I am running Curse of Strahd, and as I continue to review the material I find the names more difficult and difficult to pronounce (noteable examples are the two wolf hunters in Vallaki).
Does anyone know of good websites or other materials that could aid me in learning to pronounce the complex names (or at the very least tips for how to sound confident when bs-ing the pronunciation)?
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Most of the names in Strahd seem to be based on Slavic languages, so study up on Russian, Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian etc. pronunciations. There are obviously differences between the languages, and I'm no expert, but I would pronounce Szoldar Szoldarovich as "SHOL-dar SHOL-dar-o-vich" and Yevgeni Krushkin as "Yev-GEN-ee KROOSH-kin."
I am running Curse of Strahd, and as I continue to review the material I find the names more difficult and difficult to pronounce (noteable examples are the two wolf hunters in Vallaki).
Does anyone know of good websites or other materials that could aid me in learning to pronounce the complex names (or at the very least tips for how to sound confident when bs-ing the pronunciation)?
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Most of the names in Strahd seem to be based on Slavic languages, so study up on Russian, Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian etc. pronunciations. There are obviously differences between the languages, and I'm no expert, but I would pronounce Szoldar Szoldarovich as "SHOL-dar SHOL-dar-o-vich" and Yevgeni Krushkin as "Yev-GEN-ee KROOSH-kin."
Perhaps this site can help:
https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/slavic_names.php