Grimoire

[Akashimo]

Re: Grimoire

Doesn't mean the word is French in the game ;p
Its just common tongue to us, nothing seriously to research :O

[Feba]

Re: Grimoire

Ignorance is never a valid excuse.

When referring to a word that maybe three of us have heard of outside of video games, yes, yes it is.


Next time someone asks you to go fetch a grimoire let me know. hell, my spellchecker even spits that back at me.

[Murphie]

Re: Grimoire

I'm confident that more than three people have heard of the world. I've known about it since at least age five or six. Don't people read anymore? My god.

Also, your spellchecker fails.

Aka - Most of Sandoria uses french words, or words of french origin. Why would you suddenly assume that this word would be pronounced the way a stroke victim would?

[Pillowcase]

Re: Grimoire

I had to look it up just now to find out what it is exactly but I could tell just by looking at the word how to pronounce it and that it looked like a French word.

[Balfree]

Re: Grimoire

Balfree's got nuts. Or will. At some point in the future.

For the sake of teh funnies, I will not edit my post.

Other words i'm worried about:

Not 100% sure about Uggalepih but i'd pronounce it "hug a luh-pee". Please dont say "yug-ale-pie" next to me, ever.

Einherjar is actually a real word (norse mythology), im not sure how to pronounce it correctly, but it sure as hell aint "eye-n-her-jar", if anything its "Eyn-er-yar".

[Pillowcase]

Re: Grimoire

For the sake of teh funnies, I will not edit my post.

Haha! It's funny because you started a thread that is essentially about people not talking correctly. >_<

Way to go ace!

P.S. Go Flight of the Concords!

[Feba]

Re: Grimoire

Don't people read anymore?

And do you propose that reading a bunch of nerdy fantasy books would give anyone an idea of how to pronounce a word, anyway?

[Balfree]

Re: Grimoire

Haha! It's funny because you started a thread that is essentially about people not talking correctly. >_<

Way to go ace!

P.S. Go Flight of the Concords!

My excuse is that its not about spelling but pronunciation!

My eyes are too fast to notice some mispells.

By the way its Flight of the Conchords.

AH! (did you do that on purpose or something O_o)

[Murphie]

Re: Grimoire

I don't read nerdy fantasy books.

You really can't forget the h in Conchords. It changes the entire meaning!

[Feba]

Re: Grimoire

I don't read nerdy fantasy books.

Then I'd like to know where you see Grimoire all the time. Also, still would like an explanation how someone would know the root language and pronunciation of the word just by reading it.

[DakAttack]

Re: Grimoire

Einherjar is actually a real word (norse mythology), im not sure how to pronounce it correctly, but it sure as hell aint "eye-n-her-jar", if anything its "Eyn-er-yar".

"Come to me, my noble nine hairy arms."

I believe it's closer to Eye-n-hairy-ar.

[Murphie]

Re: Grimoire

Who said I see it all the time? I simply said that I was able to figure out how to pronounce the word the first time I saw it. It's called critical thinking. Just because I don't speak French (though I'm in the process of changing that), doesn't mean that the word can't remind me of other words of French origin that I do know, thus allowing me to make the short mental leap to figuring out how it's pronounced.

Also, that's what pronunciation keys in the dictionary are for.

[DakAttack]

Re: Grimoire

Also, that's what pronunciation keys in the dictionary are for.

Because they always make perfect sense.

[Murphie]

Re: Grimoire

They do to me.

[Feba]

Re: Grimoire

I simply said that I was able to figure out how to pronounce the word the first time I saw it. It's called critical thinking.

As was everyone else. They just came to a different conclusion.

And humans don't understand IPA. Get off my forum, Compumurphie.