So this was posted as a comment over on The D6 Generation website:

I know your guy created Dakka Dakka but doesn't the way he says it bother you? Sorry it just grinds on my like people who say Layscannon.
Posted by Paul, Mar 25, 2008 - 7:16 pm

So I just had to ask... how do you pronounce Dakka?

option 1

For the record: I pronounce it Option 1, and I pronounce lascannon: "lazcannon"

1 all the way, though I've known a couple freaks who go with 2.

And it's las-cannon from me, no 'z' as in laser

- Salvage

option 1 and layscannon.

option 1 for me. and laz cannon.

Darrian

dah-kah

las-cannon

Boss_Salvage wrote:1 all the way, though I've known a couple freaks who go with 2.

And it's las-cannon from me, no 'z' as in laser

- Salvage

No "z?"

So, you say it like "Lass" cannon?
As in a cannon that shoots lasses?
That would explain why S.O.B's don't use 'em.

"Allright, repentia. We're out of ammo. Who wants to redeem her eternal soul by being shot from the barrel of this lasscannon?"

I'm with option 1... My group & I say "Laz"cannon (the "a" sounding the same as the 1st "a" in "Dakka").

Eric

Hmm ... maybe I do mean laz-cannon, but not a hard 'a' like in "lays-cannon." I just don't over-emphasize the z, and the soft a smooths it over further. As in, LAZZer it isn't.

- Salvage

Option 1 and lazcannon.

See now I thought it was supposed to be Lays-cannon (as in Lays-er). I never pronounced it that way, it was Lazcannon for me.

Oh and option one. Though sometimes I find myself saying Dock-a.

If you want to see people really screw up, ask them how to pronounce the Chaos gods.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Ozymandias wrote:If you want to see people really screw up, ask them how to pronounce the Chaos gods.

Here's mine:

Corn.
Nergle.
Slain-ish.
Zneech (or Tizz when I care less).

- Salvage

I always thought it was

duh-kuh

- G

I no knuw huw to build a lazcannun.
ask Da mek..

Boss_Salvage wrote:

Ozymandias wrote:If you want to see people really screw up, ask them how to pronounce the Chaos gods.

Here's mine:

Corn.
Nergle.
Slain-ish.
Zneech (or Tizz when I care less).

- Salvage

I'm the same on all but the last.
I say Zeench.

I used to say Slah-nish, until I read one of the novels (either an Eisenhorn or Cain novel, I don't recall), where it spelled out how all of the custists they'd encountered were calling out to a god "Slay-nish." It spelled it the same as they were pronouncing it.

Any D&D players here? Pronounce Drow.

Eric

MagickalMemories wrote:
Any D&D players here? Pronounce Drow.

Eric

Good example I met drohw, druw and drew so far. You should here how some germans pronounce Lich .

As or for dakka I go with duh-ku (like cut). Or duggu cause in the part of germany I live people speak k like g, p like b, and t like d.

Boss_Salvage wrote:

Ozymandias wrote:If you want to see people really screw up, ask them how to pronounce the Chaos gods.

Here's mine:

Corn.
Nergle.
Slain-ish.
Zneech (or Tizz when I care less).

- Salvage

From a GW representative at GD LA 2003:

K-orn (emphasis on the "K")
Nurr-gull
Slann-esh (Long "a" sound, like if you held the "a" in ban)
Zeench ("ch" like "Cheers")

Also, C'tan is K'tan not See'tan.

He was responding to a 12 year old who completely butchered Tzeentch.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Boss_Salvage wrote:

Ozymandias wrote:If you want to see people really screw up, ask them how to pronounce the Chaos gods.

Here's mine:

Corn.
Nergle.
Slain-ish.
Zneech (or Tizz when I care less).

- Salvage

korn (yay korn rox)
nUrgul
Slaanesh
tzeenesh

I've been saying it Dock-a Dock-a all this time. You guys suck.

The ChapterMaster, who first introduced me to this site in 2001, pronounced it "Docka", and thus have I followed his example. I think I in turn passed it on to syr8766.

The 40K mispronunciation that used to drive me nuts was a buddy who 1) was an Outrider and 2) actually owned the army in question- he talked about his "Altioc" Eldar.

