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09-05-2012, 07:25 AM
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Statue Forum MacDaddy
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I know that it's pronounced "Darkside" but it bugs me because it's just wrong.
Would you pronounce reid as "ride" - no, it's "reed". Is the Indian holiday Eid "eed" or "ide"?
Grrr!
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09-05-2012, 10:09 AM
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Iron Man
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Denver, CO
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan_Lebou
I know that it's pronounced "Darkside" but it bugs me because it's just wrong.
Would you pronounce reid as "ride" - no, it's "reed". Is the Indian holiday Eid "eed" or "ide"?
Grrr!
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Pronunciation is messed up all over the English language--this is nothing new! 
And "eid" is pronounced "ide" in a number of words; fried, cried, lied, eiderdown, etc. 
It's the number one rule of English: it's that way just because. 
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09-05-2012, 10:42 AM
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Ghost
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan_Lebou
I know that it's pronounced "Darkside" but it bugs me because it's just wrong.
Would you pronounce reid as "ride" - no, it's "reed". Is the Indian holiday Eid "eed" or "ide"?
Grrr!
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In German, you would, and I normally default to that rule when I see the "ei" (long I) or "ie" (long E) pairing in a word/name I don't recognize. Based on that, I've always pronounced it "Dark-side".
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09-05-2012, 11:06 AM
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Giganta
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: In a country where inequality, oppression, corruption & racism reigns supreme
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Interesting thread. Educational too! 
I pronounce it as "see-tto-rak".
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09-05-2012, 11:47 AM
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Statue Forum MacDaddy
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: UK - Midlands
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teague
Pronunciation is messed up all over the English language--this is nothing new!
And "eid" is pronounced "ide" in a number of words; fried, cried, lied, eiderdown, etc.
It's the number one rule of English: it's that way just because. |
Fried, cried and lied are "ied" not "eid", but I'll give you eiderdown.
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09-05-2012, 11:52 AM
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Iron Man
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Denver, CO
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan_Lebou
Fried, cried and lied are "ied" not "eid", but I'll give you eiderdown.
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Crap! 
Okay, a few more: apartheid, eidetic, kaleidoscope.
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09-05-2012, 08:08 PM
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Mandarin
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Batwing
Is "Sytorak" pronounced "See - Toe - Rack" or "Sigh - Toe- Rack"?
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That's how I would say it - not saying I am right - just how I would think it's pronounced.
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09-05-2012, 08:27 PM
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Imperial Guardsman
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Batwing
Is "Sytorak" pronounced "See - Toe - Rack" or "Sigh - Toe- Rack"?
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Where did you get your info?
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09-05-2012, 08:33 PM
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Kindly Asked To Leave
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It's pronounced "fa-china".
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09-05-2012, 08:37 PM
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Kindly Asked To Leave
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teague
Crap!
Okay, a few more: apartheid, eidetic, kaleidoscope. |
ah-par-tide, kah-lie-doe-scope, and eye-deh-tick (well, that's how I pronounce eidetic, anyways)
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