Talk:Jaana

How to pronounce the name?
I regrettably haven't played Ultima IX that far (and won't until Wine developers fix the mouse pointer issues). Can anyone tell how Jaana's name is pronounced in Ultima IX (or U6 FM-TOWNS, or any other place where the name could be conceivably be pronounced) - is it pronounced like it'd be usually pronounced in English ("dzaa-nah")? I'm just asking because it's based on a Finnish name and it has probably mutated a little bit along the way. =) Also, I'd like to know who the real-life counterpart really is because as it stands, it's a little bit vague. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 20:01, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * 2 years later, the question rages on. Did they say Jaana's name in IX? Well, she was in it, so I guess they must have. I would have remembered if it was DZAA-NAH, so it was probably pronounced close to the way I've been pronouncing it for 25 years: JAH-NAH. Usually I don't bother with pronunciation guides for words not native to Ultima, but I think this one esoteric enough. Whoever puts one in there should take a look at the Pronunciation Guides section of the style guide first.


 * This could bring up another question: what to do if they pronounce it wrong in U9? I've always considered misspellings as authoritative because... I dunno, for the same reason imperfect stamps go up in value. However, I didn't feel like agreeing with the only pronunciation of which I'm aware of "Stygian". This mispronunciation was done in the intro to UU, which I feel is sloppy work done on a game not developed by Origin. And I expect that throughout production of U4, Garriott used the correct pronunciation.


 * So what do you think should happen if the Britannia word is different from the out-world word? In this case I think we should let the Finns keep their name, rather than overriding it with a mispronunciation of a name from an Ultima that nobody liked. AngusM 04:23, May 9, 2010 (UTC)