Small, random questions about RotE that still bother you (spoilers all RotE books)

[NeverBeenWise]

The pronunciation of everything drives me absolutely crazy. Mervi, thanks for confirming that about Chade. But what about everything else? Is the "live" in "liveships" pronounced like in living or like in alive? How about Jamaillia - is it a soft or a hard "J"? And Chalced. I've always thought of it as "CHAL-sid," but it could be "SHAL-sid," "KAL-sid," or maybe even "CHALST." Sometimes I wish there was a pronunciation guide somewhere. And I'd absolutely love to hear the Jamaillian, Chalcedean, Six Duchies, Out Islander, and Mountain Kingdom accents.

About Chade's name, I'm guessing that someone, maybe Shrewd, said during an argument that he was not a proper Farseer and that his name should reflect his status as an illegitimate son, and then the name stuck as Chade took more and more of a liking to it. A far-fetched concept... but the only one I can really think of.

I don't think that Jamaillia and the Rain Wilds have separate languages from the Six Duchies, because if I remember correctly Jek was from the Six Duchies, and it was never implied that she had learned Jamaillian well or poorly. It just said that she had an accent.

I agree with your analysis of the comment about "the other one," Mervi. Really, to me it just seemed to imply that Chade was the go-to guy for training someone to be an assassin, and that he wasn't just taking Fitz under his wing to be kind. Also, the word "break" is sometimes used to mean "train," which is how I interpreted it...