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I have always pronounced "Tyranids" like "Tear-Ah-Nids" (Tear as in crying) as does everyone I have known. But recently I was told the official GW pronunciation is "Tie-Ran-Ids." Is that true?

Bonus question: How do you pronounce "Ymargle"?

Tear (as in what comes out of your eyes)

a

nids.

Tie.... since forever.

 kronk wrote:
Tear (as in what comes out of your eyes)

a

nids.

Exactly this for me.

Though I pronounce the planet of their namesake as Tie-ran.

Yeah ive heard both tear-a-nids and tie-ra-nids.

I've always said it like tyranny... I'm pretty sure DoW II pronounces it that way, too.

Also, OP, "Tear-Ah-Nids" can be pronounced two different ways....

But it's still "Tie" for me.

Zookie wrote:
I have always pronounced "Tyranids" like "Tear-Ah-Nids" as does everyone I have known. But recently I was told the official GW pronunciation is "Tie-Ran-Ids." Is that true?

I always pronounced it as "tier-uh-nids"

Bonus question: How do you pronounce "Ymargle"?

Yim-arl

 Blacksails wrote:

 kronk wrote:
Tear (as in what comes out of your eyes)

a

nids.

Exactly this for me.

Though I pronounce the planet of their namesake as Tie-ran.

Exactly. They come from Tyran (Tie-ran in my mind) so I call them Tie-ra-nids.

Ymargle = Yi-margle, although no one in my group uses them so I've probably had to say the word about 4 times ever.

tear (or tier) a nids.

That or just flat out call them "bugs"

Most people pronounce it Tear-a-nids, but I got in the habit of saying Tie-ra-nids.

 gossipmeng wrote:
Most people pronounce is Tear-a-nids, but I got in the habit of saying Tie-ra-nids.

Again, can be pronounced two different ways. And 'most people' is a bit of an assumption.

I pronounce it as /ˌtaɪˈrænɪdz/ (the variant with "tie").

I pronounce them:
tier-ra-nids,
tier-a-nids,
tie-ra-nids,
tear-ra-nids, and
tear-a-nids
randomly switching from one to the other. I have found people generally know what I'm talking about.

Tier ah nidz

DoW series pronounces it like this but that can be argued that it isn't an official pronunciation

Tier-ah-nids, em-garuhl.

hubbsey wrote:
Tier-ah-nids, em-garuhl.

I agree, but im-garl


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Also for the benefit of everyone.

TermaGANTS

HormaGAUNTS

There is a difference.

To answer the bonus question: /'ɪmgɑːl/, which is more or less "im-gahl".

hubbsey wrote:
Tier-ah-nids, em-garuhl.

Same for tyranids, but for Imgarls:

im-garl
Im like in "image"
Garl like in "garlic"

I'm a french quebecer so it might influence my pronounciation.

tyr is preonounced tear,

ty is pronounced ti

in words where TY is joined to R with a syllable(s) afterwards

ie tyranids, tyranny, ect

can all be properly "pronounced" as tie-ranny- or tear-anny

its literally a toe mae toe vs ta mah toe thing, as peoples brains will pick up on what they think is proper.


technically its more correct to do the full sound, so tear-anny, tear-anids, ect... and sometimes context matters,

IE "that man is an absolute TIE-rant" makes more sense then "that man is and absolute tear-ant"

where as "do not suffer the tear-anny of evil men" makes more sense "do not suffer the TIE-ranny of evil men"

just as aluminium isnt pronounced al-u-min-um, it is actually pronounced as allu-min-ee-um... I think the yanks even went so far as to drop the "i" from their spelling, just as they drop the U from colour and armour often.

but since english has different rules in different countries, different people wll pick up on the syllables differently

Isn't it said the same way as tyrant , from the first planet they were found on ?

Exactly like the creatures there based on dinosaurs, tyrano so tyran id

I say ti - rah - nids.
Like tyranny, not tyrant.

Space Marines
Spece Mehrens
Spass Merhiens

I pronounce it "Nids".

And Yim-garl (rhymes with Carl)...Carl the Ymgarl.

Hell I pronounce them Tear- nids. I never even put the a in there.

 easysauce wrote:
just as aluminium isnt pronounced al-u-min-um, it is actually pronounced as allu-min-ee-um... I think the yanks even went so far as to drop the "i" from their spelling, just as they drop the U from colour and armour often.

The aluminium/aluminum debate is much more complex than that. The first word used for it was Alumium. Then, of course, it was later discovered but not isolated by a British guy. He called it Aluminum. When he submitted it for peer review, everyone thought that name was stupid and said "It should be called Aluminium" to go along with Sodium, Strontium and others like it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum#Etymology

And can we please, please stop saying that we pronounce it "tear"? This word has two pronunciations.


Edit

As in;

"It's bringing tears to my eyes, and I'm tearing my hair out!"

Well im from yorkshire so I don't say either. I say 'tir' as in tiramasu, 'an', 'ids'.

BladeSwinga wrote:
I've always said it like tyranny... I'm pretty sure DoW II pronounces it that way, too.

I say it that way as well. Tyranids.