Nicknames for the characters?
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Nicknames for the characters?
Do you by any chance have a nickname for any of the characters kin the comic? I like calling Bino "Fartmeds" because I pronounce his name like "Bean-oh". Frankly, I don't even care if that's the correct or incorrect way to pronounce his name, Bino will always be Fartmeds to me.
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Re: Nicknames for the characters?
For what it's worth it's pronounced "BYE-noh."
We used to have a forum member named Bino who pronounces it "Beano," though.
We used to have a forum member named Bino who pronounces it "Beano," though.
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Re: Nicknames for the characters?
Still, it's fun to mispronounce Bino's name just to spite him even if he IS a fictional being.Sleet wrote:For what it's worth it's pronounced "BYE-noh."
We used to have a forum member named Bino who pronounces it "Beano," though.
Re: Nicknames for the characters?
For poor Fox, anything but "Twinkie". "Angel-Bait", maybe ... in recognition of his anxious magnetism for Spring and Summer.
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Re: Nicknames for the characters?
(I wouldn't call these nicknames per say, but they are the names I call the characters despite being pretty sure they're not their real names, so close enough)
For Spo, I read his name as each letter instead of as a normal syllable (Like NSA instead of like NASA). I think I do that because it's easier to say and his naming convention produces names like Spp where the only way to pronounce it is by reading each letter. The rest of the nicknames would fall under the category "mispronunciation that stuck"
For Bino, before The Name Game I thought his name was supposed to be pronounced like Beano. After that I was too entrenched in how I said it to change.
For Tarot, I learned about tarot cards long before I learned the word was French, so I pronounce her name like carrot, but with a T instead of the C.
For Lucretia, I'm still not sure how to it should be pronounced, so I mentally change it to something I can say. It's hard to convey how I say it via the writer word, but it's something like Lu-ser-ta, with stress on the middle syllable.
For Spo, I read his name as each letter instead of as a normal syllable (Like NSA instead of like NASA). I think I do that because it's easier to say and his naming convention produces names like Spp where the only way to pronounce it is by reading each letter. The rest of the nicknames would fall under the category "mispronunciation that stuck"
For Bino, before The Name Game I thought his name was supposed to be pronounced like Beano. After that I was too entrenched in how I said it to change.
For Tarot, I learned about tarot cards long before I learned the word was French, so I pronounce her name like carrot, but with a T instead of the C.
For Lucretia, I'm still not sure how to it should be pronounced, so I mentally change it to something I can say. It's hard to convey how I say it via the writer word, but it's something like Lu-ser-ta, with stress on the middle syllable.
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Re: Nicknames for the characters?
the correct pronunciation is Lu-Cree-She-Uh or possibly Lu-Cree-Sha. Lu-Creesh-Yuh?Champion Wallace wrote:For Lucretia, I'm still not sure how to it should be pronounced, so I mentally change it to something I can say. It's hard to convey how I say it via the writer word, but it's something like Lu-ser-ta, with stress on the middle syllable.
Re: Nicknames for the characters?
I'm not a native english speaker so I always read her as Luk-re-ti-a, basically just how it's written
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Re: Nicknames for the characters?
i always assumed it was more along the lines of Lu-sir-ett-ah.
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Re: Nicknames for the characters?
I remember a video of Diss providing some of the name pronunciations. Think he said it was pronounced "Lu-cray-shi-a."
I always pronounced it "Lu-creh-sha."
I always pronounced it "Lu-creh-sha."
Re: Nicknames for the characters?
The r is immediately after the c, why would it be "sir"?Buster wrote:i always assumed it was more along the lines of Lu-sir-ett-ah.
Anyway, yeah it's a real name so it's easy to find the answer: lʊˈkriːʃə
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Re: Nicknames for the characters?
I did not expect this much discussion over Lucretia's name. I only remembered to include it after I started writing about the other three. It looks like RandomGeekNamedBrent wins with his second guess of Lu-Cree-Sha. As I said, it can be hard convey how something is pronounced via the written word sometimes. I know barely enough IPA to read the phonetic. D-Rock, do you think you'll be able to dredge up a link to Diss's pronunciation video?
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Re: Nicknames for the characters?
because even if slightly inaccurate due to implying a nonexistent vowel, it's the only way i could think of to write "the sound C & S share, mashed together with an R sound" in a concise form?SuperStar wrote:The r is immediately after the c, why would it be "sir"?Buster wrote:i always assumed it was more along the lines of Lu-sir-ett-ah.
i neither know how to read IPA, nor understand which symbol goes with which sound, so that option was out.
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Every time a DMPC or NPC fixes something a payer couldn't i'm diminishing and undermining that player's contribution.
Re: Nicknames for the characters?
Well, after this extended debate, Lucretia definitely needs a more manageable moniker... Given all the pots she's keeping steaming on the stove maybe "Steamy". Has a bit of a sly undertone Miles might like, too.