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aodoherty
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7 years ago

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

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 Vatore and Lillith Vatore please? Thank you. :)
  • "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
  • Its a hint to the Salvatore brothers from Vampire Diaries. So, pronounce it like Salvatore, but without the "sal".
  • I think it's pronounced with a silent e. So Vah-Tor. That's the way I've always pronounced it anyway.
  • "Karon;c-16571379" wrote:
    Its a hint to the Salvatore brothers from Vampire Diaries. So, pronounce it like Salvatore, but without the "sal".


    But I feel like it’s supposed to be called,”Sal-va-to-re” without silent ‘“e”. So in Korean Forgotten Hallow, he’s called Va-To-Re(mirrored ‘3’ pronounciation) and a bit strong accent of T.

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