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2008/05/07 17:57:19
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Charging Bull
Rochester, New York
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We've been having an argument at our local gaming store. Some people think that Chaos is pronounced Chayos and the other group thinks that it is pronounced Chous. How do you guys pronounce it? We used to pronounce it as kayos but then two 11 year old linguists informed us that is was not pronounced kayos but in fact either chous or chayous. The strife between the two factions is tearing us apart so we need to know soon. Thanks
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"But remember that there are over 1000 chapters of spase marienz! So the SM codex has to cover over 1000 different kinds of spase marienz! Codex CSM only has to cover 1 kind (the Chaos kind). And I don't even think Eldar are a kind of spase marienz at all. Hurr!"
- Abadabadoobaddon
Albatross wrote:I don't game in GW stores very often, but I must say that last time I did, most of the kids were much more pleasant and less annoying than some of the smelly, socially slowed ADULTS who frequent the stores.
It's a company which specialises in the selling of plastic representations of Elves, Goblins, and 9 foot tall superhuman soldiers from the future - have you ever considered that, as adults, it is US that is intruding upon THEIR world?
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2008/05/07 18:03:23
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Rampaging Chaos Russ Driver
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i say chaos like how its spelled. like order and chaos. it just makes more sense that way as that's how it's spelled. just like daemon not being pronounced demon
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2008/05/07 18:07:07
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Yellin' Yoof
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Ya, when I was a little kid I thought the word chaos was pronounced chous, and so I called the army that as well, but after I learned the real pronunciation I assumed the army was pronounced like the word, K-os
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2008/05/07 18:07:36
Subject: Re:Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Regular Dakkanaut
Odessa, TX
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The key here is to never take pronunciation advice from 11 year olds. I guess the best way to write it out phonetically would be "kayos".
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2008/05/07 18:07:41
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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2008/05/07 18:10:28
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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2008/05/07 19:02:40
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Phanobi
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Dictionary.com even has a nice little audio of how to pronounce the word.
Ozymandias, King of Kings
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings.
Look on My works, Ye Mighty, and despair.
Chris Gohlinghorst wrote:Holy Space Marine on a Stick.
This conversation has even begun to boggle my internet-hardened mind.
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2008/05/07 19:38:03
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Hungry Ork Hunta Lying in Wait
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Were these 11 year olds Orks?
They tend to pronounce most words in a funny way.
Speech impediment I think.
HFN
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2008/05/07 20:24:04
Subject: Re:Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Dakka Veteran
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Chay-oss.
Shy-mara.
Baskee-lisk.
Ten-zentch.
Ka-horn.
Nerjle.
Slay-neeesh.
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2008/05/07 20:34:21
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Charging Bull
Rochester, New York
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Well, we all used to say kay-os too. But then we saw too little kids arguing over whether it was chous or chayos and it threw us all into doubt.
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"But remember that there are over 1000 chapters of spase marienz! So the SM codex has to cover over 1000 different kinds of spase marienz! Codex CSM only has to cover 1 kind (the Chaos kind). And I don't even think Eldar are a kind of spase marienz at all. Hurr!"
- Abadabadoobaddon
Albatross wrote:I don't game in GW stores very often, but I must say that last time I did, most of the kids were much more pleasant and less annoying than some of the smelly, socially slowed ADULTS who frequent the stores.
It's a company which specialises in the selling of plastic representations of Elves, Goblins, and 9 foot tall superhuman soldiers from the future - have you ever considered that, as adults, it is US that is intruding upon THEIR world?
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2008/05/07 20:49:11
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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[MOD]
Madrak Ironhide
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I pronounce Chaos "Waaagh"
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2008/05/07 21:11:11
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Omnipotent Lord of Change
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Spas Mary-Annes
Nee-krons
Oürcses
- Salvage
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2008/05/07 21:28:15
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Sslimey Sslyth
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The "linguist" who informed you is completely incorrect.
10 seconds on dictionary.com reveals the following:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chaos
There is no pronunciation cited by any of the references used by dictionary.com that use the " ch" sound rather than the "k" sound for the beginning of the word.
Chaos comes from the Greek word (I can't type Greek here) that translates to khaos: abyss, that which gapes wide open, is vast and empty.
At no point in recorded etymological history (and I checked with my history of the English language professor), has "chaos" or any of its root words been pronounced with the sibilant " ch" sound.
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2008/05/07 21:50:10
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Charging Bull
Rochester, New York
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WOW, so much info thanks Saldiven!!! I'm so glad you took some time to inform us of the correct pronunciation.
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"But remember that there are over 1000 chapters of spase marienz! So the SM codex has to cover over 1000 different kinds of spase marienz! Codex CSM only has to cover 1 kind (the Chaos kind). And I don't even think Eldar are a kind of spase marienz at all. Hurr!"
