How Do You Pronounce Belleger?

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How Do You Pronounce Belleger?

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When I started the first book, I was pronouncing it Bell-Uh-Grr, until I got to the part where Bifalt was called a belligerent Belleger by the librarian. Then I switched to pronouncing it Bell-idge-err. But, I switched to Buh-League-Err after the chapter in the Beleaguered Eagle in book two. It's kind of an annoying name for a country to read over and over again, but I will probably stick with the latter pronunciation unless SRD pulls something else out in the third book. Anyway, how do you pronounce it, lol?

On a similar note, is Amika short for Amicable, or for Amerika? Or something else?
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I've considered Belleger and Amika to be cognates of belligerent and amicable, so I've mentally pronounced them accordingly.

For a more definitive answer, you might want to get the audiobook. Scott Brick (AudioCovenant here on the Watch) is a masterful narrator and always does his homework on pronunciations for his readings of Donaldson's works.
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Savor Dam wrote:I've considered Belleger and Amika to be cognates of belligerent and amicable, so I've mentally pronounced them accordingly.
Likewise.
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As someone who has read David Eddings more than once, I must confess that I find myself calling them Bellgar, and Bellgarions!
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I'm dying to wade in to the 4 (why so few?) or so threads on the Great God's War - I have literally one chapter to go and I have been reeeeeally pleasantly surprised by just how much I've enjoyed the War Within, particularly after being a bit so-so on the Seventh Decimate.
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Savor Dam wrote:I've considered Belleger and Amika to be cognates of belligerent and amicable, so I've mentally pronounced them accordingly.
Same.
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