Sayin words right

[Bedroom General]

Hiya,
I'm a life long Rush fan who, being from Australia, and only being able to read about the band, never realised for a long time that the drummer I revered as Neil Purt was actually called Neil Peert. It's hard to break the habit of a lifetime.

So with that embarrassing admission out of the way, here we go.

I pronounce Waaagh like War!
Am I right?
Them Orks say it like that on Final Liberation.
But there's some folk who tell me its Waaa! (Like a little baby!!!) or even Waaa! with a big "Guh" on the end.

I pronounce Tau like Taow, but I heard someone call em Tor, and he was consistent. (like 'Tau'rus the bull maybe?)

I pronounce Aun as Orn, but it could be Aown

I pronounce Gauss as Gowss, but is it Gorss?

Help an old feller out will ya?

P.S. I pronounce Gray Knights as broken.;)

[DrLove42]

GREY.

GREY

Not Gray! Why can no one spell GREY right!

As for pronunciation. You are right on Waaaagh, but not a hard r on the end.

Tau is Tau, like the Greek Letter that every mathmatician should know...it is T~aow (but not Tow)

Aun is i've always had as Own

Gauss, again is a really word. Gowss is correct

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Grey can be spelt either way. It's more old english with an "a" though.

However, in reference to Grey Knights I understand your annoyance.

[Bedroom General]

:( (little voice)"but I like Gray".:(
Seriously though...
Cheers for the assist, DrLurv!
Any one else got tricksy pronounciatifying to put up here?

Remember, As DrLove42 would say."Again is a really word".:o

....I like gray.

[Wolfshade]

One of my lecturer's at uni used to pronouce Tau as Tor...

[Wolfshade]

Grey can be spelt either way. It's more old english with an "a" though.

However, in reference to Grey Knights I understand your annoyance.

Just because one can do something does not mean that one should.

[DrLove42]

I meant Real word!

Same as in real life, my brain is faster than my fingers or tongue (wahey) so i trip over words as I talk and type

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Gray is a real word, and has the same meaning. :p

[Wolfshade]

Lascannon

lasyzcannon or lazcannon

I'd go with the later

I have similiar issues. I find my right hand types quicker than my left :(

[DrLove42]

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gray?q=gray

Gray is the US spelling. And since US English isn't a real language....

[Bedroom General]

Hmmm, so a brainy guy calls it Tor. The plot thicks!

[Wolfshade]

In terms of Grey Knights it is being used as a proper noun so there is only one correct way of spelling it

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I pronounce it as written; Tau. However, I pronounce the main sept (T'au) as Tay-oo.

Wolf, as listed originally, I understand in that case. I was speaking for English as a language.

[Bedroom General]

I'm sorry, I meant Gary Knights, He's been in an accident down the road.

[Wolfshade]

I'm sorry, I meant Gary Knights, He's been in an accident down the road.

lol. I enjoyed that

[DrLove42]

I've nevr heard it as Tor....and being a engineering graduate I almost know more about the Greek alphabet than the English....

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

The Greek alphabet - The naming scheme for the Alpha Legion. :D

[Bedroom General]

Is it just me, or does calling out "Tay-oo!!" everytime you roll to hit with tau in the shooting phase sound like the greatest thing ever?
Or "YippeeTay-oo MissileFusion!"


Its just me isn't it?

[DrLove42]

No...i just swear loudly while rolling Tau shooting cos my3 twinlinked railguns all missed completly....

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I don't play Tau... because I like to win games. :p

[Wolfshade]

I've nevr heard it as Tor....and being a engineering graduate I almost know more about the Greek alphabet than the English....

Engineers can't even use imaginry number notation correctly, seriously j what is up with that

[DrLove42]

Like the Eldar the Tau will get a new book and everyone will be disgusted with how amazing they will be! And everyone will quake in their boots. Tau will be the only people who can outshoot Necrons....

