Laythe... How on Kerbin....

[Tokay Gris]

...do you pronounce that?

Like "Lay - the" (the "the" spelled like "the")?

Like "Laiy-te"?

Like "that frigging moon of Jool with oceans and athmosphere"?

Na, seriously.

"Laite"?

"late"?

"lay-the"?

"latte"? (like "cafe latte")

I write that name all the time. But in normal life, I don't know that many KSP-nuts. So how do you actually pronounce that name?

I mean, Mojo, Kerbin, Duna, Jool, whatever, are easy. Even "Eeloo" is simple.

But Laythe?

[Boomerang]

I don't ever find myself in a position to be talking about Laythe, but I think of it being pronounced like lathe, with slightly more emphasis on both vowels.

[Jimbimbibble]

Scott Manley says "lathe" in his YouTube videos.

[Jouni]

Pronouncing 'Laythe' as a Spanish word sounds about right. I have no idea how to express that in English, however.

[Kryxal]

I think of it pronounced as [leɪθ] in IPA

[Master Tao]

I tend to go with "lathe" [leɪð].

1. the /ðə/ /ði/
   
   
2. breathe /brið/
   
3. soothe /suð/
   
4. bathe /beáɪð/
   
5. Goethe /gətə/
   
6. lithe /laáɪð/
   
7. loathe /loáʊð/
   
8. blythe /blaáɪð/
   
9. clothe /kloáʊð/
   
10. smythe /smaáɪð/
    
11. scythe /sɪð/ /saáɪð/
    
12. lathe /leáɪð/
    
13. forsythe /fÉâ€rsaáɪð/
    
14. blithe /blaáɪð/
    
15. writhe /raáɪð/
    

[numerobis]

I pronounce it like "lay thee down now and rest" (but without the "down now and rest")

[Tokay Gris]

1. the /ðə/ /ði/
   
   
2. breathe /brið/
   
3. soothe /suð/
   
4. bathe /beáɪð/
   
5. Goethe /gətə/
   
6. lithe /laáɪð/
   
7. loathe /loáʊð/
   
8. blythe /blaáɪð/
   
9. clothe /kloáʊð/
   
10. smythe /smaáɪð/
    
11. scythe /sɪð/ /saáɪð/
    
12. lathe /leáɪð/
    
13. forsythe /fÉâ€rsaáɪð/
    
14. blithe /blaáɪð/
    
15. writhe /raáɪð/
    

Great! More possibilities to pronounce it...

;-)

[Tokay Gris]

How about sounding like "byte"?

[Laie]

I pronounce it like "lay thee down now and rest" (but without the "down now and rest")

That makes two of us.

[wasmic]

I pronounce it either Layf or Lay The (Lay The, not Lay Thee)

[FlyingPete]

Like lathe, but with a bit of a Y in the middle

[AlexinTokyo]

<IPA>ˈleɪð</IPA>

tenchar

[Carsogen]

I pronounce it like the word 'Faith' but with an L instead of F. This has inspired me to think of some weird pronunciation of any new planets *cough gas planet 2* just to mess with people

[Kryxal]

Interesting choice between /ð/ and /θ/ ... whatever works, I guess.

[Nemrav]

I do it as Lay ("it *lay*s westward") and then.. the (*the*, without the "a--" at the end)

seems interresting the variation of Laythe pronounciations...

edit: like cantab

Edited November 9, 2014 by Nemrav

[cantab]

Lathe, like the tool.

[Red Iron Crown]

Two syllables, Lay Thee. "Land safely at Laythe" is a rhyme.

[SpacedCowboy]

Lathe, like the tool.

Yes. That is it, Exactly (as long as we're talking about the English pronunciation)