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I think you're right about that DB. I believe it was a section in the letter columns split up over various issues. The had done a similar listing during the Adventure era.

Which issue was it - coz i realise that my topic was not exactly a new one, it probably had been rehashed in an earlier letter column a long, long time ago...*sigh*

Not sure when it was but I do seem to recall it. However, I think it's very interesting to see how other people pronounce these names that we've only ever seen in print. For example, it makes a great deal of sense for Jan's name to be pronounce with a "Y" sound instead of a "J" yet I've always pronoune it as in January.

Great topic for a discussion! Thanks for posting it.

I don't recall there ever being an "offical" list given.

Vee, thank you for the vote of confidence - i really thought i was gradually losing my touch for a while....

I've copied lam's list and edited it for the way I say the names.....
Brainiac 5 - Querl Dox (Pronounced: Kwirl Docks)
Bouncing Boy - Chuck Taine (Tayne)
Blok - pronounced "Block"
Chameleon Boy - Reep Daggle (Dag Gull)
Cosmic Boy - Rokk Krinn (rock krinn, like pin)
Colossal Boy - Gim Allon (Jim Allen)
Chemical King - Condo Arlik (like the apartment you own and R-lick)
Dream Girl - Nura Nal (Noo-rah and Nal like pal)
Duo Damsel - Luornu Durgo (Loo-or-noo Der {like her) Go)
Invisible Kid - Lyle Norg (Lyle like "while" and Norg like Star Trek's Borg)
Karate Kid - Val Armorr (Val like Pal, R-More)
Lightning Lad - Garth Ranzz (Garth like Darth {Vader) Ranzz like pans)
Light Lass (Ayla like hay-duh and again, Ranzz like pans)
Matter-Eater Lad - Tenzil Kem (this one's clear, isn't it?)
Mon-el - Lar Gand (Lar like bar and Gand like gland. I know this may be wrong, but I say Mon like "on" instead of Mon like "sun"...El)
Phantom Girl - Tinya Wazzo (Tin Yuh Waz-like "pos"itive...Oh)
Saturn Girl - Imra Ardeen (Imm-rah, Ardeen (rhymes with sardine)
Shadow Lass - Tasmia Malor (Taz-mee-uh Mallor like mallard duck)
Shrinking Violet - Salu Digby (Sal like Sally U like Ooooo baby baby ....Dig-bee )
Sun Boy - Dirk Morgna (Durk Morg-nah)
Star Boy - Thom Kallor (Thom...as in Thomas, Kallor as in pal with an er on the end)
Ultra Boy - Jo Nah (like the name Jonah but with more space in between)
White Witch - Mysa Nal (Mice-uh Nal, like pal)

I have always pronounced them:
Gim (The G like in Go instead of J as in Jim)
Thom (TH like in The)
Mysa (MEE suh)
Jan (Yawn)
I pronounce all the others the same way Sketch does.

Let's see how much I can shock you with my Aussie accent and undoubted mispronunciations...

Chameleon Boy - Reep Daggle (Reap Da-Gul- rhyming with waggle )
Chemical King - Condo Arlik (Condo pronounced like condominium; Arlick = Arr+lik)
Dream Girl - Nura Nal (Nura = New-Ra; Nal = Cal as in Calvin)
Karate Kid - Val Armorr (Val to rhyme with 'pal' or Kal... Armorr = Arr+Mor (like more))
Light Lass - Ayla Ranzz (Ay-Lah - like the song "Layla")
Matter-Eater Lad - Tenzil Kem (Ten-zil Chem)
Saturn Girl - Imra Ardeen (Imra = Im (like Jim) + Ra (like the Sun God); Ardeen = Arr-Deen (rhyme with lean))
Shrinking Violet - Salu Digby (Salu = Sa (short sound) + lu (like luke) Digby = Dig-bee)
Star Boy - Thom Kallor (Thom just like Tom with a T sound as in time not a "Th" as in thought; Kallor = the same as Mallor ~ see above)
White Witch - Mysa Nal (My + Zah pronounced to rhyme the Liza (as in Minelli))

FWIW, I *love* Australian accents! I lived in Australia as a kid, and developed the perfect accent, but I can only vaguely do it now. I like accents, in general; Southern, New York, Chicago, etc... In the NW of the US, we don't really have any particular accent, just plain US English.

