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[jaybird3rd]

And don't even get me started on those misguided people who pronounce "caramel" as "car-mull" instead of "kær-ә-mεl".

[Syntaxerror999]

I think its more of a choice of preference. Like Linix. the correct pronunciation is Lie-nix, but many people like myself perfer Lin-ix.... I know its wrong, but I don't care and anyone who corrects me is going to hear me say just that.

[Mirage]

Syntaxerror999, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 3:17 PM, said:

I think its more of a choice of preference. Like Linix. the correct pronunciation is Lie-nix, but many people like myself perfer Lin-ix.... I know its wrong, but I don't care and anyone who corrects me is going to hear me say just that.

Can I at least correct your spelling of it?

[Cafeman]

Since I said Galaxian (Guh-LAX-ee-un), when its sequel came I said Guh-LAG-A. Sue me! I'm from PA!

[Miss 2600]

jaybird3rd, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 2:45 PM, said:

And don't even get me started on those misguided people who pronounce "caramel" as "car-mull" instead of "kær-ә-mεl".

I do that that

Now, how do you pronounce "almond"? I had a friend who insisted it is ammond (like "ammo" or "salmon"). I pronounced it ahmond maybe with a hint of an "l". I have no idea if it is correct, I just think it sounds better that way. I had a teacher who said they were almonds until you beat the "l" out of them and they became ammonds.

[Syntaxerror999]

Double post erased

Edited by Syntaxerror999, Thu Feb 9, 2012 9:52 PM.

[Syntaxerror999]

Syntaxerror999, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 9:46 PM, said:

Mirage, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 3:31 PM, said:

Syntaxerror999, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 3:17 PM, said:

I think its more of a choice of preference. Like Linix. the correct pronunciation is Lie-nix, but many people like myself perfer Lin-ix.... I know its wrong, but I don't care and anyone who corrects me is going to hear me say just that.

Can I at least correct your spelling of it?

D'OH! L I N U X

[roberto]

Ga-lah-ga all the way for me, (maybe ga-gga-ga if I have a particularly bad cold... )

[The Usotsuki]

I use GA-la-ga. (And do pronounce the second A in caramel... *usually*.)

[Master Phruby]

Ditto.

[getbent]

It's Gal-ih-Guh. No question.

[Random Terrain]

I think I said guh-lay-guh when I was a teen.

I also said quicks for Qix instead of kicks like you're supposed to.

[Jagman]

krypton85, on Wed Feb 8, 2012 3:29 PM, said:

I've always pronounced it Gal-ih-guh, but I heard someone the other day call it Ga-lah-ga. Just curious how everyone else pronounces it...

always figured the Brits pronounced it Ga-lah-ga where most Americans Gal-ih-guh. I don't really think either is wrong necessarily.

[bomberpunk]

Random Terrain, on Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:50 PM, said:

I think I said guh-lay-guh when I was a teen.

I also said quicks for Qix instead of kicks like you're supposed to.

i used to say "quicks" when i was younger.



and what the heck is car-mull? it's CAH-RAH-MEL!!
or how's about the word costume. a lot of people say "cosh-toom". WHY DEY DO DIS??

Edited by bomberpunk, Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:30 AM.

[Schizophretard]

I still pronounce Qix as quicks because that is how I read it and I haven't heard it spoke. I say car-mull because even though I know it is wrong it sounds weird to me otherwise. Many people here say worsh instead of wash and rass ceiling instead of wrestling. Breakfast is a strange word. I haven't ever heard it pronounced break fast. I've heard breckfest or brefess.

Anyway, I pronounce the l and second g twice like gal-lag-ga.

[MagitekAngel]

Gah Lak Tus

Edited by MagitekAngel, Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:00 AM.

[Rik]

ledzep, on Wed Feb 8, 2012 6:53 PM, said:

Hahahaa, wow. I'd say that Xexys is "zeck-sis" but that's a guess.

As for Galaga, everyone I know back in the grand days of arcades called it "ga-lah-ga" or some version of a soft 'a' in the middle. Maybe a few "ga-li-guh"s out there but I remember almost everyone pronouncing all three 'a's as 'ah'. Nobody every used a hard 'a' as far as I can remember ("gay-lah-ga" or "ga-lay-ga" or anything like that), either.

Well the mighty Persian King's name was XERXES, pro-nounced Zerk-Zeez, for a starting point.

[The Usotsuki]

Then again, he was also known as Ahasuerus...

[Rex Dart]

It's Ga-La-Ga. There's no "i" in it; the second and third syllables rhyme. See the Japanese spelling: ギャラ
Seems like if you say it fast enough, though, it comes out the same... gal-ih-guh, gal-ah-guh, no diff.

Edited by Rex Dart, Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:16 PM.

[MagitekAngel]

I haven't read Japanese in a while, but that looks like Gya-ra. . . Gya-ra-ga I guess? I dunno.

[The Usotsuki]

Yeah... Supports how I pronounce it already. >

[Cynicaster]

krypton85, on Wed Feb 8, 2012 3:29 PM, said:

I've always pronounced it Gal-ih-guh, but I heard someone the other day call it Ga-lah-ga. Just curious how everyone else pronounces it...

I don't think there is any need to spell the two differently, it's simply a matter of choosing which syllable gets the accent.

gal'-ah-guh vs. gal-ah'-guh, where the apostrophe denotes the accented syllable.

Nine out of ten non-retards recognize the first pronunciation as the correct one.

[Rex Dart]

Syntaxerror999, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 3:17 PM, said:

Like Linix. the correct pronunciation is Lie-nix

Hahaha... no.

[AlvinKarpis]

jaybird3rd, on Wed Feb 8, 2012 3:38 PM, said:

The former pronunciation is the one I use, and I maintain that it's the correct one. If you doubt this, ask yourself if "A long time ago in a ga-lah-xie far, far away" sounds right to you.

I agree

[Rex Dart]

AlvinKarpis, on Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:36 PM, said:

jaybird3rd, on Wed Feb 8, 2012 3:38 PM, said:

The former pronunciation is the one I use, and I maintain that it's the correct one. If you doubt this, ask yourself if "A long time ago in a ga-lah-xie far, far away" sounds right to you.

I agree

It absolutely does. What's the issue?