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Hi! I have been playing Morrowind on/off for years, and have always wondered how to pronounce the word 'Hlaalu'.
I have always been pronouncing it /ɬeɪ.lu/ (in X-SAMPA K e I . l u ) but now wonder if lore pronounces it /leɪ.lu/
(in X-SAMPA l e I . l u ) or /hleɪ.lu/ (in X-SAMPA h l e I . l u ) or even a different pronunciation.
I have searched for an NPC who utters that word to no avail. Hope it isn't too difficult a question.
-Ilikecorn
PS- my first forum post ever!

I've always thought it was 'Ha-laa-loo'.

Welcome, Liker of Corn.

I, and characters in Morrowind, pronounce it "Hla-Loo."

I pronounce it Hla-loo, but the Hla bit kind of sounds like you're producing phlegm in the back of your throat.

i pronounce it 'Hlah-loo'

I pronounce the first bit like the welsh 'll', as in Lloyd.

hla-loo, and I think NPCs either in this game or Oblivion pronounce it that way as well.

Dogmantra wrote:I pronounce it Hla-loo, but the Hla bit kind of sounds like you're producing phlegm in the back of your throat.

agreed, though I think of it more as a little hiccup or breath rather than phlegm...kinda like your saying Huh, and then switch words

I would say hla-loo

i have never played morrowind but i pronounce it Hla-loo

Also, if I may add, Falanu Hlaalu pronounces Hlaalu as 'Hla-loo' I do believe.

thx for all the replies! I EVENTUALLY managed to find someone who said it (in a council building after entering and re-entering several times) and it sounds like they say /hlɑː.lu/. So much for my fanciful pronunciations (I pronounce it like Tom10320, I seem to be a bit out of touch with my explanation of phonetics to the general population. I blame my co-workers ).

I just simply don't pronounce it XD!
If I ever had to say it out loud, I'd refer to it as "that honolulu place"
people automatically know where I'm talking about, lol

I say "la-loo" leaving off the H.

Ilikecorn wrote:I pronounce it like Tom10320

Damn right!

Kestral wrote:Also, if I may add, Falanu Hlaalu pronounces Hlaalu as 'Hla-loo' I do believe.

Yep, she says it like that twice.

If you're the grandmaster of House Hlaalu (in Morrowind, of course) some people in Mournhold adress you as such, and you can clearly hear them pronounce it hlah-loo...