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There is a dispute here at home as to the correct way of speaking the world eaters name.

Examples?..

I'm pretty sure I pronounce it incorrectly, I pronounce it "All-do'-in".

There is two ways to say it.
All-do-in
and
Al-Do-In
A change from short to long A.

My brother suggest it is suppost to sound closer to Baldwin...which is quite annoying.

Ahl-dueen is how it is pronounced in-game.

Mortals seem fondest of ALL-doo-in, while the dragons use Marsie's Ahl-du-WEEN.

Eltee wrote:Mortals seem fondest of ALL-doo-in, while the dragons use Marsie's Ahl-du-WEEN.

Exactly. I say go with the pronunciation of the dovah.

I always say it the way Sahloknir the dragon from Kynesgrove pronounces it when talking to "Al-do-ween" after being resurrected.

I Figure Alduin's dragon buddy knows his name best.

All-do-in

Parhunax has spoken it. "Al- Doo - En " more of a low e than a i sound to me.

Gallus wrote:I always say it the way Sahloknir the dragon from Kynesgrove pronounces it when talking to "Al-do-ween" after being resurrected.

I Figure Alduin's dragon buddy knows his name best.

You do realize that Sahloknir's name isn't a Th'uum. Instead of 3 syllabi it's 4. Sal LO Ko Neer

I've always called him 'Grumpy #1', or just plain 'Grumpy'— seeing as the dragons are just a bunch of ill-mannered reptiles stomping about in your playground.

unokitsune wrote:
You do realize that Sahloknir's name isn't a Th'uum. Instead of 3 syllabi it's 4. Sal LO Ko Neer

Actually his name is a Thu'um: Sah (Phantom), Lok (Sky), Nir (Hunt)
Funny enough, Sahlo means weak in the Dragon tongue (Weak Hunt without the k)

On tops: I pronounce it Ahl-du-win and consider the 'ween' to be more of a draconic equivalent of an accent that the mortal races don't/can't use

Chaos the N'wah wrote:

unokitsune wrote:
You do realize that Sahloknir's name isn't a Th'uum. Instead of 3 syllabi it's 4. Sal LO Ko Neer

Actually his name is a Thu'um: Sah (Phantom), Lok (Sky), Nir (Hunt)
Funny enough, Sahlo means weak in the Dragon tongue (Weak Hunt without the k)

On tops: I pronounce it Ahl-du-win and consider the 'ween' to be more of a draconic equivalent of an accent that the mortal races don't/can't use

Then why is it pronounced with 4 sylabi than 3? I would believe Salo over Sah for Weak Sky Hunt but Th'uums are supposed to be 3 words 3 syllabi not 4

Load up Dragon Rising and listen to Alduin when he's raising that dragon and you will hear him pronounce it with 4 syllabi

unokitsune wrote:Parhunax has spoken it. "Al- Doo - En " more of a low e than a i sound to me.

Gallus wrote:I always say it the way Sahloknir the dragon from Kynesgrove pronounces it when talking to "Al-do-ween" after being resurrected.

I Figure Alduin's dragon buddy knows his name best.

You do realize that Sahloknir's name isn't a Th'uum. Instead of 3 syllabi it's 4. Sal LO Ko Neer

What's your point? Could have just been oversight of voice actors. Maybe it was intended to be pronounced Sah Lok Nir.

But I do get that when it's said in game it sounds like Sahlo-Knir or Sah-Loh-Ka-Nir.

In any case, in game it's pronounced as...
1. Al Due Ween
2. All - dwin (pronounced like Baldwin)
3."All - due - in."

I just prefer the way "Al Due Ween" sounds.

To each their own, but it's clear that no one way can be considered "correct" based solely on the game play.

æl'.duː.iːn

"a" as in "ban"
"l" as in "lie"
"d"" as in "do"
"oo" as in "fool"
"ee" as in "seed"
"n" as in "can"

It sure sounds like "All-due-in" when in the sung in the second verse of the main theme (the line: Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin jot!), so I'd think that at least an "accepted" pronunciation, if not the only one.

Clearly, there is one proper way.

Except, you know, more "Alduin".

Three ways;
All-doo-in
Al-dwin
Al-doo-win
My three anyway...

El Due In?