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Phaern Majes · Jun 09, 2008, 08:02 AM // 08:02

I call them A-taxes (long A sound). I know its wrong, but its easiest for me that way.

Pleikki · Jun 09, 2008, 08:11 AM // 08:11

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Originally Posted by Sleeper Service

profeci prope profecee profe prophsies ....chapetr 1.... the first game.

Here it is!

Hodgie · Jun 09, 2008, 08:28 AM // 08:28

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Originally Posted by Rhamia Darigaz

aat-kse? hardly rolls off the tongue imo.
i could never figure out how to pronounce aataxe so i just called them ataxes, as in "a taxis"

Lol thats how i say and always will

tmakinen · Jun 09, 2008, 08:34 AM // 08:34

Being half deaf, for me language is primarily a visual construct of written words and phonetics is something that happens to other people

That said, regardless of how people pronounce in-game names they very regularly make errors when writing them as well. According to my observations Elonian names are particularly difficult in this respect, to an extent that it may require some guesswork to find out the actual name behind a garbled rendition. I must assume that this is related to the poor correlation between written and spoken English. In my native language there is a direct relation between a letter and a phoneme and I tend to do less mistakes than native English speakers.

And why do people keep writing ataxe or aataxe?

jiggles · Jun 09, 2008, 08:42 AM // 08:42

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Originally Posted by tmakinen

And why do people keep writing ataxe or aataxe?

hopefully im not alone in saying this, but is one pain of an arse word to spell without thinking about it much.

Tender Care · Jun 09, 2008, 09:34 AM // 09:34

I've seen peeps saying: wtb monk normal TOTEM, instead of Tome....

Well...i suppose the most mispelled is actually Droknar......i've seen: LF runner to GROGNAR'S Forge....Drognar...and so on...

I've seen Sciro Tagashi and the Leech

I've seen: ELEMENTARY sword :lol: that actually looks like a sword for GW newbies o_O

mr_groovy · Jun 09, 2008, 09:37 AM // 09:37

I refer to them as cows. The graspings are chickens :P

captain_carter · Jun 09, 2008, 09:41 AM // 09:41

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Originally Posted by tmakinen

I must assume that this is related to the poor correlation between written and spoken English.

Maybe, but I'd think a large part of it is down to laziness on the part of English speakers, or to the many people speaking English only as a second or third language, using it to comunicate with everyone else more easily.

Turtle222 · Jun 09, 2008, 09:43 AM // 09:43

one thing i utterly despise is when people say TOMBS. TOMES PEOPLE TTTTTTOOOMMMMMMMEEEEEESSSSSSSS. Tomes. Plural of Tome. How the hell does it make sense to learn a skill by studying a tomb? that is just ridiculous

Natures Spirt · Jun 09, 2008, 10:32 AM // 10:32

So wiki says ah-che is how you say it so maybe they shouldn't call them aatxe maybe they should call them sneezes. AHH-CHEE or AHHH-CHOO

Esan · Jun 09, 2008, 10:36 AM // 10:36

Inscriptable. Battery (sense 3 is the only valid one in martial contexts). Linebacker. Dozens of others that I don't have at the tip of my fingers but find perennially irritating.

GW is rife with misuse and misunderstandings.

Kakumei · Jun 09, 2008, 10:42 AM // 10:42

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Originally Posted by Esan

Battery (sense 3 is the only valid one in martial contexts). .

Wait, what? The only time I've seen 'battery' used in a GW context is to refer to a necro with Blood Ritual or Blood is Power--in which case battery makes a lot of sense, as they provide energy to other things.

I have no idea what you're getting at, here.

Malice Black · Jun 09, 2008, 10:44 AM // 10:44

I called them at-tax. So did everyone else over vent.

Esan · Jun 09, 2008, 10:48 AM // 10:48

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Originally Posted by Kakumei

I have no idea what you're getting at, here.

"Battery" as a combat role entails plinking your enemies with projectiles, not slashing your wrists to feed your medics. I am sure you understood this already, but I am just humoring your faux incomprehension.

tmakinen · Jun 09, 2008, 11:04 AM // 11:04

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Originally Posted by Esan

"Battery" as a combat role entails plinking your enemies with projectiles, not slashing your wrists to feed your medics. I am sure you understood this already, but I am just humoring your faux incomprehension.

And 'monk' as a combat role entails singing inspirational gregorian chants to the troops, or maybe even some bare-hand combat if they are of the Shaolin variety

The last time I checked 'blood magic' was not a recognized martial art form and the thing the necros do (providing energy) is fairly well described by the term 'battery'.

Rothan Celt · Jun 09, 2008, 11:23 AM // 11:23

I just pronounce them Attacks

know thats not right but its stuck in my head now :?

Alex Dimitri · Jun 09, 2008, 11:28 AM // 11:28

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Originally Posted by Edge Martinez

At-Tax. But typically we just say 'Here comes a bull.'

Spot on mate, who`s gonna break a tongue when we all know what they are

SmokingHotImolation · Jun 09, 2008, 11:31 AM // 11:31

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Originally Posted by zwei2stein

Funny, i always pronounced them as āt̚ʌks

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me too.
Boy, do i feel stupid now!

Espartaco · Jun 09, 2008, 12:45 PM // 12:45

Hmm I must be making loads of mistakes.

I call:

Aatxe = "Attacks",
Sliver Armour = Silver Armour
Essence of Celerity = Essence of Celery

I also have a friend who calls chitin. chi-tin but I think it should be pronounced kye-tin (sorry I don't know the correct way to write it phonetically).

Moral55 · Jun 09, 2008, 01:00 PM // 13:00

Wiki link to battery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(electricity)

This is the method in witch they are referred.