Water Posted Sunday at 01:26 PM Posted Sunday at 01:26 PM 1 hour ago, Greycat said: According to some of my friends, it's pronounced "Sonic the Edgehog." I've never heard Manticore pronounced as "Sonic the Edgehog." 1 1
High_Beam Posted Sunday at 02:33 PM Posted Sunday at 02:33 PM 1 hour ago, Water said: I've never heard Manticore pronounced as "Sonic the Edgehog." Except when I am drunk and being silly. 1 Girls of Nukem High - Excelsior - Tempus Fabulous, Flattery, Jennifer Chilly, Betty Beatdown, Totally Cali, Two Gun Trixie Babes of War - Excelsior - High Beam (Yay), Di Di Guns, Runeslinger, Munitions Mistress, Tideway, Hard Melody, Blue Aria Many alts and lots of fun. Thank you Name Release For letting me get my OG main back!
Captain Fabulous Posted Sunday at 03:17 PM Posted Sunday at 03:17 PM I remember how Jack claimed he was deep into Greek Mythology but would then pronounce Talos as "Taylos". 🙄 1
srmalloy Posted Sunday at 04:29 PM Posted Sunday at 04:29 PM 1 hour ago, Captain Fabulous said: I remember how Jack claimed he was deep into Greek Mythology but would then pronounce Talos as "Taylos". 🙄 That reminds me of my going full-blown geek after a Malta GM assault on Talos Island and looking up the proper Greek plural for 'Kronos', which is 'Kronoi'.
Captain Fabulous Posted Sunday at 05:20 PM Posted Sunday at 05:20 PM 48 minutes ago, srmalloy said: That reminds me of my going full-blown geek after a Malta GM assault on Talos Island and looking up the proper Greek plural for 'Kronos', which is 'Kronoi'. LIES! Everyone knows the plural of Kronos is Kroneese.
srmalloy Posted Sunday at 05:33 PM Posted Sunday at 05:33 PM 9 minutes ago, Captain Fabulous said: LIES! Everyone knows the plural of Kronos is Kroneese. The plural of 'Χρόνος' is 'Χρόνοι' (2nd person plural in neutral gender is 'Χρόνια'), but if you're using the full designation, the plural of 'Kronos titan' would be 'Kronos titans' -- however, people just shorten it to 'Kronos', hence the Greek plural.
Zhym Posted Sunday at 06:26 PM Posted Sunday at 06:26 PM On 2/22/2025 at 5:11 PM, MoonSheep said: in the official CoV trailer at 0:45, Synapse says “got you man-tee-core, i’m all over it” I know this is twenty years old now, but it may be the first time I've seen it, and I have questions. I assume they didn't actually pay for Janes Earl Jones to voice Recluse, and that's just someone doing their best James Earl Jones impression? Who is that guy in the black and white bike racer outfit supposed to be? I don't recognize him.
Water Posted Sunday at 07:13 PM Posted Sunday at 07:13 PM 3 hours ago, Captain Fabulous said: I remember how Jack claimed he was deep into Greek Mythology but would then pronounce Talos as "Taylos". 🙄 I believe that's the American way of saying it.
El D Posted Sunday at 08:20 PM Posted Sunday at 08:20 PM 1 hour ago, Zhym said: I know this is twenty years old now, but it may be the first time I've seen it, and I have questions. I assume they didn't actually pay for Janes Earl Jones to voice Recluse, and that's just someone doing their best James Earl Jones impression? Who is that guy in the black and white bike racer outfit supposed to be? I don't recognize him. Supposedly Lord Recluse's voice was done by Sean Michael Fish AKA Manticore from the original dev team - though whether this is just for the in-game monologue or also for the trailer I don't know for certain. It definitely sounds similar enough, though. The other guy is Foreshadow. He's got a very different outfit in-game than the one used in the trailer. 1 Global is @El D, Everlasting Player, Recovering Altaholic.
Darmian Posted Sunday at 08:46 PM Posted Sunday at 08:46 PM I pronounce it Chimera. 1 AE SFMA Arcs: The Meteors (Arc id 42079) | Dark Deeds in Galaxy City: Part One. (Arc id 26756) X | Dark Deeds in Galaxy City: Part Two. (Arc id 26952) | Dark Deeds in Galaxy City: Part Three. (Arc id 27233) Darker Deeds: Part One (Arc id 28374) | Darker Deeds: Part Two. (Arc id 28536) | Darker Deeds: Part Three. (Arc id 29252) | Darkest Before Dawn: Part One (Arc id 29891) | Darkest Before Dawn: Part Two (Arc id 30210) | Darkest Before Dawn: Part Three (Arc id 30560) | Bridge of Forever ( Arc id 36642) | The Cassini Division (Arc id 37104) X | The House of Gaunt Saints (Arc id 37489) X | The Spark of the Blind (Arc id 40403) | Damnatio Memoriae (Arc id 41140) X | The Eve of War (Arc id 41583) X | Spirals: Part One. (Arc id 55109) | Spirals: Part Two. (Arc id 55358) | Spirals: Part Three. (Arc id 57197) I Sing of Arms and the Man (Arc id 42617) | Three Sisters (Arc id 43013) (Pre War Praetorian Loyalist. Pre War Praetorian Resistance. Pre ITF Cimerora. Post ITF Cimerora. X = Dev Choice/Hall of Fame )
Go0gleplex Posted Sunday at 09:30 PM Posted Sunday at 09:30 PM 11 hours ago, mechahamham said: These people are going to soil themselves when they hear about hard Roman 'C's. Kinema. Keaser Kenturion Or the V's that are pronounced as W's. Via is Wee-ah or Vita being Wee-tah for example. 😉
Go0gleplex Posted Sunday at 09:30 PM Posted Sunday at 09:30 PM 11 hours ago, mechahamham said: These people are going to soil themselves when they hear about hard Roman 'C's. Kinema. Keaser Kenturion Or the V's that are pronounced as W's. Via is Wee-ah or Vita being Wee-tah for example. 😉
Go0gleplex Posted Sunday at 09:30 PM Posted Sunday at 09:30 PM 11 hours ago, mechahamham said: These people are going to soil themselves when they hear about hard Roman 'C's. Kinema. Keaser Kenturion Or the V's that are pronounced as W's. Via is Wee-ah or Vita being Wee-tah for example. 😉
Jacktar Posted Sunday at 11:13 PM Posted Sunday at 11:13 PM 1 hour ago, Go0gleplex said: Or the V's that are pronounced as W's. Via is Wee-ah or Vita being Wee-tah for example. 😉 so Veetabix or Weetabix? 🥴
Healix Posted Monday at 12:02 AM Posted Monday at 12:02 AM veni, vidi, vici weenie, weedie, weechi 4 1 Forever grateful to be back in my city!
