How do YOU pronounce SoW?

[lecompte]

Vote above. I expect to see 400 votes ;p.

[Flamewraith]

No one pronounces cow, coe :p

[Sarius]

The key is in the OW. I don't wanna live in a world where people beg for SO

[lecompte]

The O in OF is a long O and maybe transitition to the shorterned version :)

[Halius]

No one pronounces cow, coe :p

True, but Tow and Toe are pronounced the same...

[Splitquick]

No one pronounces cow, coe :p

Exactly. It's been sow with a short o since 1999 when I played in a computer shop with 24 computers. Every person called it that...

[Flamewraith]

True, but Tow and Toe are pronounced the same...

Well what about how and hoe?

[lecompte]

Isn't one exception enough to change it from always to sometimes?

[Halius]

Well what about how and hoe?

Or even Bow (for the archer) and Bow (for the gentleman)

Edit: Just a comparison of the same word with two completely different meanings but pronounced differently. I know I didn't include an "oe" ending version.

[Sarius]

OMG this is gonna get ugly! You so'ers need to delete your toons immediately!

[Silent]

Sow, essentially: "So". I have heard people call it "SAL" which still makes me wonder where the fuck they came from, everyone calling it SAL seems to be from jersey.

[Flamewraith]

Isn't one exception enough to change it from always to sometimes?

I always loved English class, I completed AP English both junior and senior year in high school, but I'm no English major. It's really not my place to argue this as I would probably provide incorrect points. I dislike the English language because of the multiple contradictions it has within. "I before c except after e."

[OriginalQin]

Sow, essentially: "So". I have heard people call it "SAL" which still makes me wonder where the fuck they came from, everyone calling it SAL seems to be from jersey.

My best friend irl pronounces it like the pig sow. I pronounce it like to sow a field with seed. We grew up in the same mid-Florida region. I don't know what happened in his life to lead him to such poor pronunciation, but it can't be his region. :cool:

[Kimmie]

No one pronounces cow, coe :p


Know
Flow
Crow
Grow
Blow
etc. etc.
Argument is flawed in both directions.


But when it comes down to it, I won't be SOWing anyone who asks me for a pig.
Also, this thread already exists, and the superior pronunciation won.
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9758&highlight=pronounce

And here is a picture of a cat with a bird
http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/01/29/cat-bird_wide-85ce4b8383b9440d3ff03413cdd913513e9737bf-s6-c30.jpg

[Flamewraith]

Sow, essentially: "So". I have heard people call it "SAL" which still makes me wonder where the fuck they came from, everyone calling it SAL seems to be from jersey.

Really? SAL? Generally there isn't usually a right or wrong in these, but that's just wrong.

[Kender]

who wants to go around asking for pigs all day

[lecompte]

And, as someone mentioned, you can sow (so) a field with seed.

[Sarius]

WTF is this world coming to?? Pig me bitch!

[Waedawen]

Know
Flow
Crow
Grow
Blow
etc. etc.
Argument is flawed in both directions.


But when it comes down to it, I won't be SOWing anyone who asks me for a pig.
Also, this thread already exists, and the superior pronunciation won.
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9758&highlight=pronounce

[Flamewraith]

WTF is this world coming to?? Pig me bitch!

Yes hello druid/ranger/shaman could I get a needle pulling thread?

[lecompte]

Know
Also, this thread already exists, and the superior pronunciation won.
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9758&highlight=pronounce
Oh, wasn't aware... I think my options are superior though.

[Kimmie]

Yes hello druid/ranger/shaman could I get a needle pulling thread?

Yes, you may.
Now go home at a hastened speed, and sit down.
http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/161246/flashing-rainbow-hearts-love.gif

[Sarius]

WTB 10 dose pig pots, PST

[Champion_Standing]

This one is clear cut.

Sow like a pig is a noun, sow like planting seeds is a verb.

The spell SoW is a noun, not a verb. Therefore it is pronounced like a female pig.

[lecompte]

but people say would you SoW me, making it a verb!