And i'll be disgusted with everyone jumping to them and all the netlisting

[Bedroom General]

Obi Ron?
Anorak The Traveller
Lionel?
Tie Co? Tie Fuss? What is this, a shop?

Grim Dark...Tay-oo!!

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

An-wrack-ir the Traveller

[Bedroom General]

An-wrack-ir the Traveller
I can dream can't I?

Can anyone help with the pronounciation of the Craftworlds?

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I'd actually done mine in a kind of anorak. I made him look like trampcron. :D

[Wolfshade]

You need to model up a scarab to be his dog on a string

[Psychosplodge]

Engineers can't even use imaginry number notation correctly, seriously j what is up with that

because I is already in use...

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

You need to model up a scarab to be his dog on a string

Hah! I actually can't wait for the official model. He's my favourite character.

[Bedroom General]

I'd actually done mine in a kind of anorak. I made him look like trampcron. :D

You need to model up a scarab to be his dog on a string

I'm in love with this idea!

[Wolfshade]

For what? i should be used for imaginry numbers

[Psychosplodge]

Current?

[Wolfshade]

Wouldn't that be I not i.
I remember one formula I had it had K, k and κ. Not impressed. k was the variable IIRC.

An engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician are shown a pasture with a herd of sheep, and told to put them inside the smallest possible amount of fence.

The engineer is first. He herds the sheep into a circle and then puts the fence around them, declaring, "A circle will use the least fence for a given area, so this is the best solution."

The physicist is next. He creates a circular fence of infinite radius around the sheep, and then draws the fence tight around the herd, declaring, "This will give the smallest circular fence around the herd."

The mathematician is last. After giving the problem a little thought, he puts a small fence around himself and then declares, "I define myself to be on the outside."

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I am officially lost.

[Wolfshade]

Imaginery numbers are denoted in terms of (3 + 5i) commonly (they can be shown in terms of cos and sin and other forms) the exception being engineers who insist in using j (3 + 5j)

[Psychosplodge]

yeah, but I'm sure I was told that was the reason, because when people are writing the don't always use the correct case and as I pops up more often than i in engineering it makes sense to substitute i.

The mathematician is clearly a Ba student as he's not read the brief correctly, as even defining himself on the outside, and using the least fence, how has he kept the sheep in the pasture?

[Bedroom General]

Smallest amount of fence.
Damn too slow.

Shoe does not look like it sounds.
I mean look at it.

SHOE

[Wolfshade]

Because he defines himself to be outside of the pasture therefore everything else that is not on his side of the fence is inside the pasture

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

This sounds like philosophy, I'm out!

[Psychosplodge]

Because he defines himself to be outside of the pasture therefore everything else that is not on his side of the fence is inside the pasture

Well no, because the the pasture is still finite.


This sounds like philosophy, I'm out!

Yeas go forth to your other philosophy thread...

[Bedroom General]

Phil or Sophie? There's a choice now.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Yeas go forth to your other philosophy thread...

I took philosophy at GCSE, major headache.

[Wolfshade]

Well no, because the the pasture is still finite.
That doesn't matter, the problem is to put them in a pasture using the smallest amount of fence.

[Psychosplodge]

exactly, and how do the stay in the pasture if you've fenced yourself off? it's a wonderful idea, but think of the practicalities...

[Wolfshade]

How can they get out of the field, since the only thing outside of the field is you surrounded by your fence

[Psychosplodge]

Because the field isn't the entirety of inside the fence, what about roads, and houses and etc's ? there's still an outer limit...

[Psychosplodge]

Phil or Sophie? There's a choice now.



Neither, that bloke that presents grand designs, seems a far better house related person to know...

[Wolfshade]

Because the field isn't the entirety of inside the fence, what about roads, and houses and etc's ? there's still an outer limit...
Nope, that's all in the field by definition

[Psychosplodge]

silly mathematicians...

[Wolfshade]

That's the point of it.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

What the f*** is going on here!??!

