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jazilla · Feb 26, 2011, 04:15 PM // 16:15

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Originally Posted by Hobbs

Yep, i've always said Oh-Lee-Us and maintain that this is the correct pronunciation.

Aegis: Is it Ay-Gis (whith a hard G) or Ay-Jis?

it's pronounced ee-jis according to: merriam-webster

Voodoo Rage · Feb 26, 2011, 04:24 PM // 16:24

I never have the audio turned on so I'm kind of clueless as to the correct pronunciations. For me:

Tyria = Tie - ree -uh

Olias = Oh - lie - us

Yoom Omer · Feb 26, 2011, 04:27 PM // 16:27

Well, I speak hebrew so a couple of my friends and I always fail at pronouncing things right...

Sahlahja was Saljala, for example. And for Aataxes I just say A-A-Tex. Ntoukas were never a problem for us, though. We just say... Well, Ntou-Cka. It's pronounceable.
OH! and I used to call the Ferndale "Friend-ale"

How do you say Xunlai? is it Zunali or Ksunlai? and Zhed is Zed or Jed? I always hated english for the unclear spelling...

And is Olias Olee-as or O-li (lion) - As?

And Razah is RAzah or raZAh? or is it raJAh?

Edit:
Wait, Aegis is Aygis? I always said A-Eh-Gis (solid G, not a j)...

Wyndy · Feb 26, 2011, 04:56 PM // 16:56

Most of the towns have pronounceable second names on them that don't appear anywhere else. We just use those for reference. Township, Bastion, Terrace, Refuge, etc.

I was surprised to hear some of the GW2 trailers and note that I was pronouncing those names correctly!

June Bug · Feb 26, 2011, 04:57 PM // 16:57

I pronounce Aegis "Ayjis".

Edit: Ok, the online Merriam-Webster dictionary says "e-jis". :P

Verene · Feb 26, 2011, 05:05 PM // 17:05

Aatxe is the only one that's given me a kind of a "...huh?" moment.

Though I pronounce Olias as "oh-lee-us".

Xunlai I pronounce like "shunlai", since in Chinese 'x' is pronounced similarly to an 'sh' sound in English.

Caw521 · Feb 26, 2011, 05:05 PM // 17:05

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How do you say Xunlai?

Pretty sure it's with a Z sound.

How about Ybbob? Ibby-bob?
Whuup Buumbuul?
Puugh the Slasher? Pooh the Slasher?

Xiaquin · Feb 26, 2011, 05:12 PM // 17:12

Oh god, Hell's Crispy

I would have started calling it that if I heard it!

I'm extremely guilty of mispronunciation. I wear headphones and I've all the OSTs so I'm not missing out on anything by putting other music on and muting the sound, and it was a long time that I took a break from the game before I wasn't as serious.

"Kree-tah" instead of Cry-ta.

Rata Sum (like the math symbol) instead of Soome.

Av-a-turs, with a long a instead of ahv-ah-tars, which I still hate saying.

I'm sure if we went down the entire list I'd be getting red ink all over my butchering

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Hobbs · Feb 26, 2011, 05:13 PM // 17:13

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Originally Posted by Caw521

Pretty sure it's with a Z sound.

How about Ybbob? Ibby-bob?
Whuup Buumbuul?
Puugh the Slasher? Pooh the Slasher?

Note, I am bad at pronunciations but this is how I say these.

Eebob

Whurp Bumbul (sort of a long uh in Whuup)

Pyou (as in Hugh)

Yoom Omer · Feb 26, 2011, 05:52 PM // 17:52

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Originally Posted by Caw521

Pretty sure it's with a Z sound.

How about Ybbob? Ibby-bob?
Whuup Buumbuul?
Puugh the Slasher? Pooh the Slasher?

Ybbob should be simple enough - Yb-Bob.

Whenever there are two u's in a row I for some reason read them as Oo-oo, which makes Whuup Buumbuul Whoo-oop Boo-oom-Boo-ool. That's not a nice name.

the last one I read as a חחח', I think the english equivalent is Kh. So it's Poo-Ookh the Slasher...

Chthon · Feb 26, 2011, 05:55 PM // 17:55

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Originally Posted by Hell Darkblight

Beetletun

Beetle - ton. Just like every other English town name that's degraded "town" to "ton"/"tun."

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Chilblains

Actually an English word. Pronunciation
(Though, I often read it "Chili Beans")

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Hells Precipice

Both English words given their normal pronunciations.

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Fainheartness

English word. Compound. Faint - Heart-ed - Ness

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Remains of Sahlahja

In my mind, it's always Saj - la - har, which is totally wrong.

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Aatxes

There was a thread on this. Turns out it's a Basque word, pronounced Ah - che. Somewhat like a sneeze.

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Originally Posted by Calista Blackblood

Tyria - Tee ree ah?

Very few on vent/ts can understand my accent anyway so it really doesn't matter what I say. Which is good because I can say whatever I want

Just like the NPC's say it in the cutscenes. Teer - ee -- uh.
Etymology is probably Norse God Tyr, plus -ia suffix for land/country

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Originally Posted by Stolen Souls

"Ntouka Bird/Rampaging Ntouka/Crested Ntouka Bird"

My mind transposes the consonants and comes out Na - Coo - Ta, which is wrong. Correct is probably Na - Toooo - Ka.

