Pronouncing Khorne?

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**Connor McKane**

Given the recent "How to you say: Tzeench" I though we might visit the WORST named god of chaos...

Khorne = Corn?

or I found this...

The phonetic "kh" (Х) is pronounced like the "ch" in Scottish "loch" or German "Bach"; for example, Kherson (Херсон) is pronounced "her-SON."

So It also could ne "Horn" does anyone know this to be true or am I just hoping that his children don't call him "Pop" (get it?)

**Mr. Burning**

I never say his name, I just make sure I take enough skulls to the shrine in my shed.

**Valkyrie**

I always assumed it was just pronounced as corn

**sourclams**

I pronounce it "MAIM! BURN! KILL! MAIM! BURN! KILL! MAIM! BURN! KILL! MAIM! BURN! KILL!"

Although I also have it from a good source as "I AM THE EIGHT FOLD PATH!"

**Augustus**

Valkyrie wrote:I always assumed it was just pronounced as corn

Me too!

[kawrn]

from dictionary.reference.com

I actually think Kawrn is funny, that could work too. Khorne, how strange a word is that, I wonder how it got made up so long ago?

**ArbitorIan**

Ka-Horny

obviously

**Battle Brother Lucifer**

Yep. Corn.
Thats why the 'Khorne Flakes' joke works

**Tazz Azrael**

Well a budy of mine use to say citadel as sigh-tay-dahl.... and Khorn as Kuh-orn. But yeah Corn sounds right to me

edited some horrible spelling

**Mr. Burning**

After consultation with the Blood God I believe it is pronounced as 'Brian'.

**Kredic**

I always thought "corn" sounded odd, so i pronounce it "crone"....sounds better IMHO.

**Austragalis**

99% of folk will pronounce it "Corn."

I did hear one guy pronounce it "Kah-horn," but it was mainly to be facetious.

**Thanatos_elNyx**

Well it could be worse.
You could pronounce the 'e' making it "Corny"

**oadie**

I say "Corn." It's hard to ascribe a particular set of phonetic pronunciation rules to something with no particular cultural background. If it's a Space Wolves character, I can reasonable assume that any D or TH is a selectively transliterated ETH and can therefore pronounce it accordingly (which wouldn't be terribly far from the English phonetic pronunciation). Without establishing Khorne as Scottish, German, or Russian (assuming the Cyrillic example was, in fact, Russian), there's nothing to suggest a particular reading of the name.

Now try and imagine the 40K universe in a non-phonetic language. The Wales system would get the instant Exterminatus, just to avoid chaos erupting in the Imperial scriptorums.

**Samus_aran115**

Corn, but with a little more venom in the c sound

...khorne. That basically describes it.

**Doomthumbs**

You mean K-Dawg?

**Monster Rain**

To avoid confusion I like to refer to him as "Chainaxe McGillicuddy."

**juraigamer**

Defiantly corn, maybe korn too.

Edit: Can't friggin spell

**Mad4Minis**

I always figured on "corn" as well.

How about tzeentch?? Ive been wondering about that one...

**Khorne Flakes**

I say it like Corn as in Corn Flakes

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Mad4Minis wrote:I always figured on "corn" as well.

How about tzeentch?? Ive been wondering about that one...

most people say it as zeentch as if the t is silent
zeentch

**brettz123**

Yeah I always just assumed it sounded like corn....... if they want it to sound differently they should provide a cd with the correct pronunciation whenever you buy a box of corn berserkers..... not sure anyone buys those hamfisted monkeys anymore though.

**Khorne Flakes**

brettz123 wrote:Yeah I always just assumed it sounded like corn....... if they want it to sound differently they should provide a cd with the correct pronunciation whenever you buy a box of corn berserkers..... not sure anyone buys those hamfisted monkeys anymore though.

OF Course we buy them they R beast
and because of theyre killer stats

**Element206**

I hate trying to pronounce anything in the Chaos section. Like Slaanesh -- am I supposed to annunciate both a's so it comes out sounding like Sla-a-nesh, or just go with slan-esh? And if it is slan-esh, why is the double 'a' neccessary --for confusion? Is that the chaos tactic, to simply make their names such a rigorous test on the tongue that their foes give up trying to say their names?

Ive always assumed though that is was "Canned Corn for the Del Monte god!" --- chaos is a joke

**JSK-Fox**

Pronounce it like the dark elves - Cain

Corn is the way to go.

**EagleArk**

Meh i pronounce nurge nuur-gle

**NoBaconz4You**

Mr. Burning wrote:After consultation with the Blood God I believe it is pronounced as 'Brian'.

QFT

Made me chuckle...

**chaplaingrabthar**

Although it's spelled Khorne, it is pronounced identically to Raymond Luxury Yacht that is to say

'Throatwobbler Mangrove"

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Element206 wrote:I hate trying to pronounce anything in the Chaos section. Like Slaanesh -- am I supposed to annunciate both a's so it comes out sounding like Sla-a-nesh, or just go with slan-esh? And if it is slan-esh, why is the double 'a' neccessary --for confusion? Is that the chaos tactic, to simply make their names such a rigorous test on the tongue that their foes give up trying to say their names?

Ive always assumed though that is was "Canned Corn for the Del Monte god!" --- chaos is a joke

I used to call Slaanesh - Sla-neish for some reason, although I did eventually start calling it Slan-esh a while back.

Khorne has to be Corn, all those Khorne Flakes joke pics can't be wrong.

**cyrax777**

I always thought it was "CORN" but with a hard K sound.

**Klawz**

I say "Khrone" because "Corn" sounds silly.

**Chad Warden**

The magic e makes the o into a capital sounding

K-OH-rn

Core-n