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#1 Manthony Higgs

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 07:46 PM

How the hell do you pronounce Rasalhague?

#2 BoxOfAids

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 07:53 PM

I switch between either Rass-ul-hog or Ray-sul-hague

Apparently the correct pronunciation is RAS-al-haig

...In retrospect, that "haig" at the end does make sense.

#3 SuomiWarder

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 08:02 PM

I think you pronounce it as "bear chow".

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 08:04 PM

Razle as in razle-dazzle

haig as in...um...uh...little help

#5 Manthony Higgs

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 08:31 PM

I always say Wrassle-Hog

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 08:33 PM

Haig as in "The Hague", home of the International Court of Justice and some cool Star League stuff.

#7 Verminaard

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 08:42 PM

i've always pronounced it ras-el-hog.. can't figure out any other way that's easy to say and not a toung twister, nor is there a pronunciation guide on the wiki lmao

Edited by Verminaard, 14 May 2012 - 08:42 PM.


#8 Belial

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 08:49 PM

The woman named "Castle" in MW4Mercs actually says it at one point in the game. I think it goes as such:

View PostManthony Higgs, on 14 May 2012 - 08:31 PM, said:

I always say Wrassle-Hog


I have no idea what mission she says it after, but it's relatively early in the game. When I get time (or if someone else does) I'll fire up a new campaign and see.

#9 OhGilPin

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 09:57 PM

View PostBelial, on 14 May 2012 - 08:49 PM, said:

I have no idea what mission she says it after, but it's relatively early in the game. When I get time (or if someone else does) I'll fire up a new campaign and see.

I believe it's just after the first time you confront the Clans and she goes on how she wants revenge for them attacking her home planet.

#10 Suicidal Idiot

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 09:59 PM

It's a star visible from earth. On the Astronomy Club pronunciation page:

http://www.astronomy...rn/Say_What.htm

Star : Rasalhague
Constellation: Ophiuchus
Pronunciation: RAS-al-haig

It's probably accurate, since astronomy does that to people.

#11 Wyzak

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 10:06 PM

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.

#12 Alexander Caine

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 10:51 PM

View PostSuicidal *****, on 14 May 2012 - 09:59 PM, said:

It's a star visible from earth. On the Astronomy Club pronunciation page:

http://www.astronomy...rn/Say_What.htm

Star : Rasalhague
Constellation: Ophiuchus
Pronunciation: RAS-al-haig

It's probably accurate, since astronomy does that to people.



This is the correct answer. It's a REAL STAR. It's not really open for debate.
Science says this is the pronunciation, ergo.....


Well, I guess it is open for debate, but all other answers are wrong :D

Edited by Alexander Caine, 14 May 2012 - 10:51 PM.


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Posted 15 May 2012 - 08:24 AM

Ra-shal-ha:g / Ra-sha-la:g (the latter one is more common)

Sorry, but my Slavic origin makes me unable to pronounce it the right way.

#14 Trevnor

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Posted 15 May 2012 - 08:31 AM

The next tongue twister is Skjaldborg

#15 Alexander Caine

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Posted 15 May 2012 - 08:51 AM

View PostLt Trevnor, on 15 May 2012 - 08:31 AM, said:

The next tongue twister is Skjaldborg


ski-yald-borg or ski-ald-borg

Edited by Alexander Caine, 15 May 2012 - 08:51 AM.


#16 Kargush

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Posted 15 May 2012 - 11:50 AM

View PostLt Trevnor, on 15 May 2012 - 08:31 AM, said:

The next tongue twister is Skjaldborg

Based on my Norwegian, "shall-borg". The "a" pronounced as in "father."

You know, I could always throw up some vocaroo links, and let you lot hear how I pronounce the various words?

#17 Trevnor

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Posted 15 May 2012 - 11:57 AM

View Postkargush, on 15 May 2012 - 11:50 AM, said:

Based on my Norwegian, "shall-borg". The "a" pronounced as in "father."

You know, I could always throw up some vocaroo links, and let you lot hear how I pronounce the various words?

That sounds like a plan

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Posted 15 May 2012 - 02:12 PM

Right. Here you go.

Rasalhague and Skjaldborg

EDIT: A note. "Skjoldborg" is use for a shieldwall, even though it does mean, directly translated, "shield fortress" (admittedly, "shield fort" might be a closer translation).

Edited by kargush, 15 May 2012 - 02:18 PM.


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Posted 16 May 2012 - 05:12 AM

FYI, Skjaldborg is Old Norse, so modern pronunciations need to take that into account. I just pronounce it as spelled (Skyald-borg), as that's what I did originally and how our Swedes suggested.

I'd always done Rasalhague as "Ras-al-hog", but "heyg" makes sense, not sure why that never occurred to me.

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 05:29 AM

I've always pronounced it "Rassle-Hague" Rhymes with Hassle and William Hague [current Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State] or as someone said before the ICJ, which is pronunced HeyG as in Hey Guy, without the 'uy'. Or Hey Gurl without the 'url'.

I pronounce Skjaldborg... ShKiald-borg... , probably butchering it to death though.

Edit: Yes, Castle mentions it in a briefing in MW4 Mercs. I think it's during a mission against the Clan Jade Falcon, she mentions she's originally from the FRR and was displaced once the clans invaded.

Edited by Alan Grant, 16 May 2012 - 05:34 AM.






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