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Think the derivation is again Greek ,so kicking kuh, as the little uns say when learning to read

Psienesis wrote:
Nurgle = Ner-gul (Name taken from a Sumerian deity of vaguely similar concept, iirc)

That's ner as in Nerd, right? Otherwise I'm afriad I can't share your opinion...

Psienesis wrote:Malal = Mah-lawl

Lawl!

In the introduction to the first omnibus he says it's pronounced kai-a-fass.

<------------- Absolutely surprised that no one has mentioned Tau-based words.

-J.

Alazahr wrote:<------------- Absolutely surprised that no one has mentioned Tau-based words.

-J.

Who actually knows how to pronounce Shas'O Vior'la Shovah Kais Mont'yr? And that's one of the easier ones.

Whore Us.

And the 'CH' in Chimera sounds off to me. I have also heard it pronounced "SHIM-air-uh" or "shim-AIR-uh" but that always sounded wrong too. Only the "kicking kuh" sounds correct to these ears.

Here's one I find interesting: how do you pronounce the word 'Waaagh!'? I have some friends pronounce it like a phoenetic scream without pronouncing the 'G' and others who pronounce the 'G'. ("WAH" rhymes with claw vs "WOG" rhymes with dog.) I pronounce it in a stage scream (like the orks in the original Dawn of War intro video, just at the same volume I am speaking at).

Or how about the last name of Garviel Loken? I pronounce it 'LOW-ken' while my old boss preferred 'LOCK-en'. Any thoughts?

Also, I like the idea of changing Tzeentch's name. If I ever play a Chaos player with Tzeentch units, I'm going to pronounce it differently every time I refer to it in "honor" of the lord of change. I wonder how long it will take before a berserk frenzy ensues?

Jimsolo wrote:Whore Us.

And the 'CH' in Chimera sounds off to me. I have also heard it pronounced "SHIM-air-uh" or "shim-AIR-uh" but that always sounded wrong too. Only the "kicking kuh" sounds correct to these ears.

Here's one I find interesting: how do you pronounce the word 'Waaagh!'? I have some friends pronounce it like a phoenetic scream without pronouncing the 'G' and others who pronounce the 'G'. ("WAH" rhymes with claw vs "WOG" rhymes with dog.) I pronounce it in a stage scream (like the orks in the original Dawn of War intro video, just at the same volume I am speaking at).

Or how about the last name of Garviel Loken? I pronounce it 'LOW-ken' while my old boss preferred 'LOCK-en'. Any thoughts?

Also, I like the idea of changing Tzeentch's name. If I ever play a Chaos player with Tzeentch units, I'm going to pronounce it differently every time I refer to it in "honor" of the lord of change. I wonder how long it will take before a berserk frenzy ensues?

Well, that would depend on if he also had Khorne units

Jimsolo wrote:
Or how about the last name of Garviel Loken? I pronounce it 'LOW-ken'

Low-kin. It's pronounced in Army of One.

Audiobooks are also how I learned to pronounce Roboute. It's like a canadian saying about.

Yeah......I don't like audiobooks. I can read silently faster than anyone else can read aloud, so the story progresses at an agonizingly slow rate. So, thanks for giving me the lowdown.

Hor us, hor us, hor us, the explor us!

Psienesis, you pronouce Malal as Maw-lawl, i always pronounced it as Ma-lal. And Mon Keigh as Mon-kay.

I always went with Malal as "muh-LAHL" and monkeigh as "mon-KEE" (first syllable like a rastafarian saying 'man' and the second like the word key but all drawn out and hissy).

I always pronounced Malal as "doesn't exist in 40k."

TrollPie wrote:

Alazahr wrote:<------------- Absolutely surprised that no one has mentioned Tau-based words.

-J.

Who actually knows how to pronounce Shas'O Vior'la Shovah Kais Mont'yr? And that's one of the easier ones.

I can do that,


Its "Shas" "O"(as in OMG) "V(as in victor)ior(as in Eiore from Winnie the Pooh) 'la"(as in lalala im not listining) Sho(and in Show me something)va "Kais"(K as in Kite, ais is like Ease. so its Ki-ease) Mont(as in Monty without the y) 'yr(Ear, as in Ear of Corn)

Chimera is definitely KIE-me-ra.

Just noticed the narrator in Kill Team says Care-ne-fex. (Carnifex.)

And the Tau words are, about 99% of the time, are phonetic.

-J.

Carenifex


Any dweeb could tell its Karn-e-fex

I call 'em Cairn -if -ecks If I kill them.

I pronounce Zteentch - Z neetch

Is Ulthwé pronounced - ulth wee
or is it - ulth way


And how exactly should Roboute Guilliman pronounced?

Is it - ro boot gwil liman?

dave_salmon wrote:
And how exactly should Roboute Guilliman pronounced?

ruh-BOOT GHOUL-ih-mən

The funny e is a schwa.

Shiggedy-schwa? Schfifty five? sorry...


Finally I can actually pronounce the ponces name! Thanks!

dave_salmon wrote:Shiggedy-schwa? Schfifty five? sorry...


Finally I can actually pronounce the ponces name! Thanks!

After reading the above post did anyone else pronounce it "Sharry" at the end there...?

-J.

haha I have now and I should have spelt it that way.

+1

No. It's ROW- boat Girly- man

The Garro audio book narrator pronounced it Row-boot-ay Ghoul-e-mon. With -mon spoken as in Solomon rather than Pokemon.

whore-iss (iss is kind of like hiss, but without the H)

You should've left the first choice out.

Horus = Hoor-us

Ultramarines Primarch = Row-boat Girly-man

Chimera = Leef Blow-er

Carnifex = Kharn-y fex

Space Wolves = Spesch Puppies

Archroy wrote:How about Ciaphas? Hard "C" or soft? I go with Ky-a-fass, but heard a lot of people use the alternative...

Ky-a-fus is how I say that one.

and the other is Whore us, which is not listed.