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I always thought the accent was on the first syllable, but a friend of mine feels that it should be placed on the middle one. This doesn't seem right to me, but what do you all think?

I just pronounce it ab-add-en.

Ah-bad-on.

A-bad-'un, because that's what he is.

A real pug-ugly mini.

aba don

LunaHound wrote:aba don

exactly.

Lkke 'abandon' but without the N.

abba dawn.

ABA don

A-baddon. Pressure on the first A.

abbadabbadobadon

I pronounce it "drow."

LOL

Eric

Personally, I prefer a pronunciation with a more Germanic origin, in that the accent is on the first syllable.

If you prefer a pronunciation with a more Latin origin, you could place the accent on the penultimate syllable, which is the second syllable in this case.

Like you're a northener and you're describing someone who is not very nice. (A-bad-'un)

Worst joke name in all of 40k

yeah, Ive always wondered, is it:

'ah-BAY-d'un'

'abba-DON'

'uh BAD uhn'?

isnt there a demon in christian mythology called Abaddon too, & thats what hes named for? if anyone knows how to read IPC theres probably a pronunciation of the demon's name on wikipedia which will in turn give you The Despoiler's pronunciation.


*edited for spelling*

AB uh dawn

Saldiven wrote:If you prefer a pronunciation with a more Latin origin, you could place the accent on the penultimate syllable, which is the second syllable in this case.

Actually, if you prefer a pronunciation with a more Latin origin, you'd say Exterminans.

The actual pronunciation is אבדון. Of course, it you can't read Hebrew, that doesn't really help.

I can't read Hebrew, either, and I've never studied the linguistics of Semetic languages. So, I don't know the accent patterns present in the language.

Here's everything you might need to know about it; everyone can research the pronunciation themselves and make their own determination:

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

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Abaddon

http://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Abbadon

http://www.yourdictionary.com/abaddon

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

(The dictionary sites' recorded pronunciations both place the stress on the second syllable, while reducing the first to schwa and totally destressing the vowel in the final syllable.)

@somecallmeJack: Abaddon is "the angel of the abyss".

They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon," but in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon."

So, yep. Biblical, and Hebrew.

(Also, he has army of super grasshoppers.)

Abaddon originates from an old Mycenaean religion that was later adopted in the area extending down the Nile to where Eritrea now is, where it seeped into the Hebrew belief from Egyptian influences across the Sinai.

In it's original language it's pronounced Abayo-hanzo-sdeel.

Ababadabadoooadon

MarvinGayeIsMyDaddy wrote:Ababadabadoooadon

When he first came out back in 2nd edition, in my group he was often referred to as "Abadassadon", or "Abracadabradon" because of the way he could make other models disappear in a fine red mist.



But the real name we pronounced like a poster mentioned above: Abba Dawn.

And I'm not afraid to admit that I DO like Abba.

I agree that it is Abba Dawn.

Ah-bad-un

I don't understand why this is even a contested issue? It's not like it's some made up word or unorthodox, odd grouping of letters (Tzeentch, Ghazghkull).

a-BAD-en

Plain and simple. It's not AB-a-don, Abba Dawn, a-BAY-den, or anything else other than above.

This is 2nd-3rd grade basic english, people. How do you pronounce other double-consonant words?
How do you pronounce 'gladden'? GLADE-en? GL-aden? No. You pronounce it 'gl-ADD-en'.

Click this dictionary link and you can actually hear it being correctly pronounced:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/abaddon

Alternatively, you can click this link to dictionary.com and hear it being correctly pronounced:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abaddon




Ghidorah

Ab (like "Abs")-uhd-don. It may not be correct, but that's the only way I've ever heard it pronounced.

Vaktathi wrote:Ab (like "Abs")-uhd-don. It may not be correct, but that's the only way I've ever heard it pronounced.

Well that's what I think, but Ghidorah seems to have procured a source which says it the other way.

captain.gordino wrote:

Vaktathi wrote:Ab (like "Abs")-uhd-don. It may not be correct, but that's the only way I've ever heard it pronounced.

Well that's what I think, but Ghidorah seems to have procured a source which says it the other way.

Online dictionaries are your friends! Love the internet. Click & learn, ladies and gents. Click & learn. THANK YOU AL GORE!!!


Ghidorah

I pronounce it Corn, Slar -nesh, Ner Gull, Zench.
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As for Abaddon, Ab-add-on.