How do you pronounce Grahtwood?

SilverBride · July 26

The below thread prompted me to create this poll. How do you pronounce Grahtwood?
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/696763/holy-moly-i-hate-grahtwood-soooo-much-rant#latest

CaiWenji · July 26

Grat (like cat) -wood

I read the middle like AHHH! lol.

Tallon_IV · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

NPCs pronounce it like "Grot".

Soarora · July 26

Grat (like cat) -wood

No matter how many times I look it up, I still think “graht” and “raht” are German.

DenverRalphy · July 26

https://youtu.be/oxrco7LiEvA

CaiWenji · July 26

Grat (like cat) -wood

@Tallon_IV I think that's because they speak with a British accent. So it depends on the accent maybe. Like the tomato tomato saying thing.

SilverBride · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

I was right!

CaiWenji · July 26

Grat (like cat) -wood

It does sound fancier your way @SilverBride

Like I am putting on my robe and slippers and taking a little stroll around Grotwood. Lol.

SilverBride · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

CaiWenji wrote: »

It does sound fancier your way @SilverBride

Like I am putting on my robe and slippers and taking a little stroll around Grotwood. Lol.

Have a nice cup of tea and a pastry after your stroll.

Gabriel_H · July 26

Grat (like cat) -wood

DenverRalphy wrote: »

https://youtu.be/oxrco7LiEvA

In TESIII, Azura calls him "Shay-o-gor-ath", but Sheogorath calls himself "Sheg-o-rath". Just saying.

LunaFlora · July 26

None of these, unless you pronounce cat the Dutch way. English speakers tend to say cat as if the a is an e.
Bos in Bosmer is also Dutch, it means forest.

i do not hear the grot that other people chose, but coincidentally that is also a dutch word, it means cave.

i found this clip of Zerith saying it the way i say it and have heard other characters say it similarly:
https://youtube.com/shorts/DG-kdAlenZQ

SilverBride · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

LunaFlora wrote: »

None of these, unless you pronounce cat the Dutch way. English speakers tend to say cat as if the a is an e.

I am an English speaker and I have never heard anyone pronounce cat as if the a was an e. That would make it sound like bet, or wet, or pet.

LunaFlora wrote: »

i found this clip of Zerith saying it the way i say it and have heard other characters say it similarly:
https://youtube.com/shorts/DG-kdAlenZQ

When I listen to that clip I hear Grot-wood, just like I do in the video @DenverRalphy posted.

ssewallb14_ESO · July 26

Graht, like caught or taught or naught.

I don't know if the subtle difference between this and "not" comes through in all accents.

Luneca · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

Sometimes I pronounce it in a Texan accent

SilverBride · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

ssewallb14_ESO wrote: »

Graht, like caught or taught or naught.

I don't know if the subtle difference between this and "not" comes through in all accents.

Those examples are more accurate. I wish I had thought of them.

LunaFlora · July 26

SilverBride wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

None of these, unless you pronounce cat the Dutch way. English speakers tend to say cat as if the a is an e.

I am an English speaker and I have never heard anyone pronounce cat as if the a was an e. That would make it sound like bet, or wet, or pet.

LunaFlora wrote: »

i found this clip of Zerith saying it the way i say it and have heard other characters say it similarly:
https://youtube.com/shorts/DG-kdAlenZQ

When I listen to that clip I hear Grot-wood, just like I do in the video @DenverRalphy posted.

that is how i usually hear people say cat in English!
But there are so many accents so i can understand some say it differently.

SilverBride wrote: »

ssewallb14_ESO wrote: »

Graht, like caught or taught or naught.

I don't know if the subtle difference between this and "not" comes through in all accents.

Those examples are more accurate. I wish I had thought of them.

Ah that helps me understand.

Syldras · July 26

LunaFlora wrote: »

Bos in Bosmer is also Dutch, it means forest.

It could also be shortened from bosco (Italian) or bosque (Spanish, Portuguese).

Soarora wrote: »

No matter how many times I look it up, I still think “graht” and “raht” are German.

A Grat in German can mean a specific type of mountain ridge:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arête
Some elongated tree burl:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl
Or generally a (narrow) line.

SilverBride · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

It's interesting to hear how it would be pronounced in other languages!

Frayton · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

I've never heard anyone say it grat. It's always grot. PCNA

Elvenheart · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

This has been an interesting thread! I’m going to go play with my cets now 🐈‍⬛🐈🦨

SilverBride · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

Elvenheart wrote: »

This has been an interesting thread! I’m going to go play with my cets now 🐈‍⬛🐈🦨

Then run the IA and fight Tho'et!

Elvenheart · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

I might if I still have it in me after facing Tho-CAT!

SilverBride · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

Elvenheart wrote: »

I might if I still have it in me after facing Tho-CAT!

Or Tho-cet!

loaganb16_ESO · July 26

ɡʁaːt - wood

Syldras · July 26

loaganb16_ESO wrote: »

ɡʁaːt

Yup.

Same in German:
https://ipa-reader.com/?text=ɡʁaːt&voice=Vicki

ToddIngram · July 26

Grat (like cat) -wood

From here on out I'm just going to call it "Ratwood"

freespirit · July 26

Grat (like cat) -wood

As a British person I can honestly say I have never heard cat pronounced cet in my life.

I don't travel abroad but I do travel extensively within the UK, on top of that I have worked with cAt rescues for over 40 years.

I'm really surprised by this!

metheglyn · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

The 'h' after the 'a' makes me think of the word 'ah', so I've always pronounced it that way.

LalMirchi · July 26

Try Gaelic diphthongs as one should draw them out to get the intonation right. The Bosmer are rather Celtic (as I see them).

spartaxoxo · July 26

Grot (like not) -wood

LunaFlora wrote: »

None of these, unless you pronounce cat the Dutch way. English speakers tend to say cat as if the a is an e.
Bos in Bosmer is also Dutch, it means forest.

i do not hear the grot that other people chose, but coincidentally that is also a dutch word, it means cave.

i found this clip of Zerith saying it the way i say it and have heard other characters say it similarly:
https://youtube.com/shorts/DG-kdAlenZQ

Do you mean e as in the first e in better? "It's fluffy kitty ket?" I've heard that one before.

Varana · July 26

freespirit wrote: »

As a British person I can honestly say I have never heard cat pronounced cet in my life.

In most languages other than English, A is always only the vowel in "car" or "far". Everything that moves that vowel even slightly closer to "get" means that it's perceived as closer to E than to A. So the /æ/ in the standard pronunciation of "cat" is heard as a form of E, not of A. (Likewise, the English peculiarity to pronounce E as /i/ like in "flee" or "greet" is not something that most languages would associate with the letter E.)

@topic: Grɑːtwood. So none of the options.

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