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  • raasdal
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    Dear wrote: »
    Actually, here is me pronouncing all of these words.

    Looking over the first post, it seems that I am apparently pronouncing them differently than OP.
    I'm very curious about how they are pronounced by others. How should they be said, do you think?
    Vocaroo yourselves for me?

    IMO this is the correct pronounciation of all the words, except the last one, but that might just be stumbling/mumbling since it was the first time it was seen. Also, i would put my pressure differently on Auridon.

    But other than that, i agree with all the pronounciations in that link.
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  • Pelemane
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    Dear wrote: »
    Actually, here is me pronouncing all of these words.

    Looking over the first post, it seems that I am apparently pronouncing them differently than OP.
    I'm very curious about how they are pronounced by others. How should they be said, do you think?
    Vocaroo yourselves for me?

    Actually that's not how you pronounce Nerien'eth, here you can hear the npc pronounce it (@ ~55:35) https://youtu.be/nMPKDr05DoY?t=55m32s
  • Recremen
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    Regional dialects!
    Men'Do PC NA AD Khajiit
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  • Hatoreehanzo
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    Kids can't enunciate words, but got 5k weapon damage.
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  • Kammakazi
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    Hatoreehanzo wrote: »
    Kids can't enunciate words, but got 5k weapon damage.

    LOL
  • Belidos
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    Dear wrote: »
    Actually, here is me pronouncing all of these words.

    Looking over the first post, it seems that I am apparently pronouncing them differently than OP.
    I'm very curious about how they are pronounced by others. How should they be said, do you think?
    Vocaroo yourselves for me?

    To answer your query in the voice file, Legerdemain is the skilful use of your hands when performing a conjuring trick, and you pronounced it almost correctly, it's more leshj than ledg if you get what I mean, more like the S is pronounced in sure but with a buzz.

    It actually a middle English word that comes from the French "léger de main" which means light of hand.
    Edited by Belidos on November 19, 2015 4:06PM
  • Gelassenheit
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    Malachite too, i hear this way WAY too much.
  • CromulentForumID
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    Drew Wax
  • Jitterbug
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    Reverberating Bash (re-ver-ba-ting bash)
  • CapnPhoton
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    RAGUNAnoOne wrote: »
    threads making fun of people like this really *** me off have you even considered others cultural or ethic background before you made this post!? next time grow a brain and realize not one human on this planet is perfect so stop pointing out crap like this!

    Agreed. It's insulting. There is such things as accents and regional dialects. Not everybody speaks the same or is intended to conform to any kind of imposed socialistic language parameters.

    Talk how you want and don't be self conscious because people have to be fussy aboot speech.
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  • Blo0dstorm
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    I can understand the feeling of the OP.
    In my country many people, if not all people, pronounce 'tomb raider' as you would pronounce 'tomb rider'.
    I explained to my kids that is silly and confusing, well they try to explore and maybe rob a tomb, not travel on its back.
    Yesterday I watched on TV the last advertisement for the game:
    Case is desperate, I guess, I heard the dreadful 'tomb rider'. :(
  • CapnPhoton
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    Blo0dstorm wrote: »
    I can understand the feeling of the OP.
    In my country many people, if not all people, pronounce 'tomb raider' as you would pronounce 'tomb rider'.
    I explained to my kids that is silly and confusing, well they try to explore and maybe rob a tomb, not travel on its back.
    Yesterday I watched on TV the last advertisement for the game:
    Case is desperate, I guess, I heard the dreadful 'tomb rider'. :(

    I guess having been (and still occasionally) an ESL teacher, and lots of travel, I have heard a lot of accents and dialects and can usually understand even when they are rough. If someone says something a bit different than me, that's ok.

    If someone is going to raise their blood pressure over something trivial like this, that is their business I guess.
    Edited by CapnPhoton on November 19, 2015 11:20PM
    Xbox One NA Aldmeri Dominion
  • Jitterbug
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    There's blood pressure

    then there's language nerding

    I'm the latter
  • Jura23
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    Honestly, I have no idea what half of prononunciations you listed would sound like.
    Edited by Jura23 on November 19, 2015 11:40PM
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  • Sting864
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    KronicDecay wrote: »
    Ham

    I pronounce it like this:
    bay-kun
  • Sting864
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    I watched Deltia's gaming... and he cannot pronounce 'legerdemain' (literally taken from French for "light hand..." a little lookin' up the word might help people take you seriously...)
    or Refuge... (NOT refugee...)
  • Preyfar
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    Don't forget Aleswell. So many people say it likes "All is well". Drives me crazy.
  • GoodFella146
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    CromulentForumID wrote: »
    Drew Wax

    That's #1 on my list. No one says that correctly
  • Vangy
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    Preyfar wrote: »
    Don't forget Aleswell. So many people say it likes "All is well". Drives me crazy.

