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

Oh wow, I didn't think to pronounce the re separately. I was calling it Vah-tore as in past tense of tear.

"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 )

Actually no, I wrote it the way I thought it was pronounced, so with a p at the end, like soup ;) But on second thought I think in English the b at the end of a word doesn’t sound like a p? (in mine it does)

"Simpatsyann;c-16361394" wrote:

"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

Does it mean that the rich crooks haven't earned money from proper business or public legal burglars? :D

Their name is Irish and is pronounced Ca- Leb, Va tore the e is silent so it is pronounced Va Tor

"snootypatooty;c-16364531" wrote:
Their name is Irish and is pronounced Ca- Leb, Va tore the e is silent so it is pronounced Va Tor

Where did you get the Irish thing? Pretty sure the last name is meant to be Italian (I suspect, as others, that it's a play on the Vampire Diaries characters who's last name is Salvatore). And the origin of Caleb is Hebrew.

I've been pronouncing the Va as "vuh" and the tore to rhyme with door.

"paradiseplanet;c-16369611" wrote:

"ebuchala;c-16369399" wrote:

"BeJaWa;c-16367768" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-16362365" 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 )

Actually no, I wrote it the way I thought it was pronounced, so with a p at the end, like soup ;) But on second thought I think in English the b at the end of a word doesn’t sound like a p? (in mine it does)

@JoAnne65 Oh no sorry thought it was just a typo. :)
But yeah in English a b is always a b.

"ebuchala;c-16366059" wrote:

"snootypatooty;c-16364531" wrote:
Their name is Irish and is pronounced Ca- Leb, Va tore the e is silent so it is pronounced Va Tor

Where did you get the Irish thing? Pretty sure the last name is meant to be Italian (I suspect, as others, that it's a play on the Vampire Diaries characters who's last name is Salvatore). And the origin of Caleb is Hebrew.

Interestingly for me when I google Vatore it shows up as being a largely Indian surname, I had no clue it was Italian.

Yeah I read in another thread where the person googled and found Indian. The site I found showed it's usage per country for the four biggest countries and the two biggest countries I saw were US and Italy. But Sims, in general, is about the player and how they want to see things. If @snootypatooty sees it as Irish, then it's Irish in their game. If you see Indian, it's Indian. Personally, I do suspect a loose Vampire Diaries connection--Maxis seems to enjoy infusing pop culture into their games. Which makes sense because familiarity appeals to people. That sense of "Ooh, I know that reference!" But then, I used to watch the Vampire Diaries, so it would make sense for me to make that connection.

So I can equate Caleb's name to Star Wars bc it sounds similar to Vader? lol

He even has an outfit to wear. ;)

Same here, I pronounce their last name the Italian way. I just got an earworm in my head as I was typing that.

♪♪When a moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
That's Vatore
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's Vatore ♪♪

"Finvola;c-16370833" wrote:
Same here, I pronounce their last name the Italian way. I just got an earworm in my head as I was typing that.

♪♪When a moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
That's Vatore
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's Vatore ♪♪

Then maybe Caleb would be pronounced in Italian way as well? In my sims 4 Korean translation, it calls ,"Kal-Leb" "Va-To-Re".

I pronounce it as if it's Italian: Va-TOR-ay

@Tanja1986 I would have pronounced that Sal-va-TOR-ay!