How do you pronounce your main character's name?
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Posted on: 2010-12-02 17:30 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Nalrok Ath'Zim.
(Nal-Rock Ath-Zeem)
Simple, sort of.
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Exactly how I pronounce my name.
"Dex"
Notably not short for Dexter.
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Originally Posted by Santorican
How do you pronounce your main character's name?
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Most of my character names are puns using pretty common English words. Some are words which, when pronounced together, sound like something else, but the pronunciation is pretty easy.
Names like "Sultan Battery" (an Egyptian-themed Kin/Elec, and yeah, I know that Egyptians weren't Sultans, but the game doesn't offer a turban) or "Kickyer S" (an MA/SR kickboxer) or "R. Tic" (Ice Tank) or "Ella M. Ental" (My Earth/Storm/Fire controller).
Oh, and one of my current favorites (pun intended), my Elec/Shield scrapper is dressed in an orange vest and khaki pants, named "Ohm Depot."
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Most of my mains are easy enough, but some do get mixed up.
Persephone Lee: Persephone is pronounced "Per-Seff -oh-nee" not "Per-suh-fone." Yeah, it surprised me too. Thankfully, nobody gets "Lee" wrong.
Nenia: (a death song) pronounced "Nen-aye-ah" not "nee-Nee-yah"
Lady Vasilisa: It's pronounced Vah-see-LEE-sah. She even makes this clear in her bio. 
The oddest one, the most mishandled name: The Deathsman.
People can't seem to get this one right. They always call him "death man;" a 'deathsman' is an executioner. A "Death Man?" I don't know, sounds hokey.
Sorina Tavarisch = Soar-EE-nuh Tah-VAH-reesh.
Andrea Blake = AN-dree-uh, NOT AHN-dree-uh or ahn-DRAY-uh.
The rest are fairly straightforward, although...
My global and forum names?
Samuraiko = sam-uh-RYE-ko
Dark_Respite = dark REHS-pit
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Well, I only have two difficult ones:
Cryomino -- 'cry-om-in-oh'. Just mash 'cryo' and 'domino' together.
Byangoma -- 'buy-ang-oh-ma'. I have no idea how to actually pronounce this. It's a legendary bird from hindu mythology.
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Now, do you pronounce Kaison like the Kaiser in Kaiser Roll, or like this: Kay-zon, or like this: Kay-son.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
Exactly how I pronounce my name.
"Dex" Notably not short for Dexter. |
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You're just a little off. I pronounce the "Kai" as ki with a long i sound (the a is pretty much silent), but the s makes a z sound. So it's KI-zon.|
Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Now, do you pronounce Kaison like the Kaiser in Kaiser Roll, or like this: Kay-zon, or like this: Kay-son.
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And I kinda lied about the "Dex" thing. I mean, that's how it's always been said while I was growing up, but I've learned that the "true" pronunciation (you know, how my great-great-great's said it) is more like "Desh." I think I'd rather be called "Desh" than "Dex" knowing that, but try telling your family to change how they pronounce your name after they've said it another way for 26 years.
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My main character has no name. He is forbidden by the old ways to name himself.
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Interestingly I needed to add a C in front so that it didn't think the K was silent.
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Huh. Funny thing is, whenever I hear 'Dex Ki-zon' in my head I think of a DJ Krush song with a similar sounding name:|
Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
You're just a little off. I pronounce the "Kai" as ki with a long i sound (the a is pretty much silent), but the s makes a z sound. So it's KI-zon.
And I kinda lied about the "Dex" thing. I mean, that's how it's always been said while I was growing up, but I've learned that the "true" pronunciation (you know, how my great-great-great's said it) is more like "Desh." I think I'd rather be called "Desh" than "Dex" knowing that, but try telling your family to change how they pronounce your name after they've said it another way for 26 years. |
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EDIT: If your first name really is Dechs, what badass nationality are you? XD
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I'm what I would call 100% U.S. Mutt.|
Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
EDIT: If your first name really is Dechs, what badass nationality are you? XD
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Knowing my ancestry, I'm fair certain it's a German or an Irish name.
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Yeah, I hear that. My family still calls me 'Danny'. I'm 38 years old. I'm Dan, not Danny... ugh...
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
...but try telling your family to change how they pronounce your name after they've said it another way for 26 years.
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Could be worse. My brother's name is Daniel, but we all call him by his initials, "D.J."|
Originally Posted by Kinrad
Yeah, I hear that. My family still calls me 'Danny'. I'm 38 years old. I'm Dan, not Danny... ugh...
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While he was in high school and working part time, his boss called our house and asked to talk to "Dan." My mom, who answered the phone, replied "You must have the wrong number," and hung up.
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Brigitte is pronounced "Brig-eet";
not "Bridge-it" or "Brig-it-ay" or even, "Brig-eet-eh" (nice try though).
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I've got one character with a complicated name, Professor Nutronious, which is pronounced /New-TROW-nee-us/.
And it's not exactly a pronunciation thing, but a lot of people ask me if it's M AYE Abrahms, or M ONE Abrahms. It's the former, actually his first and middle initials, (Michael Ian) though the allusion is intentional. Also, the last name is pronounced like the real world Abrams Tank.
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A lot of my characters have Japanese names, so if you're familiar with it, they should be no problem- although one of my friends once jokingly refered to my character Tsukekage as "suckage" (for those unfamiliar with Japanese, it's more like sue-key-ka-gay)
My big axe tanker Kharnage is a play on carnage and Kharn the Betrayer from Warhammer 40K
My Bots MM IonIX is technically Ion 9 (alternate spelling of Ian, pronounced E-an), but since he loses a little bit of his humanity with each successive upload, he no longer realizes the roman numerals are a series #, not part of his name. (Though I am tempted to rename him IonX after he becomes Incarnate)
My main's name is just a stylized version of the word 'remedy', and is pronounced the same.
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My character's name is Achchasamalesay, which is pronounced "Bob".
I suppose it depends upon which day I am playing.
And whether I am playing on the French server or not...
Destriana
DEH-stree-ah-nah.
Most of the rest of them are straightforward, though. I just started off with the demoness.