[Walter Melon]

I've figured with the acronym being SoW, more emphasis should be put on the capital 'W' than with a pronunciation that matches "so". You're attempting to communicate Spirit of Wolf, after all.

[Hazaa]

SO as in Spirit "Of" Wolf Is what I went by so +1 for Needles Of Sewing

do you say uv or owv ? <--no clue how to phonetically spell this crap..

[Champion_Standing]

but people say would you SoW me, making it a verb!

Only people that pronounce it the wrong way say that.

[Sarius]

Could I bum a sow? - noun
Could you sow me? - just wrong

[joe426]

sometimes i call it swift because i played an rpg called knight online and very similar movement speed spell was called swift. the class that was able to cast this spell in knight online was an assassin type.

[Sadres]

The fuck is knight online

[beyondinfin]

Always been S-Ow for me. It's an Ow with an S sound.

[Hawala]

I pronounce it "Fasty Feet"

[Bantam 1]

SoW (like cow) is already used for statement of work for what I do.

[jijii]

IM GONNA PUT MY THUMB THROUGH YOUR EYE YOU LITTLE BITCH

[Langrisser]

This one is clear cut.

Sow like a pig is a noun, sow like planting seeds is a verb.

The spell SoW is a noun, not a verb. Therefore it is pronounced like a female pig.

This. Motherfuckin OWNED. Go "sew" yourself I only cast sOW. Fuck the british.

[Ahldagor]

This one is clear cut.

Sow like a pig is a noun, sow like planting seeds is a verb.

The spell SoW is a noun, not a verb. Therefore it is pronounced like a female pig.

nope. it's pronounced sew, as in SOE said at once...

[trukk]

ESS - OH - DUBYA

Always played a shaman.

I don't give out S-Owwww! 's, or Sew's.

-Chris

[Adachi]

jif or gif
gogogo

[SyanideGas]

SO

[Nastinate]

SoW is an abbreviation, take the O in of makes a uh sound and the W in wolf does not make a woe sound. so its is pronounced Sew as in a needle pulling thread.

[myriverse]

Needle... thread. Or more precisely, the planting reference.

Like Neil said:
"We sow the seeds.
Nature grows the seeds.
Then we eat the seeds."

The pig thing is just something my mind never connects to. I can probably count on one hand the number of times in my life I've referred to a female pig as a sow, and it just feels awkward.

[Norrath]

Lol, why is there so much argument about word pronunciation (e.g. tow vs. toe, bow vs. bow) when SoW is an acronym. There's no way to definitively prove your pronunciation is right or even proper when you're dealing with an acronym - it just is what it is depending on the person.

[myriverse]

Boredom is a terrible thing.

[Langrisser]

Just to settle this once and for all:

Everquest eventually introduced a spell called Spirit of Eagle.

So shut the fuck up, you have to say the Pig one!

[Jesseca]

Who cares? You say Tomatoe I say Tomaaato!

[myriverse]

My dictionary claims tow-MAH-toe is un-'Merican.

[Clear]

SoW is an abbreviation, take the O in of makes a uh sound and the W in wolf does not make a woe sound. so its is pronounced Sew as in a needle pulling thread.

Why would you make an "uh" sound with O? Correct pronunciation is S-OW. If the correct pronunciation was "S-EW", it would be spelled SeW. Anyone can look at SOW and understand how to pronounce it without additional information. "S-EW" requires explanation why it is being pronounced that way. :D

[Telin]

I usually call it by its full name when reading the acronym. However, I like the more unique pronunciation since sew and so are very common.

[Luethar]

Actually it can go both ways. Here is the definition from Dictionary.com with the pronounciatins: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sow?s=t&path=/

Could be either? Now is that eeether or iiither?

Lue.

[nilbog]

More votes

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12341
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9758

[Reubin]

It's an acronym so the pronunciation is "Spirit of Wolf". ;)

Personally I'm in the pig camp...it's just the way that sounds right to me. I've had friends say SoW as "so" and I consider both correct if you're going to pronounce the acronym.

