How to say tyranids.

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**cgage00**

Ok so this weekend I was gaming by my friends house and there was a person there that didn't like that I said tyranids like TYRAN- ids he said they are pronoced TEAR-inids. I told him arent they named after the planet tyran not tearin? He seemed to get super butt hurt after that.

**Mighty Simo**

I and my group of friends just say 'nids, but I pronounce it Ti-ra-nids (which I assume is what you mean for tyran-ids). I can understand why someone may think it is pronounced Tear-anids, but you are right they got their name from the Imperiums first encounter on Tyran (Ti-ran).

Hope that clears it up

**Warboss Imbad Ironskull**

Unless Tyran is pronounced like tear-an which we have no way of knowing. That being said if there are issues with pronouncing something from the 40k universe just look up a video about the relevant faction of Youtube for DoW because I doubt GW would have let them pronounce things wrong.

**juraigamer**

tear-ra-nids

Or zerg. Or space bugs. Whatever you prefer.

**Misguidance**

Me and my friends have always pronounced it 'tee-ran-ids,' but weather or not that is right I have no idea. If it turned out to be wrong, I doubt any of us would be especially bothered.

**Pvt. Jet**

It's definitely Tear-anids. Dawn of War doesn't lie.

**Tim the Biovore**

Pvt. Jet wrote:It's definitely Tear-anids. Dawn of War doesn't lie.

Sarcasm?

**juraigamer**

Pvt. Jet wrote:It's definitely Tear-anids. Dawn of War doesn't lie.

Oh so anyone can shoot into melee then right?

At least you didn't mention dawn of lies, I mean war 2.

**cgage00**

Pvt. Jet wrote:It's definitely Tear-anids. Dawn of War doesn't lie.

oh if you want to go off games then its ti-ran-ids from the spacehulk game.

**Lord of battles**

Tear-Ra-Nids

**cgage00**

Also I can shoot into Melee

I play guard!

**Agamemnon2**

I just pronounce it as it's written, as is the way of my people. Not that that does you much good, since the vowel "y" of Finnish doesn't really exist in English at all. It's the same one they mark as "ü" in German

**Ulver**

Rhymes with 'pyramid'

**Manchu**

You mean Pie-rah-mid?

Just kidding. I say tear-ah-nid (as in what you cry, not the act of ripping something), emphasis on the first syllable.

**Ulver**

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.

**Warboss Imbad Ironskull**

juraigamer wrote:
Pvt. Jet wrote:It's definitely Tear-anids. Dawn of War doesn't lie.

Oh so anyone can shoot into melee then right?

At least you didn't mention dawn of lies, I mean war 2.

Beings as the game developers have to consult with GW when making the game (how else would they know what to make) that means that the way things are pronounced in the game is the way GW intended for them to be pronounced. Just because you don't like the way the game mechanics (if you really expected a live action strategy video game to match a turn based board game I don't know what to tell you) transfered dosen't mean it's wrong

**Samus_aran115**

Teer uh nihds

As is, a tear from the eye

**ArbitorIan**

TIE - ra - nids

like the word Tyrant

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.

**Lucid**

huh . . I had been pronouncing it TEAR-anids . . . I thought TIE-ranids sounded too much like Ty-ranosaurus. I'll be pronouncing it correctly from here on out. Go King Bugs!!

**Goliath**

Really there are two ways that it could be pronounced, based on different analogues taken for various parts of the word, based on which pronunciation of "tyran" one takes.

You can either pronounce it a la "pyramid", as this is the closest word to tyranid in the english language.

Or you can pronounce it using the "I" sound from "tyrant" or "tyrannosaurus".

Personally I pronounce Tyranid using the former analogue, as it flows better off the tongue, due to the double "i" sound.

**Cryage**

Tyr (as in the norse god pronounced "tear") - a - nids.

**Khorne Flakes**

GW should put friggin pronunciations in the codices stupid ba

s but as many I say nids or roaches

**kirsanth**

I have always pronounced it teer uh nid, but then I call the planet they reference teer uhn

Then again, I also say laz gun.

/shrug

**FM Ninja 048**

Ty-ranid if i'm talking 'poshly' or properly (don't ask, it's a habit)

Tira-nid if i'm talking to my friends

also the planet (IMHO) is tyran as in tyrant and is it is laz-gun

**Corpsesarefun**

Ti-ra-nids.

Also all these pronunciation threads need to be merged into one huge pronunciation thread.

**chaplaingrabthar**

I pronounce it like Pyramid. I pronounce Tyran like Tyrant without the T, and it's laz-gun

**MechaEmperor7000**

I go with the "Tear" type pronounciation

**Kouzuki**

tai ra nid

**WarOne**

I pronounce it as

Wannabe-zerglings.

I like to add extra syllables to my wurdz.

Tear-ran-nids.

**Ouze**

If we're using Dawn of War as a pronunciation guide, I'm going to start correcting anyone who doesn't pronounce it "Emprah" from now on.