Sometimes I hear people pronounce "mana" as "mona". It annoys the living soul out of me. They say it is the right way...whatever. Just curious...does anyone here pronounce it that way? Don't worry I won't judge you!
I never thought of it that way
It's more of a "Mahnah" right? Yeah, that is technically the right way to say it.
Correct...and yeah that is what I have heard. I just can't stand saying it!
Mon-Na. How i say it.
Mae Na
or ma nu
It may be correct, but I've never heard it that way. But I pronounce Myr as mur, not the right way: meer.
I used to pronounce myr as mur
I have heard multiple ways to say "Beleren" and "Chandra".
Everyone in my area pronounces myr mie-er
Quote from: Knew45 on June 25, 2012, 11:48:55 PM
Everyone in my area pronounces myr mie-er
Mark Rosewater said Myr rhymes with beer. 🍺 He's tha boss.
I tried saying it that way for a while but its just held as truth here. If i pronounce it meer everyone in the card shop looks at me like im an idiot
I said {Auriok Champion} once like "are-ee-ock" and someone said it was pronounced "or-ee-ock". Everyone agreed with him. It confused me because it is spelled like "aura"...
Like {Lorescale Coatle}. I hear it pronounced Coat-le .... Its Kwah-tle.
Quote from: Leviathan on June 26, 2012, 12:32:18 AM
Like {Lorescale Coatle}. I hear it pronounced Coat-le .... Its Kwah-tle.
Like Quetzalcoatl? I am not familiar with the word Coatle besides that word.
I say "Mario" (like Super Mario) as Mar-e-o. I have a NY accent, and it's one of the words I uncharacteristically pronounce strangely.
Magic pronunciation is silly. Most of these words are completely made up and don't follow basic English guidelines, and phonetics won't always get you there. I still don't know if there is an official correct pronunciation for Garruk. About 60% of the people I know (self included) say it "Gare-Ruck" like the U in "Struck." The other 40% say "Gar-ook" like the U in "tune" and with a softer A.
Quote from: Gorzo on June 26, 2012, 05:04:17 AM
Magic pronunciation is silly. Most of these words are completely made up and don't follow basic English guidelines, and phonetics won't always get you there. I still don't know if there is an official correct pronunciation for Garruk. About 60% of the people I know (self included) say it "Gare-Ruck" like the U in "Struck." The other 40% say "Gar-ook" like the U in "tune" and with a softer A.
Just call him Garry and be done with it :)
Quote from: Dudecore on June 26, 2012, 01:51:38 AM
Quote from: Leviathan on June 26, 2012, 12:32:18 AM
Like {Lorescale Coatle}. I hear it pronounced Coat-le .... Its Kwah-tle.
Like Quetzalcoatl? I am not familiar with the word Coatle besides that word.
I say "Mario" (like Super Mario) as Mar-e-o. I have a NY accent, and it's one of the words I uncharacteristically pronounce strangely.
Quetzalcoatle is and ancient Mesoamerican diety. The word literally translates to "Feathered Serpent". Appropriate when you look at {Winged Coatle}.
Quote from: Gorzo on June 26, 2012, 05:04:17 AM
Magic pronunciation is silly. Most of these words are completely made up and don't follow basic English guidelines, and phonetics won't always get you there. I still don't know if there is an official correct pronunciation for Garruk. About 60% of the people I know (self included) say it "Gare-Ruck" like the U in "Struck." The other 40% say "Gar-ook" like the U in "tune" and with a softer A.
There is an official way to pronounce the words. From time to time, someone in Creative does a lexionary article on pronunciation of difficult Magic words. Haven't seen one in a while, but those who made the words know how to pronounce them.
I think a lot of it comes down to the fact that much of magic is text-based. Unless you watch the Protour and other vids, you'll just pronounce it how you think you should. You're right, most of the words are made up, but at the same time, basic English guidelines are screwy anyway.
Rough, sounds like ruff
Tough sounds like tuff
but THRough sounds like thru
I sympathize with people trying to learn English, it's messed!
I hate when ppl say "gair-uck" for garruk that's one of my pet peeves, it's why I never play him lol.
I think it's maná, like the Spanish pop band.
Quote from: Elitehalo360 on June 26, 2012, 12:35:12 PM
I hate when ppl say "gair-uck" for garruk that's one of my pet peeves, it's why I never play him lol.
PW pronunciation guide:
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=magic/planeswalkers/week5
tl;dr
Pronunciation Guide
ah-JAHN-ee Goldmane
Jace
beh-LEHR-enLiliana Vess
CHAHN-drah nah-LAHRGAHR-uhk Wildspeaker
I like how Lily has no guide whatsoever. You pronounce her name wrong, you're an idiot.
Quote from: Gorzo on June 26, 2012, 04:11:21 PM
I like how Lily has no guide whatsoever. You pronounce her name wrong, you're an idiot.
HAHAHAHAHA True.
My shop owner calls the mirrodin set, meridian. Drives me nuts, if you ask him for a card out of mirrodin, he'll say, "oh you mean meridian?"
Ive only heard Man-Nah which is how a say it
Quote from: darkarts981 on June 26, 2012, 05:28:02 PM
Ive only heard Man-Nah which is how a say it
Most people say it like that, even though technically it should be mah-nah. The word doesn't come from English, which is why it's like that.
Kind of like {Tamiyo, the Moon Sage}. People call her Tamm-mee-oh. But her name is pretty clearly designed under Japanese style, making her Tah-Mee-Oh.
Vowels get messed up bad in translation to English. A lot of languages have 1 phonetic sound per vowel (ah-ey-ee-oh-oo for a-e-i-o-u), where we have 3 or more for each. ("A's" can sound like can, cake, call...etc)
Quote from: Jake, Fart Sculptor on June 26, 2012, 04:50:20 PM
My shop owner calls the mirrodin set, meridian. Drives me nuts, if you ask him for a card out of mirrodin, he'll say, "oh you mean meridian?"
=.= where does he get all the extra vowels from? I'm face palming so bad right now.
Quote from: Jake, Fart Sculptor on June 26, 2012, 04:50:20 PM
My shop owner calls the mirrodin set, meridian. Drives me nuts, if you ask him for a card out of mirrodin, he'll say, "oh you mean meridian?"
And I've heard Mirrodin pronounced
Myr-o-din or Myr-Odin