Mortal Instruments & Infernal Devices Lovers! discussion

I was just wondering how you pronounce everyone's names because I often pronounce names differently than they actually are or different from some of my friends. For example...

For valentine I always pronounced his name valenteen. Even after knowing that's not how you pronounce his name I still call him that

For Jem I call him Jzh- ehm some other people say his name the same way you say gem

For Gideon I call him Gid- ee- on one of my friends pronounced his name differently I forgot how though

So I'm wondering how you guys pronounce the name of the characters of TID and TMI. Not necessarily Jem Gideon and valentines name but any name you think people might pronounce differently. Or your just curious about how others pronounce it.

Um.
Gid-eon
J-em
tes-sa
shar-o-lette
hen-ri

mag-nus
cherch
um who else?

That's how you pronounce them =)

I'm not looking for how you pronounce their names but how you personally pronounce their names. Because not everyone pro unlinked their name the same

Pronounce*

If you cant pronounce them correctly, you cant read.
Clarr-E
Jay-s
Izza-bell
A-leck
Max
Vallen-tine
J-em
W-ill
Tes-sa
Jessa-mean
Gabe-riel
Giddy-un
Hen-rE
Shar-lut

Clary Speakman wrote: "If you cant pronounce them correctly, you cant read.
Clarr-E
Jay-s
Izza-bell
A-leck
Max
Vallen-tine
J-em
W-ill
Tes-sa
Jessa-mean
Gabe-riel
Giddy-un
Hen-rE
Shar-lut"

if you pronounce the names differently doesn't mean you can't read. It's a strange thing to say. I've read these books in dutch so I pronounce some names differently because I am from Belgium. Why would I pronounce them like they "should" be. This doesn't mean I can't read now does it? How you pronounce a name can be determined by many things, language, previous experiences,...
I don't want to be mean but I just thought it was a weird thing to say because I can read fine. :)

Jolien wrote: "Clary Speakman wrote: "If you cant pronounce them correctly, you cant read.
Clarr-E
Jay-s
Izza-bell
A-leck
Max
Vallen-tine
J-em
W-ill
Tes-sa
Jessa-mean
Gabe-riel
Giddy-un
Hen-rE
Shar-lut"

if you p..."

I was on a whim. My apologies. And I am weird person who says weird things, just for the record.

and maryse. i say may-ris. coz thats how clary tells simon to say it in CoA. when he asks what alec and izzy's mum's name is. she says 'may-ris, copying luke's pronunciation'

even tho my friend says 'ma-reece'

That's how I pronounce it.

Meliorn I have trouble with. Is it Mel-E-orn?

I believe so...

Meliorn- Mel-iron is how I originally pronounced it until I realized I looked at it wrong and saw that it is probably actually Mel-ee-orn, but I still pronounce it my original way.
Maryse- Muh-reese. I get that it is actually May-ris, but first impressions can ruin us.
Gideon- Originally I said Gee-day-un until I realized its Gid-ee-un. I have since corrected my pronunciation to the correct way.
Magnus- Mag-nis. Mag-nuhs sounds weird.

I pronounce valentine's name val-en-teen I know it's wrong but I don't like the actuall pronunciation as his name so I just call him that

How do you guys pronounce Luke's full
name, Lucian? I say Loo-see-in. But I guess some say it Loo-shin or Loo-shun.

I pronounce it lucy-ehn

Yeah that's pretty much how I say it too. How do you pronounce the -iel at the end of the majority of the angel names? I always say Raz-ee-el or Ith- ur-ee-el. But some may say Raz-eel.

Ee-el is how I pronounce it

Stele. In the codex it is pronounced Steh-lay, I prefer to say steel. I think it sounds better..

I pronounce it steh-lay I thinks it's easier to say (I'm a lazy person :P)

Can any of you guys pronounce 'similarly'? Because I can't.

Sometimes I can't sometimes I can't

Yesterday I had trouble pronouncing occurrences and another word that I forgot

Don't know if anyone will see this, but I've always wondered, how do you pronounce the last name "Carstairs" Is it just car-stairs?? Please say it ain't so :p

I remember waiting for the movie to come out because my friend and I disagreed/didn't know how to pronounce "stele".... we both watched/listened intently during the whole movie and they never once said it xD we were so mad haha

Valentine - Val-uhn-tie-n
Jem - J-ehm (like gem)
Gideon - Gid-ee-on
Jessamine - Jess-ah-muhn or Jess-ah-mean
Clary - Claire-ee
Jace - Jayce
Aline - Ah-lean (even though I realised after reading TMI that it's actually Ay-lean/A-Lean -- A pronounced like when referring to the letter A -- I can't help but still read it mentally as 'Ah-lean')
Maryse - Ma-reece even though I know it's May-rhs, although Robert on the show pronounces it "Mair-us"
Stele - Steel-ey
Parabatai - Pah-rab-ah-tie (said very fast so the sounds combine but Cassandra Clare said it's supposed to be Parrah-BAH-tie (emphasis on BAH sound)
Nephilim - Nef-ill-im (I originally thought the word was nephilium so I was pronouncing it like nef-eel-ee-um for so long until I realised I was reading it wrong)

one thing i have to say:
stele is pronounced like 'steel'

well really just my opinion, but the way they say it in the show sounds stupid and when i saw that word, that is how i first pronounced it in my head

I guess in the end it just depends on where you're from

in the audiobooks they also pronouns it steh-lay

Oh my goodness. Seriously!