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## Gideon the Ninth: pronunciation guide

It bewilders me more than I can articulate that people are now going to say my characters’ names, out loud, in the air; I have put together a pronunciation guide in order to help you on your way to describing to other people your “PALAMEDES SEXTUS ATE MY BALLS” GeoCities page.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus

Noh-na-GESS-i-mus

Gideon Nav

Short A as in NAVigator, not as in NAVE.

Ortus Nigenad

ORT-us (to rhyme with tortoise, unless you pronounce tortoise “tor toys”, in which case it doesn’t) NIGH-ga-nad.

Pelleamena Novenarius

Pelly-AM-enna Noh-ven-ARE-ee-us.

Priamhark Noniusvianus

PRY-am-hark (Avoid ‘Primark’) NOH-nee-us-vee-AHN-us.

Aiglamene

Eye-GLAM-enay.

Crux

Crux. Like Hux. Chucks. Sucks.

Aisamorta

EYE-sa-mor-tah.

Lachrimorta

LACK-ri-mor-tah.

Glaurica

GLAU-rikah.

Judith Deuteros

DEW-teross.

Marta Dyas

DIE-ass. (He he.)

Ianthe Tridentarius

Ee-AN-thay Try-den-TAR-ee-us.

Coronabeth Tridentarius

Cor-OWNA-beth Try-den-TAR-ee-us.

Naberius Tern

Na-BEER-e-us TURN.

Jeannemary Chatur

JOHN-mary CHA-tour. (Soft-ish 'j’, as in the French.)

Isaac Tettares

Isaac as you’d think. TETT-are-es.

Magnus Quinn
Abigail Pent

As in English.

Palamedes Sextus

Pal-AM-a-dees SEX-tus. (As in, Palama… deez nuts. Editor’s note: Sorry)

Camilla Hect

As in, “I hecked it.”

Dulcinea Septimus

Dul-sin-AY-a SEPT-i-mus.

Protesilaus Ebdoma

Prot-eh-sil-OW-us EBB-domah.

Silas Octakiseron

SYE-las Ock-ta-KIS-er-on.

Colum Asht

Colum as in 'column’, as in 'columba’. Asht. Asht Katchem.

INCIDENTAL NAMES AND TERMS

Matthias Nonius

Mah-TYE-as NO-nee-us.

Cytherea

KITH-er-AY-a.

Lyctor

LICK-tor (“Lyctor? I hardly touched her,” etc)

Canaan House

Canaan as in the Anglicised Biblical (KAY-nan).

Secundarius Bell

Se-cun-DAR-ee-us.

Drearburh

DREAR-burr.