Funny incorrect pronunciations

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Jungle Guide

Phantom Commando

Joined Aug 2005

Jun 9, 2008 at 7:57 PM • #81

not an incorrect pronounciation.. but the first time i saw a Necrid Horseman i thought it was Nekkid Horseman.. that made me laugh so now everytime i see that i will say that xD

Lady Syve

Frost Gate Guardian

X Legion Of Doom X [LOD]

Joined Mar 2008

Jun 9, 2008 at 8:22 PM • #82

This is a great thread. I actually learned some things and others were cleared up for me. For example, the pronunciation of Stygian and Justiciar. Aatxe is just strange, so I constantly have to correct my self and refrain from calling it an Aatax or something. :P

Arlan

Frost Gate Guardian

FaT

Mo/

Joined Jun 2005

Jun 9, 2008 at 8:34 PM • #83

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gift3d

I also pronounce barrage "barridge" just because i refuse to say any word with a french accent. Ever.

LMAO - great quote (although 'slightly' xenophobic!!) - and I will try the same for a week and see how i get on. Wonder where you're from?

On topic - no, never!!

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

R/Mo

Joined Oct 2005

Jun 9, 2008 at 8:42 PM • #84

Quote:

Originally Posted by isamu kurosawa

Yet if you pat attention to the storyline, the luxon culture is based on roman/greek influences, only cantha itself is asian.
How many asians have you met named "archemorus"?
Kurzick is based on germanic/eastern european culture hence "brauer" and "durheim".

My father's name is Archiemedes. But he's completely asian :P

Kula

Lion's Arch Merchant

Mo/E

Joined Jun 2005

Jun 9, 2008 at 9:19 PM • #85

Little Thorn!

and

CHIBICHAINS!!!

lol, Idk why but it just stuck

Darksun

Jungle Guide

Karr's Castle

W/E

Joined May 2005

Jun 9, 2008 at 10:12 PM • #86

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tatile

Who plays with the sound turned on anyway? That may, in fact, be the problem :\

quite the opposite.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyra_song

I dont really care what the characters say, since they actors paid to read.

Exactly why he got it right. Correct is whatever the creators say it is.

DarkGanni

Forge Runner

[CuTe]

Joined Mar 2006

Jun 9, 2008 at 11:07 PM • #87

Common one and I hate it: Tombs > It's tomeS

Or the other one Draknar's, Dranknar's..........all failures to say Droknar's -.-

Halmyr

Krytan Explorer

~none~

W/Me

Joined Jul 2005

Jun 9, 2008 at 11:43 PM • #88

Same as a lot of people: Aatxe.....I simply call them Ataxe, seems soooo much more natural and cooler that way :/ but thats just me

Accursed

Wilds Pathfinder

Joined Sep 2007

Jun 10, 2008 at 12:24 AM • #89

I pronouce them "at-axe", but I guess I'm wrong Q_Q.

ApocalypseAzza

Frost Gate Guardian

Xenophobia

W/Mo

Joined Dec 2005

Jun 10, 2008 at 1:04 AM • #90

i also have always said it as at-axe just because u cant really say it like it is... 'aatxe'

Bo Fairfield

Academy Page

Mu Tants [MU]

Me/

Joined Dec 2007

Jun 10, 2008 at 1:06 AM • #91

actually, with stygian, if you pronounce it true to latin/greek (or at least my latin professor), the y has a sort of U sound, as in styooogian, with y as a consonant, not vowel.

KiyaKoreena

Desert Nomad

Kirins of Holy Light

Joined Jun 2005

Jun 10, 2008 at 1:06 AM • #92

We call them attaxes too. :-)

And second calling them Nekkid Horsemans.

dilan155

Desert Nomad

Joined May 2007

Jun 10, 2008 at 1:33 AM • #93

ive always called it a taxes like what you pay when you buy stuff. cant really think of any good mispronounced words.

mrmango

Desert Nomad

Charter Vanguard [CV]

Me/Rt

Joined Oct 2006

Jun 10, 2008 at 2:10 AM • #94

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snow Bunny

On the subject of Bladed Aatxes. It's a Bladed Attacks to me, I don't care what you say. Doesn't anyone else do that when they read something that would take too much effort to actually pronounce? Like with Hermoine in harry potter, I simply assigned her as "hermine".

Yea same for Hermoine, and Chilblains as mentioned before. Oh and now I learned how to say Stygian and Justiciar.

Taurucis

Jungle Guide

I don't play any more.

W/E

Joined Jul 2006

Jun 10, 2008 at 2:38 AM • #95

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hailfall

not an incorrect pronounciation.. but the first time i saw a Necrid Horseman i thought it was Nekkid Horseman.. that made me laugh so now everytime i see that i will say that xD

I actually yelled "GET THE NECRID HOSEMAN!" when I was pugging Riverside Province on one of my characters...

Bluefeather

Lion's Arch Merchant

[PNOY]

W/R

Joined Dec 2005

Jun 10, 2008 at 3:27 AM • #96

I was teaching a newbie how to play the game and I told him he just have to press the following keys:

(1) Wan
(2) Tu
(3) Tree
(4) Pur
(5) Payb
(6) Seeks
(7) Sivin
(8) Iyt

I can feel the guy was laughing for no reason so I stopped teaching him. Too bad he didnt learn the last two numbers, (9) Nayn and (10) Tin.

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Joined Jul 2005

Jun 10, 2008 at 3:35 AM • #97

Quote:

Originally Posted by ApocalypseAzza

i also have always said it as at-axe just because u cant really say it like it is... 'aatxe'

http://bips.bi.ehu.es/tts/tts_en.html

Type in aatxe. Learning new languages is fun!

Sakura Az

Lion's Arch Merchant

Ambassadors Of Enlightenment [Sage]

Joined Jan 2007

Jun 10, 2008 at 3:37 AM • #98

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squishy ftw

Just call them cows.
Mad cows.

i call them cows too

Zexua

Pre-Searing Cadet

Disciples Of Sunset[DusK]

N/Me

Joined Apr 2008

Jun 10, 2008 at 4:18 AM • #99

a-tax lol yeah that's how i always said it. guildies like saying "cows coming". I have no intent on saying otherwise. i like the phonetic versions. makes it a lot easier at times. i guess it's whatever floats your boat.

itsvictor

Krytan Explorer

Joined Jan 2008

Jun 10, 2008 at 4:25 AM • #100

Prophecies, can you not read?
Droknar's is that...DROKNAR'S!
I have a pet peeve with ignorance...but more so with stupidity...I pronounce aatxe- axe-te-c(say the letter c) I have no idea why but it stuck with me. Or I just say naggercow (sorry to those that I've offended with that if I did at all, that stuck after my friend kept screaming it on vent >_>)
Tomes not tombs because I don't want burial sites...

Edit: Also using the speech system on windows...Aatxe sounds a lot like Ox except the stressed O sound.