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Post by Popular Glinda on Jul 18, 2004 13:02:53 GMT -5
Okay, little blonde me, I have a few questions about pronunciations in the novel...here they are.
Liir -- Is it like "Lur"? Thats how I say it.
Manek -- Is it "Manic", like the word? (Just another manic monday hehe)
Elphaba...I can just not figure this one out. Jk
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Post by StageFiyero on Jul 18, 2004 13:36:48 GMT -5
Liir is pronounced Leer - it's on the book on tape. Original I thought it was like Liar.
Manek, I pronounce man-ek. llam
As far as Elphaba, for a long time I thought it was el-FAY-buh.
I was thinking about Fiyero once... I've pronounced his name right all along - fee-YAIR-oh. But I was thinking, maybe Gregory Maguire originally intended for it to be pronounce figh-yeer-oh so it would rhyme perfectly with "hero" for "Yero my hero."
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Post by Popular Glinda on Jul 18, 2004 14:46:37 GMT -5
I was thinking about that Fiyero thing too. And my friend's mom always says "El-phay-bee" and we are like ITS ELPHABA!!!! And my dad say Guylinda once. lol
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Post by VivaTaquitos on Jul 18, 2004 14:54:17 GMT -5
On the whole 'Elphaba' thing, I think it's 'El-fa-ba' because her name comes from the initials of Baum...L.F.B. Elphaba.
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Post by WicKayed on Jul 18, 2004 15:03:15 GMT -5
When I first heard about the show, I thought it was pronounced, "El-FAH-bah". (I had my emPHAsis on the wrong sylLABle.  ) |
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Post by Popular Glinda on Jul 18, 2004 16:07:03 GMT -5
On the whole 'Elphaba' thing, I think it's 'El-fa-ba' because her name comes from the initials of Baum...L.F.B. Elphaba. Hehe, the whole Elphaba pronunciation thing was a joke. I'm not that dense. Lol |
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Post by dramaqueen25 on Jul 19, 2004 4:05:43 GMT -5
What about Avaric? Is it pronounced EVeric or AVaric? Because I know they use the name in the musical once, and I was never sure how to pronounce his name.
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Post by youcantpullmedown on Jul 19, 2004 6:46:33 GMT -5
When I first heard about the show, I thought it was pronounced, "El-FAH-bah". (I had my emPHAsis on the wrong sylLABle. ) I did the same thing (El Phaaab A) until I heard the OBCR of Wicked, I think they say her name for the first time in One Short Day. "Elphaba, why couldn't you stay calm for once?..." Well, I'm an idiot. |
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Post by StageFiyero on Jul 19, 2004 8:33:42 GMT -5
That's Defying Gravity. I figured it out from the booklet in the CD:
"In Wicked - the novel first, and now the musical - the Wicked Witch of the West has a name: Elphaba. It's pronounced EL-phaba, with the pronunciation on the first of the three syllables, the way DOR-othy is (and for that matter, MAR-garet and HAM-ilton, too, though that's pure coincidence). Elphaba, a name derived from the initials of the auth of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Lyman Frank Buam. L. F. B. Elphaba."
(Page 7 of the CD Booklet)
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Post by youcantpullmedown on Jul 19, 2004 8:54:16 GMT -5
oh, duh.... of course that was DG. It's my favorite song, how could i forget?
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Post by VivaTaquitos on Jul 21, 2004 16:52:52 GMT -5
Hehe, the whole Elphaba pronunciation thing was a joke. I'm not that dense. Lol Whoops. Guees that proves how gullible I am. Again. |
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Post by Elphie on Jul 21, 2004 17:30:49 GMT -5
What about Avaric? Is it pronounced EVeric or AVaric? Because I know they use the name in the musical once, and I was never sure how to pronounce his name. It's AVaric  |
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Post by StageFiyero on Jul 22, 2004 2:54:42 GMT -5
Avaric - A as in apple or A as in jay?
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Post by kerphaba on Jul 22, 2004 6:03:15 GMT -5
Avaric - A as in apple or A as in jay? apple i believe |
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Post by StageFiyero on Jul 22, 2004 7:19:41 GMT -5
Oh... I always said it like jay...
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