Your favorite 40K misspellings

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**Shadowbrand**

I used to pronounce Khorne as 'Crone'

That was quickly corrected with the angry mumblings of the neckbeards at my UFLGS.

**Painbiro**

The 'Dias' of Destruction.

I swear to the Emprah, if I see that one more time...

**Ascalam**

Missile luncher - hows that missile bert? Tastes like chicken...

Missal Launcher (though with the IOM this is a possibility)

Tall-ass pain engine - someone misread it, i guess... they aren't THAT tall

**ZebioLizard2**

Missile luncher - hows that missile bert? Tastes like chicken...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=XgSqeHWV7Zg#t=45s

**AzureDeath**

I have a friend that for years would say TURRENT and I would correct everytime TURRET on the tanks. Finally I grabbed his book and showed him, now he says it right.

**Jidmah**

My favorite misspell is the german ork codex saying trukks explode 6" rather than d6". Hurray for guided explosives!

ZebioLizard2 wrote:Knowing the Imperial guard, this has happened somewhere, dropping troops and bombs at the same time.

Actually, Zagstrukk's fluff says that his bommer drops bombs, storm boyz and himself at the same time.

**Explosivo111**

My friend has a few misspelling that we usually give him some stick for.
A few of my favourites include:

Vulnerable dreadnaughts
Lethal Herespex
Kabatty true-born/warriors
Nigel Stormcaller

Amongst others that I can't recall at this time

Explosivo111

**Kid_Kyoto**

I spent years writing about models coming on spruces...

I guess the really do grow on trees.

**English Assassin**

Jackal wrote:
and the use of the word "gaunts" for termagants

That would be because they have only recently seperated them.
The old box of troops (8 terms, 8 horms) was actually just called "Tyranid Gaunts"

They've been called 'Termagants' since their introduction in 2nd Ed.

OED wrote:Termagant, n. A violent, overbearing, turbulent, brawling, quarrelsome woman; a virago, shrew, vixen. (Now the ordinary sense.)

Quite a few of the Tyranid creatures introduced at that time took their names from obscure and unflattering terms for women (see also Dominatrix, Hierodule, Harridan, Harpy).

**AlmightyWalrus**

Painbiro wrote:The 'Dias' of Destruction.

I swear to the Emprah, if I see that one more time...

I'll be right behind you reloading your gun of choice.

**Roadkill Zombie**

Eldrad seems to always get mis-spelled (either intentionally to be derogatory, or unintentionally) as Eldard.

**angel of ecstasy**

AzureDeath wrote:I have a friend that for years would say TURRENT and I would correct everytime TURRET on the tanks. Finally I grabbed his book and showed him, now he says it right.

Man, that's brilliant. I'm gonna start saying turrent too.

**asimo77**

I quite like Space Mariens

**Jackal**

Assassin, i think you want to read the box bud

http://www.battlegames.be/en/tyranids/306-40k-tyranid-gaunts-and-hormogaunts.html

Click on the pic to enlarge it.
"Gaunts and hormagaunts"

Not gants my friend

Which is where all the confuzzling came into it.
That was however the only kit of them by said name.

**Inquisitor Jex**

Not 40k per se, but during a Dark Heresy (40k RPG) game, I had a Commissar urging the players to equip themselves with slut throwers (rather than slug throwers). Needless to say, this Commissar lost all fear factor he might have had.

**AzureDeath**

Hey Butthead, she said there are sluts in Vegas. HAHA

**Macok**

All the good ones have been taken

. But this thread is awesome!
"Maugen Ra" seems to pop up sometimes. It's Maugan Ra, there is no 'E' in there

**Billagio**

My friend pronounces "sponsons" like Sponsoons.

**ChaoticBob**

Mostly mispronounciations from my buddies.

Surgeons - sergeants.

Invenerable save - invulnerable save.

Inquisitor Cortez - Inquisitor Coteaz.

Znetch - Tzeentch.

Not exactly hilarious, but I can't help correcting them every time.

**MarkCron**

my phone corrects termies to termites!

"TH/SS termites are one of the best CC units." Wait...what?

**Shas'o_Longshot**

No mention of Fabulous Bill, campest of all Emperor's Children?

**Tibbsy**

Shas'o_Longshot wrote:No mention of Fabulous Bill, campest of all Emperor's Children?

That one is hilarious

One that winds me up all the time is turrents. I have a friend who says it all the time and it really winds me up. Typos I'm normally OK with, but as a mispronunciation it annoys me

**Rogues Gambit**

lol i love people miss spellings they are great.

what i hate is daemons...why did they have to do this on purpose and then to further annoy they decided that it should be a demon prince....and not a daemon prince as per their everything else.

that just really grinds my gears

**AlmightyWalrus**

Rogues Gambit wrote:lol i love people miss spellings they are great.

what i hate is daemons...why did they have to do this on purpose and then to further annoy they decided that it should be a demon prince....and not a daemon prince as per their everything else.

that just really grinds my gears

Not sure what you're on about, they're Daemon Princes.

Also;

Rogues Gambit wrote:lol i love people miss spellings they are great.

(Not intended to be a personal attack, so don't take it as such, just pokin' a bit of fun at you

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