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2019/04/27 00:52:32
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Norn Queen
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So, we all know it's Lays-Cannon , but what other words do the rest of you have arguments about and/or are unsure of the correct pronunciation because the English Language is a heretical amalgamation of German, French, Latin and Old Norse. Sanguinius = San-gwin-E-us. Abaddon = ah-bad-dan Roboute Guilliman = Row-boat Gorrila-man Primarch = Prime-ark How is Khârn meant to be pronounced? I am unaware of how the diacritic affects the a sound in whatever language it's meant to be based off.
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2019/04/27 01:42:57
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Painlord Titan Princeps of Slaanesh
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Slann-esh? Slah-nesh? Slah-a-nesh?
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2019/04/27 02:45:54
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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We should note the difference between high and low Gothic.
Imperial Guard=Astra Militarum
Tempestus Scions=Stormtroopers Automatically Appended Next Post: Also:
Baneblade=BAAAANNEBLAADE!
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If the truth can destroy it, then it deserves to be destroyed. |
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2019/04/27 03:22:52
Subject: Re:Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Trustworthy Shas'vre
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Aeldari is apparently hard to pronounce for most so I’ll sound it out. Nuh-mber won.
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2019/04/27 04:40:03
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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Ae is like the sound in the plural of antenna. Antennae. Which should be pronounced as in "Ai" ("eye") but more often is pronounced as "ee" (because for all the rules English has, it has more exceptions and more people willing to just make their own exceptions).
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2019/04/27 05:11:14
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Norn Queen
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I've always pronounced Ale (as in the beverage)-dar (as in dart)-ee (as in the hard e sound).
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2019/04/27 07:14:18
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Baal = Bayl
Vindicare = Vindicarey
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2019/04/27 08:07:53
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Insect-Infested Nurgle Chaos Lord
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No to either of those. Baal is pronounced like the sound a sheep makes. Vindicare is literally "Vin-dee-care"
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2019/04/27 08:08:56
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Norn Queen
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Vin-de-car-y is the latin pronunciation iirc. Vindicare (Latin: present active infinitive of Vindico, thus meaning "to avenge/vindicate/punish, to liberate/deliver/spare, or to defend/protect, depending on the context)
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2019/04/27 08:12:17
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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Baal=Ball
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If the truth can destroy it, then it deserves to be destroyed. |
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2019/04/27 08:15:13
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Everything that sounds English, I pronounce it in English.
Everything that has a hint of Latin in it, or has dubious origin, I revert back to the Italian pronunciation.
XD
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2019/04/27 08:17:22
Subject: Re:Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Powerful Phoenix Lord
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My favourite is when "Catachan" magically becomes "Catchatan" ...
Also, frequent is "Alaitoc" being pronounced "Aliatoc" when it's clearly not spelled that way.
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2019/04/27 11:54:41
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Grimtuff wrote:
No to either of those. Baal is pronounced like the sound a sheep makes. Vindicare is literally "Vin-dee-care"
You can listen to the pronunciation on various online dictionaries http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/14174
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2019/04/27 12:02:56
Subject: Re:Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain
Vigo. Spain.
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I name them as they should read with spannish pronunciation
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Crimson Devil wrote:
Dakka does have White Knights and is also rather infamous for it's Black Knights. A new edition brings out the passionate and not all of them are good at expressing themselves in written form. There have been plenty of hysterical responses from both sides so far. So we descend into pointless bickering with neither side listening to each other. So posting here becomes more masturbation than conversation.
ERJAK wrote:Forcing a 40k player to keep playing 7th is basically a hate crime.
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2019/04/27 14:57:44
Subject: Re:Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Trustworthy Shas'vre
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I purposefully always make sure I pronounce my opponents models completely wrong or off key to confuse them and take their mind slightly away from what I’m doing and the strategic point of the game as they go to try and correct me instead, allowing then to make many play mistakes. Ya aeldari are tricky so.. be careful
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2019/04/27 18:14:21
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Slaanesh Chosen Marine Riding a Fiend
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The bit in Star Trek: Wrath of Khan when Kirk screams his name when Spock dies...the orignal btw.
That is how you pronounce Kharn!
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Please note, for those of you who play Chaos Daemons as a faction the term "Daemon" is potentially offensive. Instead, please play codex "Chaos: Mortally Challenged". Thank you. |
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2019/04/27 18:20:18
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Fixture of Dakka
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Nope, it is bail, it is Levant "beɪəl" Edit: Correct spelling blah blah
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2019/04/27 18:48:40
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Norn Queen
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I only know how to say Baal from Stargate SG1
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2019/04/27 19:09:43
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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I don’t think their are any “correct” pronunciations. It’s such a mish mash of sci-fi ninesense, pig Latin and film/real life inspiration there is no real rules. Even pure Latin is argued about the correct watpy to sound out. It’s a dead language really. It’s a game so we should all do just our best. Also the game setting is so huge so it wouldn’t be crazy to have wildly different languages and dialects out there. So have fun with it. Two people twenty miles apart can fall out about how to say scone or bath in the UK.
