Words Gamers Mispronounce - Page 5

On September 19 2010 21:46 Fen wrote:
This changes depending on whether you speak English-English or American-English. Some of the things you have posted are just flat out wrong in English-English.

However I got a feeling that this thread was started as a troll, because im pretty sure everyone who has a decent level of knowledge about the world knows that there are different pronounciations depending on geographical location.

On September 19 2010 17:39 Chex Mix wrote:


Tyler
Pronounced: [tee-lur]
Commonly mispronounced: [tahy-lur]
From: StarCraft, StarCraft 2
See Nony.

This is probably the most mispronounced word in the history of gaming!

On September 19 2010 18:59 groms wrote:
How about [Wreak]?

This one really annoys me because I hear it ALL THE TIME. People are like ZOMG he's going to WRECK(wreak) havoc in his base. Please add it to the OP if you have heard it like I'm sure so many others have.

On September 19 2010 22:25 Chex Mix wrote:

None of the words listed so far have any great differences between British and American English. And there aren't even that many words (like laboratory or aluminium) between the two dialects that have pronunciation differences that amount to more than minor shifts in vowels and rhoticity -- which is not at all what this thread is about. Whatever examples you think are flat-out wrong are probably just words you don't know how to pronounce.

On September 19 2010 20:43 Zoroth wrote:

Wrong! The latin pronounciation is eygus (or rather "Egus"). As such, because the word itself is latin and not anglican, both pronounciations are correct. Eyjis is incorrect, though, as you rightfully pointed out.


Wrong! sentrifyoogal is a dialect pronounciation, it's not incorrect it's just more latin (and technically thus, more correct). Directly stems from centrifuge root word. You say tamato, I say tameyto.

Similar example is Omniscient - It's correct to say "Omni-SAI-ent", but "Omnishint" is the far more common pronounciation.


Partially right/wrong - Maelstrom and Maelstorm are both correct words, but both are also pronounced as such. E.g. mispronounced as Maelstrom when it reads Maelstorm and vice versa.

Maelstrom comes from two words - Mal (latin "bad/wrong") and Strom ("current" (e.g. electric or watery) - scandinavian "strøm/ström"). Maelstorm is actually a modern word based on the original, historically correct word Malstrom/Maelstrom. The "storm" word was likely invented by Blizzard or some other game designer who wanted a more modern feel to the word for a younger audience.

Actually, if we're gonna be draconic about it the absolute correct pronounciation for Maelstrom is actually "MAL-struhm" and not "meyl-struhm". The word "meyl" is and anglicized corruption of the word. "ae" is actually an "æ" (for the "Mael" permutation, but not "Mal"), but that letter doesn't exist in the english alphabet.


The original correct pronounciation is "Viz-AH-dj", but as per english your example may also be correct. I'm not to familiar with any modern english version of the word.


"Zee-lot" (or "zeel-ot") may be far more obscure than "sentri-fyoo-gal", but let me remind you of the root word "zeel" (Zeal). But rightfully, Zellot and Zellus are typically correct.


Just a little reminder:

Have in mind that dictionaries - especially internet dictionaries that there's no way to double-check and that is highly subjective to the mind of the authors (as opposed to actual language-use in society, which is always developing and changing with the culture) - is NOT empirically correct.

Internet dictionaries are void of any empiricism and book-form dictionaries are ever-changing. To start debating what is correct compared to what a dictionary claims is correct, is completely pointless. When certain things become common-place, the dictionaries change to reflect it.

On September 19 2010 22:31 farseerdk wrote:


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this post saved me. Here I was thinking that my pronunciation was all wrong and this guy basically saved me.

Nony
Pronounced: [noo-nee]
Commonly mispronounced: [noh-nee]
From: StarCraft, StarCraft 2
See Tyler.

Tyler
Pronounced: [tee-lur]
Commonly mispronounced: [tahy-lur]
From: StarCraft, StarCraft 2
See Nony.

On September 19 2010 22:33 Daigomi wrote:

Haha thanks. I was planning to make a post about it but you seem to have done it before me. I prononuce all the words (except for Zeh-lut) according to the way you describe them here. And I definitely pronounce Visage as "Viz-AH-dj," which I think is correct according to RP.

Speaking of which, does anyone know if there is an online dictionary that gives received pronunciation? I often look for one

On September 19 2010 22:46 nOia.pod wrote:
Chex Mix I'm curious where are you from?

On September 19 2010 22:42 Chex Mix wrote:

Basically everything in that post was either blatantly incorrect, grossly misguided, completely irrelevant to the discussion at hand, or, more often than not, all three. The only reason I am not responding to his post is because Mani told me to play nice, and I'd just go off on him if I did.

Anyway, if having an idiot tell you you don't need to learn proper English has saved you, then so be it. If you want anyone that's educated to think that you, too, might be educated, well, you should get your head out of the sand and just learn the correct way to pronounce things.