Option 1 and I support las-cannon, pronounced like laser cannon (since thats what it is) without the "er".

On a side note never had an issue with the chaos gods and I pronounce Drow, drow where the "ow" == what you say when you get hurt ("Ow!").

I just can't believe after being involved with Dakka for so long the 'how to pronounce' issue ever came up.

Dakka, of course, comes from the old 40k drawings of weapons firing with "Dakka Dakka" bursts written next to them.

I say Dakka because it does kinda sound like gun fire. While docka docka kinda sounds to me like someone is performing Irish step dance.

RussWakelin wrote:docka docka kinda sounds to me like someone is performing Irish step dance.

Now I know why I pronounce it that way...

My takes on the pronunciation:

Layz-cannon
Dacka
Zeench
S'tan

Lulzcannon?

Umm... yes. On topic.

Option 1.
Lazcannon.
Nergle
Corn
Zeentch (or Teesch-nick when I was 10)
Slahn-esh (like the WFB race Slaan)
K'Tan
Kata-chan (as opposed to Kata'kan as some people I know pronounce it)

And the next person who says 'Libarian' or 'Turrent' dies...

BYE

I pronounce all that junk according to standard American English phonetic rules, so:

docka docka
LAZ-kannon
tseench
slah-NESH

Of course, I can't find any examples offhand that relate to "dakka dakka", so this may just be my phonetic rules kicking in.

What phonics rule says to pronounce an A like an O? Dakka like back. Got a friend named Dakota that we call Dak. Never heard anybody call him Dok. Then again, I'm from Mississippi. We're more known for butchering the English language than for correcting others on their grammar.

What phonics rule says to pronounce an A like an O?

Say "awe." It's the same value as "dock."

stonefox wrote:

What phonics rule says to pronounce an A like an O?

Say "awe." It's the same value as "dock."

True, but that's the 'a' followed by a 'w', similar to 'tawdry' or 'dawdle'.



I think the real problem is that 'dak' is actually a word, and that word is pronounced 'dawk' or 'dahk'.



But I agree whole-heartedly with Russ: It's 'DACKA DACKA' because its supposed to be machine gun fire and that sounds a whole lot closer to the stereotypical machine gun fire sound than 'docka docka'.


Plus, if the guys who've owned the site both agree, then it must be right! (. . .runs off to check how Legoburner pronounces it. . .)

Come on Legoburner, don't let us down.

Dahka Dahka.

Option #2

Dock-a Dock-a
Lazz cannon (short a)

Corn
Nurgle (like Fur)
Slann esh
Zeentch (first T silent, then Zeen and 'tch' like catch)

Drow (like eyeBROW)

A-LAY-toc Eldar (ai sounding like 'air')...


Ghidorah

I pronounce it "Dakka(Kid making a machine-gun sound)

Here is AUS, we say "A pair of Dack's"-when decribing our pants

EG-"He's not wearing any Dacks"

H.B.M.C. wrote:
K'Tan
Kata-chan (as opposed to Kata'kan as some people I know pronounce it)

With HBMC on both of those. Here's a couple more contentious ones:

Skaven (as the soft a in scavenger)
Tira-nids (as in tyrant not tyranny)

When I was a young'un cavorting about the FLGS I used to call them 'jena-stellers' before realizing it was 'gene' + 'stealers'

- Salvage

Iorek wrote:I pronounce all that junk according to standard American English phonetic rules, so:

docka docka
LAZ-kannon
tseench
slah-NESH

Of course, I can't find any examples offhand that relate to "dakka dakka", so this may just be my phonetic rules kicking in.

Yeah, I'm not really sure you can go to phonics for the "Docka" sound. Any a word that sounds like O almost always has either a silent e or two vowels togeather. I say Dakka is closer to hack, back, lack, mack, sack, pack, rack, bat, cat, mat, sat, or hat.

I mean, if I was writing in 'orkish' and I said "Hurry up ya git and throw more ammo in me gear bakk pakk."

How would you read that out loud? Did he just call his back pack a bock pock?

I always pronounced it like #1, but that's how I heard you pronounce it Russ so I guess maybe I'm too trusting.

-Corey

yakface wrote:

stonefox wrote:What phonics rule says to pronounce an A like an O?

