Grahl or Grail?!

[Xterminator]

Originally Posted by xAzerothx

I wouldn't say let's play Graal to anyone in real life so I don't care how you say it.

Yea me too i wouldn't but i would say its grawl

[bscharff]

It really depends on personal preference.
If you translate it (like Laek2007 did), it's pronounced "Grayl."

Basically, people in the South (United States) would use more soft "a" 's, whereas Northerners would use more hard "a" 's.

I live in Texas and instead of saying "Yale University," people say "Y'all University."
North:South
Yale:Y'all
You All:Y'all
Goat:Gowht
etc.

[OasaTor_PK]

Greallyboringbutmildlyentertainingaal.

[ViperZakuto]

like i said potato or potahto

they are both right... there is no right or wrong.

[Xterminator]

Originally Posted by ViperZakuto

like i said potato or potahto

they are both right... there is no right or wrong.

Yea i guess as people pronounce it differently so there's no right or wrong

[Rapidwolve24]

I honestly don't think I've ever physically said it o-o, but I think its pronounced like Grail.

[oinknessx]

I call it MiniZelda

Originally Posted by ViperZakuta

like i said potato or potahto

they are both right... there is no right or wrong.

Tell that to dictionary.com's pronunciation of the word "potato".

"Potahto" isn't even in the dictionary.

[kia345]

Doesn't 'aa' normally make the 'ah' sound?

[Xterminator]

Originally Posted by kia345

Doesn't 'aa' normally make the 'ah' sound?

Uhm yes?

[Angel_Light]

Originally Posted by Xterminator

Uhm yes?

uhm no. Reference please?

[kia345]

My pocket Webster's Dictionary; it apparently makes a long ah sound

[Angel_Light]

a vowel after a vowel makes the first vowel strong. So Graal is pronounced like grail. See two vowels same concept. ;o

[oinknessx]

Originally Posted by Angel_Light

a vowel after a vowel makes the first vowel strong. So Graal is pronounced like grail. See two vowels same concept. ;o

Exactly. So the proper pronunciation would be "grail" and the proper spelling would be Grål.

[ViperZakuto]

Originally Posted by oinknessx

Tell that to dictionary.com's pronunciation of the word "potato".

"Potahto" isn't even in the dictionary.

tell that to all the english teachers...

po-tah-to is just the pronounciation not the word =)

Originally Posted by Angel_Light

a vowel after a vowel makes the first vowel strong. So Graal is pronounced like grail. See two vowels same concept. ;o

I found these

The long back vowel aa as in father, park, calm, path was deeper in the throat. The short vowel u as in cut was an unusual sound, hard to describe, not quite a neutral vowel, and very rare in the world's languages. In the modern form of RP these two vowels have shifted and are now effectively the long and short forms of the same ah vowel.

this was taken from http://everything2.com/index.pl?node...&lastnode_id=0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunc...ng_for_English
look at this site it says a like in father.

[Angel_Light]

it still is properly pronounced as potato, with the A being strong.

ALSO!!! Graal is derived from Grail. In the original Zelda Online/Graal Java program, you had to find the Magical Grails. Which Stefan when renaming Zelda Online had to thing of good title, Which he then transforms Grail into Graal.