MasterDisaster Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 OK, I'm getting something coming through from 'beyond'. I can see a creature, small, furry, a preditor and the letter 'C'. is it a cat? It's a cat, yes, I'm sure a cat. And now I'm getting a number coming through. Round, I see curves, and straight lines. 1?, no, 2? I'm sure it's 2. no as Venus passes in front of Mars I'm getting circles. 0? You have 2 cats don't you? No? you have no cats. 1 cat, 3 cats, the spirits are mysterious 4 cats. you have 2 cats. The Answer is 6... You FAIL! Arc-a-nists it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 You have 6 cats...behold my powers of perception! Therefore it is neither Are can ists or the other one, it is finger wagglers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Are you an Ar-CAN-ist? Or an Ar-CAN'T-nist? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adran Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 The Answer is 6... You FAIL! Arc-a-nists it is! No one owns a cat. Cats just eat your food. Personally I go for Ar-Carn-ist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhallan42nd Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Far worse than any of these is: "wald-er-giests" WALD GEIST No third syllable! No. Nein. Nyet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbobovalsocks Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 you have 6 cats. I told you, I've never been wrong, ever. How could i have known that you had 6 cats unless that was true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbobovalsocks Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 It is Walder Geist. Named after the Game of Thrones characters. That's a fact. A man down the pub told me AND I read it on a Facebook post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 It is Walder Geist. Named after the Game of Thrones characters. That's a fact. A man down the pub told me AND I read it on a Facebook post. No arguing with that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbobovalsocks Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 How long 'til The Fox locks this thread boys? I'm taking bets now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 How long 'til The Fox locks this thread boys? I'm taking bets now! The second he finds his hat. It's the whole Heisenberg / Walter White scenario. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengt Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 How do you pronounce Taelor? As a mercenary she can be hired by Ar-can-ists so obviously this is the correct forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralngCadavr Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 "can" or "uh". I think I tend towards can. Or, being a snob, that would be "a" or "ə" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralngCadavr Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 How do you pronounce Taelor? As a mercenary she can be hired by Ar-can-ists so obviously this is the correct forum! Tay-lore, because it sounds like a variant on "Taylor," though the ae should make it "Tea-lore," which just sounds weird to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengt Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Tay-lore, because it sounds like a variant on "Taylor," though the ae should make it "Tea-lore," which just sounds weird to me. Or maybe it sounds wyrd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralngCadavr Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Or maybe it sounds wyrd? Must've been fate that I made that word choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parintachin Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Tælor, which is pretty much Taylore .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageBoss Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 I have always pronounced it: Ar - cane - ists. Seeing as they are practitioners of the Arcane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralngCadavr Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 English (as well as every language I've studied) has a ton of examples where a middle syllable is modified to flow more naturally (through design or common practice), so that's not much to go on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferossa Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 AR-can-ists. The suffix "ist" doesn't lengthen the vowel (or else it would be ma-SHINE-ist instead of machinist). The emphasis on the antepenult you can blame on my years of Latin scansion. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RagingRodian Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 I always said "ar-can-ists" because I pronounced "arcana" like "ar-can-a". Not sure it is grammatically correct though. What annoyed me was GW using "codexes" instead of "codices". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadeton Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 'AR-KAY-nist' seems the most 'correct' version. However, 'AR-ka-nist' flows much more quickly and easily, and the dominant pronunciation will always tend towards laziness over time. Tome/tomb confusion drives me crazy as well. I can't get my head around why some people can't distinguish them. I've also heard practically all the Asian-themed names get horribly mangled in various ways, not to mention all the Spanish on the Family cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybarite Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Talking about asian names. Whenever Kirai is mentioned in the fluff they seem to feel like they have to mention she is an "Asian woman". What is it like 8 times in the molly kirai story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadeton Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 To be fair, in many Malifaux contexts, "Asian woman" is a sufficient point of distinction that it makes for a convenient and precise reference. When Kirai is the only Asian woman in the scene (which is basically always in her stories so far) it's an easy trap to fall into as a writer. Not an excuse for poor prose, but I can see how it might have happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Finnish has two words for a situation where two people are facing one another and they each have a goat. Top that!(vuohitusten and vuohikkain, btw)Meanwhile, we have only one expression for the following situations: "your moon returns", "your spruce is on fire", and "six pieces"(kuusi palaa) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralngCadavr Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 'AR-KAY-nist' seems the most 'correct' version. However, 'AR-ka-nist' flows much more quickly and easily, and the dominant pronunciation will always tend towards laziness over time. Tome/tomb confusion drives me crazy as well. I can't get my head around why some people can't distinguish them. I've also heard practically all the Asian-themed names get horribly mangled in various ways, not to mention all the Spanish on the Family cards. Yeah, Tomb and asian names really annoy me. I'm not asking people to learn another language's emphasis or sounds which aren't in english (like Japanese or Spanish special "r"s) , but they're both is pretty easy to awkwardly pronounce/ w/o a good accent, since they're phonetic, which is plenty enough for me. But, are often mispronounced to the point where I don't recognize the word they're saying. Then again, I guess if people can't get tome/tomb right, I guess I shouldn't expect them to sound out foreign words 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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