Micky Onimusha
Prince
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- Apr 26, 2004
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I don't know, but I hope I'm not the only one who mentally "speaks" whenever I read or write, and with a host of unusual names, we probably have all come up with our own ways of pronouncing them.
I'm sure Kael and the rest of the dev team can give us a solid answer on how they're meant to be pronounced, but for now, I just felt like seeing other people's interpretations.
For a start, some of the civ names are real tongue-twisters. I've mentally gotten Ljosalfar to "La-jos-far", but looking at the spelling, I'm sure this is almost entirely wrong. Same issue with the Svartalfar. I have that as "Sa-valt-far", also probably miles off. The Luchuirp are also a bit of a headache. I have it as "Lurr-chirp" in my mind. I have the Malakim as "Ma-la-kim" but I do wonder if maybe it should be "Ma-la-kime". The other Civ names seem simple enough, so I'd like to think I mentally pronounce them right (I pronounce them as they're spelt).
As far as leaders go, some are really difficult for me. I have Perpentach as "Pep-per-tash", but I'm sure that's wrong and I usually just think of him as "Peppy". Keelyn I have as "Key-lean", also a bit unsure of. Arturus Throne* comes out as "Art-ta-ross Thorn" to me despite it clearly being 'Throne', just can't get the thorn pronounciation out of my head
*[Edit: Well, we solved why I had that pronunciation problem ^^]
Also... Tebryn Arbandi... I struggle to spell it, let alone pronounce it, but I have him as "Teb-Brin Are-Barn-Dee".
Anyhow, I won't ramble on for all the names, I'm just bored at work and have been meaning to post a thread like this for a while now. Sometimes I worry I'm the only one who has a mental voice speaking as they type/read/do anything wordy, but I don't think I am
But yeah, pronounciations, how do you do them?
I'm sure Kael and the rest of the dev team can give us a solid answer on how they're meant to be pronounced, but for now, I just felt like seeing other people's interpretations.
For a start, some of the civ names are real tongue-twisters. I've mentally gotten Ljosalfar to "La-jos-far", but looking at the spelling, I'm sure this is almost entirely wrong. Same issue with the Svartalfar. I have that as "Sa-valt-far", also probably miles off. The Luchuirp are also a bit of a headache. I have it as "Lurr-chirp" in my mind. I have the Malakim as "Ma-la-kim" but I do wonder if maybe it should be "Ma-la-kime". The other Civ names seem simple enough, so I'd like to think I mentally pronounce them right (I pronounce them as they're spelt).
As far as leaders go, some are really difficult for me. I have Perpentach as "Pep-per-tash", but I'm sure that's wrong and I usually just think of him as "Peppy". Keelyn I have as "Key-lean", also a bit unsure of. Arturus Throne* comes out as "Art-ta-ross Thorn" to me despite it clearly being 'Throne', just can't get the thorn pronounciation out of my head
*[Edit: Well, we solved why I had that pronunciation problem ^^]
Also... Tebryn Arbandi... I struggle to spell it, let alone pronounce it, but I have him as "Teb-Brin Are-Barn-Dee".
Anyhow, I won't ramble on for all the names, I'm just bored at work and have been meaning to post a thread like this for a while now. Sometimes I worry I'm the only one who has a mental voice speaking as they type/read/do anything wordy, but I don't think I am
But yeah, pronounciations, how do you do them?