Pronunciation of 'Tegel' as in Tegel Manor
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:28 am 
 

Knowing that some here have had direct conversations with Bob Bledsaw and other luminaries, I'm curious as to the pronunciation of 'Tegel'.


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Post Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:30 pm 
 

I tried to select an option but it didn't work.

As in "Eagle", which would be similar to how it is said in German.

  

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I think I must have broken the polling option at some point.  I don't think anybody's had a poll in a while, so who knows when this occurred (or how to fix it).  :/

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Post Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:40 pm 
 

Always thought it was pronounced the same as 'Kegel' (KAY-gel, with the 'g' as in goat)

Now, that would be a heck of a manor.  :D

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Post Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 12:25 am 
 

Chucho68 wrote in Pronunciation of 'Tegel' as in Tegel Manor:Always thought it was pronounced the same as 'Kegel' (KAY-gel, with the 'g' as in goat)

Now, that would be a heck of a manor.  :D

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Ditto! ...imho i believe it'd be considered the german pronunciation.


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Post Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:18 am 
 

I've watched Matt Finch talking about Bob Bledsaw's pitch to him to reprint Tegel, and he pronounces it 'T-eagle'.
I also saw an interview with Gabor Lux because he worked on it with Bob prior to the approach to FGG, and he pronounced it 'T-egg-el'.
A staff member at GW BitD, probably one of the founders given the size of the company BitD, pronounced it 'T-edge-el', and that's the pronunciation that stuck with me until last month.
I've not heard the 'T-ay-g-el' option. That's interesting, and JG were known for borrowing artwork from Germanic sources also.
Bob was the author, so I'd now probably defer to 'T-eagle', or maybe 'T-ay-g-el', now that I am aware of it.

Makes me wonder how many other pronunciation discrepancies there are given the complexity of the game's routes in other cultures.


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Post Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 6:43 pm 
 

As a data point close to the source, Bob Bledsaw II pronounces Tegel as rhyming with "eagle" around 29:20 into the Save or Die episode 114 podcast here:
Episode 114: Save vs. Bob Bledsaw Jr. and Judges Guild – Save or Die Podcast

... as does Joeseph Goodman (with Bledsaw II sitting nearby) in the 2015 announcement video of the Goodman + Judges Guild Collectors Edition:
Whats New Goodman Games NTRPG 2015 - YouTube


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Post Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 8:34 am 
 

I go with T-eagle always thought it was that, never considered another option  :|


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Post Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:15 pm 
 

It's an issue which is best resolved within the gaming world. Let the PCs encounter NPCs throughout Tegel Manor who all pronounce it differently. At the finale, the boss monster is revealed to be Tigger from Winnie the Pooh.

  

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Post Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 11:19 am 
 

Tegel Eagle!!!


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Post Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:16 pm 
 

Chucho68 wrote in Pronunciation of 'Tegel' as in Tegel Manor:Always thought it was pronounced the same as 'Kegel' (KAY-gel, with the 'g' as in goat).


That’s how I say it ;)

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Post Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:41 pm 
 

I always thought it was pronounced TEH-gel, with a soft g like in cudgel.


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Post Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:35 am 
 

I always thought it was a bastardisation of Kind Arthur's Tintagel, which is pronounced TIN-ta-jl. So in the UK T-edge-l or Te-jl seemed to be the way it was pronounced. I'm guessing with the guy dead, we'll never know for sure what his source for the name was, or its intended pronunciation. Maybe there are people who read King Arthur and go with TIN-tagel as in tin bagel. If the differentiation is an Americanization thing then on the grounds that JG and BB, and D&D for that matter, are all or US origin, I'll defer to T-eagle.


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Post Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 2:49 pm 
 

It’s obviously pronounced Tea and gall


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Post Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 7:01 am 
 

Thats how ive always said it and ive ran it like thousands of times


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