PSA: We've all been pronouncing 'Khaleesi' wrong, according to the guy who invented the Game of Thrones language
Here’s how to say Khaleesi properly, because Game of Thrones isn’t alre𝓀ady confusing enough

Have you ever gone on for years without realising you’ve been doing something completely wrong? Well, you’re about to. As we head into 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Game of Thrones season 8, it might be time to start re-evaluating how we address Daenerys, Mother of Dragons, Breaker of Chains, etc etc etc. That’s beca♌use, according to the guy who literally invented the Dothraki language (how do you get a job like that? Asking for a friend), we’ve been saying🤡 ‘Khaleesi’ wrong this entire time. Mind. Blown.
David Peterson, language expert and the all-round madma♛n-stroke-genius who came up with the fictional Game of Thrones languages, took to the Allusionist podcast (H/T ) to put our tongues in a twist and clear the air when it comes to the secret behind pronouncing Khaleesi.
Now, we all say it Ka-lee-see, right? Makes sense. I say it, you say it, everyone on the show says it, and your gran probably even says it like that at this point. As Peterson exp🀅lains, thoug🐻h, we’re wrong. Dead wrong.
“There's no way it should be pronounced 'ka-lee-see' based on the spelling,” he says, crushing us in the process. “So, I had to decide am I going to re-spell this thing because I know how people are going to pronounce this, or am I going to honour that spelling and pronoun🐲ce it differently? I🔯 made the latter decision and I think it was the wrong decision.”
As we’ve learꦗned many, many times, never, ever trust the public. Peterson went with his gut and pronounces Khaleesi differently to everyone else (and according to the rules of the language) but our common tong𝔉ue prevailed and, inevitably, butchered how it’s meant to be said. Sorry, Dave!
So, how are we supposed to say it? According to Peterson, it’s something ꧟along the lines of ‘Ha-lay-eh𝄹-see’, with the K being silent and a real throaty sound on the ‘ha’. You can listen to it at 19:05 .
That sounds cuh-uh-razy to me, and 💝I’ve probably ruined the final six eꦆpisodes of Game of Thrones for you, but now you’ve learned just a little bit more about Dothraki. What a productive day!
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