EPTOn November 18 2010 09:02 Fa1nT wrote:
Nobody cares about unit name pronunciation.
Nobody cares about unit name pronunciation.
Haterz gonna hate
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azhang
United States178 Posts
Haterz gonna hate Cool Post OP User was warned for this post | ||
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Fa1nT
United States3423 Posts
On November 18 2010 09:13 AlBundy wrote: I thought that "Nobody cares about unit name pronunciation." ?? You got to get you shit straight, man. I assumed a mod would close it =(( | ||
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Al Bundy
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Lol fair enough  | ||
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Scorch
Austria3371 Posts
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EliteAzn
United States661 Posts
...Giraffes. This is the only thing that I'll ever take away from those forums that is useful... as for "i" sound vs. "e" sound...I personally like the "i" sound better because it sounds "cooler", but when you brought it up, it seems that the "e" sound sounds "correct" | ||
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
On November 18 2010 09:12 Fa1nT wrote: ![[image loading]](http://b.imagehost.org/0885/Untitled_9.jpg) Yep. In English, the word ends in a long "I" sound. | ||
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Dirich
Italy101 Posts
On November 18 2010 09:18 EliteAzn wrote: Lets call them what people proposed in the awful SC2 B.net forums during beta... ...Giraffes. This is the only thing that I'll ever take away from those forums that is useful... Now that you talk about giraffes, I must say that I found an even better image for the Colossi, the one on the right of the Giraffe in this picture: Picture's url hided because the name would spoiler the fun part | ||
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ibreakurface
United States664 Posts
On November 18 2010 09:05 archon256 wrote: Those damn Colloxen! I believe this is the correct form. | ||
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SonicBoom
United States20 Posts
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LittLeD
Sweden7973 Posts
On November 18 2010 09:05 archon256 wrote: Those damn Colloxen! Always get roflstomped by dem darn Collouson >.< | ||
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CactusApple
22 Posts
BY THE WAY: When a word is used in the English language it gets assimilated, which means that it adheres to English grammar. This means that it is also correct to say Colossuses. It is a safety net so to speak. | ||
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Darkstar_X
United States197 Posts
co·los·sus [kuh-los-uhs] –noun, plural -los·si | ||
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fauxreal
United States67 Posts
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Honeybadger
United States821 Posts
(all of these are acceptable plurals according to the people who write miriam webster) Octopuses Octopi octopods Octopodes | ||
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Mr. Wiggles
Canada5894 Posts
I see what you're trying to do, but I don't think we can just apply Latin grammar and pronunciation rules to certain words just because they are spelled the same in English as Latin haha, or else we'd end up with: He's using his vikings to target fire colossōs!!! The lasers colossōrum are really tearing through those Hydra's!!!! etc. :p | ||
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Dirich
Italy101 Posts
On November 18 2010 09:27 SC2Chobo wrote: It is never wrong to pronounce Latin words the way you would read them in the language you are currently speaking. This means that it is perfectly correct to pronounce the "i" in Colossi as "ai". I had the feeling that this (as also other suggested) was what was going on. Altough if I can recognize a word not for a "native word" but for an "assimilated one", my brain can't ignore the idea that any pronountiation different from the one used in the native language of that word is wrong. Nevetheless, I understand that it is totally normal to use our own language pronountiation since usually those knowing the "correct" pronountiation are only a small percentage (unless the the word is being assimlated from english), which means that the "wrong" pronountiation will be forced to be right by "popular decision", since it's not some linguistic professor that decide how a language evolve, but the population itself. EDIT: and when I say "linguistic professor" I am not speaking about myself  I actually just had the misfortune to study ancient greek and latin during high school, I am happy to inform you I luckyly switched to engineering for my master degree. :D | ||
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PointyBagels
United States90 Posts
Though apparently Colossuses is also correct according to some, though I am not sure. | ||
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smokeyhoodoo
United States1021 Posts
On November 18 2010 09:05 Bear4188 wrote: It's not Latin, it's English. Just because English takes roots from Latin doesn't meant he pronunciation goes unchanged. Radii, alumni, prospecti, foci are all pronounced with a long i in (American) English. Actually English roots from proto-germanic. There are latin influences for various historical reasons but it is not a latin language. | ||
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Galaxy77
Hong Kong256 Posts
Definition of colossus (noun) forms: colossi, colossuses any strikingly great person or object http://www.english-test.net/sat/vocabulary/words/358/sat-definitions.php#colossus And you are correct, the "i" on the end of colossi is pronounced as the letter name 'e' | ||
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Dirich
Italy101 Posts
On November 18 2010 09:45 smokeyhoodoo wrote: Actually English roots from proto-germanic. There are latin influences for various historical reasons but it is not a latin language. The way we learned it, english has roots in proto-germanic and latin (because of the roman domination over the southern part of the island). Altough here in Italy we may be probably not the best suited for an impartial judgment, I am surely suited to judge the fact that half the words in english have latin roots. Infact a common "joke" here in Italy is that if you wanna speak english you just add an "s" at the end of any italian word you pronounce. | ||
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