Plus, if the guys who've owned the site both agree, then it must be right! (. . .runs off to check how Legoburner pronounces it. . .)

I pronounce it using a complicated duck-like quacking, and since I speak the queen's english I must be right. On the other hand when I am talking to 'norms' it is just like yakface says, dah-kah dah-kah the sound of a machine gun.

Option 1, of course, since I learned it secondhand from Russ. I think it might be a New Hampshire thing too. LAZcannon with the same "a" sound like "back" too.

In the old-school days when I first got into the hobby army lists among the old Dakka gaming club were occasionally analyzed in terms of how much "Back, Hack, and Dakk" they had. Ie: mobility/ability to get into the backfield, close combat/ability to hack the enemy apart, and shooting/Dakka.

option 1
>> it's las-cannon from me, no 'z' as in laser

In french, a single S is pronounce Z, so around here (Québec) it's laz-cannon.

But I suppose that speaking a different language, I would say thing differently

Symbio Joe wrote:
As or for dakka I go with duh-ku (like cut). Or duggu cause in the part of germany I live people speak k like g, p like b, and t like d.

Dont do it . . . noooooooooooooooooooo!

I go with the german duck-a

Boss_Salvage wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Kata-chan (as opposed to Kata'kan as some people I know pronounce it)

Skaven (as the soft a in scavenger)
Tira-nids (as in tyrant not tyranny)

I'm of the Kata'kan camp myself. And while I can certainly see the logic in pronouncing Skaven that way, I always saw it as Skave-n (rhymes with craven). And I'm not sure why, but I've always pronounced Tyranids as Teer-a-nids.

And even though I know that Saim Hann is actually pronounced sa-win in Celtic, I can't help but pronounce it Same Hawn (primarily because I've learned that in conversations with most other 40k players that if I pronounce it the Celtic way that don't know what I'm talking about). How do folks pronounce Alaitoc? Al-aye-toc? Awl-ah-ee-tawc?

Saim Hann -> Sam Hane (like lane)
Alaitoc -> Al-a-tock

- Salvage

I'm in the Skaven = craven camp as well as the Teer-a-nids camp.

As for the Eldar names, who cares?

Ozymandias, King of Kings

I'm a dah kah type. And since it's from UK........

I'm not intending to be steriotypical as I only know a few american type people, but the the dor kas etc, seem to come from acent rather than correct pronunciation.

Saim Hann - Sam Hane to me
chim-er-a - not ki-mir-a! please noooooooooo
Laz-cannon (lays-cannon implies it's spelt layes cannon in my understanding of the english languae with that magic e chap)
zeetch (I know I'm wrong on that)
often here the young uns saying chaos as chows (i used to as well back in the day)
kata-chan
also heard somone say see-tan before, think they got hurt, no one was happy about it!

drow - drow? certainly not drew?

RussWakelin wrote:While docka docka kinda sounds to me like someone is performing Irish step dance.

It also sounds like "Wokka Wokka," which is what Fozzie Bear used to say all the time.

...and wargaming is NO place for Muppets.


Eric

I think it is time someone uploads a mp3 file so we get enlightend.

Boss_Salvage wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:
K'Tan
Kata-chan (as opposed to Kata'kan as some people I know pronounce it)

With HBMC on both of those. Here's a couple more contentious ones:

Skaven (as the soft a in scavenger)
Tira-nids (as in tyrant not tyranny)

When I was a young'un cavorting about the FLGS I used to call them 'jena-stellers' before realizing it was 'gene' + 'stealers'

- Salvage

K'tan and Kat-a-chan, as well.

As for Skaven & Tyranids... You suck, Boss... LOL

I pronounce 'em
"rats"
and
"bugz"

LOL

Skay-vin
Teer-uh-nidz

Eric

Skay-vin
Teer-uh-nidz

Yeah, that's the standard. No idea where you people got Skayvin from, but the Teeruhnidz is just picking the other tyrannical noun

I pronounce 'em
"rats"
and
"bugz"

Yeah, they're 'ratmen' and 'nids' about 98% of the time

- Salvage

I voted 2 for the reason people said 1 It seems more like the pheonetics of machine gun noise. . . I guess I was just thinking of a bigger gun.


rarrr

Option 1.
Lazcannon.
Nergle
Corn
Zeench
Slah-neesh
K'Tahn
Kata-chan

The 'docka' pronunciation just makes me think of the German guys from the Big Lebowski for some reason.


