Being from sweden, i pronounce it Ras-Al-Haog (that last bit is kinda like how a deep southern american accent would pronounce a hog)
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Pronounciation
Started by Manthony Higgs, May 14 2012 07:46 PM
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Posted 16 November 2012 - 03:49 PM
I always assumed it was "Razzle-Hog"...but I don't actually know
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Posted 17 September 2017 - 09:43 AM
Necro alert!
I just found a "PronounceWiki" with lots of pronunciation samples, and most make it a 4-syllable word.
Unfortunately, they didn't have any samples in Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish... But several samples in Dutch.
Apparently, the name has nothing to do with "The Hague". Rasalhague is a star (also known as Alpha Ophiuchi) named by Arab astronomers.
Ras Al-hague supposedly means "head of the serpent collector".
...And the Free Rasalhague Republic has a serpent on its flag. Coincidence?
I just found a "PronounceWiki" with lots of pronunciation samples, and most make it a 4-syllable word.
Unfortunately, they didn't have any samples in Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish... But several samples in Dutch.
Apparently, the name has nothing to do with "The Hague". Rasalhague is a star (also known as Alpha Ophiuchi) named by Arab astronomers.
Ras Al-hague supposedly means "head of the serpent collector".
...And the Free Rasalhague Republic has a serpent on its flag. Coincidence?
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Posted 17 September 2017 - 12:43 PM
Liquid Leopard, on 17 September 2017 - 09:43 AM, said:
Necro alert!
I just found a "PronounceWiki" with lots of pronunciation samples, and most make it a 4-syllable word.
Unfortunately, they didn't have any samples in Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish... But several samples in Dutch.
Apparently, the name has nothing to do with "The Hague". Rasalhague is a star (also known as Alpha Ophiuchi) named by Arab astronomers.
Ras Al-hague supposedly means "head of the serpent collector".
...And the Free Rasalhague Republic has a serpent on its flag. Coincidence?
I just found a "PronounceWiki" with lots of pronunciation samples, and most make it a 4-syllable word.
Unfortunately, they didn't have any samples in Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish... But several samples in Dutch.
Apparently, the name has nothing to do with "The Hague". Rasalhague is a star (also known as Alpha Ophiuchi) named by Arab astronomers.
Ras Al-hague supposedly means "head of the serpent collector".
...And the Free Rasalhague Republic has a serpent on its flag. Coincidence?
Nope, no coincidence there...
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Posted 26 September 2017 - 08:33 AM
in NJ its pronounced 'Rasslewhateva'
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Posted 26 September 2017 - 09:29 AM
SuomiWarder, on 14 May 2012 - 08:02 PM, said:
I think you pronounce it as "bear chow".
Can't... like... enough....
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Posted 26 September 2017 - 09:40 AM
Wyzak, on 14 May 2012 - 10:06 PM, said:
I think Rostlehog. That is the way it was pronounced in the video games - for whatever legitimacy that confers...
Course in real life "The Hague" is pronounced "heyg" and the FRR and the country which is ruled by the Hague share many roots; I guess I'm on the fence.
Course in real life "The Hague" is pronounced "heyg" and the FRR and the country which is ruled by the Hague share many roots; I guess I'm on the fence.
course...in real life the country which is ruled by "the Hague" is the Netherlands and they call it "Den Haag" so they are not much concerned by the way you pronounce "the hague"and they don't have that many roots with the finnish/swedish/norwegian roots of FRR...except being the tallest and coolest people in the world
hup hup Holland ;-)
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