InvaderStych Posted Monday at 12:10 AM Posted Monday at 12:10 AM 11 hours ago, Greycat said: According to some of my friends, it's pronounced "Sonic the Edgehog." Canonical from this point forward. You see a mousetrap? I see free cheese and a f$%^ing challenge.
srmalloy Posted Monday at 02:34 AM Posted Monday at 02:34 AM 16 hours ago, mechahamham said: These people are going to soil themselves when they hear about hard Roman 'C's. The German "Kaiser" is the closest approximation of "Caesar" in other languages, as opposed to the more common "see-zahr", which gets both the "c" and "ae" wrong.
DoctorDitko Posted Monday at 02:58 AM Posted Monday at 02:58 AM 2 hours ago, Healix said: veni, vidi, vici weenie, weedie, weechi Ya beat me to it! Doesn't sound near as butch to modern ears, does it? Disclaimer: Not a medical doctor. Do not take medical advice from Doctor Ditko. Also, not a physicist. Do not take advice on consensus reality from Doctor Ditko. But games? He used to pay his bills with games. (He's recovering well, thanks for asking!)
srmalloy Posted Monday at 03:25 AM Posted Monday at 03:25 AM 3 hours ago, Healix said: veni, vidi, vici weenie, weedie, weechi Closer to 'way-knee' than 'wee-knee'.
Healix Posted Monday at 07:05 AM Posted Monday at 07:05 AM I like weenies 1 Forever grateful to be back in my city!
UltraAlt Posted Monday at 11:33 AM Posted Monday at 11:33 AM On 2/22/2025 at 12:32 PM, MoonSheep said: well, i pronounced “croatoa” as “croatia” for about 10+ years If someone posts a reply quoting me and I don't reply, they may be on ignore. (It seems I'm involved with so much at this point that I may not be able to easily retrieve access to all the notifications) Some players know that I have them on ignore and are likely to make posts knowing that is the case. But the fact that I have them on ignore won't stop some of them from bullying and harassing people, because some of them love to do it. There is a group that have banded together to target forum posters they don't like. They think that this behavior is acceptable. Ignore (in the forums) and /ignore (in-game) are tools to improve your gaming experience. Don't feel bad about using them.
Octogoat Posted Monday at 03:25 PM Posted Monday at 03:25 PM 3 hours ago, UltraAlt said: They're like "TF is this, jebediah, we left them for one season?!!!?" 2
BasiliskXVIII Posted Monday at 11:07 PM Posted Monday at 11:07 PM (edited) On 2/23/2025 at 10:33 AM, srmalloy said: The plural of 'Χρόνος' is 'Χρόνοι' (2nd person plural in neutral gender is 'Χρόνια'), but if you're using the full designation, the plural of 'Kronos titan' would be 'Kronos titans' -- however, people just shorten it to 'Kronos', hence the Greek plural. In this context, Kronos is being used as an English proper noun and title, not a loanword from Greek. Because of this, it should follow English pluralization rules, even when shortened. Thus, "Kronoses" is the correct plural form—just as multiple Zeus Titans would be "Zeuses" rather than "Zēnoi", and multiple Hercules Titans (from the Latinized form) would be "Herculeses" rather than "Herculēs." English doesn't retroactively apply foreign grammar rules to proper names used in English, and Kronos is no exception. Edited Monday at 11:08 PM by BasiliskXVIII
Octogoat Posted Tuesday at 01:41 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:41 PM 14 hours ago, BasiliskXVIII said: In this context, Kronos is being used as an English proper noun and title, not a loanword from Greek. Because of this, it should follow English pluralization rules, even when shortened. Thus, "Kronoses" is the correct plural form—just as multiple Zeus Titans would be "Zeuses" rather than "Zēnoi", and multiple Hercules Titans (from the Latinized form) would be "Herculeses" rather than "Herculēs." English doesn't retroactively apply foreign grammar rules to proper names used in English, and Kronos is no exception. I hate English and it's my native language. Though it is a fascinating evolution of common trade language.
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