    Forming Zerg to take all is well keep. Let's make them not so well.
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  • Jitterbug
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    GoodFella146 wrote: »
    CromulentForumID wrote: »
    Drew Wax

    That's #1 on my list. No one says that correctly

    The difference is that they don't really care I think. Which obviously is totally fine. Some of us are just OCD about language.
  • Sheezabeast
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    the word i can't pronounce for the life of me is panacea. I say "pan-aye-sha" but i learned its "pan-a-see-ah"
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  • Asherons_Call
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    Kammakazi wrote: »
    Edit: Updated for clarity. These are not how I pronounce them. This is some of the stuff I hear on a daily basis from other players.
    1. Aldmeri (Al-duh-meer-ree) (Al-deh-meer-ree)
    2. Veteran (Vetran)
    3. Writs (Rites)
    4. Atronach (Ah-tro-knock)
    5. Valkyn Skoria (Val-kine Scar-ria)
    6. Xivkyn (Zive-kin)
    7. Selene's Web (Selena's Web)
    8. Nerien'eth (Nerra-nye-yeth)
    9. Deshaan (Deh-shan)
    10. Auridon (Air-rih-dawn)
    11. Khajiit (Kye-zjeet)
    12. Legerdemain (Leh-jer-deh-maine)

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  • newtinmpls
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    CromulentForumID wrote: »
    Drew Wax
    GoodFella146 wrote: »
    That's #1 on my list. No one says that correctly

    Mebbe ... but I hate the correct pronounciation so I mangle it intentionally.
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    Hisa Ni Caemaire - Altmer Sorceress, member of the Order Draconis and Adept of the House of Dibella.
    Broken Branch Toothmaul - goblin (for my goblin characters, I use either orsimer or bosmer templates) Templar, member of the Order Draconis and persistently unskilled pickpocket
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    Nibenay Valley Chapterhouse - Where now stands only desolate ground and a dolmen there once was a thriving community supporting one of the major chapterhouses of the Order Draconis
  • Calboy
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    How I pronounce them (NZ)
    • Aldmeri (Al-di-merry)
    • Veteran (Vet-rin)
    • Writs (Rits)
    • Atronach (At-ro-nark)
    • Valkyn Skoria (Vul-kin Skor-ria)
    • Xivkyn (Ziv-kin)
    • Selene's Web (See-leen's Web)
    • Nerien'eth (Nerry-en-nith)
    • Deshaan (Dee-sharn)
    • Auridon (Or-ri-don)
    • Khajiit (Ka-jeet)
    • Legerdemain (Le-jeer-dee-main)
  • Kammakazi
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    Anybody wanna buy Dreuh Wax?
  • Holycannoli
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    CromulentForumID wrote: »
    Drew Wax

    That's how I say it, and will continue to say it because I have no idea what the correct pronunciation is.

    I have a similar problem with draught. To me it's drought. A-U-G-H-T as A-F-T is just alien to me.
  • GoodFella146
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    Holycannoli wrote: »
    CromulentForumID wrote: »
    Drew Wax

    That's how I say it, and will continue to say it because I have no idea what the correct pronunciation is.

    I have a similar problem with draught. To me it's drought. A-U-G-H-T as A-F-T is just alien to me.

    Dreg Wax
    Edited by GoodFella146 on November 20, 2015 4:55AM
  • Volkodav
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    Tomato(tomAto),tomato(tomaato).Depends on where you grew up,I guess.Accents and all.
  • Hatoreehanzo
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  • The Uninvited
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    Holycannoli wrote: »
    Kammakazi wrote: »
    1. Atronach (Ah-tro-knock)

    How is that supposed to be pronounced now? Except for the fact that I pronounce it as atro-nack instead of knock (american vs british accent) it seems correct to me.

    I heard people call them Astronauts even. :D

    Trails instead of trials is also one that keeps bugging me.
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