"Where's the money, Lebowski? Docka Docka, Lebowski."





And the people have spoken! The poll shows a pretty clear majority so those of you out there using 'docka' are just plain wrong, despite the fact that it's a made up word.

Dictionary.com says that its Ki-meer-uh, with the accent on the meer. Not with a "ch" like Church.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chimera

Ozymandias, King of Kings

EDIT: I wasn't able to find Dakka, but I did find dacca:


http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=dacca

Dak-uh

Dakka as in smack down.

Lazcannon
Nergel
Zeentch
Slan-esh. Slan as in plan.
Korn
Skaven as in craven.
Teer-uh-nid.
Kata-chan
C'Tan = K'Tan. S'Tan or See'Tan just sounds ridiculous.

dah-kah dah-kah, as G_P indicated.

I used to pronounce the weapon as a lahscannon, but now I pronounce it as a lazecannon (as in, 'laser cannon').

Don't you mean lazecannon as in 'lazer cannon'?

Nurglitch wrote:Don't you mean lazecannon as in 'lazer cannon'?

No, "LASER" cannon.

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

I went with option 2, you 78% are the freaks!

And I pronounce it lascannon, like glasscannon with a silent g... or something like that.

If you take off another letter it forms the name of another nifty weapon.

stonefox wrote:If you take off another letter it forms the name of another nifty weapon.

lasscans? I hesitate to wonder what those are...

I say Chim-er-a rather than Kai-mer-a... always have.

Skaven/Craven for me, and Teer-a-nids. Used to say Tie-ran-ids, but not any more.

Sime-Hahn (Sime as in the word "I'm" with an S at the front, Hahn as in the beer)
Al-eye-toc
Eye-an-din
Uhlth-way
Beel-Tan (Beel as in Jessica Biel)

BYE

Well Orks have these things called "Killa Kans," you see. It's similar.

Wait... the Kanz part, or the Killa part?

Dikka Dikka? No, no, no...

BYE

stonefox wrote:I've been saying it Dock-a Dock-a all this time. You guys suck.

Meh, its how I say it too. Same with the other people I know around here (Lormax and Scuddman most prominantly)

Korn
Ner-gul
Zeench
Slahn-ESH

al-EYE-tock
Sam-HANE (IIRC this is the actual pronunciation GW gave in a book; obviously nothing like the gaelic word it’s based off of)
ee-YAN-den
beel-TAN
ULLth-way

kat-a-kan
KI-mayr-uh
lazcannon
Skaven like craven.
teer-a-nids.
S-TAN
I pronounced Drow “dro” when I was a kid, but later found out it rhymes with cow.

stonefox wrote:Well Orks have these things called "Killa Kans," you see. It's similar.

A guy at a tourney was pronouncing kans as cons. Just how annoying is it to everyone when someone is saying one of these words "wrong"? I know that was bugging the crap outta me.

whitedragon wrote:

Nurglitch wrote:Don't you mean lazecannon as in 'lazer cannon'?

No, "LASER" cannon.

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

Yeah, that would be lahscannon. As in 'laser cannon'!

/durkha durkha

Hey, I did admit that my "phonetics" rule for the pronunciation of Dakka Dakka was my own personal phonetics! Having done a bit more pondering on WHY I say "docka" (as I can't find an actual, logical reason) I think that it's easier for me to say, flows a bit better.

So it looks like I'm going to have to man up and change the way I say it.

What about...

LOLzkannon?

"I'z on ur kitchen table... blowin up ur modelz"

Iorek wrote:

So it looks like I'm going to have to man up and change the way I say it.

Not me. It has been "dahka dahka" for the last decade. I am not changing the way I say it, just because of a consensus.

Besides, it doesn't sound nearly as ludicrous as a lot of pronunciations I have heard in the past.

Dacka vs. Dahka = Toemayto vs. Toemahto to me.

Rbb wrote:

stonefox wrote:Well Orks have these things called "Killa Kans," you see. It's similar.

