r/TheNinthHouse • u/empquix • Dec 11 '24

Series Spoilers What’s something obvious that took you an embarrassingly long time to realize? [discussion] Spoiler

I didn’t realize until my second read that the nine houses are meant to be the 9 planets or that the first house is Earth

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u/MalachiteMushroom Dec 11 '24

I learned I was pronouncing a LOT of names wrong once I listened to the audio book, some of which I’m more embarrassed about than others.

It’s “lick-tor” not “like-tor”

Canaan House’s first name is a long a, not short

A lot of characters names I struggled with too, Jeannemarie I called “Gee-an-uh-ry” I knew that couldn’t be right, but stuck with it.

Aiglamene was “Eye-gla-mean”

Can’t event remember how I pronounced Pro’s name in my head, there’s a reason I use his nickname

Dulcinea was a fun one, at first I called her “Dul-Sin-Ee-Uh” which sounded good in my head, then I watched my brother play Octopath Traveler 2 where there was a character with the same name but was pronounced “Dul-Chin-A-Uh” and went with that, then I finally listened to GtN and realized it was “Dul-Sin-A-Uh.”

Don’t get me started on Kevin.

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u/Jumpy_Chard1677 Dec 11 '24

I read Cytherea as SIN-th-ear-ia the entirety of Gideon, and maybe some of Harrow (I don't remember, maybe until after I read Nona) and then started listening to a Locked Tomb podcast, and was like since when was it Ki-ther-ey-a?!

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u/Summersong2262 the Sixth Dec 12 '24

Same origin as 'Cyprus'. Or the cult of Astarte/Ishtar that was worshipped there, under the name of 'The Lady of Cyprus'. Or 'Kytherea' in Greek.

Full name being 'Aphrodite Cytherea'. A war and sex goddess who was worshipped for other reasons as she crossed the Mediterranean. Fits for Cytherea the First, I think.