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vore-ti-kihn
shay-ka-di ( :o )
vol-teh-face
frib-bohl-lus-xaex
and so on... this is the weird pronouncing of a Czech teenager.
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I don't know what's with all the fuzzy pronouncing, I pronounce them the way they are.
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VOR-ti-KAHN
shi-KA-dee
FRI-byoo-luss ZAKS
Omegamatic is just Omega + Matic. I don't know, I kind of always knew that :P
fucl-ull
Arachnut follows the same pronunciation pattern as arachnid or arachnotron...pretty straightforward
NOSS-ti-kuss and NOSS-ti-seen
mor-TAI-mer mik-MEE-ray (just kidding)
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A'RACK-nutt
MORE-timm-myrrh M'k MY-er

C'MM-arn-der KEEN

Oh, and O', AH and AR are 3 different sounds, America! :celtic
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Vor-Tih-Con
Ar-ack-nut
Shih-Kay-Dee
-where the second h in "Shih" is silent, but changes how you say the rest of it... if that makes ANY sense...
Oh-Meg-Uh-Mat-Ic
Frib-You-Liss_Zax
Blug-Gard
Nos-Tick-Us
-That just looks wierd. :o :dead
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law-t'za-spuh-geh-tee
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GARGapplesauce wrote:Blug-Gard
Now that's interesting, I always thought everyone would pronounce the way VBB does, like brood, not like blood.
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Frib-you-lus Ax
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I always said Blooguard as an amalgam of Bloog and guard, since that's pretty clearly the origin of the word. I kind of like a pronunciation more like "Bluggard" though...kind of a sailor-style shortening of the pronunciation. :crazy
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VikingBoyBilly wrote:law-t'za-spuh-geh-tee
it-sh-futt-bol-ey-ze-shel-et
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Well, I was saying Omegamatic as an example, I already knew how to pronounce it myself.

By the way, who else pronounces "GIF" as "jiff"?
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Isn't that the way you're supposed to pronounce it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_I ... nunciation
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Nope - Giff. Jiff is a brand of bathroom cleaner (well, CIF now that they've standardised an international name and can't use Jiff as it's a Brazillian swear word)...
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I say 'giff'
I also say 'ping' and 'jay-peg' and 'pee-dee-eff'
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Just to confuse people, I also say P-N-G, but other than that and Jiff, I pronounce stuff like VBB^^
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