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.

again: i have studied latin for 5 years...

as frank said the "C" has not to be pronounced soft...
the "AE" has to be pronounced "eh" (open)...

therefore if you want to follow latin rules of prononciation it should be:

AH - KEH - UM