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Tear - ah - nids

First time I read it, read it as that due to the first syllable being the norse god of victory, and others seem to pronounce it the same way....but it's really a potayto/potahto situation.

And Ouze......bad! *picks Indrick Boreale up and shoves him back in his metal box*

Been pronouncing it Tear-a-nids for the 15 years I've been playing the game. And I've never heard anyone pronounce it otherwise.

ArbitorIan wrote:They are named after the planet Tyran, and I'm presuming that this is pronounced TIE - ran, because if you wanted to name your planet Ti - ran, you'd spell it Ti - ran, wouldn't you? The only possible reason to put the Y in there is if you want it to be pronounced like Tyrant.

You're kind of assuming that the planet's name adheres to English orthography, which is an untenable hypothesis. Take, for example, the name of the doomed forge world Gryphonne IV, whose first vowel is almost certainly a short "i" instead of the diphtong "ai".

Agamemnon2 wrote:

ArbitorIan wrote:They are named after the planet Tyran, and I'm presuming that this is pronounced TIE - ran, because if you wanted to name your planet Ti - ran, you'd spell it Ti - ran, wouldn't you? The only possible reason to put the Y in there is if you want it to be pronounced like Tyrant.

You're kind of assuming that the planet's name adheres to English orthography, which is an untenable hypothesis. Take, for example, the name of the doomed forge world Gryphonne IV, whose first vowel is almost certainly a short "i" instead of the diphtong "ai".

It's a fairly safe bet as it was created by an English company.

Also, a 'y' does not automatically make an 'eye' sound, it can be a short 'ih' sound - like in 'symptom', 'pyramid', 'symbol', 'cymbal', 'synergy' etc.

Tie-ranid. Anyone who says tear-anid can jump in a digestion pool.


In all honesty, it would make sense if pyramid was pronounced pie-ramid......PIE!

We need a picture of a Tyranid in a Tie-Fighter to settle this argument on names.

haha well this thread has made me happy alot of funny stuff in here. So should I paint my Hive tear-ant tonight? or my Tear-ant guard? lol

Ulver wrote:There's argument that it is pronounced TIE-ra-nid, assuming the word is descended from 'tyrant' or similar, although there are different pronunciations dependent on accent etc. so could still be 'TIH-' in some places.

I pronounce it the first way you mentioned. As that was how the local GW staff I started playing at said it.

In spanish is Tiránidos In Portuguese we say it with english accent Tear- a-nids, if all fails "roaches" saves the day.

Tih-rah-nid.

Like the start of tyranny..

Tie-ra-nid.

Quite interesting how there doesn't appear to be any definitive answer so far...

Tyranid
Tie-Ra-Nid
Tyran
Tie-ran
I don't see the problem here.
Although i can see how you would pronounce it similar to pyramid which is fair enough to me. I do however hate the Teer-nid pronunciation. It really winds me up.

Tyranids. TY-ra-nids. Otherwise it would have been spelled Tyrannids.

Also, it's NOT "tiranids" or "trigon", but it's pronunced like "physics".

Tear - a - nids.

"Tear" as in what your eyes do when punched in the nids.

"a" as in what you say when punched in the nids.

"nids" something you don't want to get punched.

Ulver wrote:

Agamemnon2 wrote:

ArbitorIan wrote:They are named after the planet Tyran, and I'm presuming that this is pronounced TIE - ran, because if you wanted to name your planet Ti - ran, you'd spell it Ti - ran, wouldn't you? The only possible reason to put the Y in there is if you want it to be pronounced like Tyrant.

You're kind of assuming that the planet's name adheres to English orthography, which is an untenable hypothesis. Take, for example, the name of the doomed forge world Gryphonne IV, whose first vowel is almost certainly a short "i" instead of the diphtong "ai".

It's a fairly safe bet as it was created by an English company

...that's not the point. The planet's name is fake-Latin, just like most planet names in 40k.

I say it like pyramids, pyranids, tyranids

but its supposed to be said like this:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/527363

Its the video where the space marine complains about tyranids not having green cards

Agamemnon2 wrote:

Ulver wrote:

Agamemnon2 wrote:

ArbitorIan wrote:They are named after the planet Tyran, and I'm presuming that this is pronounced TIE - ran, because if you wanted to name your planet Ti - ran, you'd spell it Ti - ran, wouldn't you? The only possible reason to put the Y in there is if you want it to be pronounced like Tyrant.

You're kind of assuming that the planet's name adheres to English orthography, which is an untenable hypothesis. Take, for example, the name of the doomed forge world Gryphonne IV, whose first vowel is almost certainly a short "i" instead of the diphtong "ai".

It's a fairly safe bet as it was created by an English company

...that's not the point. The planet's name is fake-Latin, just like most planet names in 40k.

In a fictional universe, it's entirely the point ;-) And ultimately the root is Greek, not Latin

Hi! I think I know how to pronounce warhams 40k words better than dawn of war because I'm always right, even though GW works with the creators of its games to make sure everything checks out.

Tear(as in the droplets that run down your face when your eyes have something in them)-uh-nid-z

I'd go with either, really... though the planet Tie-ran (tyran) sould suggest 'tie-RAN-ids', emphasis on the middle syllable, like Tyrannical. An extra N would make it Tir-ran-ids.
I usually just call them cockaroaches, in a Scarface kinda voice. As in 'Joo Cockaroaches weel never defeat me! I am space Tony Montana!'

It's nothing compared to how you say 'Abaddon'! I'ce heard both Abba-don, and A-bad-on, A-bey-don, Abb-ar-dun... all sorts.

/tɪɹʌnɪd/
^ Like that. If you don't know your English IPA, then I suppose you're SOL.

Like they do in DoW2. Haters gonna hate.