TIL the real pronunciation of Geas. Reddit.
It's pronounced "gesh". With a hard g, and an e like in the word "bed". It's apparently derived from Gaelic.
Another Irish dude says he says it like "Geese". Like the bird?
Another Irishman here and while my fluency as gaeilge is not 100% I've heard in this word used in stories and folklore pronounced phonetically identical to guise (as in disguise) and gas. Never with a 'sh' at the end.
draught is pronounced DRAFT. It's just the dern Brit spelling of draft. Holy cow.
Ah, but you also have the English word drought, which is pronounced "drout". As in "drOWWt" as in, it's super dry, we are in a drought.
Haste spell in B/X mentions "Speeded Up", and sure enough, that is considered proper English, though less common than "sped" or "sped up".
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