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Originally Posted by Caw521

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Qwytzylkak

Aaaaghh... Quit-zill-kack? Kwai-tzai-luh-kack?

I do not even try. I don't think it was meant to be pronounced.

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Originally Posted by HigherMinion

Some Welsh guy I know pronounced Olias as "Olly-us"

O - Lie - Us

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Originally Posted by Zodiac Meteor

Pfff, ha ha ha, just wow...

High Priest Zhellix

Zhe-licks? Zi-Lecks?

Zell - Icks, with an aspirated Z.

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Originally Posted by jazilla

dzaganour bastion.

I do not even try.

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Originally Posted by Nyta

Razah

Ra - Za-, with a bit more length on the second A

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Originally Posted by Hobbs

Aegis: Is it Ay-Gis (whith a hard G) or Ay-Jis?

A - Jis or EE - Jis, both are correct. "G" is like "jet." Link

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Originally Posted by Yoom Omer

OH! and I used to call the Ferndale "Friend-ale"

English compound. Fern (a plant) + Dale (a valley). Furn - day - ul.

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How do you say Xunlai? is it Zunali or Ksunlai?

Assuming it's Chinese-inspired, that sound doesn't exist in English. Z would be closest. Zoon - lie.

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and Zhed is Zed or Jed?

I think this one's spoke in the cutscenes, isn't it? Pretty sure it's Zed. Etymology is probably from Greek "zed," the final letter of the alphabet, still called by that name by some silly British people.

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I always hated english for the unclear spelling...

Blame the French. Had the Normans not invaded, the language would be fully phonetic. Also, blaming the French is just a good all-purpose habit regardless of the situation.

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Originally Posted by Caw521

Pretty sure it's with a Z sound.

How about Ybbob? Ibby-bob?

I have no idea how to pronounce a double B.

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Whuup Buumbuul?

Double U probably indicates that the vowel is held longer than usual. Probably the English "whup bumble" with the u's stretched out.

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Puugh the Slasher? Pooh the Slasher?

Guessing Poog with an aspirated G. Though imagining Winnie the Pooh the Slasher is highly amusing.

Also: I'd like some pound cake.

Messy · Feb 26, 2011, 06:13 PM // 18:13

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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

Aatxe ([a.atʃe]) is a Basque (Euskara) word.
In Basque, 'tx' sounds like 'ch' in 'check', the rest of the letters in the word sounds quite like in Spanish: one letter -> one sound.
A like in 'cat'.
E like in 'get'.
So it would be something like It is pronounced "ah·at·che".

Bless you!!

I thought it was like axe...ee ... lol

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Remains of Sahlahja

I've always said.... SA-LAH-HA-LAH 'cause I just had no idea how to tackle that word!!

Neo Nugget · Feb 26, 2011, 06:21 PM // 18:21

The other day I found out that "Scourge", as in Scourge Healing, is pronounced "Skurj".

My mind was blown.

ChrisCo · Feb 26, 2011, 06:22 PM // 18:22

no no no !!!

Remains of Sahlahja = Sha - a - la - la - la -la -la - ja

And Tahnnakai Temple = teriyaki temple!!!

... or thats just me =D

Moonstalker · Feb 26, 2011, 06:47 PM // 18:47

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Originally Posted by Neo Nugget

The other day I found out that "Scourge", as in Scourge Healing, is pronounced "Skurj".

My mind was blown.

I've always pronounced it that way..
What were you pronouncing it as? o.o

ruk1a · Feb 26, 2011, 07:04 PM // 19:04

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Originally Posted by Caw521

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Qwytzylkak

Aaaaghh... Quit-zill-kack? Kwai-tzai-luh-kack?

i love this name i always pronounce it Quit-zill-kack like you said, it's quite simple really.

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Originally Posted by Moonstalker

I've always pronounced it that way..
What were you pronouncing it as? o.o

i was surprised too when i found out scourge is pronounced skurj instead of scourge, you know... how any literate person would pronounce it (afaik) scoarge. sometimes i really question the English language.

Black Metal · Feb 26, 2011, 07:12 PM // 19:12

yeah, scourge is a regular English word, not something Anet made up.......

anyways from being in vent with Anet devs, I've heard a few pronounciations come out of their mouths that somewhat suprised me, mainly on how wrong I was.

Mithrane has a very interesting breakdown of Aatxe, that would be first on my mind. I wonder if Anet peeps know how it's correctly pronounced? I'll try to remember next time I'm on vent with them.

One thing that comes to mind of how Anet pronounces something, is that in Melandru, the second syllable is stressed (I always stressed the first one).

Cluebag · Feb 26, 2011, 07:23 PM // 19:23

I've always pronounced aatxe:
(sounding the 'a' like in apple) aa-tax, aa-taxes

For Remains of Sahlahja, I've always just called it:
Remains of Shamalamadingdong

Rushin Roulette · Feb 26, 2011, 08:14 PM // 20:14

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Originally Posted by Cluebag

For Remains of Sahlahja, I've always just called it:
Remains of Shamalamadingdong

I always call it Remains of Saliva.... because people comming in there are covered in Wurm dribble.

Qyark · Feb 26, 2011, 08:21 PM // 20:21

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Originally Posted by jazilla

dzaganour bastion.

I'm guessing DZ-AG-UH-NOOR and bastion with it's normal pronunciation.