A guy at a tourney was pronouncing kans as cons. Just how annoying is it to everyone when someone is saying one of these words "wrong"? I know that was bugging the crap outta me.

Depends on the word. if it a reasonable mispronunciation based on a modicum of logical phonetics, then it doesnt grate me.

But when people pronounce "Wyches" as "Why-ches" and not simply "Witches" (really now, its just GW thinking they are clever by adding the letter "Y" to the word, there is no need to change how it is pronounced because of that "cleverness") it makes me want to go on a homicidal rampage.

RussWakelin wrote:So this was posted as a comment over on The D6 Generation website:

I know your guy created Dakka Dakka but doesn't the way he says it bother you? Sorry it just grinds on my like people who say Layscannon.
Posted by Paul, Mar 25, 2008 - 7:16 pm

So I just had to ask... how do you pronounce Dakka?

"fan-boys" guess that's an "other"

Blackheart666 wrote:

RussWakelin wrote:
So I just had to ask... how do you pronounce Dakka?

"fan-boys" guess that's an "other"

I believe the correct pronunciation of "făn-bois" is actually in fact "ˈWȯr-sē'ər"

Hellfury wrote:

Blackheart666 wrote:

RussWakelin wrote:
So I just had to ask... how do you pronounce Dakka?

"fan-boys" guess that's an "other"

I believe the correct pronunciation of "făn-bois" is actually in fact "ˈWȯr-sē'ər"

not really... Dakka + Warseer = pair of clown shoes.

Now with "Lez-cannons" you got me!

I'm always up for a bit of watching ...

What?

@Hellfury where/how did you get/make that avatar? That thing is cool.

If you really think Dakka is made up primarily of fanboys, I suggest you do a little further browsing of the website. Personally I think Dakka has some of the most realistic and honest criticism of GW and wargaming in general that you can find online. With a few exceptions, it is certainly pretty open-minded with those sorts of "controversial" topics, at least.

But hey, I'm not an fanboy, I just post here.

In DOW: Soulstorm, da orkz get da fighta-bomma, an da git watz shootin da gunz clearly says "Dakka Dakka Dakka" like in option one with the "a" like "cat".

I personally have two pronunciations of Dakka depending on the usage. Daka and Darker.

I prononce Khorne as Horn though with a rolled H like Juan.

Darker? My grandma says Warshington, is it like that?

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Teh_K42 wrote:In DOW: Soulstorm, da orkz get da fighta-bomma, an da git watz shootin da gunz clearly says "Dakka Dakka Dakka" like in option one with the "a" like "cat".

Garn!

Dakka Dakka Morka Waaagh!?

What about Abbadon?

Uh-BAD-un?
AB-uh-don?
Other?


Eric

Whatever Abby says is the correct way.

I think it's:

Ab-a-don

I say Ab-ad-on though.

BYE

Uh-ba-don.

Dunno if I'm right and I don't care.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

I come from the part of the UK where the chaps who wrote the game come from, and it is definitely, 100%, no argument about it, pronounced 'dakka as in 'hacker''. You may pronounce it as you wish, but anyone in Nottingham who says 'dakka as in 'docker' or 'hawker'' would be laughed out of the pub.

I say option 2: but then, I pahk my cah in the yahd as well.

stingray wrote:I come from the part of the UK where the chaps who wrote the game come from, and it is definitely, 100%, no argument about it, pronounced 'dakka as in 'hacker''. You may pronounce it as you wish, but anyone in Nottingham who says 'dakka as in 'docker' or 'hawker'' would be laughed out of the pub.

LIAR! Your little flag clearly states that you're made in the EU. Probably Brussels.

Not made in EU. Made in Birmingham (the original one, not in the colonies). And Jazz is most definitely for losers...

You can now close this thread as I have told you the answer to this question. Further discussion is unnecessary. Please turn your attention to other matters.

Potato, potahto. But if you say potahto I'll seriously have to gank you. One thing that gets me, is how you manage to get an "o" sound of "a" or "dock" out of "dak"
Or idear. Theres no "r" there. Its idea. But people seem to stick random letters or omit random letters or something.
It must be a favorite (or favourite, I understand this is correct spelling now) past time for people.

