How do you pronounce Golem?

[Green Cherrim]

As many know, Golem is a very odd word. It has three pronunciations, Goe-lem, Gay-lem, and Goy-lem, plus a fake one, Gull-lum. And, since the Pokemon Golem shares the name, it may have three pronunciation +1 as well!

So, how do YOU pronounce it? I use the first pronunciation, Goe-lem.

 

[Mezase Master]

Gullum?

 

[Swampert tamer]

I also pronounce it the first way Goe-lem.

Hasn't the last pronunciation something to do with the movies of The Lord of the Rings?

 

[The Outrage]

how the heck do you get gay-lem out of that?

 

[GrnMarvl14]

And where's Goh-lem?

 

[Not Skarmory Armor]

Yeah i agree with Grn, thats how i say it

 

[cascade88]

I think Goe-lem is supposed to be the equivalent of Goh-lem

 

[GrnMarvl14]

Goe-lem would be like "'go' over there." Goh-lem would be like "'gol'ly". Or maybe it should be Gah-lem. Whatever. It's still a fairly common pronunciation, however you want to spell out the pronunciation itself.

 

[Green Cherrim]

how the heck do you get gay-lem out of that?

a dictionary.

as for Gull-lum, there's a bunch of people at my school, well, everyone besides me, who pronounce Golem as Gullum. I'm all like "THAT IS A STUPID THING IN LORD OF THE RINGS, NOT A WORD!" but they never listen.

 

[GrnMarvl14]

a dictionary.

Which dictionary?

as for Gull-lum, there's a bunch of people at my school, well, everyone besides me, who pronounce Golem as Gullum. I'm all like "THAT IS A STUPID THING IN LORD OF THE RINGS, NOT A WORD!" but they never listen.

Change the first "u" to an "o" and you've basically got the more classical pronunciation.

Plus there's the modification of the second syllable (either pronouncing it "lum" or "lem").

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

go-lem. It's just as it reads.

 

[Calvin]

Golem:

Goh - lehm. There.

 

[GrnMarvl14]

go-lem. It's just as it reads.

You do realize even spelling it like that, there are two different pronunciations, right? And there's a commonly accepted variation on the second syllable. It's like "potato" or "tomato". Or "the".

 

[Lesley_GSC]

Gullum?

That had to happen at some point. He's more of a Sneasel though.

Belive it or not, I use the "fake" one: Gullum.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

You do realize even spelling it like that, there are two different pronunciations, right? And there's a commonly accepted variation on the second syllable. It's like "potato" or "tomato". Or "the".

I've never heard anything but what I said, even in reference to the traditional European monsters.

 

[PDL]

That had to happen at some point. He's more of a Sneasel though.

Sableye is more Gollum then any Sneasel.

 

[Lesley_GSC]

Sableye is more Gollum then any Sneasel.

Kinda. Sableye reminds me more of Stitch though.

Back on topic: How excalty is "Gullum" fake?

 

[Habunake]

Gay-lem.

0.o

Proper pronounciation, or creepy yaoi-fic by a rock fetish?

 

[cascade88]

^lmao

 

[Chocolate Bones]

Not "Gay-lem", that's for sure.