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2022/12/01 17:50:25
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Evasive Eshin Assassin
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I mer ?
hard I like eye...
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2022/12/01 18:00:46
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Stubborn White Lion
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Its easier to suggest looking up phonetic.Welsh letters then explaining it
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2022/12/01 18:09:52
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Gore-Drenched Khorne Chaos Lord
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Yee-meer
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2022/12/01 18:39:17
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Evasive Eshin Assassin
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I tried phonetic but not welsh.
🤷♂️
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2022/12/01 18:52:06
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Arch Magos w/ 4 Meg of RAM
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2022/12/01 22:24:26
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Evasive Eshin Assassin
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Interesting, thanks vlad
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2022/12/02 01:14:54
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Owns Whole Set of Skullz Techpriests
Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.
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Yeah, how Google says it is how I say it:
"Ya-meer".
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2022/12/02 01:45:55
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Using B.E.F. rules, it's "Why-mire."
Similar to how Ypres became "Wipers."
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2022/12/02 12:11:36
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Yummyer
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2022/12/02 18:25:46
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Odd the word looks a lot like imiry, a type of frost monsters that live in the north or the monthly tax reports about how much you have to pay the state, which can also leave you cold.
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If you have to kill, then kill in the best manner. If you slaughter, then slaughter in the best manner. Let one of you sharpen his knife so his animal feels no pain. |
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2022/12/02 18:46:43
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Arch Magos w/ 4 Meg of RAM
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Karol wrote:Odd the word looks a lot like imiry, a type of frost monsters that live in the north
Thats exactly what it is, Ymir is the ancestor of all frost giants
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2022/12/02 19:24:35
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Elite Tyranid Warrior
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I thought you'd pronounce both Ys as the "ea" in "each" in English. The first Y sounding like Yee confuses me. Is that how you'd pronounce Yggdrasil too? Yeeg-drasil, not Eag-drasil? (Genuine curiosity, not a native speaker)
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2022/12/02 20:27:59
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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shortymcnostrill wrote:I thought you'd pronounce both Ys as the "ea" in "each" in English. The first Y sounding like Yee confuses me. Is that how you'd pronounce Yggdrasil too? Yeeg-drasil, not Eag-drasil? (Genuine curiosity, not a native speaker)
From what I've studied of Norse (where the name Ymir originates), this is correct. Ee-meer, eeg-druh-seel. Many of the modern counterparts in Nordic and Slavic languages start with 'I'.
As far as I can tell, the 'yuh' sound comes from these Norse names being used as the names of places in Anglosphere countries, commonly pronounced according to modern English pronunciation rules.
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2022/12/03 16:55:03
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Malicious Mandrake
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ee - mere
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2022/12/03 17:31:47
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Dakka Veteran
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I pronounce it ... "Ymyr"(Ymir), but since I'm swedish I "cheat".
In english I'd probably pronounce it "Ee-meer"
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shortymcnostrill wrote:I thought you'd pronounce both Ys as the "ea" in "each" in English. The first Y sounding like Yee confuses me. Is that how you'd pronounce Yggdrasil too? Yeeg-drasil, not Eag-drasil? (Genuine curiosity, not a native speaker)
I'd pronounce it "Ygg-dra-seel" in english*, "Ygg-dra-sill" in swedish.
*The "Y" sounds very similar to the "ea"-sound from "each".
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2022/12/03 17:36:00
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Evasive Eshin Assassin
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Maybe i just need to choose my custom to be league affiliated and choose something i can pronounce. lol.
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2022/12/03 21:08:36
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Fixture of Dakka
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That's usually how I say it. Sometimes I try to treat the "Y" more like "ee" with a hint of a "y" splashed in and it ends up sounding like "ee-yem-eer," but that's probably not correct.
And has has been pointed out, Ymir is (for those who don't know) the primordial giant from Norse mythology. So there are some "correct" pronunciations insomuch as any name that's been around for a long time can have a correct pronunciation.
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2022/12/03 22:24:44
Subject: Re:how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Angered Reaver Arena Champion
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If Ymyr is supposed to sound like old norse Ýmir I can guarantee that there is no heavy y- sound in it. Ý sounds a bit like "ea" but very soft. The -mir sounds a bit like how Russians pronounce the Mir name of the space station.
Here is a classic pronunciation of Ýmir in Icelandic. The Old Norse one uploaded is very American. It's a bit like how the English version of "Bifrost" annoys the hell out of me. It is Bif-Rost, not Bi-Frost. Bif means to move(as the bridge is moved) and does not indicate "two" like the bi- pronunciation indicates.
https://forvo.com/word/%C3%BDmir/
source: I am Icelandic.
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2022/12/04 04:31:45
Subject: Re:how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Dakka Veteran
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I would go full on mispronouncing it. Specifically I would call them "Yumm-ers", like "Oh, that's so delicious, it's absolutely Yummers!". But, it might be better to listen to people who have a clue 😅
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2022/12/04 12:46:21
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander
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Yuh-me-er?
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2022/12/04 18:57:49
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Hellacious Havoc
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It’s ē-mir (mear). E-mear
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2022/12/08 20:58:23
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Terrifying Doombull
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Him-her, but without either 'h'
im-er (add whichever diacritical marks you like, I'm almost aggressively tone-deaf so I've always found them meaningless)
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2022/12/09 01:59:01
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Terrifying Rhinox Rider
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Confounded Ymir have opened all the vents. We’d best hide here with the weapons.
Ne way it’s written there on the spook tool isn’t it
/ˈiːmɪər/
iː FLEECE, pedigree, idea
m my, smile, cam
ɪər NEAR, serious
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2022/12/09 02:37:09
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
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Yih-meer
That’s how I do it.
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2022/12/09 11:26:58
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Frenzied Berserker Terminator
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Personally I would go for imm as in immediate, ear like the flaps on the side of your head.
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2022/12/11 07:29:10
Subject: Re:how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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To me, "ymyr" sounds like the word Ymir from the norse, so I say it that way.
JNAPproductions (nice pfp, I could spot Wakfu for miles), seems close to how I say. but to me, Ymyr is said as (/ˈiːmɪər/, Old Norse: [ˈymez̠]).
Anyway, the purple ork is going back to hide with the rest of the purple boyz, SEE YA!
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2022/12/16 14:49:20
Subject: how do you pronounce Ymyr?
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Pulsating Possessed Chaos Marine
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I would defer to our nordic brethren for the answer to this question.
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