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[WANTED]

My unit members were making fun of how I said a "Ebon" in game as I pronounced it as " EE-Bon " like "EE-Bonics" ( Ebonics )when it makes more sense to say " EH-bun" like "EH-bun-ee " ( ebony ) Now my way does sound ridiculous and funny but I would hear "Evan" most of the time In game from others. So the main point here for discussion is similar humorous mishaps of pronunciation in game you have heard or also the consensus on how certain Mech Warrior/Battletech terms are actually sounded. Example is Liao , " Lee oww "? Or " Lay oww?" Etc. I even pronounce Davion " Dah-vee-un" and other it's "Day-Vee-un " Discuss!

[Yellonet]

I think I pronounce Ebon with a short E, but I pronounce Davion like you do.
Then again English isn't my first language.

[Signal27]

Apparently, decals in the MechWarrior Online universe aren't "dee-cals", they're "dekkils"

[Bud Crue]

When pronouncing the phrase "Mechwarrior Online, A BattleTech Game", BattleTech is silent.

[martian]

WANTED, on 26 August 2016 - 07:12 AM, said:

My unit members were making fun of how I said a "Ebon" in game as I pronounced it as " EE-Bon " like "EE-Bonics" ( Ebonics )when it makes more sense to say " EH-bun" like "EH-bun-ee " ( ebony ) Now my way does sound ridiculous and funny but I would hear "Evan" most of the time In game from others.

Call it simply "Cauldron-Born".

That's how both the Clans and the Inner Sphere know this 'Mech.

WANTED, on 26 August 2016 - 07:12 AM, said:

Example is Liao , " Lee oww "? Or " Lay oww?"

This is correct: " Lee oww "

WANTED, on 26 August 2016 - 07:12 AM, said:

I even pronounce Davion " Dah-vee-un" and other it's "Day-Vee-un " Discuss!

This is correct: " Dah-vee-un"

[jss78]

Not my first language, so I just make stuff up as I go. English has such a convoluted relationship between spelling and pronunciation that there's only so much you can do.

I have no idea how you're supposed to say Cicada. My instinct says See-KAH-duh, but maybe it's see-KAY-duh.

Liao in Chinese would be LAH-oo or something like that I think. Most people seem to say lee-AH-oo.

I'm a dekkel man all the way.

[vettie]

I just say
Target "a"
Target "b"
sh!t, Im down

[Appogee]

Bud Crue, on 26 August 2016 - 07:25 AM, said:

When pronouncing the phrase "Mechwarrior Online, A BattleTech Game", BattleTech is silent.

LOLOLOL.

[Lostdragon]

jss78, on 26 August 2016 - 07:29 AM, said:

Not my first language, so I just make stuff up as I go. English has such a convoluted relationship between spelling and pronunciation that there's only so much you can do.

I have no idea how you're supposed to say Cicada. My instinct says See-KAH-duh, but maybe it's see-KAY-duh.

Liao in Chinese would be LAH-oo or something like that I think. Most people seem to say lee-AH-oo.

I'm a dekkel man all the way.

We native speakers also just make stuff up when we are unfamiliar with a word's pronunciation. Your second example is closer to how we say cicada though.

[3xnihilo]

jss78, on 26 August 2016 - 07:29 AM, said:

Not my first language, so I just make stuff up as I go. English has such a convoluted relationship between spelling and pronunciation that there's only so much you can do.

I have no idea how you're supposed to say Cicada. My instinct says See-KAH-duh, but maybe it's see-KAY-duh.

Liao in Chinese would be LAH-oo or something like that I think. Most people seem to say lee-AH-oo.

I'm a dekkel man all the way.

Sih-KAY-duh... Night Gyr, I haven't the foggiest idea about though. Could be Jire, Jeer, Jir, Geer, Gire, Gur.

Edited by 3xnihilo, 26 August 2016 - 08:22 AM.

[ChapeL]

Davion is pretty much french "d'avion" so I pronounce it as such. ( Unless I'm on comms and want my english fellows to know what I'm taking about )

Liao = La-ooh ( jss78 probably has it better than I )

I know I will probably forever mispronounce Night Gyr however...

[Quicksilver Aberration]

Lostdragon, on 26 August 2016 - 08:05 AM, said:

Your second example is closer to how we say cicada though.

Those who pronounce is as Kuh-Kay-Duh drive me nuts.

[Ano]

jss78, on 26 August 2016 - 07:29 AM, said:

I have no idea how you're supposed to say Cicada. My instinct says See-KAH-duh, but maybe it's see-KAY-duh.

Edited by Ano, 26 August 2016 - 08:49 AM.

[Bishop Steiner]

martian, on 26 August 2016 - 07:26 AM, said:

Call it simply "Cauldron-Born".

That's how both the Clans and the Inner Sphere know this 'Mech.


This is correct: " Lee oww "


This is correct: " Dah-vee-un"

have heard it pronounced Day-viuhn more often.

https://www.howtopronounce.com/davion/
http://www.pronounce...ronounce/davion

*shrugs*

[ScrapIron Prime]

Yep, Martian nailed it. Cauldron Born.

[Plastic Guru]

Awwww...C'mon...Go watch some Molten Metal video's. Kaysidia (Cicada).



And here's my stupid pronunciation comment...

"No, It's pronounced Windgardium Levi-OSA"...

+10 pts for stupid movie quotes...

Plastic Guru

Edited by Plastic Guru, 26 August 2016 - 09:03 AM.

[Robot Kenshiro]

Tomato...toe may toe.....toe mah toe....hmmm lol

[Bishop Steiner]

Robot Kenshiro, on 26 August 2016 - 09:09 AM, said:

Tomato...toe may toe.....toe mah toe....caa mehl toe?

[martian]

Bishop Steiner, on 26 August 2016 - 08:53 AM, said:

have heard it pronounced Day-viuhn more often.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa9A0tgB92s
https://www.howtopronounce.com/davion/
http://www.pronounce...ronounce/davion

*shrugs*

But it seems to me that sources in BattleTech universe usually pronounce it without that "Day-"

[WANTED]

Night Gyr...lol yep that one I have NO idea