Shadow_Strike wrote:Potato, potahto. But if you say potahto I'll seriously have to gank you. One thing that gets me, is how you manage to get an "o" sound of "a" or "dock" out of "dak"
Or idear. Theres no "r" there. Its idea. But people seem to stick random letters or omit random letters or something.
It must be a favorite (or favourite, I understand this is correct spelling now) past time for people.

...They do it because words are not spelled the whey dey ar pronownsed. Oderwise we beez ritin' liek orkz.

As a user of english as a second language I had hell trying to study phonetics and the gazzillions of words not following them.
But my favorite (notice my US corrupted spelling) words are Kansas and Arkansas...... Why oh God! Why US citizens can´t use the same sound for the same letters?????????

M.

Riddle me this:

Dough and trough

"ghoti," an alternative spelling of fish, according to certain English pronunciations: GH as in "laugh," O as in "women" and TI as in "nation."

Why US citizens can´t use the same sound for the same letters?????????

Ahem. The language in question is English, not American (although our colonial cousins have simplified some things; color for colour, etc).

malfred wrote:Riddle me this:

Dough and trough

Combine them both and you get draught (beer)!

Jazz is for Losers wrote:

stingray wrote:I come from the part of the UK where the chaps who wrote the game come from, and it is definitely, 100%, no argument about it, pronounced 'dakka as in 'hacker''. You may pronounce it as you wish, but anyone in Nottingham who says 'dakka as in 'docker' or 'hawker'' would be laughed out of the pub.

LIAR! Your little flag clearly states that you're made in the EU. Probably Brussels.

You get flags based on the IP of the computer where your post came from. I have flags from the UK where I live, from the US via the office secure virtual network, and from Japan where I visited.

stingray wrote:"ghoti," an alternative spelling of fish, according to certain English pronunciations: GH as in "laugh," O as in "women" and TI as in "nation."

Why US citizens can´t use the same sound for the same letters?????????

Ahem. The language in question is English, not American (although our colonial cousins have simplified some things; color for colour, etc).

Got in himmel! Don´t tell me that the perfidous Albion also says ar-kan-saw? degenerates, you are a bunch of degenerates, what´s next spelling armour whitout an u?

M.

Miguelsan wrote:

Got in himmel! Don´t tell me that the perfidous Albion also says ar-kan-saw? degenerates, you are a bunch of degenerates, what´s next spelling armour whitout an u?

M.

Well, we don't like to dictate how the colonies pronounce their own place names. Bear in mind I come from a place called Worcestershire that is pronounced 'wus te sher'...

Even here in the "colonies" we pronounce things different depending on where you are. Houston, Texas is Yhoo-sten but Houston St. in New York is Howse-ton (like House ton).

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Ozymandias wrote:Houston St. in New York is Howse-ton (like House ton).

Oh, man, street names in Chicago are pronounced wackily. Paulina is Paw-line-ah, Devon is Du-vahn, etc.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Lulzcannon?


And the next person who says 'Libarian' or 'Turrent' dies...

BYE

Gernade.

Artillerary.
Stragety.
Nuculear.

rouge trader
calvary

And what about gorilla warfare instear of GUERRilla warfare? that´s a favoUrite of a lot of players. But you want something wacky? try speaking to a japanese using the correct english pronuntiation for words written in english in the japanese language. Talk about mangling the language ugh!

M.

malfred wrote:rouge trader
calvary

Calvary I can understand (even if it is wrong) but Rouge Trader?? I'm picturing Space-faring Mary Kay or Avon salesmen.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Miguelsan, I wouldn't call that "mangling." It happens to pretty much all loan words in any language. Ask them what they think of people pronouncing "shogun" as "sho-gahn," or what the French think of oh, any number of words English has mangled.

My personal pick: "ordinance" instead of "ordnance."

In Japanese they take foreign loan words from various western languages for things or concepts they din't have, put them into Japanese pronunciation and spell them with Katanaka. Take the word "arubeyeto", derived from the German "arbeit" meaning work -- the Japanese use that for part-time work.

They also like to contract and combine words, for example -- "fureetaa" -- a combination of English freelancer and part-timer, meaning someone who is mainly unemployed and engages in casual work.

Pasocon = personal computer
Patokaa = patrol car (police car)
Pureystay = PlayStation