How to pronounce 'Vatore' for Caleb in Forgotten Hollow?

"Jeansoo;d-936175" wrote:
As a Non English simmer here, sometimes, it's hard to know how to read pre-made sim household's name properly. Is there anyone teach me how to pronounce, Caleb Vaore and Lillith Vaotore please? Thank you. :)

Huh, I hope I'm right, but I pronounce it Vah TOR ee . If I'm wrong, I'm sure someone will correct me soon.

Vat, as in bat. Or as in Or, E as in Eh?

I'll be honest it's hard even in English to know how to pronounce things sometimes. :D So I may not have the same pronunciation as another but I always said it as following

For Vatore
Va (like "Van")
and the tore (hard "t" noise followed by "or")

For Caleb
Ca (is like "s"- "ah", the "c" is like in "ceiling")
leb (is "l" "eh" "b")

Lilith
lil (like a "lil'kid" or "lily")
ith ( like the end of "Myth" or or the "i" noise from "itch" and then an "th" noise like "there")

Hope that was helpful and not confusing :)

Funny, I'd pronounce it in an Italian way (Vatore)(and I'm not Italian).

"BeJaWa;c-16359892" wrote:
I'll be honest it's hard even in English to know how to pronounce things sometimes. :D So I may not have the same pronunciation as another but I always said it as following

For Vatore
Va (like "Van")
and the tore (hard "t" noise followed by "or")

For Caleb
Ca (is like "s"- "ah", the "c" is like in "ceiling")
leb (is "l" "eh" "b")

Lilith
lil (like a "lil'kid" or "lily")
ith ( like the end of "Myth" or or the "i" noise from "itch" and then an "th" noise like "there")

Hope that was helpful and not confusing :)

:o Always thought that was 'kay-lep'.

"JoAnne65;c-16359905" wrote:
Funny, I'd pronounce it in an Italian way (Vatore)(and I'm not Italian).

"BeJaWa;c-16359892" wrote:
I'll be honest it's hard even in English to know how to pronounce things sometimes. :D So I may not have the same pronunciation as another but I always said it as following

For Vatore
Va (like "Van")
and the tore (hard "t" noise followed by "or")

For Caleb
Ca (is like "s"- "ah", the "c" is like in "ceiling")
leb (is "l" "eh" "b")

Lilith
lil (like a "lil'kid" or "lily")
ith ( like the end of "Myth" or or the "i" noise from "itch" and then an "th" noise like "there")

Hope that was helpful and not confusing :)

:o Always thought that was 'kay-lep'.

It honestly might be :#
English is my first language but I have a lot of french family/ancestry so we don't always pronounce "C" as a hard "C". Looking at a naming website I think in English it probably is Kay-leb. :) (I am assuming the "p" at the end of your comment is meant to be a "b" here :) :p )

"BeJaWa;c-16359918" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-16359905" wrote:
Funny, I'd pronounce it in an Italian way (Vatore)(and I'm not Italian).

"BeJaWa;c-16359892" wrote:
I'll be honest it's hard even in English to know how to pronounce things sometimes. :D So I may not have the same pronunciation as another but I always said it as following

For Vatore
Va (like "Van")
and the tore (hard "t" noise followed by "or")

For Caleb
Ca (is like "s"- "ah", the "c" is like in "ceiling")
leb (is "l" "eh" "b")

Lilith
lil (like a "lil'kid" or "lily")
ith ( like the end of "Myth" or or the "i" noise from "itch" and then an "th" noise like "there")

Hope that was helpful and not confusing :)

:o Always thought that was 'kay-lep'.

It honestly might be :#
English is my first language but I have a lot of french family/ancestry so we don't always pronounce "C" as a hard "C". Looking at a naming website I think in English it probably is Kay-leb. :) (I am assuming the "p" at the end of your comment is meant to be a "b" here :) :p )

In English it definitely is Kay-leb. Unless there's an "e" or "i" after the "C", English pretty much always goes with the hard sound.
I assumed Vatore was pronounced in an Italian style, as well (Vah-tore-ay or Vah-tore-eh).

I pronounce it as 'Kay-leb Vuh-tohr-ay'

"ebuchala;c-16360746" wrote:

"BeJaWa;c-16359918" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-16359905" wrote:
Funny, I'd pronounce it in an Italian way (Vatore)(and I'm not Italian).

"BeJaWa;c-16359892" wrote:
I'll be honest it's hard even in English to know how to pronounce things sometimes. :D So I may not have the same pronunciation as another but I always said it as following

For Vatore
Va (like "Van")
and the tore (hard "t" noise followed by "or")

For Caleb
Ca (is like "s"- "ah", the "c" is like in "ceiling")
leb (is "l" "eh" "b")

Lilith
lil (like a "lil'kid" or "lily")
ith ( like the end of "Myth" or or the "i" noise from "itch" and then an "th" noise like "there")

Hope that was helpful and not confusing :)

:o Always thought that was 'kay-lep'.

It honestly might be :#
English is my first language but I have a lot of french family/ancestry so we don't always pronounce "C" as a hard "C". Looking at a naming website I think in English it probably is Kay-leb. :) (I am assuming the "p" at the end of your comment is meant to be a "b" here :) :p )

In English it definitely is Kay-leb. Unless there's an "e" or "i" after the "C", English pretty much always goes with the hard sound.
I assumed Vatore was pronounced in an Italian style, as well (Vah-tore-ay or Vah-tore-eh).

Yeah I know, I am a native speaker names just always trip me up :p
I live in a place where there are so many languages and ways to pronounce letters that it isn't intuitive to know which rules to use when looking at names, it doesn't help that in my family french sounds still heavily influence our names. With out anyone to tell me their name I tend to go with the version I like the sound of best.

I must say I prefer how the softer "c" for celeb sounds so I'll probably still use it when thinking it in my head but I'm going to say I'm the odd duck here. :)

Thanks all. I even didn't know it was Italian name. haha I prefer 'Kay-leb Vuh-tohr-ay'. I'd like to call this way.

One more name, Landgraab is translated to "Lang-grab" in my language in the sims 3 and 4. Usually, how do you pronounce this in English?

"Jeansoo;c-16360820" wrote:
Thanks all. I even didn't know it was Italian name. haha I prefer 'Kay-leb Vuh-tohr-ay'. I'd like to call this way.

One more name, Landgraab is translated to "Lang-grab" in my language in the sims 3 and 4. Usually, how do you pronounce this in English?

"Land grab" - in their case the name is a play on words for the phrase referencing the idea that they accumulated their wealth by fraudulent or possibly forceful means. It's meant to emphasize their status as rich crooks. :D