[Psychosplodge]

you don't say f*** like that you say it f**k

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I was waiting for Wolf to correct it with "fudgecake"

[Bedroom General]

Glad I teach Art.
Anyhoo

Alaitoc = A lie tok?
Yme Loc = Em ay lok?
Ulthwe= Oolf way?
Haven't got the 'dex handy for the spelling of the rest.

[Psychosplodge]

mmmmmmmmmm cake

now I'm hungry...

[SotonShades]

Back to the original point (cus sheep need room over the whole pasture to graze properly anyway... I am a rocketscientist and a country bumpkin), one word I find that rears its ugly head incorrectly too often is the ubiquitous Imperial guard tranpost of choice; The Chimera.

Oh Chimera,
How to pronounce thee, let my count the ways.
Do you open locks,
oh Key-meer-a.
How many syllables dust thou have,
oh chim-me-er-ahh.
Are you of the Orient,
oh Chai-mirror
Are you a small Ford,
oh KA-merra.

Oh Chimera,
How to pronounce thee,
Ki-meer-uh.


Andas for the original question, Waaagh! is pronounced like War, but weith a long, gutteral aaaaaaaarrrr sound, and no harsh are. Basicly, if you can't feel it shaking your diaphram, you aren't doing it right!

[Psychosplodge]

Rocket science? well it's not brain surgery is it?

[Wolfshade]

I told a joke that showed how engineers and mathematicians see things differently, after a couple of page explaination all but the most die hard have lost the will to live.
Also no bad language it is wrong :p

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Glad I teach Art.
Anyhoo

Alaitoc = A lie tok?
Yme Loc = Em ay lok?
Ulthwe= Oolf way?
Haven't got the 'dex handy for the spelling of the rest.

Biel-tan = Bee-eel Tan
Iyanden = Eye-an-den
Saim-Hann = Say-im Haan
Iybraesil = Ee-bray-sil

[Wolfshade]

fugdecakes my latency is too high :(

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Hahaha! I love 163. xD

I like the sound of Craftworld Kaelor.
I also like the sound of these:
Arach-Qin
Aringhe
Atlantis
Cairas Mythar
Dorhai
Hel-Kath
Idharae
Meros
Nacretinei
Stel-Uit
Tir-Val
Yr-Arthi
Zahr-Tann
Mymeara

[Wolfshade]

If we move onto puns we have
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?t=18346

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

They missed 90% of the puns in the Lizardmen army book.

[Wolfshade]

That's what I was originally think of like erm Lord Kroak and erm Tiq-Taq-To

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

The Dinobots? Zwup, Zlaaq, and Grimloq

Most of the phonetic translations, e.g. Chocci bicci, Cuppa coaca, and other hot beverages and snacks.

[Gotthammer]

I asked Graham McNiell how to pronounce Pasanius at Games Day and he just shrugged and said "I don't know, however you want." Real helpful there :p

[Charistoph]

Anyone else pronounce Tau like the Chinese?

[eldargal]

Alaitoc=Ally-tock, that's how I've always pronounced it (and I'm always right) and this is how it was pronounced in DoW2:Retribution.;)

Belial = Bee-lee-al

Slaanesh = Sluh-nesh (according to Phil Kelly)

One that annoys me is Commoragh. It is pronounced Kom-orr-ah, like Gomorrah but with a k sound. It is not Kom-or-rag.

P.S. While on the subject, can people stop calling Lelith Lilith.

P.S.S. Not strictly related to pronunciation bu the plural of eldar is eldar.

[L192837465]

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gray?q=gray

Gray is the US spelling. And since US English isn't a real language....

Can't tell if trolling or serious...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_linguistics

[eldargal]

English is English, like French is French. You want your own version call it something different, otherwise it is just a dialect which can sitll be called something different.:p

[L192837465]

English is English, like French is French. You want your own version call it something different, otherwise it is just a dialect which can sitll be called something different.:p

Hence it's reference as "American English" not to be confused with "Queens English".

