11-22-2012, 11:58 AM
I have received a couple of personal messages from some forum goers asking me about the name I am using and how it is pronounced. Skreija is a Norse-sounding name, derived from the Norse Goddess of War, Freyja. However, that name isn't an actual Norse name. It's just something I came up with when I was thinking of a name for the half-elven Barbarian (who later took a prestige class and became a Slayer) I was using in a friend's Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
As for the pronunciation, it is the same as the source name. Since Norse is basically a Germanic-dreived language, the "J" is pronounced as a "Y" and the "I" sound is skipped, so instead of saying "Skray-jah", you say it as ""Skre-yah".
And no, my character is not a drow or dark elf like that damned Drizzt faggot. I'll post the backstory of my half-breed someday if there's an actual D&D thread buried somewhere in these boards.
As for the pronunciation, it is the same as the source name. Since Norse is basically a Germanic-dreived language, the "J" is pronounced as a "Y" and the "I" sound is skipped, so instead of saying "Skray-jah", you say it as ""Skre-yah".
And no, my character is not a drow or dark elf like that damned Drizzt faggot. I'll post the backstory of my half-breed someday if there's an actual D&D thread buried somewhere in these boards.
