Genetalia?

From: Michael A. Derry <derry_at_jugenstil.com>
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 01:18:22 -0700

><< I have encountered some discrepencies in local parlance recently: What is
> the correct/accepted pronunciation of the name "Genertela"? How does
> Greg(c) say it?
>
> Is the _G_ hard, such that it would alliterate with Greg's Gods of
>Glorantha?>>
>
> This seems to be the general rule with Gloranthan naming. Besides,
>Genertela is named for Genert, which is definately pronounced with the hard
>'G', according to the GoG prosopaedia.
>
><< Which syllable(s) should be accented/emphasized?>>
>
> Its the first syllable in 'Genert' (GoG again), so I'd assume its the
>first and third syllables in 'Genertela'.

>I myself certainly say "Genertela" with a hard G, as in "get" or "girl", but
>occasionally I slip and say it with a soft G, as "JENN-er-teh-lah". Both
>sounds fine. I always stress the first syllable, though. If Italian fans
>stress the penultimate one, and French fans stress the last one by custom,
>I'd never start arguing about it. Glorantha is international.

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I have asked/told Greg this question over the last several years at DunDraCon (my isn't access to the big names in RQ gaming wonderful.) My premise is that it should be pronounced Genetalia, regardless of how it seems to be spelled. Plus if you ask any of the Lhankor Mhy scholars in Boldhome, their maps of the continent that reach all the way to the Mirror Sea clearly show a package hanging down off the continent.

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