Sorry if that seems like stereotyping, I only mean this in a positive way.

Dude, it's true though.

I live in California and we don't have accents. Except surfurs who talk like this: "Dude....that wave was..... totally awesome!" Like, slow 'n' stuff. Kind of a warped Southern without the cute factor.

And, also, I <3 accents too!! Always wanted one. But, from first person perspective, no one ever thinks they have an accent so... yeah.

/end off topicness

Sketch Lad and Star Boy, thank you because a)

Legion World is very non-judgemental especially towards sexual orientation and

b) I hope everybody will like the Aussie accent, coz i plan on sticking around for a long time to come!

Aside from the usual "Yan" or "Jan" debates which I expected, I'm surprised there's such variation on Mysa. I never thought there was much question with hers. Anyhoo, here's my interpretation (with help from Sketch Lad, whose list (and some pronunciations) I copied since I agree with his a lot)...

Brainiac 5 - Querl Dox (Pronounced: Kwirl Docks)
Bouncing Boy - Chuck Taine (Tayne)
Blok - pronounced "Block"
Chameleon Boy - Reep Daggle (rhymes with "Fraggle (rock)")
Cosmic Boy - Rokk Krinn (rock krinn, like pin)
Colossal Boy - Gim Allon (Jim AL-on)
Chemical King - Condo Arlik (like the apartment you own and R-lick)
Dream Girl - Nura Nal (NOO-rah and Nal like pal)
Duo Damsel - Luornu Durgo (Loor-nu DER (like "her") Go)
Invisible Kid - Lyle Norg (Lyle like "while" and Norg like Star Trek's Borg)
Karate Kid - Val Armorr (Val like Pal and "armor")
Lightning Lad - Garth Ranzz (Garth like from "Wayne's World" and Ranzz like pans)
Light Lass (Ayla like Ay(like the letter "a")-luh and again, Ranzz like pans)
Matter-Eater Lad - Tenzil Kem (the number "10"- zil with a soft "i" (i.e. god-ZIL-la)
Mon-el - Lar Gand (Lar like bar and Gand like gland. I know this may be wrong, but I say Mon like "on" instead of Mon like "sun"...El)
Phantom Girl - Tinya Wazzo (TIN-Yuh WAZ-like "pos"itive...Oh)
Saturn Girl - Imra Ardeen (IMM-rah, Ardeen (rhymes with sardine))
Shadow Lass - Tasmia Mallor (TAZ-mee-uh Mallor (rhymes with valor))
Shrinking Violet - Salu Digby (SAL like "pal"-oo ....DIG-bee )
Sun Boy - Dirk Morgna (Durk MORG-nah)
Star Boy - Thom Kallor (Thom as in Tom, Kallor as in "pallor")
Ultra Boy - Jo Nah (Jo like "joe", Nah like the slang "nah" (no))
White Witch - Mysa Nal (MISS-uh Nal, like pal)

Even though it's been a while, I thought I'd bump this thread because:
A. I'm new here

and

B. I've always wondered myself

Copying from Drake's and changing as appropriate:

Brainiac 5 - Querl Dox (Pronounced: Kwirl Docks)
Bouncing Boy - Chuck Taine (Tayne)
Blok - pronounced "Block"
Chameleon Boy - Reep Daggle (rhymes with "Fraggle (rock)") That's exactly the analogy I thought of!
Cosmic Boy - Rokk Krinn (rock krinn, like pin)
Colossal Boy - Gim Allon (Gim AL-on; with a hard "g" as in "goat")
Chemical King - Condo Arlik (like the apartment you own and R-lick)
Dream Girl - Nura Nal (Noor (like Queen Noor)-rah and Nal like pal)
Duo Damsel - Luornu Durgo (Loo-OR-nu DER (like "her") Go)
Invisible Kid - Lyle Norg (Lyle like "while" and Norg like Star Trek's Borg)
Karate Kid - Val Armorr (Val like Pal and "ar-MOR")
Lightning Lad - Garth Ranzz (Garth like from "Wayne's World" and Ranzz like pans)
Light Lass (Ayla like Ay(like the letter "a")-luh and again, Ranzz like pans)
Matter-Eater Lad - Tenzil Kem (the number "10"- zil with a soft "i" (i.e. god-ZIL-la)
Mon-el - Lar Gand (Lar like bar and Gand like gland. I know this may be wrong, but I say Mon like "on" instead of Mon like "sun"...El)
Phantom Girl - Tinya Wazzo (TIN-Yuh WAHZ-o)
Saturn Girl - Imra Ardeen (IMM-rah, Ardeen (rhymes with sardine))
Shadow Lass - Tasmia Mallor (TAZ-mee-uh Mal-or))
Shrinking Violet - Salu Digby (SAL like "pal"-oo ....DIG-bee )
Sun Boy - Dirk Morgna (Durk MORG-nah)
Star Boy - Thom Kallor
Okay, I've always been of two minds on this one. It would kind of interesting if it were "thom", but expect it's pronounced like "Tom" and "KAL-ore"
Ultra Boy - Jo Nah (Jo like "joe", Nah like the slang "nah" (no))
White Witch - Mysa Nal (Rhymes with "Liza Gal")

