Dark Tower

[Cricket]

How do you pronounce:

1. "Calla"
2. "Mejis"

Thanks,

[Bev Vincent]

Post by Cricket
1. "Calla"
2. "Mejis"

1) Like the word "call" and the word "a" -- this one I'm sure of
2) I pronounce it May-jiss in my head, but I'm not sure that's right. Though
it's analogous to Mexico and one might expect a Spanish pronunciation, King
doesn't have a record of using Spanish pronunciations for things like this
in DT (e.g. Calla)

[Shadow]

Post by Bev Vincent

Post by Cricket
1. "Calla"
2. "Mejis"

1) Like the word "call" and the word "a" -- this one I'm sure of

How? He says in the book that it's a Spanish word and the word, in Spanish,
is pronounced KY-yuh. That's how I would pronounce it.

Post by Bev Vincent
2) I pronounce it May-jiss in my head, but I'm not sure that's right. Though
it's analogous to Mexico and one might expect a Spanish pronunciation, King
doesn't have a record of using Spanish pronunciations for things like this
in DT (e.g. Calla)

Again, it's a Spanish word or dialectically it would have a Spanish
pronunciation so I'm going with MAY-heese (the second syllable rhyming with
"geese").

[webster]

Shadow (snape-like-***@comcast.net) wrote:

: > 1) Like the word "call" and the word "a" -- this one I'm sure of

: How? He says in the book that it's a Spanish word and the word, in Spanish,
: is pronounced KY-yuh. That's how I would pronounce it.

On the subject of the similarity between Calla and Callahan:

"I think it's only a coincidence," Susannah said. "Surely not
everything we encounter on our path is ka, is it? I mean, these
don't even sound the same." And she pronounced them, Calla
with the tongue up, making the broad-a sound, Callahan with the
tongue down, making a much sharper a-sound. " Calla's Spanish
in our world --like many of the words you remember from Mejis,
Roland. It means street or square, I think -- don't hold me to it,
because high school Spanish is far behind me now. But if I'm
right, using the word as a prefix for the name of a or a
whole series of them, as seems to be the case in these
makes pretty good sense. Not perfect, but pretty good. Callahan,
on the other hand.." She shrugged. "What is it? Irish? English?"

King pronounces the word as I indicated in 1) above. I've heard him
say it numerous times.

[Doug Cunningly]

Post by webster
: > 1) Like the word "call" and the word "a" -- this one I'm sure of
: How? He says in the book that it's a Spanish word and the word, in
: Spanish, is pronounced KY-yuh. That's how I would pronounce it.
"I think it's only a coincidence," Susannah said. "Surely not
everything we encounter on our path is ka, is it? I mean, these
don't even sound the same." And she pronounced them, Calla
with the tongue up, making the broad-a sound, Callahan with the
tongue down, making a much sharper a-sound. " Calla's Spanish
in our world --like many of the words you remember from Mejis,
Roland. It means street or square, I think -- don't hold me to it,
because high school Spanish is far behind me now. But if I'm
right, using the word as a prefix for the name of a or a
whole series of them, as seems to be the case in these
makes pretty good sense. Not perfect, but pretty good. Callahan,
on the other hand.." She shrugged. "What is it? Irish? English?"
King pronounces the word as I indicated in 1) above. I've heard him
say it numerous times.

Wonder if they go back to NYC again and go to a diner and have a roll and
butter. Think of the possibilities there with wordplay.

[Morgan]

Susannah's close, but calle means street. I used to live on a street here
in Southern California called Calle Verano--or Summer Street. Interesting
note--according to my Spanish dictionary, 'calla' means "to silence; not
mention; keep calm; keep quiet; keep still" from the word
'callar'--pronounced kah-yah, I believe. Double L's have a Y sound unless
they're followed by an I, then they sound like the LLI like in William. As
for 'Mejis', in Spanish the J would be pronounced as an H: may-hees. But
for the sake of Roland's world, I mispronounce them wrong anyway. I figure
they have the pronounciation wrong after thousands of years of different
accents and languages passing through their world.

Morgan

Post by webster
"I think it's only a coincidence," Susannah said. "Surely not
everything we encounter on our path is ka, is it? I mean, these
don't even sound the same." And she pronounced them, Calla
with the tongue up, making the broad-a sound, Callahan with the
tongue down, making a much sharper a-sound. " Calla's Spanish
in our world --like many of the words you remember from Mejis,
Roland. It means street or square, I think -- don't hold me to it,
because high school Spanish is far behind me now. But if I'm
right, using the word as a prefix for the name of a or a
whole series of them, as seems to be the case in these
makes pretty good sense. Not perfect, but pretty good. Callahan,
on the other hand.." She shrugged. "What is it? Irish? English?"
King pronounces the word as I indicated in 1) above. I've heard him
say it numerous times.
--
Bev Vincent
www.BevVincent.com

[MonaLassy]

