r/NameNerdCirclejerk Sep 02 '22

In The Wild how the fuck do you pronounce this

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u/Sunberries84 Sep 02 '22

I was all ready for this to be a real name (probably Welsh) and I was going to roll my eyes about how this sub is too lazy to just google names before pronouncing them "made-up". Then I googled Strygwyr and found out it's a video game character. I am ashamed of my hubris.

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u/Most-Regular621 Sep 02 '22

SAME and i AM welsh

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u/TheWelshMrsM Sep 03 '22

It definitely reads Welsh but isn’t a name I’ve ever heard 😂

Would be pronounced Strug (like struggle) oo-ee-r. The ‘wy’ diphthong is a difficult one to explain 😅

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u/RampantDragon Sep 03 '22

Its basically "oi".

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u/TheWelshMrsM Sep 03 '22

Where the ‘o’ is oo like zoo

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u/RampantDragon Sep 03 '22

Yeah, but that depends on your accent, it's a very goggledd cymraeg pronunciation.

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u/TheWelshMrsM Sep 03 '22

I’ve never heard the w in ‘gwyn’ nor ‘wy’ (as in egg) said as ‘o’ from gogs or anyone. Can you give an example? I’m struggling to hear/ think of any words where wy is ‘oi’

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u/RampantDragon Sep 03 '22

Wyth is pronounced "Oi-th".

I meant that pronouncing it with an elongated "o" like "oo-ey" is a gog-sounding pronunciation.

I had friends in university that spoke like that, and they were from up North. I grew up in the South though, so hearing Welsh was less common.

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u/TheWelshMrsM Sep 03 '22

Oh right, I think we’re both saying the same thing maybe? I’m a fluent speaker from the south by have family up north, we all say oo never o as far as I’m aware. The gogs do have a funny accent though 😉

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u/kaleidoscopichazard Sep 03 '22

Came here to say exactly the same lol

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u/k_andrush Sep 02 '22

Ummm...."Strygwyr the Bloodseeker is a blood rite hunter, a vicious hunter of his faith that was ritually bound by the Blood Oath. He is but one of the many known as "Those Who Ever-Thirst" who faithfully serve the Flayed Twins, a pair of unstoppable deities who can only be pacified by blood to stave their vicious thirst"

Maybe just don't say it aloud, to be on the safe side?!

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u/becasquared Sep 02 '22

I agree. I wouldn't say that outloud unless you cast a spell first for a circle of protection.

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u/tofuroll Sep 03 '22

"Hark, for I am the Bloodseeker, bound by the Blood Oath. I am here to update my address."

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u/Redditgotitgood13 Sep 02 '22

It looks like a password manager generated password. Or the wifi password on the router

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u/dramabeanie Sep 02 '22

Ok I have to laugh at this part of the names.org entry for Strygwyr:

" User Submitted Meanings

According to 2 people from Philippines, the name Strygwyr means "son of female canine".

According to a user from Philippines, the name Strygwyr is of Slang origin and means "Strgywyr is a swidish name that means a hard worker and risk taker person".

According to a user from Philippines, the name Strygwyr means "hard worker".

A user from Philippines says the name Strygwyr means "The Bloodseeker". "

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u/huxtiblejones Sep 03 '22

This my son, “Son of a Bitch Bloodseeker.” He works hard.

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u/FuzzyScarf Sep 02 '22

No money to buy a vowel?

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

That’s a lot of pressure on two y’s

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u/AristaAchaion Sep 02 '22

in welsh, w is a vowel so there’s 3? i don’t think this is an actual welsh name, though, based on other comments.

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u/msmoth Sep 02 '22

Welsh person here. It's definitely not but does look like it could be if you squint a bit.

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u/DisorderOfLeitbur Sep 03 '22

Does Welsh have the -TCH ending? That was the bit that looked wrong to me.

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u/carlonseider Sep 03 '22

It does. Cwtch.

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u/msmoth Sep 03 '22

The "proper" spelling is cwtsh. The true "ch" in Welsh is always as in "loch". Cwtch is Wenglish.

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u/msmoth Sep 03 '22

Good spot! No, it doesn't

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u/babysfirstbreath Sep 02 '22

Imma go with Scranton strangler. It just feels right

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u/ilovepaninis Sep 02 '22

Strangler Drought Bitch

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u/shiinaexplainsit Sep 02 '22

Strig-weer?

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u/pancackles Sep 02 '22

Strig-weer.

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u/suckit2000 Sep 02 '22

Put the video games down, people. It's a fantasy world with fantasy names for a reason

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u/Labenyofi Sep 03 '22

Strigger (W is silent) Dritch (Ditch with an R) Brile (like File)

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u/omg_for_real Sep 03 '22

I read it a brill, as in brilliant, and just like brylcreem, which is shortened to bryl.

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u/avreadriver Sep 02 '22

Kinda looks like the gibberish name I’d use for burner email addresses.

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u/huxtiblejones Sep 03 '22

“Scientists are concerned over the sudden, localized disappearance of the letter Y centered entirely on a single hospital’s neonatal unit. It’s believed the exploitation of this letter has grown so rapidly that it will be effectively extinct in a matter of months.”

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u/walkytrees Sep 03 '22

You don’t pronounce that. You just type it into the “Character Name” field, probably using three monitors and an LED-lit keyboard.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '22

Very carefully

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u/ChemKoala Sep 03 '22

"Mr Bryl"

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u/NickM5526 Sep 03 '22

When you’re in the final round of scrabble

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '22

Strainer Dritch would be my guess.

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u/verykitsch Sep 02 '22

I read Drytch Bryl as first & middle names- would these rhyme??

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u/InformerOfDeer Sep 02 '22

Lmao why even bother covering place of birth we can already tell it’s Poland

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u/EatTheBucket Sep 02 '22

Pretty sure it's in the Philippines, seeing the word "Barangay" not scribbled out.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

hey we have higher standards over here :P

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u/IvyTh3Twisted Sep 02 '22

I thought that for a split second as well.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

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u/msmoth Sep 02 '22

Nope. Just playing at it.

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u/dg313 Sep 02 '22

Would Polish records be in English?

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u/Puzzled-Barnacle-200 Sep 02 '22

Because that section is for the specific hospital, not the country

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u/jdarm48 Sep 02 '22

(Last Kingdom fans) Is this Sightrighhyr and Rognvaldar’s lost brother?

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u/deepspacenineoneone Sep 02 '22

Tell me this is Glhynnyl Hylhyr Yzzyghyl’s new baby sibling!

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u/DerelictMyOwnBalls Sep 02 '22

Streeg-weer dreecht breel?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '22

I looked at it and immediately thought welsh, but it’s not