Well, I was pronouncing it "eh-say-um" at the beginning of Gen Con last year, but everybody else was using a hard-k, so I gave up and went along with the crowd.

khartsfield wrote:I've always used a hard 'K' sound, i.e: "uh-KAY-um". But I'm from Arkansas, so take that with a grain of salt.

LMAO, it's a southern thing, I'm from backwoods Georgia and pronounced it the same way  

But I ALWAYS  mispronouce names in fantasy books and when I look them up feel embarrased.  

Old_Sardul wrote:How do you say Acaeum?

I, the Wrongulin, have ever pronounced it

Ah - Kah - Eh - Um

That's they way I have always said it

Plaag wrote:Me: Yep Ac-a-memnon, Geeks Rule, where's my dice?

I think you mean Greeks rule.

Beyondthebreach wrote:Okay (and I know this is for fun . . . but on a more technical note) - the Acaeum is supposed to be a "mock" latin sounding work.  It is spelled with the vowel dipthong "ae".  This sound is pronounced with a Long E as in "He" or ""Me"   or "Caesar".

Personally, I pronounce it like "Aaaah!" "Kay" "umm".

The soft 'c' just looks wrong for an English word.  I might even go with a "ch" sound there, if I was feeling Italian.

For Latin, it's not clear what to do with the 3-vowel cluster in the middle of the word.  Let's assume it's a digraph* 'ae', followed by a 'u', and not some bizarre triphthong "aeu":

*wikipedia wrote:In Latin it represents the diphthong [ai], which in Vulgar Latin was monophthongized to [ɛ]; in medieval manuscripts the digraph was frequently replaced by the ligature æ.

The other vowels lack diacritics and must be assumed to be short.  So my vote goes for:

UH-SIGH-UM (quite like "asylum", but without the "l")

I've pretty much used the "Uh-Kay-Um" pronunciation too, until I saw the FAQ...

deimos3428 wrote:
For Latin, it's not clear what to do with the 3-vowel cluster in the middle of the word.  Let's assume it's a digraph* 'ae', followed by a 'u', and not some bizarre triphthong "aeu":

Actually, there is a good example - this is the word that I always thought was the inspiration for Acaeum.

Athenaeum (ath-e-nee-uhm)  

1) an institution for the promotion of literary or scientific learning.

2) a library or reading room.


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/athenaeum


(Just think:  Soft "C"    . . . like Caesar )

The site pronunciation will be changed in the next update.

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le Rahib wrote:
But for me it is " Ah - Kah - Eh - Um"...

Gesundheit.