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Kraznaya
United States3711 Posts
The word Noblesse is a french word, and it is pronounced "no-bless," not "no-bul-ess" Link to how to pronounce from google translate The origin of the word in English is from the phrase Noblesse oblige, and it figuratively means "with power/nobility comes responsibility." (literally means nobility obliges) Thank you!    | ||
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Saechiis
Netherlands4989 Posts
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Kraznaya
United States3711 Posts
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Jtn
444 Posts
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Fontong
United States6454 Posts
But when does this come up? :S | ||
Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
On August 28 2011 05:45 Kraznaya wrote: The origin of the word is from the phrase Noblesse oblige, and it figuratively means "with power/nobility comes responsibility." (literally means nobility obliges) huh? that makes about as much sense as saying the origin of merry is merry christmas :p | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On August 28 2011 05:55 Carnac wrote: huh? that makes about as much sense as saying the origin of merry is merry christmas :p Pretty much. People need to stop desecrating my language  On August 28 2011 05:55 Fontong wrote: Not that I've been following the casting scene at all... But when does this come up? :S http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Noblesse | ||
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pyaar
United States423 Posts
The origin of the word is from the phrase Noblesse oblige, and it figuratively means "with power/nobility comes responsibility." (literally means nobility obliges) what? so in the same way, does the word "birthday" originate from the phrase happy birthday? ^edit: beaten to it lol but that aside, just let them pronounce it how they want to. there's no reason to stop people from saying borrowed words in the most comfortable way. the point of the cast isn't to give a course in language. for example, strictly speaking, the plural of "nexus" in latin is "nexus", + Show Spoiler + (if you really want to know, it's because "nexus", meaning a tethering or connection, is a fourth declension noun in latin. other words like cactus belong to the second declension, and are pluralized with an -i.) | ||
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Kraznaya
United States3711 Posts
On August 28 2011 05:55 Carnac wrote: huh? that makes about as much sense as saying the origin of merry is merry christmas :p shit, typo, i meant the origin of the word coming into english :< | ||
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
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Kraznaya
United States3711 Posts
On August 28 2011 05:52 Jtn wrote: Uh....when I say no-bless it sounds exactly the same as no-bul-ess. you pronounce bless like "buh-less?" | ||
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Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
On August 28 2011 06:02 pyaar wrote: for example, strictly speaking, the plural of "nexus" is "nexus", (if you really want to know, it's because "nexus", meaning a tethering or connection, is a fourth declension noun in latin. other words like cactus belong to the second declension, and are pluralized with an -i.) but it's awkward for anyone not knowledgeable in latin (99.9% of viewers) to hear "those nexus". and latin grammar rules apply to english how exactly? | ||
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pyaar
United States423 Posts
On August 28 2011 06:06 Carnac wrote: and latin grammar rules apply to english how exactly? did you read my entire post? my point is that rigidly applying the grammar and pronunciation of borrowed words is silly. | ||
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Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
And I wouldn't call it silly as much as completely futile and wrong :p We agree though. | ||
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pyaar
United States423 Posts
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Achromic
773 Posts
"No-Bul-Le-ss" is Korean and they say it exactly how it is supposed to be pronounced but in 4 syllables, as they can't pronounce no-bless in to two syllables. | ||
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SpoR
United States1542 Posts
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Daigomi
South Africa4316 Posts
On August 28 2011 06:22 SpoR wrote: it all depends on how the owner of the name pronounces it. Nony was new-knee, Idra is id-ruh, etc. Yes, but those are made up words. This is a proper word with a "proper" pronunciation. I think what the OP is trying to say is the word is pronounced with two syllables, not three. It's easy to have a small third syllable sneak in between no and bless. On the other hand, as mispronunciations by commentators go, I can't help but think this one is tiny. If you want to stop commentators from adding additional syllables in, get him to stop pronouncing "lair" as "lai-yer" :p Just to add, insisting on the original French pronunciation is stupid. There are tons of French words in English, but we use the received English pronunciation for them. So rather than linking to the French pronunciation, click on the little speaker here to get an English pronunciation. | ||
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Kitkatzy
United States213 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
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Delinius
United States324 Posts
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SpoR
United States1542 Posts
On August 28 2011 06:32 Daigomi wrote: Yes, but those are made up words. This is a proper word with a "proper" pronunciation. I think what the OP is trying to say is the word is pronounced with two syllables, not three. It's easy to have a small third syllable sneak in between no and bless. On the other hand, as mispronunciations by commentators go, I can't help but think this one is tiny. If you want to stop commentators from adding additional syllables in, get him to stop pronouncing "lair" as "lai-yer" :p Just to add, insisting on the original French pronunciation is stupid. There are tons of French words in English, but we use the received English pronunciation for them. So rather than linking to the French pronunciation, click on the little speaker here to get an English pronunciation. not really, nony is a word people use to ridicule (kinda like the childish sing songy way of nony nony nony, or nah na nah na nah na) or in the case of my mother to my sister, she always called her nony as in a naughty girl. and idra is actually a shortened version of the word idrajit which is some indian demon. | ||
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Daigomi
South Africa4316 Posts
On August 28 2011 07:33 SpoR wrote: not really, nony is a word people use to ridicule or in the case of my mother to my sister, she always called her nony as in a naughty girl. and idra is actually a shortened version of the word idrajit which is some indian demon. Neither of which have received English pronunciations, so the point stands. | ||
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MrCon
France29748 Posts
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Looms
United States4624 Posts
On August 28 2011 07:33 SpoR wrote: not really, nony is a word people use to ridicule (kinda like the childish sing songy way of nony nony nony, or nah na nah na nah na) or in the case of my mother to my sister, she always called her nony as in a naughty girl. and idra is actually a shortened version of the word idrajit which is some indian demon. its indrajit... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indrajit | ||
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ymir233
United States8275 Posts
In my opinion geas pronounced "ghess" is more confusing than this. But I took French so I guess I'm more used to this shit. | ||
TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
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7mk
Germany10157 Posts
oh lol i didnt know that... kinda silly that idra calls himself idrajit then | ||
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Sotamursu
Finland612 Posts
On August 28 2011 10:21 7mk wrote: oh lol i didnt know that... kinda silly that idra calls himself idrajit then Not really. I think idra sounds way better than indra. | ||
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Asrathiel
Australia377 Posts
On August 28 2011 06:32 Daigomi wrote: On the other hand, as mispronunciations by commentators go, I can't help but think this one is tiny. If you want to stop commentators from adding additional syllables in, get him to stop pronouncing "lair" as "lai-yer" :p Yes! That! It makes me thing of layer chickens when they say it like that | ||
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stalife
Canada1222 Posts
http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=25455&weekday=tue | ||
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Gprime
Canada198 Posts
On August 28 2011 15:21 Sotamursu wrote: Not really. I think idra sounds way better than indra. I heard him say in an interview (that at the moment i cant be bothered to find, but i may include it later if i decide to edit this post) that the spelling of his name is actually an accident. he meant to write Indra, but forgot to press the N button, then he was stuck with it.im assuming he didn't change it later because he was becoming known as idra | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
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Toson
United States11 Posts
The only exceptions that I hold to is if someone changes their name to something ridiculous for example, Chad Ochocinco (NFL) or an sc2 Example, Gentlemen AKA Puma. In those cases i ignore the name given and use the one I associate to the player in question. | ||
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Mobius_1
United Kingdom2763 Posts
Disclaimer: I'm Asian, so I can make fun of Asians. | ||
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