How do we pronounce Manticore?

[Scarlet Shocker]

Have we been saying it wrong all this time?

 

 

 

The above is a tune from an album I've had for many years and play consistently because I love it so

 

And I always pronounced that track "Terp see cor"

 

And Manticore as "Man tea cor"

 

But apparently Terpsichore is pronounced "Terp Sick or ee"

 

So following that logic, should we not apply the same pronunciation to our game's richest bowman? It would be "Man tick or ee"

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terpsichore

 

This is very much a first world issue but I am curious.

 

 

[Octogoat]

[Uncle Shags]

I say man ti core

 

Kind of like harpsichord.

 

Manticore

[Scarlet Shocker]

it's all greek to me

 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Terpsichore

 

[MoonSheep]

in the official CoV trailer at 0:45, Synapse says “got you man-tee-core, i’m all over it”

 

 

[Scarlet Shocker]

10 minutes ago, MoonSheep said:

in the official CoV trailer at 0:45, Synapse says “got you man-tee-core, i’m all over it”

 

I have issues with how he says Synapse.

 

I guess my original point is that you can have things look the same and sound remarkably different and the only way you you can tell is by knowing.

 

There was an old woman from Slough
Who had a terrible cough
She hacked up some snot
and said "I feel grot
I hope I stop feeling so rough"

[MoonSheep]

10 minutes ago, Scarlet Shocker said:

 

I have issues with how he says Synapse.

 

I guess my original point is that you can have things look the same and sound remarkably different and the only way you you can tell is by knowing.

 

There was an old woman from Slough
Who had a terrible cough
She hacked up some snot
and said "I feel grot
I hope I stop feeling so rough"

 

well, i pronounced “croatoa” as “croatia” for about 10+ years

Edited 16 hours ago by MoonSheep

[JKCarrier]

Terpsichore is Greek, while Manticore (I just found out) comes from Old Persian. So they wouldn't necessarily be pronounced the same. Although it would be funny if Manticore had a Greek arch-enemy who always called him "Man-tickory", just to get on his nerves.

[Erratic1]

37 minutes ago, MoonSheep said:

 

well, i pronounced “croatoa” as “croatia” for about 10+ years

 

If Croatia has giant monsters wandering around, it is coming off the visit list for when I visit Europe.

[catsi563]

Man Tee Core is how ive always pronounced it and understand it to be pronounced

[Luminara]

https://www.google.com/search?q=manticore+pronunciation

 

Thank you for attending my seminar on advanced investigative research online.  Next week, I'll cover the topic of properly looping and knotting a strand of synthetic fiber for the purpose of retaining footwear.

[High_Beam]

I cant speak for you all I just call him Justin, we were kind of a thing before once.  Hindsight says I ended it at the right time 🙂

[Skyhawke]

I believe it's pronounced "ahs-hol".

[Water]

According to the video @Moonsheep posted - Sin-apse calls him Mandycorr

 

[tidge]

 

Edited 13 hours ago by tidge
Slightly Cunkier perhaps.

[Healix]

A name in the game I always wondered about is Unai Kemen... I always pronounced it OO-nigh KEE-men (if it had 2 m's it would be KEM-men).  Some say YOO-nigh or oo-NAY.

 

[Go0gleplex]

Potato Potatoe Tomato Tomatoe...  lol 

[Doomguide2005]

The only definitive way is to ask him ... or maybe his Mom.

[Jacktar]

Mom, or Mam, or Mum!🤔

[Techwright]

2 hours ago, Jacktar said:

Mom, or Mam, or Mum!🤔

 

Mom

[PoptartsNinja]

Manticore's etymology:

from Latin manticora, from Greek mantikhoras, corruption of martikhoras, perhaps from Iranian compound *mar-tiya-khvara "man-eater."

[Sanguinesun]

14 hours ago, Scarlet Shocker said:

Have we been saying it wrong all this time?

 

 

 

The above is a tune from an album I've had for many years and play consistently because I love it so

 

And I always pronounced that track "Terp see cor"

 

And Manticore as "Man tea cor"

 

But apparently Terpsichore is pronounced "Terp Sick or ee"

 

So following that logic, should we not apply the same pronunciation to our game's richest bowman? It would be "Man tick or ee"

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terpsichore

 

This is very much a first world issue but I am curious.

 

 

 

Living languages change language all the time/every day. And while there are past or present prescriptive rules used in various discourse communities, descriptive rules of discourse actually dictate most of those changes as well as their discourse community norms.

 

In other words, you're over thinking it and the typically accepted pronunciations are fine.