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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Syzerian on May 09, 2004, 06:40:06 am

Title: Character Name Pronounciation
Post by: Syzerian on May 09, 2004, 06:40:06 am: I have started this thread because me and certain other people have become aggitated because people cannot pronounce our names precisely
so, how is your characters name meant to be pronounced?
please use proper english words or single letters

here is mine:
Syzerian (size-air-e-an)
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Post by: windwalker on May 09, 2004, 07:44:08 am: Windwalker (wind-walk-er)

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

i couldnt resist!
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Post by: Cyrandir on May 09, 2004, 07:46:48 am: cyrandir (cy-ran-deer, emphasis on deer)
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Post by: Barugon on May 09, 2004, 08:27:30 am: Barugon (bar - ew - gone)

A giant Japanese movie monster that fought Gamera.
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Post by: rumblebelly on May 09, 2004, 08:38:37 am: rum-bul-bell-e
i\'m quite sure no one mispronounce\'s my char name but i have had a few too many ale this evening and i had to post a reply in here :D
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Post by: Xyl on May 09, 2004, 08:57:56 am: Xyl pronounced Z - isle or like in the musical instrument xylophone
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Post by: seperot on May 09, 2004, 09:03:54 am: Seperot (Sep-er-ot-) :p
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Post by: Yann on May 09, 2004, 11:16:10 am: Errion: Air - \"E\" - on (not like \"on\" but more the sound in \"honk\")
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Post by: Xanaroth on May 09, 2004, 11:32:42 am: ksa-na-rot = xanaroth
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Post by: SaintNuclear on May 09, 2004, 11:51:55 am: Can\'t use non-english letters? Meh, I could simply paste the way my nick is pronounced from Merriam Webster :rolleyes:
Saint:
sAnt. The A is pronounced like the A in \'ace\'. (this part is actually taken from MW)
Nuclear:
ny-oo-klea-er (emphasison the nyook)

Edit: Heh, this thread actually is meaningful... Always thought Xanaroth\'s X is pronounced \'za\'
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Post by: Princess Aelya on May 09, 2004, 11:55:06 am: \"Ale\" as in, the delicious alchaholic stuff in kada\'s tavern ;) and \"yuh\" as in yuh huh. Simple right? Well maybe not >_> :P

Don\'t think I need to explain the princess part.
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Post by: AendarCallenlasse on May 09, 2004, 11:56:19 am: Aen-dar (Aen as in vein. Dar as in car) Cal-len-lasse (Cal as in pal. len as in pen. Lasse as in lassie)
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Post by: Toadhead on May 09, 2004, 11:56:51 am: Toadhead --> Thoaahhdd-hhheehhaahtth
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Post by: Dyari on May 09, 2004, 12:04:38 pm: Dyari -> Dja-Ri (No! not Diary, or Diaree :P)
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Post by: Toadhead on May 09, 2004, 12:07:27 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Dyari
Dyari -> Dja-Ri (No! not Diary, or Diaree :P)

..and Dijaarie?
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Post by: Dyari on May 09, 2004, 12:09:30 pm: Dijaarii? sound kinda interesting ;) buh noo.. i mean it to be Djaa-ri :)
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Post by: Arberar on May 09, 2004, 12:40:12 pm: arberar :p ar-be-rar :p but my ingame name will be

Athkatla => atkatla
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Post by: Xanaroth on May 09, 2004, 12:59:41 pm: Quote
Originally posted by SaintNuclear
Edit: Heh, this thread actually is meaningful... Always thought Xanaroth\'s X is pronounced \'za\'

if you already have probs with xanaroth, i thank that i didn\'t use my real name, cause that would cause some real troubles;)
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Post by: Zeraph on May 09, 2004, 02:28:49 pm: Zeraph = Ser-aff | Zph can be Zeff... Zph is like my only char exept for one I forgot with a long name. I had 1 ruby on that char ;(
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Post by: Quwaar on May 09, 2004, 02:29:07 pm: Quwaar To Delorm (Cu-waar To De-Lohrm) damn.. how to explain....^^ As long as you type it right :)

bit lame coz in some languages you pronounce letters different
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Post by: Luze on May 09, 2004, 02:38:15 pm: Luze = Lose

