Oh yeah, that's how to pronounce them alright, at least that is how I've been saying them(perhaps people have been snickering behind my back all this time).

Well, if you learn that someone pronounces them differently, you'll get to snicker behind their back.

Ken V.

Well, if you learn that someone pronounces them differently, you'll get to snicker behind their back.

Ken V.

Man, what I wouldn't give to overhear a Rasalom/Molasar pronunciation debate, but as KRW just posted, I'm much more likely to overhear American Idol updates. I consider myself a huge fan and ambassador of FPW, but there are several of you who are the experts and I generally defer to that knowledge on the board here. And given the way I butcher names when taking attendance, there is no way I trust my own version.

I think the difference is that Blake is using the Turkish form and we are using the French.

Technically, he may be correct, but I still think of it as having an "s" sound.

Ken V.

You know, yeniceri looks like a Turkish word. I had been thinking of it as sounding like a "j".

Oh yeah, that's how to pronounce them alright, at least that is how I've been saying them(perhaps people have been snickering behind my back all this time).

I give everyone full liberty to snicker openly if I pronounce Glaeken wrong.

I give everyone full liberty to snicker openly if I pronounce Glaeken wrong.

GLAY-ken?

Ken V.

GLAY-ken?

Ken V.

That's how I've been pronouncing it.

GLAY-ken?

Ken V.

I thought it was Gl-eye-ken

I thought it was Gl-eye-ken

that's how I've been pronouncing it, those ae things screw me up >.<

that's how I've been pronouncing it, those ae things screw me up >.<

Too much Latin 101!!!:p

What screws me up is I've seen the ae used and its not pronounced like "eye" so I get confused to the more used pronunciation for it