The pronunciation of skyrim

[snake4769]

I always thought that it was pronounced "Scrim", ya know, with a silent Y. But i found out its sky-rim. This is my rant, shouldn't there be a space. And further more the name sky rim is really stupid sounding or is it just me?

 

[Kurai Angelo]

I don't even...

How could anyone possibly think it's said any other way? What justification is there for the silent Y? It just wouldn't make sense.

 

[everythingbeeps]

I thought it would be "Skirrim" but then I heard "Sky-rim" and thought it was kind of dumb.

 

[eggy32]

Why would the y be silent? That doesn't make any sense.
It's quite obviously just the words "Sky" and "Rim" put together.

 

[snake4769]

I thought it would be "Skirrim" but then I heard "Sky-rim" and thought it was kind of dumb.

This guy gets me. There may not be indication why, but at the same time sky-rim sound completely out of place and stupid to me.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

why would the y be silent? and no there shouldnt be a space, because there isnt one in Sweden, Ireland, Poland... its just different syllables.
and it doesnt sound stupid. Cyrodil sounds stupid.

EDIT: I've read some more of the OPs recent comments, and i've decided.
i have to use the Grammarhammer.

with great correction comes great responsibility.

In Brightest iPhone,
In Darkest Comment,
Let those 'hu tawk lyk dis'
Beware my Keyboard... Grammar Correction's Might!


what, i'm bored.
and like Green Lantern...

 

[anthony87]

It's.....it's pronounced like it's spelled. What could've made you think otherwise?

Plus Skyrim is mentioned by name in Oblivion many times.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

wut

I can understand people misconstruing words like "meme", but honestly "Skyrim"? There really isn't much you can do with that.

 

[The Virgo]

Really, I don't know what else to say.

It has always been pronounced "Sky Rim". And why would you think the "y" is silent? Also, there is no reason to put a space or dash between the two syllables. Should "Mexico" be "Mex Ico"? Or "America" be "Amer Ica"? I hate to break this to you, dude, but it is just you.

Also, I hate to think of what this guy is going to do when he sees the name "Hammerfell".

 

[someonehairy-ish]

I think in the game their is a bit of mythology about the mountains linking up to the sky.

So the area is literally the rim of the sky.
Makes perfect sense.

And the pronunciation is Sky Rim.

 

[snake4769]

It's.....it's pronounced like it's spelled. What could've made you think otherwise?

Plus Skyrim is mentioned by name in Oblivion many times.

I played elder scrolls and i never liked it. I love witcher 2 though. And also like fall out games. It still bugs me i dont know why. Sky-rim....... Hate it. I want it to die.

Edit: I am dashing it out of pure hatred for the pronunciation.

 

[everythingbeeps]

I thought it would be "Skirrim" but then I heard "Sky-rim" and thought it was kind of dumb.

This guy gets me. There may not be indication why, but at the same time sky-rim sound completely out of place and stupid to me.

Well not so fast. I didn't say it would be silent, I just didn't think the first syllable would sound like "Sky", but rather "Ski-" as in "Skid" or "Skim" or "Skip".

Still two syllables.

 

[Rule Britannia]

I heard it from Oblivion so I've always said it Skyrim. Surely you heard even the nords say it skyrim?

 

[BloatedGuppy]

I played elder scrolls and i never liked it. I love witcher 2 though. And also like fall out games. It still bugs me i dont know why. Sky-rim....... Hate it. I want it to die.

Did you know "Witcher" is pronounced "Wit-cher"? I was really surprised when I heard someone say it like that. I always assumed it was pronounced "Razzafraz".

 

[Blunderboy]

If you hate it why do you care that you cannot grasp the basic fundamentals of the English language?
Also, it's Fallout. One word, like how they wrote it. It doesn't have an 'invisible space' in the middle.

 

[snake4769]

I played elder scrolls and i never liked it. I love witcher 2 though. And also like fall out games. It still bugs me i dont know why. Sky-rim....... Hate it. I want it to die.

Did you know "Witcher" is pronounced "Wit-cher"? I was really surprised when I heard someone say it like that. I always assumed it was pronounced "Razzafraz".

Wtf? Ya.. i am not bad at spelling and pronunciation. Grammar might be a bit different. But this word skyrim just aggravates me, it sounds dumb. I probably been pronouncing it wrong because i was giving it too much thought. THe name sucks.. IMO

 

[Harlemura]

I saw mountains in a screenshot and pieced together that Skyrim was referring to the rim of the sky. Or something along those lines, anyway.
Though I'll admit powers of deduction even as simple as this is out of character for me.

 

[Tharwen]

Really, I don't know what else to say.

It has always been pronounced "Sky Rim". And why would you think the "y" is silent? Also, there is no reason to put a space or dash between the two syllables. Should "Mexico" be "Mex Ico"? Or "America" be "Amer Ica"? I hate to break this to you, dude, but it is just you.

'Sky' and 'rim' are words though, so it does make some sense.

Still, mashing two vaguely poetic words together is standard fantasy fare and everyone should be used to it by now.

 

[Lukeje]

I played elder scrolls and i never liked it. I love witcher 2 though. And also like fall out games. It still bugs me i dont know why. Sky-rim....... Hate it. I want it to die.

Did you know "Witcher" is pronounced "Wit-cher"? I was really surprised when I heard someone say it like that. I always assumed it was pronounced "Razzafraz".

Wtf? Ya.. i am not bad at spelling and pronunciation. Grammar might be a bit different. But this word skyrim just aggravates me, it sounds dumb. I probably been pronouncing it wrong because i was giving it too much thought. THe name sucks.. IMO

...and you think `Skrim' is a better name? Why, exactly?

 

[zehydra]

lol This series is a bit notorious for strange pronunciations.

take "Morrowind" for example. It's not pronounced "(tom)morrowind", it's "more-oh-wind"