How do you pronounce your main character's name?
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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2010-12-02 17:30 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
It's funny to think of a main character when you suffer from altitis, but for me it's always been my first character, created low these many years ago:
Mac Tíre
It means "wolf" in Gaelic, and no, it's not pronounced "mack tire." The ****** is that I can't get the accent over the "i" so in-game I have it as "Mac T'ire," which I'm sure makes him sound more like a truck wheel than ever.
I've forgotten the exact way to say it, but it's more along the lines of "mock tear-e," though I'm sure I'm butchering it somehow. Can't seem to get an audio of that exact word, the InterWebs have failed me.
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Originally Posted by Santorican
I've often wondered how players pronounce their characters names. There are some that are easy to pronounce if your native tongue is English but for other languages it presents an awesome exercise.
My main's name is Murcielago which is Spanish for bat. Its said Mor-see-al-a-go |
Easy peasy as my nephew says, I'm a gearhead that would have been no problem!
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I pronounce it exactly as it looks: Ad-e-on with a hard e. I suspect it should actually be pronounced Ad-ae-on with a much softer e that's almost an a but I prefer the hard e.
Arbegla = Arb-eg-la or atlest thats how i say it all the time. Most people just shorten it to Arby, which of course creates a lot of roast beef jokes..
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Originally Posted by Santorican
I've often wondered how players pronounce their characters names. There are some that are easy to pronounce if your native tongue is English but for other languages it presents an awesome exercise.
My main's name is Murcielago which is Spanish for bat. Its said Mor-see-al-a-go |
If you want a real tongue-twister, my warshade:
Iníon iomláin gealaí (Granted, without the accent marks). Inion IN-ee-yon YOM-lin Gyah-LIE (With a similar diction to the way you'd say the words Indian Tomlin July)
It's essentially Irish/Gaelic for Daughter of Darkness (Technically "Daughter of the Fullness of the Moon)
The Mighty Pi (Thuh My-tee Pie) He likes Pi!
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The only one people might have trouble with is Tomoe Chiyome: (Toh-moh-yay-Chee-yoh-may). And while you're working that out, I'll be halfway through my AS animation :P
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Verdandy is pronounced the way it's spelled. Her civvie last name is a little difficult. Deepeneaux is pronounced (deep-en-noe). No stresses on any syllable. Not easy, since English makes you want to stick the stress on the first syllable.
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I have a number of characters who are named after nonsense words that I made up and other obscure things... so...
Explomadoza (eks PLOH mah DOH za)
Patteroast (PAT ter ohst)
Dr. Fejwol (FEDGE wall)
Asoposl (OZ oh POZ ul)
Kiviuq (KIV ee uk)
Setebos (seh TEE bohs)
Yetniy (YET nee)
Verlustoff (ver LOOS toff)
Fryhtu (FRI too)
Pungol (PUNG ohl)
Wundermind (WOON der mind)
Llecarud (LEK ah ruhd)
Pyrrho (PEER oh)
Quaoar (KWA oh ahr)
Wojapi (woh JAW pee)
Annihili (an nih HEE lee)
Xeryck (ZAIR ik)
Weywot (WAY woht)
Rezigrene (reh ZIG reh nay)
... geez. I didn't think I had THAT many weird names.
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My main's name is Pallas and it's pronounced "palace"
Other oddly named toons of mine:
Zocalo = SOW-cah-low
Ciuhualcoatl = see-WALL-co-AT-uhl
Bodhisattva = bow-dee-SAT-vuh
Pink Lioness=Peenk-Lye-oh-ness
House Fire (nothing tricky there)
I feel sorry for any native english speaker who can't pronounce "Brooklyn Bridge" or "Manhattan Bridge", my two level 50 mains on virtue now.
But my other level 50 scrapper Anlek'Toh, might be a challenge.
It's Ahn-lek'Toe
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There's an Irish descended heroine my lovely and delicate Irish flower of a cousin made who's name I cannot use on CoH. Her name is pronounced "Shaw-thayd".
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Originally Posted by Crimson Vanquisher
My main's name is Pallas and it's pronounced "palace"
Other oddly named toons of mine: Zocalo = SOW-cah-low Ciuhualcoatl = see-WALL-co-AT-uhl Bodhisattva = bow-dee-SAT-vuh |
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I pronounce it Throatwobbler Mangrove.
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Anyway, since I first came up with "Balorn" (actually, it was created from Everquest's "generate name" button way back when EQ was new), I've thought of it as "BAY-lorn". However, it seems most people seem to say "bul-ORN" when they see it. I never bother correcting people on it, though; I don't consider it worth the trouble.
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People call me Demo for short, but I've heard people in Vent say it with a long 'e'. It's Deh-mo with an 'eh'.
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I pronounce mine "Which-one-do-I-want-to-play-now" most times.
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But for the stunning chica in my avatar, Ravenna: Rah-VEHN-nah. Most of my heroes' names are easy since they end in -shrike so (in the sig, Diamond, Flame, and Swift)....
One character that no one even tries to pronounce (no idea why) is Aridania. Derr, AH-REE-DAHN-YA.
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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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I've got a couple characters with odd names:
Anscillect: ANN-sill-ekt
Sally Lee Brown: Jeff
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Hey, that's a foolproof system. My dad makes sure that everybody (and I do mean everybody) who has good reason to contact him calls him by his nickname. If somebody calls and asks for him by his real name, it's a telemarketer or somebody else he doesn't want to talk to and we just hang up.|
Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
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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I only have a few characters with non-English names...
Liora Kate - LEE-or-a... and the everyday name Kate.
Qiao Huang - I don't exactly know Chinese, but I ran it past a friend of mine who studies it and used a very handy pronunciation guide online. The best approximation I can come up with is simply 'Chi-ow Hong.'
Kelenar - No longer exists, but hey. KEL-en-ar. Easy!
Kaelinia - Kay-LIN-i-a
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Sum-Uu-Elle Tau| How do you pronounce your main character's name? |
Whaaat?
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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I had the Samuel right. I always thought the Tow was pronounced like what you do when you need to move a broken down car. Like you'd say "toe" |
Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Sum-Uu-Elle Tau
Whaaat? |
Mine is pretty easy: Claws and Effect. It actually is pronounced pretty much exactly how it's spelled.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
I had the Samuel right. I always thought the Tow was pronounced like what you do when you need to move a broken down car. Like you'd say "toe"
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You had both right, as they're pronounced like you'd pronounce the name Samuel and the word Tow exactly as you described it. I just tried being cheeky for a bit
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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