Purrty

[Tolol]

Well, as I am not a native english speaker, I always wonder how this "purrty" should be pronounced ...

should it sound similar to Party with a rolled R ?
or more like purified ? or Portugal ?
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 err ... nevermind ... would be nice if someone could explain it to me ... thanks

Edit:

or maybe a wonderful lady with a fascinating voice will call me and whisper the sound of "purrty" directly in my ear .... 

[Tuxide]

I am an American English speaker.  To me, "purrty" is a play on the word "pretty", which some people pronounce like "perty".  In this case, the vowel sound is a monophthong that is the same one used in the word "bird".

[Draklar]

To me, "purrty" is a play on the word "pretty", which some people pronounce like "perty".

But that you spell "purty", which makes "purrty" look like merging of words purty and purr. Which makes it kind of weird, as both words use same 'u' vowel and neither has thrilling 'r'... making the double 'r' kind of reluctant.

[Farren Kutter]

I believe it is meant to be pronounced like purty, and as Drakky said, it is a mix of purty and purr, likely to imply prettiness and cat (or enkidukai).

As for the wonderful lady with a fascinating voice, not so sure bout that part. Lolitra might oblige you when she is feeling better if you ask her properly xD Never heard her voice so I am not sure if it is fascinating, but she would know what the word is supposed to sound like.

[LigH]

I am not really a "native speaker"; but I would assume that the "U" is hardly pronounced - definitely open and short, but probably even less clearly spoken than in push, pull, or purr. The most important sound will be a rather rolling "R".

You can also have a look into the Enkidukai Language (although Lolitra was not much informed about this project when she chose that name - it rather did not yet exist).

[Lolitra, Celorrim Purrty Twins]

I asked my wife about this...

P is almost silent, URR, is a soft 'hu' sound followed by a gently rolling 'RR' sound and ends in her favourite beverage sound 'tea' .

purrty.

and she said it is as if the word is Purred out.

Lolitra's in game voice is a very enchanting one, [as is her real life one] that can ooz out sexiness on words like 'washing up' or 'hoovering' [hmm come to think on it, I wondered why I always ended up doing the house work.... hmmm

HoodedOracle.

PS Ligh, you are quite right - the Enki language was not made when she was created.

[Under the moon]

Interesting. I always pronouned it as a soft prddd-tee, with the 'p' as a launch for a low rolling r (as represented by the 'rddd') followed by a 'tee' with a drawn out and fading 'eee'. I stand corrected.

* Under the moon runs off to put proper pronunciation of his favorite (and non-secret) character's names in their descriptions.

[Draklar]

Heh, so much confusion over something you can look up in a dictionary of pronunciation :P
I'd go either with p3:ti or p3:rti (if I were to use a rhotic accent)

Like in pertinacious xD

The House of Purrty version sounds amusingly French xP

[Lolitra, Celorrim Purrty Twins]

To be honest, I am very amused at the fuss over my wife's choice of her character's name.  But it has put a smile on her face.  Thank you.

HoodedOracle

[Raa]

I always thought it was pronounced like how us Southern people said it, with the double R's rolled a bit. Then the T would sound like a D.

[Induane]

I'm married to a southern woman, for giggles had her come "pronounce" it for me.  As I expected, she managed to make it a 3 syllable word.  Pah Uuur Teeaaah... hard to write phonetically..... Southern people are also the only people I know who can make  a simple "hi" a 2 syllable word.

[Under the moon]

Ha! I have a sister who in her youth could turn 'dad' into four syllables. Day-ah-aaaa-da (imagine that in a whining voice, and there ya go).