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dracon pronounciation
« on: January 20, 2010, 08:38:02 PM »
dont know if this has been asked or told yet, but was just wondering how is it correctly pronounced?

is it 'dra-coon' rhyming with 'dragoon' and 'balloon' or simply 'dra-con' with the 'con' as in 'con-vict'?

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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2010, 08:44:30 PM »
I always pronounced it "dray-cun" phonetically.

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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2010, 08:48:09 PM »
drah-cahn.
similar to dragon.

i've heard dray-cahn, but never dray-coon before.

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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2010, 08:58:48 PM »
From the Animorphs Alliance Secret Handbook (hehe) its DRAY-kon

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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2010, 09:16:48 PM »
Ooh, there's an official answer!  Cool, Duff!

I pronounce it DRAY-kun


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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2010, 09:20:19 PM »
i say it the way duff put

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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2010, 09:25:23 PM »
want me to add a poll to this thread with some of the more common pronunciations?

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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2010, 09:42:55 PM »
Sure goom, if you want! :)


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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2010, 10:54:09 PM »
Dracon beam. I pronounce it Dray-con, con as in reCON
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dracon pronounciation
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2010, 11:01:42 PM »
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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2010, 11:11:33 PM »
haha ive always pronounced it as 'drak-coon'

i think i got it from the animorphs tv show cuz i started reading and watching it around the same time ^^

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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2010, 11:13:26 PM »
lol I always love these posts b/c I feel like Ax trying out all the different pronunciations

DRAY-cun. Cun. Con. Drah-cahn. DRACON! BUNZAH
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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2010, 11:14:21 PM »
haha ive always pronounced it as 'drak-coon'

i think i got it from the animorphs tv show cuz i started reading and watching it around the same time ^^

I don't remember the show ever mentioning what those FLASHLIGHTS were called  ::)


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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2010, 11:16:59 PM »
yea i was racking my brain to remember if they ever said dracon beam, couldnt remember it either

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Re: dracon pronounciation
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2010, 12:15:43 AM »
yeah im pretty certain that they've mentioned it at least once in the early episodes.......i think it was the one where they were in the yeerk pool complex throwing balloons filled with oatmeal??

but then again, maybe not.

oh well, its been since 1999 that ive watched it. not planning to watch it again anytime soon ^^

LOL at the dracon beams being flashlights on the show though.....wth was with that? xD and it shot out sparks too