[pendaluft]

Anybody want to explain to me why the Knights in "A song of Ice and Fire" are all called Ser instead of Sir.

Anybody?

Bueller?

[Taysir]

It's just to add Martin's own style and originality to the world he created.

Plus, I think it sound cooler. :cool:

[Evil Agent]

That's what I always thought. That he changed it just for the sake of change, and reminding us that this wasn't our own world's past.

But recently I think I found out that 'Ser' has been used before, by other writers even. Can anyone back me up on this?

[Kanin]

It's just to add Martin's own style and originality to the world he created.

Plus, I think it sound cooler. :cool:

I still pronounce it "sir".

[Dominus]

I think it's just something Martin did to set himself apart, yet still let the reader know what he is saying. It also works well with the snobbish nobleborns because you can make it sound much more haughty than Sir. :P

[Evil Agent]

I'm pretty sure I've read that there are some older books, or series, that called knights Ser. Can't remember the authors though.

But I agree, I think it's still pronounced "Sir".

[ndhaon91]

he does the same thing with a handful of other words and names as well.

"maester" comes to mind, which I still pronounce "master", although I wonder if the dipthong is supposed to be latin in origin, which would make it sound like "my-ster"...

names like Kevan, Petyr, etc...

[Taysir]

I still pronounce it "sir".


Me too, I meant to say that it looks cooler. :cool:

[Evil Agent]

I pronounced it Meister or Myster. But I think I read somewhere that he intends it to be pronounced May-ster.

[kingma15]

I pronounced it Meister or Myster. But I think I read somewhere that he intends it to be pronounced May-ster.

Yeah that is how I have always pronounced it. I just think back to Final Fantasy X. Maester Seymor is pronounced May-ster.

And I still pronounce all of the names the way they would in our world, regardless of Martin's spelling.

But I do think that it just adds another level of coolness to Martin's work, regardless of if he was the first to do it or not.