Pronunciation question
Dates: 4/4/02,3:44 PM through 4/5/02,8:07 AM (3 postings)
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FROM: "Marla" <[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 4/4/02, 3:44 PM
Hi. I tried to find this on the 'Net, but no luck. So thought I would
try my best back up group. (-:
Does anyone know the *correct* pronunciation of the legendary
place "Shannara" by Terry Brooks.
I've been told (by someone who no longer works here who knew
someone who attended a workshop by T. Brooks. He was quite
miffed when attendees said "Sha-NAR-a".) She said it was
pronounced "SHAN-ar-a".
But when I say "SHAN-ar-a", people correct me that it is "Sha-NAR-
a."
So, can anyone help? BYE!
Marla (who has been humming "You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-
to" all afternoon)/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
*************
For reason will convince us that what is necessary to be
performed in the heat of action should constantly be
practised in the leisure of peace.
Vegetius, EPITOMA REI MILITARIS
FROM: "rsfenn" <[removed]@illinoisalumni.org>
REC'D: 4/4/02, 6:01 PM
I've always said it "sha NARR ah" myself. I looked on google and a link to an interview transcript with Terry Brooks doesn't work, but the cached copy said this:
"Incidentally, Joe and I were pretty careful in the interview not to say too much about the Shannara books. Not because we didn't want him to talk about his best-selling novels, but we just KNEW that we would pronounce it wrong. Joe says shan-NAIR-a, I say sha-NARR-a; sure enough, when he finally said the word, Terry Brooks pronounces it SHANnara. The "a" in SHAN sounds like "ash". SHAN-uh-ra. I wanted to jump in and correct him -- "No, no, you're pronouncing it wrong! It's ShanNARa!" -- but, you know, it's TERRY BROOKS. And Owen, a conscientious editor, might have clobbered me with his laptop. But we bring the truth to you: it's pronounced SHANnara. Anybody who says it differently is wrong. You heard it from Zealot."
The web page is:
http://www.zealot.com/features/archives/terrybrooks.php3
I also found this on http://www.mervius.com/zine/9_00_diary.htm:
September 5, 2000 (Tuesday) --
"The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, by Terry Brooks -- Hitting retail book shelves today is Ilse Witch, the first book of a new Shannara series from the man who started it all, Terry Brooks. The name of this new series as a whole is The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara. I met Mr. Brooks a few years ago, when he did a book-signing here in Pittsburgh, while he was promoting Running With The Demon (which I enjoyed quite a bit). He was talking to a fan who was ahead of me in line, about the pronunciation of Shannara -- Mr. Brooks had originally meant for the emphasis to be on the first part of the word (SHANN-uh-ruh), though fans everywhere assume it's shuh-NAR-uh. Hm, I wonder how he pronounces "Jerle" and "Ilse." Anyway, I even got my photo taken with him that day. Perhaps I'll post that to Fantastica Daily one of these days. Oh, wait, that would mean everybody would get to see what Mervius looks like. I'll have to re-think that move."
If the official Terry Brooks website corrects their page, I might just "Ask Terry". http://www.terrybrooks.net/
Becky Fenn (and admitted Shannara fan, however it's pronounced!)
Bemis Public Library
Littleton, Colorado
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Marla" <[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:37:53 -0700
>
>
>Hi. I tried to find this on the 'Net, but no luck. So thought I would
>try my best back up group. (-:
>
>Does anyone know the *correct* pronunciation of the legendary
>place "Shannara" by Terry Brooks.
>
>I've been told (by someone who no longer works here who knew
>someone who attended a workshop by T. Brooks. He was quite
>miffed when attendees said "Sha-NAR-a".) She said it was
>pronounced "SHAN-ar-a".
>
>But when I say "SHAN-ar-a", people correct me that it is "Sha-NAR-
>a."
>
>So, can anyone help? BYE!
>
>Marla (who has been humming "You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-
>to" all afternoon)/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
>301 2nd Ave N
>Great Falls MT 59401-2593
>
>
>*************
>For reason will convince us that what is necessary to be
>performed in the heat of action should constantly be
>practised in the leisure of peace.
>Vegetius, EPITOMA REI MILITARIS
>
>......................................................................
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FROM: "Marla" <[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 4/5/02, 8:07 AM
On 4 Apr 2002, at 18:54, rsfenn wrote:
> More than anyone probably wants to know:
>
> I've always said it "sha NARR ah" myself. I looked on google and a
> link to an interview transcript with Terry Brooks doesn't work, but
> the cached copy said this:
>
> "Incidentally, Joe and I were pretty careful in the interview not to
> say too much about the Shannara books. Not because we didn't want him
> to talk about his best-selling novels, but we just KNEW that we would
> pronounce it wrong. Joe says shan-NAIR-a, I sa y sha-NARR-a; sure
> enough, when he finally said the word, Terry Brooks pronounces it
> SHANnara. The "a" in SHAN sounds like "ash". SHAN-uh-ra. I wanted to
> jump in and correct him -- "No, no, you're pronouncing it wrong! It's
> ShanNARa!" -- but, you know, it 's TERRY BROOKS. And Owen, a
> conscientious editor, might have clobbered me with his laptop. But we
> bring the truth to you: it's pronounced SHANnara. Anybody who says it
> differently is wrong. You heard it from Zealot."
>
> The web page is:
> http://www.zealot.com/features/archives/terrybrooks.php3
>
> I also found this on http://www.mervius.com/zine/9_00_diary.htm:
>
> September 5, 2000 (Tuesday) --
>
> "The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, by Terry Brooks -- Hitting retail
> book shelves today is Ilse Witch, the first book of a new Shannara
> series from the man who started it all, Terry Brooks. The name of this
> new series as a whole is The Voyage of the Jerle
> Shannara. I met Mr. Brooks a few years ago, when he did a
> book-signing here in Pittsburgh, while he was promoting Running With
> The Demon (which I enjoyed quite a bit). He was talking to a fan who
> was ahead of me in line, about the pronunciation of Shanna
> ra -- Mr. Brooks had originally meant for the emphasis to be on the
> first part of the word (SHANN-uh-ruh), though fans everywhere assume
> it's shuh-NAR-uh. Hm, I wonder how he pronounces "Jerle" and "Ilse."
> Anyway, I even got my photo taken with him that d ay. Perhaps I'll
> post that to Fantastica Daily one of these days. Oh, wait, that would
> mean everybody would get to see what Mervius looks like. I'll have to
> re-think that move."
>
> If the official Terry Brooks website corrects their page, I might just
> "Ask Terry". http://www.terrybrooks.net/
>
> Becky Fenn (and admitted Shannara fan, however it's pronounced!)
> Bemis Public Library
> Littleton, Colorado
>
*************
For reason will convince us that what is necessary to be
performed in the heat of action should constantly be
practised in the leisure of peace.
Vegetius, EPITOMA REI MILITARIS
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