Interesting that you both agree on Ayla Ranzz, which I have experienced is the most conroversial pronunciation, with at least as many people saying it is "EYE-la" as it is "(long)A-la, rhymes with Layla". It is the rhyming with the song "Layla" that convinces me it should be the latter (same name sans 'L')...HOWEVER, a few years back I ran into a real live baby girl names Ayla, and it was pronounced "EYE-la". Parents had never heard of the Legion...however, after reading the LSH so many years and prnouncing the names in my head, it's impossible to change, so for me it is still the Fonzi-esque "AAY-la".

As for others, I thought it was remarkable that I was agreeing with every single one of DrakeB3004's pronunciatons...until we got to the last two. I say Jo Nah has "NAh" rhyming with "Ma", as in slang name for referring to one's Mother. I think I agree with Rockhopper more on Mysa, but I don't do a 'z' sound..for me, its "Mysa" rhymes with "Rice uh".

As I was filling that in I was thinking "Nah" to rhyme with "Ma", but I guess that looks more like a short a (like "nab" without the "b"). What I meant was for Jo Nah to rhyme with "Go Ma".

I used to be in the "Ayla" like "Layla" camp but I've since switched to Eye-la - mostly because Ayla is a real name and pronounced "Eye-luh".

HAHAHAHAHAHA - You don't have accents? Sure you do... outrageous American accents.

Me too! But remember - we don't have accents. Everyone else does but us.

You forgot the Kiwis, Wayne....and their fesh and chups!

Could you help me with the pronunciation of some names from the Legion universe? I've always wondered what the actual pronunciation is and whether I'm pronouncing them correctly and didn't find a similar topic in the forum.

Winath: Is it Wine-ath or Win-ath? I think I've heard it pronounced both ways in the cartoon.

Luornu: LOO-ornu or Lu-OR-nu?

Colu: COL-u or Co-LOO?

Nura: NOO-ra or NYU-ra?

Mysa: Mee-ssa, Mee-za, My-ssa, My-za? (MY as in my god!)

Ayla: Aye-la or Eye-la?

Gim: Soft or hard "G"?

Thom: Tom or Th-om?

Tasmia: TAS(Z)-mia or Tas(z)-MEE-a?

BGZTL: I think I've heard it pronounced Bugz-tall but I usually pronounce it b-g-z-t-l without any audible vowels.

Projectra: Someone once called her PRO-jeck-tra, instead of Projectra as in "projector". What's the correct one?

Shvaughn: I know the name is Irish. Is it Shawn, Sean or Sh-V-aughn?

Previous Proninciation threads:

Pronouncing Legionnaires real names

Pronunciation

How do you pronounce?

Apparently we do about one per year.

You beat me to it EDE! I even had the links and everything!

Ah. Heheheh. Thank you. I shoulda thought there would be one in a forum with almost 13000 topics, even though I searched for it.

You can close this thread if you want, guys. Sorry for the duplicate topic.

I tend to agree with Sketch and Vee, but I differ from the pack on Mysa. To me, she rhymes with Liza (as in Minelli. not that I'm a fan).

Is there a red-neck section of Wine-ath named Beer-ath?

Actually, the rednecks call it Moonshinath.