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Offline Sub Visser

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Pronunciation
« on: July 11, 2009, 08:34:33 PM »
Interested to see how people pronounce different things from the series.

toe-bye-ass  or  toe-bee-iss

hork-bah-jar  or  hork-bah-jeer

yerk  or  yee-rk

...and anything else you can think of.
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2009, 08:49:04 PM »
I pronounce it Hork bah-jier (rhymes with tire).

what about Escafil?

Ee-sca-fill, or ee-sca-file.
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2009, 08:55:09 PM »
I say Ess-scu-fill
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2009, 09:08:43 PM »
Hork Buh-JEER.

Anda-light.

Yerk.  (Most likely with a slightly longer "e" sound, but not quite "Yee-rk")

To-bye-us.  (I originally used to read it as "Toe-bee-us" as a kid reading the series the first time through, but I was a moron.)


K.A. went through most of this way back in the day in those Scholastic question sessions.  So, basically, not only are they the pronunciations that make sense, but they're the official and correct pronunciations.

Not sure about Escafil, I'd assume it'd be the "esca-fill" device.
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2009, 09:35:13 PM »
The only words I think that I pronounce differently than the official pronunciation are:

Visser (I say vizzer rather than visser, for some reason)
Yeerk (I say yeark rather than yurk or yerk)
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2009, 09:39:05 PM »
It's not exactly "Yerk", but it's not "Yee-rk" either.  Kind of subtle, somewhere in between.  Like the latter, only kind of more fluid, and not quite as much of the "yee" sound.
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2009, 10:00:35 PM »
toe-bye-uss
es-cafl (a really really short 'i' sound that may as well not be there)
yirk rather than yeeeeeerk
hork ba-zheer
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2009, 09:12:13 AM »
Vis-suh thu-ree, son.
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2009, 12:00:23 PM »
I think the only one I pronounce different is Tobias, I pronounce it Ta-bye us
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2009, 12:01:08 PM »
Quote from: Esplin 9466 on July 12, 2009, 09:12:13 AM
Vis-suh thu-ree, son.

Viss-sir.  What are you, a frickin' Noo England-er?
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2009, 12:34:11 PM »
So one do me a favor, and break down Ax's name.
I've seen all this little tricks for it, and I just can't. I've been saying it wrong for too long.

I know it's probably Toe-bye-us, but I do Ta-bye-us cuz I'm lazy (Tab-us when I'm really lazy)

hork-bah-jeer

Hel-ma-cron or Hel-mac-ron
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2009, 12:47:46 PM »
No, no.

Hork Buh-JEER (emphasis).

To (short)-BYE (long/emphasis)-us.

Hell-ma-cron.

Aximili's would most likely be "Aximili" (fluid, not AX-i-MIL-i), Es-ga-ROOTH (emphasis), Is-thill.  Don't think it was ever officially clarified on the Scholastic site, but this way makes sense when using consistent rules. 
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2009, 02:05:00 PM »
Quote from: AlothAssassin on July 13, 2009, 12:47:46 PM
"Aximili" (fluid, not AX-i-MIL-i), Es-ga-ROOTH (emphasis), Is-thill.

Yeah, that is how I would say it.
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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2009, 02:08:51 PM »
Like, just say it quickly, with no accents on any syllables.  "Aximili".  Like "facsimile".

Instead of the other option, like a stereotypical Italian dude going all "MA-ma MI-A, AX-i-MI-li my friend, HAVE-a the spa-GHE-tti!"
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“He is very wise man and very strong - although perhaps not so strong as his father Barbara.  Tough guy!" - Borat, on President Bush.

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Re: Pronunciation
« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2009, 11:28:31 PM »
Quote from: MoonStarRaven on July 13, 2009, 12:00:23 PM
I think the only one I pronounce different is Tobias, I pronounce it Ta-bye us

Yeah me too.

For some reason I first pronounced hork-bajir with a u sound like your, but now I recognize the 'jeer' sound.

Some of those names aren't easy just to say though lol. Aldrea-Eskillion-Fillon (is that it?) Quafavinajon (or is it Quafajinavon? I think it's the second.)

Ax's name, definately.
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