The Sword and Laser discussion

There is a pronunciation guide in the back of the book. (At least in the Kindle version)

X=ks (The same as in English)

Going by the guide, I would pronounce Teixcalaanli:

Takes-cah-laahn-lee

The double 'a' is the same as the single 'a' in father. It's just held for longer

Yep the audio version goes by what Tassie Dave just said

Joseph wrote: "...the word feels kind of Aztec or other Mesoamerican. Am I insane?"

If you are, I am too. The name, the writing system and many other aspects feel Mesoamerican to my uninformed self. However other aspects feel very Persian, Greek and especially Byzantine. I recognised some moments as straight out of some ancient texts, in a really good way - taking the issues raised by a cultural interaction in ancient history and using it to inform the story.

OK I'm realising that this is reaching the stage where the Roberator is going to tell me to create a thread, so I'll go and think about it some more.

Best wishes,
Twenty Nine Pine

Thanks! I'm also reading the Kindle version, so I hadn't gotten to the pronunciation guide. And I'm glad at least one other person shares my misperception -- this maybe one of those where I'm just going to keep pronouncing it "wrong" regardless.

I'm not sure if my brain has a laziness filter, but I don't really pronounce long new words in my brain as I read.

The first time I see a new long word, like Teixcalaanli, I will try and pronounce it and check the pronunciation is right, But after that I just skim over it as I read and my brain registers it without trying to get it right.

It more than likely just ends up as Texans ;-)

John (Taloni) wrote: "I've been listening to a lot of Queensryche lately so my first free-association is, I wonder if the Empire just needs to spend more on law enforcement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSTct..."

Great band. and my name is "Six bluebells"

Tassie Dave wrote: "I'm not sure if my brain has a laziness filter, but I don't really pronounce long new words in my brain as I read.

The first time I see a new long word, like Teixcalaanli, I will try and pronounce..."

I just saw it as “Texicali”, which probably doesn’t mean anything for non-Americans.

I listened to the audiobook but I have no recollection of its pronunciation now.

I used to eat at the Mexicali.

Trike wrote: "I just saw it as “Texicali”, which probably doesn’t mean anything for non-Americans"

True Dat ;-)

If I had to guess (without using Google) I'd say it's a Californian who comes to Texas to visit a Dude Ranch wears a 10 Gallon hat and says "Howdy Pardner" and "Yee Haw" a lot.

or is it a Texan Who visits LA and says Dude and Cowabunga while trying to surf.

;-)

Is it culturally insensitive to stereotype other white people? :-?

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