FearMonkey Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 'Direwood', 'Dihrwood' or 'Deerwood'? I've been pronouncing it 'Deerwood'? If there was an 'e' after the 'r' I would've immediately pronounced it 'Direwood". But without it, I instinctively pronounced it 'Deerwood'. 'Dihrwood' was another way I just thought of as I was creating this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccolo Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Direwood I think. Could be wrong though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte Carlo Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 The D is silent. And the 'Y' has a slight 'b' sound in front of it. So it sounds like 'Beerwood.' (I also do bah-mitzvahs and weddings) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Blot Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I go with direwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thulean Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I've been thinking 'deerwood.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist II Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 How about Hurr Durr-wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aedelric Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I am happy to continuously misread is as Dry Wood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediMB Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I've been reading it as Direwood. Seemed like the logical pronunciation in a fantasy game. Something stirs within... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el pinko grande Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Deerwood here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasede Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I'm pretty sure it's Dürwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qilapid Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) I'm unhappy with Direwood and want to avoid Deerwood. To give that y a weird vowel shift from American English appeals to me. Perhaps some theft from Welsh to make it something like: Durwod or Durwold Even Durwood would work. Edit: Dürwood is pretty close to what I was advocating. Edited October 3, 2012 by Qilapid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 "Boyz n da Wood" L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigranes Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Given the probable Celtic influence, it's going to be closest to Durwood. 2 Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlux Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 "Dearwood" imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist II Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Even Durwood would work. That's what I thought it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearMonkey Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 In my post 'Dihrwood' is how I was phonetically spelling 'Dürwood'. wasn't sure how else to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Null Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 It is pronounced Deerwood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCParry Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 It is pronounced Deerwood. Please say there are evil deer with human hands who will break our legs and lick us for the vital sugar in our bodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Anybody here speak Gaelic? They would probably be able to make a good guess. My own guess is like the 'ir' in dirge. “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osvir Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Duhr-, Dehr-, Dihr- or Dyhr-wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearMonkey Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 It is pronounced Deerwood. I was right! Go me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 It is pronounced Deerwood. Please say there are evil deer with human hands who will break our legs and lick us for the vital sugar in our bodies. I'm seeing herds of feral unicorns... stalking their prey through the dark and dense forests... corralling their prey into a dead end and then impaling them with their horns in a glorious bloodbath of frenzied butchery, so they can feast on the bodies of their prey afterwards, crunching bones, sucking out marrow, tearing at muscle and sinew with their fangs... Maybe I just got too much imagination “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septembervirgin Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Solemnly, sonorously. Nasally. As if you're at a funeral with a cold in your nose. "This is what most people do not understand about Colbert and Silverman. They only mock fictional celebrities, celebrities who destroy their selfhood to unify with the wants of the people, celebrities who are transfixed by the evil hungers of the public. Feed us a Gomorrah built up of luminous dreams, we beg. Here it is, they say, and it looks like your steaming brains." " If you've read Hart's Hope, Neveryona, Infinity Concerto, Tales of the Flat Earth, you've pretty much played Dragon Age." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensuki Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) It is pronounced Deerwood. Dyr Tyr I geddit. Although I would have said Direwood at first glance as well, being aussie and all. That would probably come out as DYAWOOD though haha Edited October 4, 2012 by Sensuki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndiraLightfoot Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 But a brilliant bard with distinct gestures over at Pork & Whistle pronounces it "Da Hood".... And he is rhyming too. *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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