Post by Bev Vincent

Post by Cricket
1. "Calla"
2. "Mejis"

1) Like the word "call" and the word "a" -- this one I'm sure of
2) I pronounce it May-jiss in my head, but I'm not sure that's right. Though
it's analogous to Mexico and one might expect a Spanish pronunciation, King
doesn't have a record of using Spanish pronunciations for things like this
in DT (e.g. Calla)
--
Bev Vincent
www.BevVincent.com
The Road to the Dark Tower, coming from NAL, November 2004

I see Mejis that way, too,but always heard calla ( in my head) with the first a
sounding like the a in apple, rather then the U sounding a few here have
mentioned.
Mona
another Constant Reader

[Tamara]

Post by MonaLassy

Post by Bev Vincent

Post by Cricket
1. "Calla"
2. "Mejis"

1) Like the word "call" and the word "a" -- this one I'm sure of
2) I pronounce it May-jiss in my head, but I'm not sure that's right. Though
it's analogous to Mexico and one might expect a Spanish pronunciation, King
doesn't have a record of using Spanish pronunciations for things like this
in DT (e.g. Calla)
--
Bev Vincent
www.BevVincent.com
The Road to the Dark Tower, coming from NAL, November 2004

I see Mejis that way, too,but always heard calla ( in my head) with the first a
sounding like the a in apple, rather then the U sounding a few here have
mentioned.
Mona
another Constant Reader

I heard it in my head as in a long A (cal) then short a (la) as in the
flowers - or my favorite username - Calla Lilly

Tamara

[Eroom Tam]

Post by Cricket
1. "Calla"

"KAHL-la" - "AH" sounds is the same as "o" "operation" and the "a" is
the same as 'u' is "up"

Post by Cricket
2. "Mejis"

I see this as the Spanish pronounciation: "MAY-jees", but the "j" is
more of a throaty "h" sound.

I have never heard any of the audio versions of the DT books, though.

[Humble Will Teach]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 10:14:29 -0800, "Cricket"

Post by Cricket
1. "Calla"
2. "Mejis"
Thanks,

From WOTC, page 117.

Susanna (keep in mind that she has heard the name of the town
pronounced by now): "Calla's Spanish in our world".

Spanish double-l is pronounced "yi", as in tortillas.

There was something else, too, but I can't find it right now. It's
been a couple of months since I've read WOTC. Whatever it was, it
persuaded me mid-read to change my "in-my-head" pronunciation from
"Ka-luh" with the "a as in apple" sound, to "Ki-yuh" with a long "i".

"Mejis", I don't know. It's "may-jiss" in my head.


HWT

[Bev Vincent]

Post by Humble Will Teach
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 10:14:29 -0800, "Cricket"

Post by Cricket
1. "Calla"
2. "Mejis"
Thanks,

From WOTC, page 117.
Susanna (keep in mind that she has heard the name of the town
pronounced by now): "Calla's Spanish in our world".
Spanish double-l is pronounced "yi", as in tortillas.
There was something else, too, but I can't find it right now. It's
been a couple of months since I've read WOTC. Whatever it was, it
persuaded me mid-read to change my "in-my-head" pronunciation from
"Ka-luh" with the "a as in apple" sound, to "Ki-yuh" with a long "i".

King pronounces it Call-a and there's a discussion of the difference between
Calla and Callahan, how one is tongue-down and the other is tongue-up on the
double els. It's pronounced the same was as the Calla lily.

[Eroom Tam]

Post by Cricket
1. "Calla"
2. "Mejis"

We assume "Mejis" is from "Mexico" (as pronounced in Spanish). Any idea
what "Calla" refers to?

[Robert Whelan]

Post by Eroom Tam

Post by Cricket
1. "Calla"
2. "Mejis"

We assume "Mejis" is from "Mexico" (as pronounced in Spanish). Any idea
what "Calla" refers to?

Callafornia?

[Hillery Griffin]

I asked our Spanish teacher about it, and she said Calla in Spanish
(pronounced with the y - Cayia) is street.

--
Dollywood Hillery

God is bigger than the boogeyman!

Post by Robert Whelan

Post by Eroom Tam

Post by Cricket
1. "Calla"
2. "Mejis"

We assume "Mejis" is from "Mexico" (as pronounced in Spanish). Any idea
what "Calla" refers to?

Callafornia?

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[Blair]

Post by Hillery Griffin
I asked our Spanish teacher about it, and she said Calla in Spanish
(pronounced with the y - Cayia) is street.

I think street is 'calle.'

-B

[Doug Cunningly]

Post by Robert Whelan

Post by Eroom Tam

Post by Cricket
1. "Calla"
2. "Mejis"

We assume "Mejis" is from "Mexico" (as pronounced in Spanish). Any idea
what "Calla" refers to?

Callafornia?

I got the impression that Calla was just a local name meaning Town of,
since there were several Calla's mentioned.