Ms. McCaffrey is American, living in
Ireland), but no, the general British tendency is to put the accent on
the first syllable.  In fact, in my experience more American names are
second syllable accented than British (e.g. UK CHRIStine, US ChrisTINE).
The Irish do accent their own names slightly more on the second syllable
(Ir. CollEEN vs. Eng. COLLeen), but it still seems pretty random and
local variations tend to outweigh the overall trends.

FWIW the only Pernese name that I would have stressed on the second
syllable is FeLESSan.  All the others I would stress on the first (as
would the DLG in most cases).

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