Atreyades

[nemafakei]

Why the hell could no-one in Emperor cut scenes pronounce Atreides properly?

[exatreide]

cause there bad actors. duh!

[Gobalopper]

Don't they pronounce it like they do in movie?

[Vanguard3000]

Gobalopper:  No, only R.M. Mohaim said "Atrayades" once or twice.  Every other time it's "Atraydes".

In House Atreides (IIRC), the Steersman calls Leto "Atrayades", and they made it out to be the wrong pronunciation.

[Edric O]

Isn't it a-trey-dees?

[Ligic_Tha_Master]

I believe it's also a-tray-dees.

[Vanguard3000]

Yeah, A-tray-dees dounds the best.

[evilbaronatreides]

thats how i say it. and ex is right, its because they are bad actors.

[Vanguard3000]

I don't think the acting was that bad.  I think some actors did very well.  Namely the guy who played Yanich Kobal, Michael Dorn (Duke Achillus), and the guy who acted as Gunseng Harkonnen.

[Dunenewt]

the guild in house atreides called him that

because it sounded like trator

[Ligic_Tha_Master]

the guild in house atreides called him that  

because it sounded like trator  

What!?

[jacobdouds]

Frank Herbert never gave a Pronounciation. So there is no correct one. It's just like Ta-Lak-Su. No one knows.

[Ligic_Tha_Master]

Yes, glad we got that solved out.

Ix, how do you pronounce that? ;)

[Timenn]

And 'Landsraad' where does that come from... They say it like someone speaking dutch with a American accent...

[nemafakei]

Well actually, we do know. Atreides is Greek, remember? So, we use the standard Greek to English pronounciation (I know, I'm sad)... and we get A-trey-dees. Tleilaxu... well, there's definitely an L in it. Tly-lax-oo is my guess.

[quoudam72]

Watch Lynch's movie (if you have it or can find it) the pronounciations are correct in that version.   :P

[jacobdouds]

I think IX is pronounced either. I-X, or icks. Which ever sounds best.

[Timenn]

X stands for secret... Maybe that's why?

[Ligic_Tha_Master]

I'd also say tly-lax-oo.

[Sardauker-Kirov]

Lands=Lands Raad=Advice

LandsAdvice, Damn thats a Weird name for a American Name.

It is much better then The Starwars names though.

[Apollyon]

i believe that atreides should actually be pronounced similarly to in the game

Atreyidees .

The word is ancient Greek i believe

and of course as it was written in a different alphabet it would be written phonetically when translated to English. Despite this it sounds better in the movies :)

[Apollyon]

oops didnt see your post, Nema :)

and IX should be pronounced Icks (i think anyway) because its just taken from the roman numeral for 10 (see children of Dune.... i think...)

[DjCiD]

Bad actors? Bah! I can rmember watching the fat baron doing improve on Who's Line Is It Anyway? and im not talking about the Drew Carey spin off, I mean the original BBC one :P ;D he alwasy did a good Tennessee Williams on there ;D

and as far as pronouncng Ix or icks make me think of the group INXS or was it pronouned in excess ;D

huh I guess they were right... Everybody does want to rule Arrakis :P ;D

[Gigaettin]

Atreides is ancient greek, it meant son of atreid, which i think iss the one in charge, agamemnon's sons were atreides, i know that!

[Navaros]

Why the hell could no-one in Emperor cut scenes pronounce Atreides properly?

I could be wrong, but I think Duke Worf got it right. Although he looked like he was half-asleep when they were shooting his scenes. :O