Not really that hard to find out, but in there might be different ways to pronounce it in other areas of the world.
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Post by: Xanaroth on May 09, 2004, 02:45:43 pm: yeah, typing is what matters the most, cause most of us wont be talking in any way with eachother different from writing.
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Post by: TheRedMonk on May 09, 2004, 02:53:38 pm: Nice thread...I thought Luze was pronounced \"Ljooze\". My char name is Tybalt (red monk is my class) with emphasis on Ty...
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Post by: Skizzik on May 09, 2004, 04:27:28 pm: Ehm who here ever pronounces character\'s names out loud? ?(
Anyway, Skizzik, erm...
Skiz not like in \'ski\' or \'sky\', but with an i like in \'bit\'.
zik like \'sick\' only with a Z, so that\'s \'zick\'.
Weird thread... :P
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Post by: Elegrand on May 09, 2004, 05:35:14 pm: ele-grand, ele as in elegant, grand as in grand. Not to hard to figure out.
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Post by: Monketh on May 09, 2004, 05:53:51 pm: Get this:

Monk-eth (Monk as in Monk) (eth as in eh-th)
Sai-vion-o (Say or Sa) (vion like veon) (o as in \'o\' :P)
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Post by: Icefalcon on May 09, 2004, 09:45:04 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Luze
Luze = Lose

Not really that hard to find out, but in there might be different ways to pronounce it in other areas of the world.

Yup, some people would pronounce it...luz as in cup.

Anyway, Icefalcon is really self-explainatory...Ise as in eye, falcon as in the bird...
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Post by: Parts on May 10, 2004, 03:00:44 am: Parts

Par t ss

Do you think I should find a name that is harder to pronounce? :D
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Post by: Miyato on May 10, 2004, 04:53:15 am: Ok everyone knows mine is the hardest to pronounce :P

Mee - Yah - Toe

Very simple, if you can\'t pronounce that, then try saying Chicken Soup in German 8 times fast :D
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Post by: Kuiper7986 on May 10, 2004, 06:39:58 am: Kway-per [Kway like quale or quay sound] [per as in person]

Se-ni-ah-si [Se as in Seth] [Ni as like neon with the i like a double e sound \"ee.\" [Ah as in ah-ha]. [Si like Sai with a stressed i sound like \"eye\"]

-Kuiper Seniasi
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Post by: Abemore on May 10, 2004, 08:48:46 am: (Abe-more)
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Post by: Uyaem on May 10, 2004, 10:25:25 am: Po-go-push-el (not puss-kel or sth ;))
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Post by: Wedge on May 10, 2004, 10:58:24 am: Wedge Antilles is easy, so forget that.

Tycho combinant of Tyrant and Psycho apparentley. Annunciated Tie-Ko. Celchu is a bit up in the air, I\'d go with Kel-Ku though, coz\' Shel-shu would sound dumb.

Tycho Celchu.
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Post by: Abemore on May 10, 2004, 11:25:50 am: Wedge (wej) is easy but Antilles might not be.

is it An-till-es, An-till-ease, or An-tee-es?
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Post by: Uyaem on May 10, 2004, 11:43:45 am: I\'d say it\'s An-till-es, like the guy from StarWars:
(http://www.eyeonstarwars.com/trilogy/character/images/wedge4.jpg)
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Post by: Cirque on May 10, 2004, 12:51:20 pm: Cirque: Serk or Sirk depending where your from. Accent effects how it sounds somewhat. Although I like to mispronounce it as sir-cue.
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Post by: Abemore on May 10, 2004, 01:04:44 pm: Accent effects how it sounds? Really? :P
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Post by: karakth on May 10, 2004, 01:12:18 pm: Car-acth (where the a is pronouned \"ah\" as in \"Aha\"

You also say it fast.

Karakth.
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Post by: Cirque on May 10, 2004, 03:39:40 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Abemore
Accent effects how it sounds? Really? :P

If thats an attempt at being sarcasticly humerous then you fail miserably.
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Post by: karakth on May 10, 2004, 06:49:49 pm: What? Operand is pronounced o-per-and? I always pronounced it Wyss-tak-huh. Hmm...Must be my accent 8)
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Post by: Xordan on May 10, 2004, 07:17:57 pm: :P

Xor - sszor
dan - dan
:D

Edit: OMG, u guys got tricked by a n00b :P
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Post by: Xalthar on May 10, 2004, 07:22:52 pm: Xalthar - \"zalthar\"

