Say it with me, "Dreg Wax" not "Drew Wax"

Moonshadow66 · March 2016

Conquistador wrote: »

It's kind of sad this thing bothers you enough to type about it on the forums.

I guess it can be annoying on console where you actually hear it, especially when it's wrong more often than not.

I'm only on PC, but I remember when I was on TS with a few teammates and one continuously pronounced certain words or names wrong, I was just as annoyed by it. This happens when people don't listen to NPCs or are too lazy to even properly read the words or names.

Toc de Malsvi · March 2016

Read rhymes with lead and read rhymes with lead, but read doesn't rhyme with lead and read doesn't rhyme with lead.....

You're talking about English, there is no normal pronunciation rules, pronunciation in English is ruled by you're nationality and locality. Scots, Irish, Brits, Yankee's, Southerners, midwesterners, Texans, Australians, South Africans, all speak English yet can all pronounce the same word differently and at times with different meanings. Both "Dreg" and "Drew" as well as "Drow" could all be correct or incorrect based on your own locality as well as the character within the fantasy of the story.

Voxicity · March 2016

Dreiewuhbwnkjijo0893o[poiowai89899[][][lpkkidwjjdjdwmjd['### Wax

Close enough

bryanhaas · March 2016

Reverb wrote: »

However it's pronounced, I'll bet it would be delicious steamed and in a butter sauce with a twist of lemon. Like a giant, tasty lobster.

That dungeon always makes me hungry.

bryanhaas · March 2016

Kammakazi wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EY0lolZzmA

Some NPC's in EP say Dro.

DannyLV702 · March 2016

Conquistador wrote: »

It's kind of sad this thing bothers you enough to type about it on the forums.

That negativity doeeeee

Kalante · March 2016

lol nope.

Violynne · March 2016

I don't think that video indicates how it's pronounced, as I've heard others pronounce it as "drew" (as well as botch other words).

To be honest, I've always felt the actual pronunciation was...

*drum roll*

Dray

Well, that's how I say it and I'm sticking to it until undeniable proof states otherwise.

WalkingLegacy · March 2016

Drop wax

Nailed it.

Tan9oSuccka · March 2016

This is fantastic. I love hearing people peddling "Drew" wax in Mournhold.

Padhraigh · March 2016

babylon wrote: »

How about we agree to pronounce it as "drug".

Dreugh Wax.

The Dreugh King.

Puts a whole new perspective on things.

... and his top earner goes by the name of Big Rabbu and he works a corner deep inside Spindleclutch.

Always thought that guy's name sounded like a proper coke dealer.

Stranglehands · March 2016

real 'orror show, me droogs

Abeille · March 2016

English is much easier to write than to speak, IMO.

Also, what she says sound like "dragon butter sauce" to me xD

TheFamousMockingbird · March 2016

Its obviously pronounced "Drayf".

Xeven · March 2016

It's drew wax. The voice actors don't know how the f to say it either.

Eterminix · March 2016

i thought it was always "drog"kinda with a long o... whatever

Pallmor · March 2016

Hey, if you're going to invent a fictional word, don't complain that people invent a fictional pronunciation.

CromulentForumID · March 2016

Ourorboros wrote: »

At least pronouncing it 'drew' follows normal pronunciation. I find it funny when I hear bugloss pronounced 'bug-loss'. It should be 'bu-gloss'.

bugloss
noun bu·gloss \ˈbyü-ˌgläs, -ˌglȯs\

Does it though?

Where else in English is "eugh" pronounced "ooh" like that?

Bleugh? Creugh? Neugh?

I will agree it does not look like "Dreg." I will not agree that "Dreugh" is pronounced "Drew" using normal rules of English. Maybe it is Drew-guh, or droy-gh or something like that.

Just not "Drew."

CromulentForumID · March 2016

Xeven wrote: »

It's drew wax. The voice actors don't know how the f to say it either.

So the game gave a script to the voice actors, the actors said it wrong, and the voice directors said, "Ohhh, lunch time! That's a wrap!"