And before anyone complains I'm wrong, they're both Germanic roots, so really, even you brits are speaking a *******ization of German. Lulz

[eldargal]

Yest but a lot of people insist on saying 'British English'. Which is redundant, it is English. Can't blame us for getting bit cranky just because you Americans decided against making German the official language (true story) in the nineteenth century.;)

[L192837465]

Yest but a lot of people insist on saying 'British English'. Which is redundant, it is English. Can't blame us for getting bit cranky just because you Americans decided against making German the official language (true story) in the nineteenth century.;)

True story. So I guess I speak for all Americans saying "thank you for acting kinda French in regards to language, without which we'd be speaking German here."

Although now that I think about it, speaking German would probably make the US a bit more "worldly" where only 25% of the country is bilingual or better...

Also, people that pronounce "lascannon" as "layz-cannon" annoy the crap out of me. DIAF.

[Wildeybeast]

Hence it's reference as "American English" not to be confused with "Queens English".

And before anyone complains I'm wrong, they're both Germanic roots, so really, even you brits are speaking a *******ization of German. Lulz

English draws as much from Scandanavian and French roots as it does Germanic ones, and most of those are based on Latin. We've always been a cultural melting pot.

[Brandoncbaker]

English draws as much from Scandanavian and French roots as it does Germanic ones, and most of those are based on Latin. We've always been a cultural melting pot.

Just saying,but French is a latin based language also

[faolan]

Tau: like "Cow", but with a T instead of a "K" sound.

Eldar names:
"Sissy space elf s**t".

Greek and Latin style names for Space Marines are:
"Sounds like boy buggery".

To the old debate of "is it 'tier-a-nid' or 'tire-nid'?"...
It's "nids".

And finally, to address US English vs UK English...
First, if you're going to bring that up, you have to address Canuckistani English, Souf Effrikan, Aussie, Kihwih, Jehmakin' and a host of others. Secondly, haven't you bloody pommies noticed that when you're given elocution lessons, you sound like Americans from the Mainline NE? Obviously we're the ones who're closer to speaking it propa!

Thank you, have a nice day, diaf.

[Psychosplodge]

Hence it's reference as "American English" not to be confused with "Queens English".

And before anyone complains I'm wrong, they're both Germanic roots, so really, even you brits are speaking a *******ization of German. Lulz

Queens English is merely a dialect of English, as spoken by the queen. It's also moved closer to estuary English than it was fifty years a go. English is the standard, as Eldargirl said British English is unnecessary redundancy.

Modern germans are of Teutonic descent, the anglo-saxon that forms the root of English may share roots with tuetonic languages, but only in the same way that most of the western european mediterranean countries share latin roots.
Basicly while it's true to say American English is a (deliberate post rebellion) b*stardisation of English, you can't say that English is a b*stardisation of german, the two don't even share grammatical rules...

[Wolfshade]

Yup.
You also find that there are some words that seem to have no common European root, these must be words left over from the ancient British tongue though mostly they are left as place names, like erm Tardebigge which is pre-Saxon but not Celtic or Latin in origin.
Frequently these remanents exist in local dialects which with improved communication (both in terms of transport and internet/tv/telephone etc) are slowly being phased out.
I find the whole language roots to be very interesting. Also, you missed the greek influence which is why we should have the plural of octopus as octopodes

[Bedroom General]

This has been great so far. I'm much more confident with Craftworld names and I can yell "Waaagh!" with confidence once again.
I am still intrigued by Pronouncing Tau as Tor.
And Tay-oo is gold.
As is the idea of Anorak the Trampcron and his scarab doggie. I'm modelling that when I get the bitz.

Some Eldar perhaps?
A ss your men, or As your men?
You Real, or You ree all?

Hippie Elvses.

[eldargal]

As s-er-man abd Ihr-ee-al, in my opinion.

[SotonShades]

As s-er-man abd Ihr-ee-al, in my opinion.

