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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
I always said it like drist. I have heard other people say it like drizzit.

I saw an interview with salvatore and he says it more like drits.

How do you say it?

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
In my head its always Drizzit, even though I know that's incorrect.

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
Jizz. The R and T are silent.

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
JD_HOGG posted:
Jizz. The D,R, and T are silent.

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
drist

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
regulator_cracka posted:
JD_HOGG posted:
Jizz. The D,R, and T are silent.



WRONG the DR sounds like JR sound, when you silence the R you are left with J.

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
The way the narrator says it in the audiobooks, Drist.

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
JD_HOGG posted:
regulator_cracka posted:
JD_HOGG posted:
Jizz. The D,R, and T are silent.



WRONG the DR sounds like JR sound, when you silence the R you are left with J.



NO! YOUR WRONG! HA!



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I have always pronounced it Drist.

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
I guess I have always thought of it as: Drizsty.

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
Drist

the zz's are pronounced like an S.


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that is the official pronunciation from forgotten realms btw. i looked that up ages ago cause i wondered the same thing.

 

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I guess I've always thought it as "Drizz-it"

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
regulator_cracka posted:
I guess I have always thought of it as: Drizsty.


Which letters is silence on yours?

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
Drits. Rhymes with Brits. The 'zz' is pronounced as 'ts'. Ignore the t at the end.

 

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I'd just start calling him Bob and be done with it

 

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D Rizzle

But my inner reading voice is gangsta.

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
warflea posted:
Drits. Rhymes with Brits. The 'zz' is pronounced as 'ts'. Ignore the t at the end.


Like this, but I don't ignore the t at the end.

So it's more like Dritst.

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
like drist, except with zz's instead of s's because i'm not retarded?


but am i the only person who doesn't know what we're talking about?...can't say that I have ever had to pronounce that before

 

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Drizz-it

 

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I know it's incorrect, but i always think 'DRIZZ-IT' in my head when i see it.

 

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Drist.

 

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I think it's pronounced RoachCoach.

 

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Subject: How do you pronounce Drizzt?
JD_HOGG posted:
regulator_cracka posted:
I guess I have always thought of it as: Drizsty.


Which letters is silence on yours?



I guess one Z, driz-tea.



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I say, 'Drits' but I mispronounce everything :P

 

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