As a fantasy author, I have created many names of people and places to fit the world I have created. I am often asked by readers how is a word pronounced, or listen as they pronounce the word as they think it should be. I will be the first to admit that I have mispronounced more words in my lifetime that I’ve gotten right. I have done a number of astronomy or meteorite related talks where I have apologized in advance for the mispronunciation that is bound to come out of my lips. In my world of fantasy however, I am bound by no rules other than my own. I take great pleasure in pronouncing the words I have created in the voices of my characters. To make it easier for my readers to understand Keya’s world, I have added a new section to the Keya Quests website. It is called “How do I Pronounce that Word” I am still building the list of words, but there on that page, you can click on a button and hear the word being pronounced as Keya and her people would say it.
The page requires either windows media player, or quick time player plugins for your browser. I have tested it on IE, Firefox, and Chrome. If you are looking for a word not yet on the list, let me know and I will see that it’s added. If you would like to see anything else on the Keya Quests site, let me know.
Awesome feature. Bound to make you popular with your fans who are bound to talk about it. Well done- and at least no-one can argue the right and wrong of the pronunciation now.
Hi David, thanks. I hope my readers like the sound clips. We can all mispronounce together now 🙂