Exactly what i was thinking, but couldn't work out the phonetic spellings so I left it lol. All of this assumes we can correctly pronounce any eldar words with our clumsy cow-like mouths, as opposed to their serpentine, whip-like tongues that move like quicksilver.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

That's how I say them.

[Wolfshade]

I pronouce them Xeno scum and cleanse them with the holy bolter

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I pronouce them Xeno scum and cleanse them with the holy bolter

Good point Brother.

[Chris Copeland]

Americans DO speak English. We speak the American dialect, but we clearly speak English. I believe Professor Hill summed all of this up quite nicely here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAYUuspQ6BY). If you go from one end to the other of the English speaking world you will find many dialects of the language. I daresay that the some American dialects are closer to what Professor Hill is using in the above video that you'll hear from some Welshmen or Irishmen. Please, watch the video. It is from My Fair Lady and it is as true today as the day it was filmed. Cheers.

PS I am a Yankee who lives in the South. I am also a school teacher who is charged with teaching youngsters. I often wonder if we should call the language that some of the Texans I know use, "English." :P

[Chris Copeland]

Yest but a lot of people insist on saying 'British English'. Which is redundant, it is English. Can't blame us for getting bit cranky just because you Americans decided against making German the official language (true story) in the nineteenth century.;)

G'on! Why can't the English teach their children how to speak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAYUuspQ6BY)? :P

Henry Look at her, a prisoner of the gutter,
Condemned by every syllable she ever uttered.
By law she should be taken out and hung,
For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.
(Eliza Aaoooww! Henry imitating her Aaoooww!)
Heaven's! What a noise!
This is what the British population,
Calls an elementary education.
Counsel, I think you picked a poor example.
Did I?
Hear them down in Soho square,
Dropping "h's" everywhere.
Speaking English anyway they like.
You sir, did you go to school?
Wadaya tike me for, a fool?
No one taught him 'take' instead of 'tike!
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
This verbal class distinction, by now,
Should be antique. If you spoke as she does, sir,
Instead of the way you do,
Why, you might be selling flowers, too!
Hear a Yorkshireman, or worse,
Hear a Cornishman converse,
I'd rather hear a choir singing flat.
Chickens cackling in a barn Just like this one!
Eliza: Garn!
Henry I ask you, sir, what sort of word is that?
It's "Aoooow" and "Garn" that keep her in her place.
Not her wretched clothes and dirty face.
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
This verbal class distinction by now should be antique.
If you spoke as she does, sir, Instead of the way you do,
Why, you might be selling flowers, too.
An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him,
The moment he talks he makes some other
Englishman despise him.
One common language I'm afraid we'll never get.
Oh, why can't the English learn to set
A good example to people whose
English is painful to your ears?
The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears.
There even are places where English completely
disappears.
In America, they haven't used it for years!
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
Norwegians learn Norwegian; the Greeks have taught their
Greek. In France every Frenchman knows
his language fro "A" to "Zed"
The French never care what they do, actually,
as long as they pronounce in properly.
Arabians learn Arabian with the speed of summer lightning.
And Hebrews learn it backwards,
which is absolutely frightening.
But use proper English you're regarded as a freak.
Why can't the English,
Why can't the English learn to speak?

[Wolfshade]

By law she should be taken out and hung

Hanged, game gets hung, people get hanged :D

[eldargal]

Exactly, you speak a dialect of English. The British speak English, but we do not speak British English. Also Welshmen and Irishmen often have English as a second language, on account of Welsh and Irish still being spoken quite a bit. So comparing their usage to a country like America where English is the official language is really a bit irrelevent.:)

Also, a fictional film based on a stereotype of how a relatively poorly educated subset of Londoners spoke decades ago isn't particularly convincing.:p Take the same level of education from America from the same period and see how well they spoke.