- Abadabadoobaddon
Albatross wrote:I don't game in GW stores very often, but I must say that last time I did, most of the kids were much more pleasant and less annoying than some of the smelly, socially slowed ADULTS who frequent the stores.
It's a company which specialises in the selling of plastic representations of Elves, Goblins, and 9 foot tall superhuman soldiers from the future - have you ever considered that, as adults, it is US that is intruding upon THEIR world?
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2008/05/07 22:28:20
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Phanobi
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what no love for Mannahnin? He gave you the same link like 10 posts ago. (no offense Sal).
Ozymandias, King of Kings
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings.
Look on My works, Ye Mighty, and despair.
Chris Gohlinghorst wrote:Holy Space Marine on a Stick.
This conversation has even begun to boggle my internet-hardened mind.
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2008/05/08 00:57:26
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Really? I thought it was pronounced "Bwa Ha Ha Ha Ha!" 
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2008/05/08 02:41:45
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Fireknife Shas'el
A bizarre array of focusing mirrors and lenses turning my phrases into even more accurate clones of
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2008/05/08 03:54:31
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Thankyou for raising the level of intellectual discourse on this thread stonefox. Seriously.
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2008/05/08 04:36:30
Subject: Re:Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Ultramarine Land Raider Pilot on Cruise Control
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Gabe wrote:Chay-oss.
Shy-mara.
Baskee-lisk.
Ten-zentch.
Ka-horn.
Nerjle.
Slay-neeesh.
You forgot my favorite mispronounciations:
Knee-arch
Basimilisk
RendERing claws
Tay-lons (as in scything talons)
Knee-krons
Tear-ant (as in Hive Tyrant)
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2008/05/08 04:39:37
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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[DCM]
The Main Man
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So you guys thought (knew) it was pronounced chaos (you know, like the real word), but because a couple 11-year-olds said "chous" or "chows" or whatever, you began to question yourselves?
Next time, I recommend consulting a dictionary.
What kind of linguists are these kids? (This is a partially serious question.)
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2008/05/08 08:44:34
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Sneaky Kommando
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People need to spend more time in skool and less time on the game table!!!!!
lol
GW killed my edgey-cation an made me thick!!!!
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2008/05/08 11:17:33
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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The word chaos derives from ancient Greek and was spelt with the Greek equivalent of K, being a hard syllable.
Most other Greek derived words are spelt with K, such as kinetic. I don't know why Chaos wasn't.
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2008/05/08 11:23:05
Subject: Re:Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Veteran Inquisitorial Tyranid Xenokiller
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Knee-arch? You lost me there.
How about Shimmer-a?
Oh, and my friend pronounces genestealer with the "gene" like in the word "generation," despite knowing it's not like that. He is a Star Trek geek, though.
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2008/05/08 12:58:20
Subject: Re:Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Deadly Dire Avenger
Athel Querque
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Where ah come from it is kay aus.
A more important question is...why do people insist on saying tier-inid? They don't call the big queen a hive tier-ant
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2008/05/08 13:47:14
Subject: Re:Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Omnipotent Lord of Change
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Beriothien wrote:A more important question is...why do people insist on saying tier-inid? They don't call the big queen a hive tier-ant
Maybe because it's pronounced "tier-anny"? But I'm with you 100%, even if we may be alone in this big cold galaxy on this one  - Salvage
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2008/05/08 15:42:44
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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Tierant
Tirannical
Tirannee
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2008/05/08 23:23:30
Subject: Re:Is it Chayos or Chous?
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RogueSangre
The Cockatrice Malediction
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So that's how you're supposed to pronounce "tyranid"? And here I was pronouncing it "tie-ran-uh-sore-us-wrecks-anids" the whole time!
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2008/05/09 00:16:59
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Scarred Ultramarine Tyrannic War Veteran
Maple Valley, Washington, Holy Terra
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Huh. I've always pronouced it Tyranny-id, but I suppse Tyrannosaurus-is makes a certain amount of sense, considering Tyranids used to look like dinosaurs.
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2008/05/09 04:53:53
Subject: Re:Is it Chayos or Chous?
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Charging Bull
Rochester, New York
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Beriothien wrote:
A more important question is...why do people insist on saying tier-inid? They don't call the big queen a hive tier-ant
I believe the answer to that question is the same reason why we don't call wyches wai-ches. Saying tair-inid sounds awkward to most people.
On a side note. How do most of you guys pronounce lascannon or lasgun? Do you use a long a (lace-cannon) or short a (las-cannon). I think the second is correct and that's what I say because there is no vowel to make the a long but I hear people say lace-cannon all the time.
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2008/05/09 09:20:05
Subject: Is it Chayos or Chous?
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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Lazcannon
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