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April 11th, 2006, 05:36 PM
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Re: How do you pronounce the races?
Amonkrie = A-mon-kree
Xiati = Xee-ah-tee
Piundon = Pee-uhn-dun
Sallega = Sal-egg-uh
Norak = Nor-ack
Sergetti = Sir-gett-ee
Drushocka = Drew-shoke-ah
XiChung = Xee-Chung
Fazrah = Faz-ruh
Toltayan = Tol-tay-uhn
Jraenar = Tough one. "Jr" as a single sound, almost as if you're saying "Shhh" only with more of a Z sound than an S. So:
J-reh-nar
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April 11th, 2006, 11:18 PM
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Re: How do you pronounce the races?
Amonkrie = Ah-mon-kree
Xiati = 'sigh-eh?-tee (Note: Canadian style "eh?")
Piundon = Pie-undone
Sallega = Sah-leg-uh
Norak = No-rack
Sergetti = Sir-jet-eee (The Flying EEE Knight)
Drushocka = Drew-shock-ah
XiChung = 'sigh-chuh'hung
Fazrah = Fa'zz-ruh
Toltayan = Tol-tay-uhn
Jraenar = J-ray-narrr!
Note: J = the first sound common to John, Jack, Jump.
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April 12th, 2006, 01:54 AM
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Re: How do you pronounce the races?
Amonkrie = A Monkey
Xiati = Zee Tee
Piundon = Pyoon Dun
Sallega = Sally Ga
Norak = Noraq
Sergetti = Sperghetti
Drushocka = Drew Shocker
XiChung = Sigh (Wang) Chung
Fazrah = Fuzzy Rah
Toltayan = Tot Lee Yan
Jraenar = Drain Err
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April 12th, 2006, 02:47 PM
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Re: How do you pronounce the races?
Mostly I pronounce all races like others. Except Jraenar.
In Poland "J" is pronounced like "Y". So
Jraenar = Yra-enar
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April 13th, 2006, 01:36 AM
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Re: How do you pronounce the races?
Jraenar- I've always assumed the J was silent because it was followed by a consenant. Not for any particular reason but RAY-nar.
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Re: How do you pronounce the races?
Given that I invented most of these guys, I'll go ahead and clear this up. Here it is, folks, the official pronunciation guide, along with how the name came to be.
Piundon = Pee-Undone (Extremely bad Chinese-English translation that had me rolling around on the floor. It was from some ettiquete guide which at one point reminds it's readers to unzip their fly before urinating by saying 'Remember: Pee Undone')
Sallega = Sal-Egg-A (From Salad, Egg A(nd) mayonaise sandwich. Pretty much all my girlfriend at the time would eat)
Norak = No-Rack (What she had as a result of this diet)
Sergetti = Sayer-Ghetti (A bastardization of a nickname for one of my friends based on her extremely drunken attempts to pronounce her own name. Her name: Sandra Johnson. Go figure)
Drushocka = Drew-Shock-Ah (My lab partner, Drew, kept shocking me, which made me go ah!)
Praetorians = Pray-toe-ree-anz (I'd jus watched a documentary on Rome's Praetorian Guard. Sue me)
I think I might be responsible for a few more of them, but I can't really remember, since there was a good few race descriptions that had their actual artwork done by Eric Henry.
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April 13th, 2006, 01:33 PM
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Re: How do you pronounce the races?
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Norak = No-Rack (What she had as a result of this diet)
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Oh man this had me laughing for a good long time I'll never look at those Norak the same again!! Wait...is that why their face is a little flat!!??
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Re: How do you pronounce the races?
Pi'undon - Pee Undone :O
Xiati - Zee-atty
Norak - Nor-ack. I am the Norak. I speak for the trees! Or was that Lorak..
Sergetti - Ser-ghetti. Serengetti, without the en.
Drushocka - Drew-shaka(zulu!)
XiChung - Zih-chung
Toltayan - Tol-tie-an
Now, how do you pronounce UR-QUAN?
Ur-Quan - Err-Kwon
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April 14th, 2006, 02:57 AM
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Re: How do you pronounce the races?
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Now, how do you pronounce UR-QUAN?
Ur-Quan - Err-Kwon
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April 14th, 2006, 05:09 AM
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Re: How do you pronounce the races?
Ur-Quan? Same. Err-Kwon.
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