Pragma Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I had a DM that used to pronounce brazier like brassiere. Try to imagine a group of adventurers exploring a dungeon corridor lit by flaming bras. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosscorpion Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I currenty spend 3+ hours a day on my round trip drive for work. I listen to an average audio book in a week. I love the free library I check them out for 2 weeks for nothing. I may have to see about getting them to look in to tracking them down for me. Althought I probably read almost all of the first 10 years worth in paper back and still have them on my shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dispatchdave Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Picturesque and statuesque threw me off for years. I was all like, "My what a pictures-queue scene." Of course, I never pronounced it aloud; this was only in my head while reading until one day it clicked that I was a dumb-donkey. -Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosscorpion Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Oh, and yeah I would listen to the rule books with the exception of tables. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I mispronounce things on purpose, for fun, but sometimes it sticks. And that's why, forevermore, a black panther with tentacles is a Displacker Beast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Goodchild Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) I mispronounce things on purpose, for fun, but sometimes it sticks. And that's why, forevermore, a black panther with tentacles is a Displacker Beast. Sounds like a good animal companion for level 12 dentist. Edited March 5, 2013 by Dan Goodchild 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suden Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I had a friend that called scimitars "skim-tars" so, I feels ya. I really do. We used to play a lot o Magic: The Gathering, and he always had SKIM-TARS in his decks. ALWAYS with the damn skim-tars. I do this to this day about half the time. Well, skim-i-tars anyway. So many terms for me came from reading only that I firmly fixed my mispronunciations in my mind. Remind me to tell you about tree-buckets sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingo Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 While we're on the subject, please please please does anybody know how to pronounce "scion?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dispatchdave Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) It should be pronounced sy-on (or psion, if you like silent letters). -Dave ETA: The dictionary says the second syllable is more of an "e' sound than on "o" sound. Edited March 5, 2013 by dispatchdave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slendertroll Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 While we're on the subject, please please please does anybody know how to pronounce "scion?" Like the "scien" part of science. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dispatchdave Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 While we're on the subject, please please please does anybody know how to pronounce "scion?" Like the "scien" part of science. Ahh, English, how I loathe thee.... IT's like how polish sounds completely different from Polish because one letter was capitalized.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Pronunciation: 'sī-ǝn And it's interesting how it has the -en sound, given it's roots are sioun (Middle English) and cion (Old French) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slendertroll Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 While we're on the subject, please please please does anybody know how to pronounce "scion?" Like the "scien" part of science. Ahh, English, how I loathe thee.... IT's like how polish sounds completely different from Polish because one letter was capitalized.... Or how read sounds like lead but read sounds like lead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Goodchild Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Heh, when I did tech support for big blue we'd give serial numbers etc. over the phone in the form "A as in Alpha". When we were dealing with regulars or people we didn't like we'd get… creative. "P as in pnumonia, K as knife" etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Heh, when I did tech support for big blue we'd give serial numbers etc. over the phone in the form "A as in Alpha". When we were dealing with regulars or people we didn't like we'd get… creative. "P as in pnumonia, K as knife" etc. There is a Bare Naked Ladies song to that effect. On their kid's album Snack Time, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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