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

"Saunta2;c-16361727" wrote:
Oh wow, I didn't think to pronounce the re separately. I was calling it Vah-tore as in past tense of tear.

Me neither. I just call him Kay-leb Vah-tor.
Now that everyone's metioned it, adding the "ehy" at the end makes sense and sounds more exotic.

i've always pronounced it as Kay-leb Va-tore. This is my first time seeing people elongate the e at the end of vatore. I've just always said the Vatore as va-tore the tore like tore a limb or something.

I'd pronounce it close to the Italian way too; no letters left silent. The English pronunciation system is rather nonsense anyway. That is, there is no real system. So honestly, anything goes.

"Karon;c-16571379" wrote:
Its a hint to the Salvatore brothers from Vampire Diaries. So, pronounce it like Salvatore, but without the "sal".

Yeah I assumed so, which is said with a silent E. :)

I pronounce Vatore the Italian way.
I see many people here that pronounce Caleb as in Kay-leb but I would never say it like that, for me is Kah-leb. But I don't think it matters really.
I'd say you should pronounced however you want! It's your game :p

I sometimes pronounce it like Kah-Leb and sometimes Kay-Leb. But the surname pronunciation is always Vah-tor for me.

"Saunta2;c-16361727" wrote:
Oh wow, I didn't think to pronounce the re separately. I was calling it Vah-tore as in past tense of tear.

I'm similar on the last name, most times I throw an 'L' in it and I don't know why.

Caleb Vader? Lol

"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.

"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.