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[Dihm]

I find the German variants much less grating, let's all start using those instead.

[zymphor]

"Kwee-aff"

[Naughtyboy]

kwee-neg aswell then i guess..kwee-aff

Edited by Naughtyboy, 30 April 2012 - 11:49 AM.

[Jaroth Corbett]

Kwee-aff. Watch the Battletech cartoon online.

[Ramien]

Kwee-aff. You can tell because 'qui' is French(ish), and should be pronounced in the French fashion.

That should tell you all you need to know about the Clans.

No, I'm not going to say which French stereotype I'm referencing.

Edited by Ramien, 30 April 2012 - 04:56 PM.

[Ravn]

This has my vote for the most enthralling thread in the forums.

[lashropa]

CoffiNail, on 30 April 2012 - 07:53 AM, said:

Randall Bills says Kwee-Aff, so that means it is kwee-aff

Forgive me if I don't just take your word for it.

Dihm, on 30 April 2012 - 07:53 AM, said:

I find the German variants much less grating, let's all start using those instead.

Seriously

[lashropa]

Ramien, on 30 April 2012 - 04:56 PM, said:

Kwee-aff. You can tell because 'qui' is French(ish), and should be pronounced in the French fashion.

That should tell you all you need to know about the Clans.

No, I'm not going to say which French stereotype I'm referencing.

I dunno. Qui is "Key" in Spanish and if you take that interpretation it just sounds much nicer, Pronunciation of more than two syllables in a row rarely sticks well in the ear of the listener, even if there is a hiatus. Words naturally cull themselves down to a more practical form and it's elegant, in my opinion. Take "Queue" or "Quay" for example. Just because a word looks a certain way doesn't mean it should sound that way...

[CoffiNail]

lashropa, on 01 May 2012 - 12:03 PM, said:

Forgive me if I don't just take your word for it.

Perhaps you missed the part of my earlier post which is quoting his twitter feed? So, kwee-aff is how it is said. Query Affirmative.

[Ramien]

lashropa, on 01 May 2012 - 12:21 PM, said:

I dunno. Qui is "Key" in Spanish and if you take that interpretation it just sounds much nicer, Pronunciation of more than two syllables in a row rarely sticks well in the ear of the listener, even if there is a hiatus. Words naturally cull themselves down to a more practical form and it's elegant, in my opinion. Take "Queue" or "Quay" for example. Just because a word looks a certain way doesn't mean it should sound that way...

It's also a relic of the construction of the word itself, and when compared to the lesser used 'quineg'. It's an interrogative term that's formed by concatenating the prefix 'qui' to 'aff' for affirmative or 'neg' for negative. Speech patterns would seem to me to dictate that the qui is pronounced the same in both cases in order to reinforce the dichotomy and maintain the meaning. If they wanted practical and elegant, they could have stuck with a querying 'yes?' or 'no?'. It's not as bad as 'batchall', but only by a little. Really, that's one of the reasons I could never join the clans - can't handle the lingo.

[tender bottom]

Ravn, on 29 April 2012 - 09:32 PM, said:

Kway-if

Laughed when I got to that ^

[RotS Targe]

ok, how is Aff pronounced, I usually say the A as in bAttle, but I've heard it more as the O in off.
is it pronounced any different in quiaff?

[Atlai]

I dont know a lot about the Clans but ive heard that before in MW4mercs and i think it was Kwee-off.....and i think that means yes right?

[Thorolf Kylesson]

Werewolf Fetladral, on 29 April 2012 - 09:47 PM, said:

qwee-ph

Really? What are you, 12?

[CoffiNail]

Aff, as in Affirmative. As Quiaff is condensed Query Affirmative