Malentor - \"mal-n-tor\"

simple, ain\'t it? :P
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Post by: Ineluke on May 10, 2004, 07:35:38 pm: Ineluke

een - eh -looh -kay

stress on een and looh mainly on looh though
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Post by: Mordaan on May 10, 2004, 10:06:56 pm: Mordaan (More-DAN) dan as in dance
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Originally posted by seperot
Seperot (Sep-er-ot-) :p

see, now I would have thought the French pronunciation of
SEP-er-oh

I may not say the names out loud, but I say them in my head. :P So this is a helpful thread.
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Post by: Skizzik on May 11, 2004, 09:48:22 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Kuiper7986
Kway-per [Kway like quale or quay sound] [per as in person]

I think it really helps here if you speak dutch. ;)
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Post by: mbahleda on May 11, 2004, 11:06:24 pm: Bahleda

Buh - LEE - duh

Telemarketers never get it right
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Post by: Elkindel on May 12, 2004, 01:36:30 am: Dont much matter how you pronounce my name so long as you spell it right :P

El-keen-del

or

Elk-in-del
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Post by: kyp14 on May 12, 2004, 12:22:39 pm: Just in case your to low to read my sig. (I know who you are.....I think.....on second thoughts, I don\'t)

My Internet name is Kypster or Kyp for short not kyp14 thats just what I signed up with all those years ago.

and Its pronounced with an i instead of a y.
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Post by: Cirque on May 12, 2004, 05:28:08 pm: Quote
Originally posted by kyp14

Just in case your to low to read my sig. (I know who you are.....I think.....on second thoughts, I don\'t)

In house joke?
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Post by: T?ri Tasart on May 19, 2004, 11:58:15 pm: Probably the best place, if anywhere, to introduce myself: My name is T?ri Tasart?r (pronounced Taa-ri Tas-ar-teer) and I hail from the uppermost city overlooking the great Lake of Yliakum on the seventh level. I am a female Nolthrir, a merchant whos main business interest consists of the fine delicacies to be found in the waters of my home. I am visiting Hydlaa recently in search of good trade, and to sell off some surplus goods before they turn bad.

I also enjoy a little roleplay. :)
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Post by: Draklar on May 20, 2004, 12:10:27 am: Draklar... umm... Drak-lar ?(
:P
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Originally posted by T?ri Tasart?r
I also enjoy a little roleplay. :)
speak it out loud :]
welcome :P
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Post by: Ayshe on May 20, 2004, 12:11:13 am: Ayshe Keha-Tien

eye-EESH (eash sound as in Leash) ke-HA shen

Jityshe Ara-Tien (this one is trickier)

HCUDD -eesh (similar to the way you pronouce Scud as in Scud Missile, but with an H sound) a-RA (roll the R) shen
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Post by: Mindari on May 20, 2004, 12:48:05 am: mind-ar-i :P
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Post by: Eneji on May 21, 2004, 12:48:19 am: En-ej-ee

On a note: the j is pronounced like you would in French like Je (think of the word edge without the d)
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Post by: Karyuu on May 21, 2004, 12:50:51 am: Might as well..

Karyuu Gesshoku

CAR-ee-you guess-SHO-ku
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Post by: faldrok on May 21, 2004, 01:04:10 am: Fal-drok; what else can I say?
Fal as in fall and drok as in rock with a \"d\".
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Post by: Elkindel on May 21, 2004, 03:47:01 am: Makin a new post since I got a last name :P
Elkindel Raukath

El-ken-del Raow-cath
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Post by: Olig on May 21, 2004, 03:59:52 am: Olig ( Ah-ligg)
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Post by: PenguinX on May 30, 2004, 06:05:52 pm: PenguinX -

Paing - goo - in - EhKs (ai as in pale)

=D
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Post by: Rougearrowz on May 31, 2004, 10:11:47 am: ok well its not as simpe as it seems
row ge r ow za( row as in boat ge as in rogue(well rouge as in rogue) r as in the letter or arrr as in the pirate sound ow as in the suprised sound and za is in the sound of z as in zahhh
and teddy bear
ted e be ar
ted as in the name e as in the letter be as in betty ar as in the pirate sound again
ps rouge is not pronouced as the colour
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Post by: Androgos on May 31, 2004, 10:26:56 am: And-drog-os

blue-comm-and

Nothing special
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Post by: Taldor on May 31, 2004, 04:28:20 pm: Taldor:

TAL (like in Talad) - dor (like in Mordor)

What else can I say?
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Post by: Socrates Demise on May 31, 2004, 04:40:21 pm: Ghirtek

gear tek
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Post by: elscouta on May 31, 2004, 05:57:03 pm: Like in french:

In english this is more

El - Scoo - Ta.

But it\'s strange, but i have never heard some on internet mispronounce my name. Probably because nobody pronounce it ;)