Query

[clarentine]

If you were reading a book in which most of the place names were Hispanic, and you encountered a man whose nickname was Gui (only, since LJ won't let me properly depict this font, imagine that the "i" has an accent mark), how would you think to pronounce it to yourself? In the first chapter, the full first name is given as Guiomar.

I'm not looking for dramatic strangeness, just a first-blush mental interpretation of the name.

NB: Early returns on the vote indicate a name change is needed. I can't in good conscience ask a character to go through life thinking his name is "gooey." Guiomar, meet Guilomar. Thanks to everyone who loaned me their tongues.

Comments

[clarentine]

And that would be my intent, but alas, others' linguistic experience does not match ours.

I have to remember this, from time to time. Renaming people is not easy.

[rhia-hilldancer.livejournal.com]

i thought "gi" not "gee" (like "oh, gee whiz"). and even having seen his whole name earlier wouldn't effect it that much. i'm usually ok with knowingly mispronouncing (in my head) characters names, if it is too much work to figure out how to pronounce. :D

~alisa

[clarentine]

"Gi" is what I was after, pretty much, like the sound in the first syllable of "guitar." (The name Guy in French is pronounced the same as "gi.")

And now I don't like Guil. Bah.