Americans DO speak English. We speak the American dialect, but we clearly speak English. I believe Professor Hill summed all of this up quite nicely here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAYUuspQ6BY). If you go from one end to the other of the English speaking world you will find many dialects of the language. I daresay that the some American dialects are closer to what Professor Hill is using in the above video that you'll hear from some Welshmen or Irishmen. Please, watch the video. It is from My Fair Lady and it is as true today as the day it was filmed. Cheers.

PS I am a Yankee who lives in the South. I am also a school teacher who is charged with teaching youngsters. I often wonder if we should call the language that some of the Texans I know use, "English." :P

[Chris Copeland]

Exactly, you speak a dialect of English. The British speak English, but we do not speak British English. Also Welshmen and Irishmen often have English as a second language, on account of Welsh and Irish still being spoken quite a bit. So comparing their usage to a country like America where English is the official language is really a bit irrelevent.:)

Also, a fictional film based on a stereotype of how a relatively poorly educated subset of Londoners spoke decades ago isn't particularly convincing.:p Take the same level of education from America from the same period and see how well they spoke.

To be clear, I was trying to use humor to point out that even Brits have dialects. Are you suggesting that all British folk speak what can be referred to as "English" and that you don't have regional dialects? I've met a few Brits and there seems to be quite a bit of diversity in how they use the language. When I was in the Marines we did some training with the British Royal Marines and some of them spoke as clearly as Benedict Cumberbatch (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212722/) from the show Sherlock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcFHeTaS9ew) and some were as hard to understand as Brad Pitt (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/) in the movie Snatch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ov4TlKlCog).

Some of the characters in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNQrgeCYcG4) are almost completely undecipherable. I suspect that if we ever met you'd say that I speak a clearer form of English than some of the characters in that movie. (Please note that I am trying to use far more recent cultural references than My Fair Lady (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAYUuspQ6BY) even though that movie has the benefit of making the point that I was getting at in song... a big plus in my book). :D

Cheers! Copeland

[eldargal]

No, there are plenty of dialects and accents in England alone, let alone Britain. My point is there is a reason a lot of British object to our form of English being labelled 'British English'. It is just English.:)

I'm not suggesting all British/English speak the language well or properly either, even taking into account local dialects and accents. But it is no worse than what you hear from certain parts of America and Australia (and probably Canada).:) But however some portions of our population may mutilate it it is still English. Not British English.;)

[Chris Copeland]

No, there are plenty of dialects and accents in England alone, let alone Britain. My point is there is a reason a lot of British object to our form of English being labelled 'British English'. It is just English.:)

I think I see where you are coming from. I've never heard anyone refer to British English... that term would be annoying, I agree.

I speak English, by the way. The term American English is a useful catchall in that it denotes that my accent is different and I spell a few words differently (armor and gray come to mind) but it's just a reference. It's akin to saying someone speaks cockney. The language itself is just "English." :)

PS: Watch this trailer (http://donyougorouninrountorero.com/). It is fantastic!

[lobster-overlord]

On Topic: What about Baal? I've heard "ball" and "bay-all" and "bAL" (the name AL with a B on the front). I go with Ball, but that's just because i'm so used to Stargate SG-1, and their use of it.

On Tangent: The only Imaginary number i know of these days is the amount of money GW expects us to pay for the new items using the new pricing structure.

[scadugenga]

Well,

If you want to be really specific...this is the original english:

"Þæs ofereode,þisses swa mæg!"

Which is very linguistically close to Old Norse, and not French. :)

Oh, and per the Eldar Craftworld Codex (3rd ed) It's pronounced "Sam Hine." :cool:

I always pronounced Alaitoc as allay-tock, personally.

[eldargal]

Bahl.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I pronounce it 'Balls' because Blood Angels can suck them. :p

[Wolfshade]

I pronounce it 'Balls' because Blood Angels can suck them. :p
No, Bad Tizzy :p

Was it "Look and Listen" on BBC that showed word construction? I'm sure that they said that if you to vowels together you get a long vowel sound like lot and loot, bot and boot. Similarly for Baal, it would be a longer sound than in ball or bat.
There are exceptions to the rule but I'm happy that this is a "normal" case.

