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[Post New]2008/05/09 10:44:10
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Kilkrazy wrote:Lazcannon


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[Post New]2008/05/09 13:27:46
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f74 wrote:People need to spend more time in skool


Sorry. That's pronounced "sssh-ule". I had an 11 year old linguist correct me on this.



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[Post New]2008/05/09 18:34:30
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Kilkrazy wrote:The word chaos derives from ancient Greek and was spelt with the Greek equivalent of K, being a hard syllable.

Most other Greek derived words are spelt with K, such as kinetic. I don't know why Chaos wasn't.


Most likely because it came into to English indirectly via Latin. Latin makes extremely infrequent use of the letter 'K', so it was transcribed as a 'C'. (It's the same Ch as in 'Chemistry' if that helps).

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A more important question is...why do people insist on saying tier-inid? They don't call the big queen a hive tier-ant


I believe the answer to that question is the same reason why we don't call wyches wai-ches. Saying tair-inid sounds awkward to most people.

On a side note. How do most of you guys pronounce lascannon or lasgun? Do you use a long a (lace-cannon) or short a (las-cannon). I think the second is correct and that's what I say because there is no vowel to make the a long but I hear people say lace-cannon all the time.


Lascannon/Lasgun is a short form for LASER Cannon / LASER Gun, so I'd have to go with the long 'A' being more correct - I always use the second. I supposed it would be most correct to break it out and say "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation cannon".
[Post New]2008/05/09 19:22:42
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turret and turrent...
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[Post New]2008/05/09 19:55:11
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It's turret dude. Not turrent. Trust me.
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[Post New]2008/05/09 20:06:23
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oh no no no... dont get me wrong, i know it is turret, i just cant get over the number of people that say turrent.
i even found a game called turrent attack or something like that...wtf??? lol
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[Post New]2008/05/09 22:53:48
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The Power Cosmic wrote:Knee-arch? You lost me there.

You know, they lead your vampire count armies. You may know them as Necarchs.

Beriothien wrote:A more important question is...why do people insist on saying tier-inid? They don't call the big queen a hive tier-ant

Oh I've heard it.

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[Post New]2008/05/09 22:57:14
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you dont pronounce tyr as tear?
tear-a-nids sounds better the tie-ra-nids to me...
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[Post New]2008/05/10 00:50:01
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But do you mean tear as in or tear as in to to tear a piece of paper?

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[Post New]2008/05/10 02:20:23
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[Post New]2008/05/10 10:31:19
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[Post New]2008/05/12 21:13:05
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[Post New]2008/05/12 21:15:18
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[Post New]2008/05/12 21:24:23
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"Chaos is humans that have been totally corrupted: tentacles, crab claws, extra eyes, horns. Some people get confused and think Chaos is like the devil. No, no, no. It's not fire and brimstone, it's chaos. It's custard falling from the sky. It's an arm that turns into a sword. It's the ability to cut open your arm and mice pour out rather then blood. It's chaos, it's corruption." - Paul Barnett on the Warhammer MMO.
[Post New]2008/05/12 22:16:18
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Pariah Press wrote:Oh, let's call the whole thing off!


lol

Bravo, Pariah, bravo.


(On a side note, this thread is an outstanding argument for learning IPA)
 
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