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2019/04/27 19:15:25
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Fixture of Dakka
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That IPA transcription (which is a pronunciation guide, not the “original” spelling) should sound like “bay al” (al as in Al Bundy); two syllables. Wikipedia offers an alternative pronunciation, “baah al”.
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2019/04/27 20:32:45
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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AndrewGPaul wrote:
That IPA transcription (which is a pronunciation guide, not the “original” spelling) should sound like “bay al” (al as in Al Bundy); two syllables. Wikipedia offers an alternative pronunciation, “baah al”.
If you say “baah al” fast, Baal=Ball.
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If the truth can destroy it, then it deserves to be destroyed. |
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2019/04/27 21:29:54
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Androgynous Daemon Prince of Slaanesh
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I pronounce it “bahl”.
My “favorite” (as in I hate it) is when two of my aquaintences pronounce Tzeentch as “chech” or “tizz-neech”. Seriously...The only thing both those have are e’s and ch’s.
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Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
Manchu wrote:I'm a Catholic. We eat our God.
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2019/04/28 03:55:50
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Pestilent Plague Marine with Blight Grenade
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timetowaste85 wrote:I pronounce it “bahl”.
My “favorite” (as in I hate it) is when two of my aquaintences pronounce Tzeentch as “chech” or “tizz-neech”. Seriously...The only thing both those have are e’s and ch’s.
They could all work. It's been shown that there are multiple pronunciations for the gods' names based on dialect and languange.
I have a question; is gellar pronounced with a soft or hard g?
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2019/04/28 05:25:33
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Dakka Veteran
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You can find most of these pronunciations in the Black Library audiobooks. Gellar from Gellar fields is a hard G. Kharn is pronounced exactly how it looks ('Car'-n).
Alaitoc = uh-lie-tock
Tzeentch = zeench
daemon = demon
Aeldari = eldar-ee
Abaddon = abb-uh-dunn
Lascannon = lazz-cannon
Roboute Guilliman = ruh-boot gill-eh-men
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2019/04/28 05:39:09
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Speed Drybrushing
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Baal = Ba hl
Tzeentch = Zen tch
Vindicare = Vin de car
Gellar = Gell arh
Aeldari = El dar e
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2019/04/28 08:31:37
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
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Even french pronounciation makes somewhat a tiny little bit more sense...
What puzzles me in english is that there seems to be near to no way of guessing how to say what you spell and vice versa.
But I thought that a few names are derived from latin or from biblic names, so it should be possible to find the official
pronounciation of those.
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40k: Necrons/Imperial Guard/ Space marines
Bolt Action: Germany/ USA
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"The Dakka Dive Bar is the only place you'll hear what's really going on in the underhive. Sure you might not find a good amasec but they grill a mean groxburger. Just watch for ratlings being thrown through windows and you'll be alright." Ciaphas Cain, probably. |
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2019/04/28 08:48:13
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Inspiring SDF-1 Bridge Officer
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I use the Ferengi pronunciation for daemon - Day-mon.
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2019/04/28 08:48:14
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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That is because English is not a language that developed in a structured way. It is a mash-mash of words adopted from all the cultures that have invaded/colonised Britain over the centuries. Words may follow pronunciation rules from their parent language (whatever that was). When the Normans arrrived, they adapted the earlier anglo-saxon language to suit their own spelling rules which led to hw becoming wh and ae becoming ea in a lot of cases since that matched the grammar the Normans used.
Then you get some 40K names that are deliberately changed slightly from their english roots. The Craftworlds Beil Tan and Saim Han and named after the pagan festivals of Beltane and Samhine respectively but are often mispronounced within the setting. This was actually made into an in-Universe joke in at least one piece of fluff with an expert on Eldar trying to correct an Inquisitor's pronunciation only to be warned of the risks of trying to educate his "betters".
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I stand between the darkness and the light. Between the candle and the star. |
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2019/04/28 09:13:45
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Insect-Infested Nurgle Chaos Lord
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Karhedron wrote: Then you get some 40K names that are deliberately changed slightly from their english roots. The Craftworlds Beil Tan and Saim Han and named after the pagan festivals of Beltane and Samhine respectively but are often mispronounced within the setting. This was actually made into an in-Universe joke in at least one piece of fluff with an expert on Eldar trying to correct an Inquisitor's pronunciation only to be warned of the risks of trying to educate his "betters". That's like one of my favourite bits of 40k fluff, just because of the all too real snark in it. "Translator's note- Saim Hann is actually pronounced 'Sam Hine'." "Inquisitor's note- Translators should learn more respect for their masters".
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2019/04/28 12:25:49
Subject: Proper Pronunciations Of Common 40k Names And Words
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Veteran Inquisitorial Tyranid Xenokiller
Watch Fortress Excalibris
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That translator is wrong anyway. It's pronounced more like 'sauw-in'. 'Sam hine' is some stupid sasanach mispronunciation. ;-)
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