[Psychosplodge]

well it's like a sheep baa-ing with an l on the end...

[lobster-overlord]

No, Bad Tizzy :p

Was it "Look and Listen" on BBC that showed word construction? I'm sure that they said that if you to vowels together you get a long vowel sound like lot and loot, bot and boot. Similarly for Baal, it would be a longer sound than in ball or bat.
There are exceptions to the rule but I'm happy that this is a "normal" case.

But it's not a word with its roots in English. Its pre-biblical middle eastern, so applying English language rules isn't appropriate in this case, which is why I ask how it would be pronounced.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

No, Bad Tizzy :p

No repremanding, only war.

[Psychosplodge]

But it's not a word with its roots in English. Its pre-biblical middle eastern, so applying English language rules isn't appropriate in this case, which is why I ask how it would be pronounced.
Yeah but it's being used in a context devised by a group of people from Nottingham....

[Wolfshade]

But it's not a word with its roots in English. Its pre-biblical middle eastern, so applying English language rules isn't appropriate in this case, which is why I ask how it would be pronounced.

That is a fair point, I would imagine that conversion to english (probably from hebrew) would be done on a phonetic basis and so would follow normal rules

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

It's Baal, two a's makes an "ah" sound, case closed.

[Defenestratus]

Nobody will ever convince me to say "Lahhhsgun" or "Lahhhhscannon". We fought a revolution hundreds of years ago to escape the tyranny of funny pronunciations.

Its a LASER. Not a "LAHHHser". I didn't get LAHHsers shot in my eyes - they were LASERS.

Its "LAZECannon"

Yes and I know that everyone thinks I'm incorrect - but I don't care. It is what it is. :P

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

No, it's LAH-ZOR. LAZOR beams. :D
I'ma firin' ma lazor!



PS. I know it's laser. xD

[Wolfshade]

Nobody will ever convince me to say "Lahhhsgun" or "Lahhhhscannon". We fought a revolution hundreds of years ago to escape the tyranny of funny pronunciations.

Its a LASER. Not a "LAHHHser". I didn't get LAHHsers shot in my eyes - they were LASERS.

Its "LAZECannon"

Yes and I know that everyone thinks I'm incorrect - but I don't care. It is what it is. :P

It's it's in this case. sigh.

Also I would imagine you say Las Vegas as in Lahz Vegahz not Layz Vegayz there isn't the "er" of laser so a las gun is lahsgun/lahscannon.
Giving it an "aze" the vowel after modifies the consonant before, but, there is no vowel after so making a long constant sound would be a "funny pronunciation". Certainly, if it was a lasegun then lazegun would be fine, but there is no e. :(

If you wish for an obscure you could go for las as in "vase" this is my larsgun (I use it for firing metallica drummers...)

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I want to fire Metallica drummers! BEST GUN EVER.

[Wolfshade]

I think though it would be a one-shot unless we can clone

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

If we can fire a human out of an assault rifle then we can clone.

[Wolfshade]

Ammo provided by Blendtech

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I want to see this advert.

[Wolfshade]

Nsfw :(

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

What, the advert?

[Wolfshade]

I would imagine so

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Is anything safe for work nowadays?

[Psychosplodge]

Well considering the boss keeps a pallet worth of hardcore pornography in the racking....pretty much anything

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Want.

[Psychosplodge]

You really don't...

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Meanwhile, back in the topic!

How do we pronounce Necron names?

Ihm-ho-teh-kuh?
Or-ri-karn?
Tra-zeen?

[eldargal]

Imm-Ho-Tek
Tra-zinn

Not sure about the others (don't really care either:p).

[DrLove42]

I always has it as Traz-Yan actually...

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Imm-Ho-Tek
Tra-zinn

Not sure about the others (don't really care either:p).

Such a space racist. xD