You don't think it's more likely that you can others have been wrong about it?

Really?

daemonios · March 2016

It was supposed to be "drew wax" originally. But then all the voice actors got the name of the critter wrong.

(not actually, I just made that up... but it *could* have happened)

Stranglehands · March 2016

I still don't know how "molag bal" and "n'wah" are pronounced

Bossdonut · March 2016

Drag wax. For when your wig gets all frayed and unmanageable

Kammakazi · March 2016

Stranglehands wrote: »

I still don't know how "molag bal" and "n'wah" are pronounced

(Moe-Log Ball)

Farorin · March 2016

Reverb wrote: »

However it's pronounced, I'll bet it would be delicious steamed and in a butter sauce with a twist of lemon. Like a giant, tasty lobster.

A giant tasty lobster that you don't have to feel bad about killing because it probably tried to kill you first.

Bossdonut · March 2016

Stranglehands wrote: »

I still don't know how "molag bal" and "n'wah" are pronounced

Nwah is pronounced *** in English.

Vaoh · March 2016

I feel you man. I've heard it all.

Dreugh
Correct: dreg
Incorrect: drew, geray, Dree-ug

Atronach
Correct: at-trow-noc
Incorrect- aye-trow-noc, aye-trow-natch

Daedric
Correct: day-dric
Incorrect: dad-drick, daya-dric, daya-dritch

Mehrunes Dagon
Correct: may-roons-day-gon
Incorrect: Too many ways

Julianos
Correct: jew-lee-on-ose
Incorrect; jew-lee-an-ose, jew-lee-a-nose, juh-lee-on-ose

There's like a million others but this is all I could think of atm

I never correct people on it though. It took me awhile before I understood the pronunciation on dreugh.

Duiwel · March 2016

Doncellius wrote: »

I feel you man. I've heard it all.

Dreugh
Correct: dreg
Incorrect: drew, geray, Dree-ug

Atronach
Correct: at-trow-noc
Incorrect- aye-trow-noc, aye-trow-natch

Daedric
Correct: day-dric
Incorrect: dad-drick, daya-dric, daya-dritch

Mehrunes Dagon
Correct: may-roons-day-gon
Incorrect: Too many ways

Julianos
Correct: jew-lee-on-ose
Incorrect; jew-lee-an-ose, jew-lee-a-nose, juh-lee-on-ose

There's like a million others but this is all I could think of atm

I never correct people on it though. It took me awhile before I understood the pronunciation on dreugh.

All of those are obvious though and should come naturally...

however OP I will continue to say "drew wax" simply because if Champagne is pronounced "sham-pain" it's correct because it is understood that this is how the French pronounce it grammatically it is correct. However by this logic just because the devs decide to pronounce it "dreg" it needs to be said like that, no thank you. Champagne would then be pronounced: "Champ -agne" ( similar to the name Agnes ) which is completely wrong.

So honestly I don't care what the dev who "invented the word" think it is English pronunciation of words ending with gh have a certain way of being pronounced. and a hard "G" is not one of them.

Genomic · March 2016

It's a computer game, pronounce it however you like. It will never come up in an English test or matter in real life.

Bossdonut · March 2016

Hello etymology wannabes. Here's why it's pronounced DREG. DREH-G. DRE-GH.

DREG.

dregs, by definition, are the lowest form of employees/servants/slaves. They aren't even worthy of cleaning up feces. They are feces. They are below feces.

We are humans. And i guess mer (inferior). Khajiit are ok. BUT DAMN IT, the greatest of such. How DARE. DARE. we. Be subjected to these FREAK, MONSTER, LAND CRUSTEACEANS. Whom only job, is to suck at life and be a living pest, and provide some possibly delicious meat (have not sampled it myself).

Dregs. Dreg wax.

End. Of. Discussion.

Tabbycat · March 2016

I'm gonna say it Drew Wax from now on just because I know it annoys the OP.