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09-11-2012, 08:38 AM
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Cobra Command
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Originally Posted by ParisDean
And Xavier is pronounced "zavier", not "ex-zavier".
I'm right. Everyone else in the world is wrong.
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Completely 1000% agree. Where the hell did "eks-zavier" come from anyway?
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09-11-2012, 09:25 AM
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Mandarin
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Originally Posted by ParisDean
I don't care what anyone says, it's Magneto with a short "e" like "magnet". Not "Mag-NEET-o".
And Xavier is pronounced "zavier", not "ex-zavier".
I'm right. Everyone else in the world is wrong.
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Agree about Xavier - but not Magneto - It's absolutely Mag-neet-o
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09-11-2012, 09:39 AM
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Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
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Mag-net-o lol
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09-11-2012, 10:50 AM
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Kiss my shiny metal arse!
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Originally Posted by Babytoxie
There's actually a reference for this one. From Dictionary.com:
mag·ne·to [mag-nee-toh]
noun, plural mag·ne·tos. Electricity .
a small electric generator with an armature that rotates in a magnetic field provided by permanent magnets, as a generator supplying ignition current for certain types of internal combustion engines or a hand-operated generator for telephone signaling.
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Yes, my cousin who is an airline mechanic explained this to me and I still say everyone including Stan and Jack who created the character are wrong. Mag-NEE-toh as the name for a super villain just does not sound menacing enough. I'm considering writing Merriam-Webster to have the pronunciation of the word officially changed.
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09-11-2012, 11:05 AM
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Mandarin
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Originally Posted by ParisDean
Yes, my cousin who is an airline mechanic explained this to me and I still say everyone including Stan and Jack who created the character are wrong. Mag-NEE-toh as the name for a super villain just does not sound menacing enough. I'm considering writing Merriam-Webster to have the pronunciation of the word officially changed.
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 That's funny
I think Mag-neet-o sounds way more menacing then Mag-net-o does!
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09-11-2012, 02:01 PM
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Kiss my shiny metal arse!
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Originally Posted by ratchet
That's funny
I think Mag-neet-o sounds way more menacing then Mag-net-o does! |
Really? Whenever I hear it pronounced like that, I can't help but think of the outdated slang term "neato".
From this moment on, I will refer to Magneto in conversation only as Erik or Magnus. Harumph.
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09-11-2012, 02:31 PM
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Mandarin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ParisDean
Really? Whenever I hear it pronounced like that, I can't help but think of the outdated slang term "neato".
From this moment on, I will refer to Magneto in conversation only as Erik or Magnus. Harumph.
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Crap... now that you said that - that is all I will ever think of... 
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09-12-2012, 04:18 AM
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Luke Cage
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Originally Posted by Batwing
Completely 1000% agree. Where the hell did "eks-zavier" come from anyway?
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Well. When a mommy "eks-zavier" and a daddy "eks-zavier" love eachother very, very much...
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09-12-2012, 12:44 PM
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Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
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Neato Magneeto.
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09-12-2012, 12:59 PM
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Cobra Command
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And someone please tell this 'creator' that RA'S Al GHUL is not, should not be pronounced "ray-sh" al-ghul.
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