tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post6780050118750465082..comments2024-03-01T11:52:44.729-05:00Comments on Bat in the Attic: You say Myrmidon, I say MyrmidonRobert Conleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-80654142331268807042010-01-14T16:13:57.364-05:002010-01-14T16:13:57.364-05:00Back in high school some of the players used to pr...Back in high school some of the players used to pronounce scimitar as "schmiter" as a joke. I wonder if you're from my neck of the woods, jcftao? I suspect Glenn is too, as I don't think I have ever heard mee-lee pronounced as "mee-lay".Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07175512698266614039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-66614741462614742512010-01-11T14:30:40.216-05:002010-01-11T14:30:40.216-05:00I once made the mistake of arguing chimera once wi...I once made the mistake of arguing chimera once with a very insistent player. Even after I pulled out the word's language of origin and the proper way to pronounce it given that linguisitc origin, he was still about to go to blows over it.<br /><br />Sheeh...<br /><br />Don't even get me started on Japanese words and some of the butchery I've heard there.Eli Arndthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445801567500822187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-2328662384506937002010-01-11T14:18:40.156-05:002010-01-11T14:18:40.156-05:00Ha! Chimera is one I still get wrong and didn'...Ha! Chimera is one I still get wrong and didn't hear correctly until a couple years ago, I'm 39.Norman J. Harman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-38879859538431633182010-01-11T14:11:46.711-05:002010-01-11T14:11:46.711-05:00Let's see -
chaos = Chay-oss
chimera = chi-mu...Let's see -<br /><br />chaos = Chay-oss<br />chimera = chi-mur-ah<br />paladin = pa-LA-din<br /><br />And how the heck do people pronounce bulette?<br /><br />we always pronounced in like "bew-let"Eli Arndthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445801567500822187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-21129347316984140112010-01-10T19:08:57.977-05:002010-01-10T19:08:57.977-05:00the mispronouncing thing is a very funny and commo...the mispronouncing thing is a very funny and common phenomenon. i've recently met a guy from us who claims that "klingon" is pronounced with a silent "g", something like [klyon].squidmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486198900111225929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-38392651876655539332010-01-10T13:19:23.868-05:002010-01-10T13:19:23.868-05:00How about facade? Mispronouncing that one caused ...How about facade? Mispronouncing that one caused me no end of embarrassment, as people wondered just what kind of assistance I was in need of.<br /><br />Oops.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-91446801649883539942010-01-10T12:18:35.056-05:002010-01-10T12:18:35.056-05:00In my corner of the world, too many people pronoun...In my corner of the world, too many people pronounce "melee" as mee-lee, rather then mel-ay. Makes me think of those little mealy-bugs that you don't want in your flour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-85338209650952712422010-01-10T11:14:40.182-05:002010-01-10T11:14:40.182-05:00I've mispronounced so many words I've read...I've mispronounced so many words I've read in gaming materials (but never heard spoken). Lots of great vocabulary esp Gygax stuff.<br /><br />Ogre one syllable "orge".<br /><br />Knoll and gnoll as "ka-noll" and "ga-noll"Norman J. Harman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-11592839107067320472010-01-10T11:07:12.266-05:002010-01-10T11:07:12.266-05:00YOU HAVE TROUBLE TALK, IHAVE TRUOBLE RIGHTING!!!. ...YOU HAVE TROUBLE TALK, IHAVE TRUOBLE RIGHTING!!!. (YOU ALSO HAVE TROUBEL RIGHT SOMETIME]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-67929522687282947482010-01-10T09:33:33.014-05:002010-01-10T09:33:33.014-05:00http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Myrmidonhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/MyrmidonKiltedyaksmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03462341093016199620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-8752082299223443152010-01-10T06:43:56.005-05:002010-01-10T06:43:56.005-05:00We used to mangle the word "scimitar", p...We used to mangle the word "scimitar", pronouncing it "schmiter" like "quiter"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com