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Jutty

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #60 on: February 22, 2009, 06:46:49 pm »
I think the English translations used "Schala" to make her sound more exotiqué. I think it was unnecessary.

Oh, and there's also schnauzer, schnitzel & schnapps.

Name an english word that begins with Sch that isn't followed by an n that isn't pronounced Sku. Thus I believe it's Ska-Luh.

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #61 on: February 22, 2009, 07:15:53 pm »
Schally. It's a Polish name, I believe, and it's pronounced SHAL-ee. Schwab is another name, with that type of pronunciation. Schwa and schmalz are other words that use the SH sound.

Although these names and words aren't necessarily English, but we use 'em in the English language.
« Last Edit: February 22, 2009, 07:19:27 pm by mav »

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #62 on: February 22, 2009, 08:08:14 pm »
There's also schedule in British English, as has been said some pages back.

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #63 on: February 22, 2009, 09:36:40 pm »
Schala: the "ska" version

Janus: Jan-us

Marle: Mar-luh

Melchior: Mel-chi-or

Belthasar: Bell-th-uh-sar

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #64 on: February 22, 2009, 10:42:42 pm »
What about Gaspar? Do most of you guys pronounce it GAS-par (gas, like for automobiles, and par, like "on par") or GAS-per? Like Casper, but with a G, or even with a G that sounds like a J?

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #65 on: February 22, 2009, 10:55:15 pm »
Gas, like the stuff you put in your car, and par, like that magic number in golf.
What of Pacha?

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #66 on: February 22, 2009, 11:06:45 pm »
gahspah

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #67 on: February 23, 2009, 12:06:02 am »
Bell-Thah-Zahr

Gass-Pahr

Mell-Kee-Or

and so on and so forth.


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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #68 on: February 23, 2009, 01:21:37 am »
Zeeeee-uuullll

Jawwwww-kneeeee

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #69 on: February 23, 2009, 06:33:23 am »
Where is everyone getting Crono as Kraw-No?  I've never seen or heard it pronounced that way.

His name was originally Chrono anyways, it was just shortened for the English translation.

Crono = クロノ
Chrono Trigger = クロノ・トリガー

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #70 on: February 23, 2009, 08:37:05 am »
クロノ= Kurono = Crono = Chrono

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #71 on: February 23, 2009, 09:03:05 am »
Janus = Yan-us  (after playing Soul Reaver 2, when Janos Audren's name was pronounced)
Schala = Shah-lah
« Last Edit: February 23, 2009, 09:12:56 am by placidchap »

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #72 on: February 23, 2009, 11:44:45 am »
Ummm how do you guys and gals pronounce ..."Guile" i have never been able to pronounce it properly

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #73 on: February 23, 2009, 11:48:57 am »
Same way as the noun [non-name] guile: guy-el

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Re: How do you pronounce...?
« Reply #74 on: February 23, 2009, 11:49:14 am »
Guile is an actual word. It's in the dictionary. I pronounce it 'GUY-el'.

Gaspar = Casper with a hard G sound.

Harle = The beginning of harlequin. Without the pronounced E.