[Spacebar]

Really surprised the piggies are in the minority here. But then again, there are people who pronounce Luclin as Luke-lin.

[Vermouth]

I voted and pronounce as "so", along with everyone else I have ever played with since 1999 including IRL friends and people I have spoken to on Vent.

[Nikon]

Always said it like the female pig pronunciation because that was how my cousin said it to me when he introduced me to the game. Never thought twice about it after.

[CrazyHorse]

SEW!

[NegaStoat]

Ever since before Kunark's launch, it was "SO" to me.

Richie Truxillo's song from then clued me in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=docIivLv7zs

[Sarius]

You people in the sew camp have some serious problems. This is not an opinion poll, y'all are just.plain.wrong!!!

[Calibix]

I've figured with the acronym being SoW, more emphasis should be put on the capital 'W' than with a pronunciation that matches "so". You're attempting to communicate Spirit of Wolf, after all.

Agreed. Pig for life.

[anotherone]

i have yet to hear someone do the pig pronunciation without making me laugh irl. because im mature.

embroidery ftw!

[Anichek]

People who say "so" are also the people who say "kwey-noes" instead of "key-noes", or think the moon is "loose-lin" instead of "luck-lin"

They be trippin.

[lecompte]

... You mean key-no-s

[Anichek]

... You mean key-no-s

Thanks for the correction...we're on the same page here methinks.

[falkun]

"kwey-noes"

Wait, that's not correct?

[NegaStoat]

People who say "so" are also the people who say "kwey-noes" instead of "key-noes", or think the moon is "loose-lin" instead of "luck-lin"

They be trippin. Untrue. Key-noes and Luck-lin forever. But with SoW, I was never comfortable asking a druid for a pig. "Sew" had more dignity to it.

[anotherone]

Untrue. Key-noes and Luck-lin forever. But with SoW, I was never comfortable asking a druid for a pig. "Sew" had more dignity to it.

someone gets it. get out of here anichek!

[myriverse]

Untrue. Key-noes and Luck-lin forever. But with SoW, I was never comfortable asking a druid for a pig. "Sew" had more dignity to it.
Tree-huggers, right?

They're the authoritah on sowing seeds.

[senna]

All I know is people who dont pronounce Gif as Jif should be exterminated

[Anichek]

SoW is an abbreviation, take the O in of makes a uh sound and the W in wolf does not make a woe sound. so its is pronounced Sew as in a needle pulling thread.

It is not an abbreviation, it is an acronym. Like LASER and NASCAR

[HawkMasterson1999]

I think the key is using the sound that each word begins with. "Of" makes an oh sound.

[Sarius]

Kay-nos forever

[Sarius]

Qiynos = keynos

[HawkMasterson1999]

I must be the only person who thought it should be pronounced "loosh lin". If its not that though its definitely "loose lin". My nephew is named Lucian (means of the light or something similar) and its pronounced "loosh ee an"

I have to assume the name Luclin also refers to being of light and should probably be pronounced similarly.

[nilbog]

sew, kay-nos, and loose-lin for me

[SamwiseRed]

sow as in cow

kay nos

luck lin

[Sarius]

OMG Bog, say it ain't so! You got 1/3 correct = 33%. You're failing bro!

[Sarius]

sow as in cow

kay nos

luck lin

Never though the voice of reason would come from red, I must be on the wrong server!

[Rhambuk]

Nilbog be trollin

[mtb tripper]

its all about the joshua tree

[Langrisser]

SoW = CoW
Qeynos = KWAY-nose
Luclin = LUKE lin (hard C like tolkien, platemail of Celeborn)


any other pronun is unamerican. gtfo. this is murican game bitches.

[August]

SSSSS-OW

QWAY-NOES

Loose-Lin

this is how it is

[Rysky]

So with a w or ow with an s. ooooohhhhhhh snaaaaappp

[LordSterben]

Sow like the pig.

it's "Key-nos!!!!!!" be-tee-dubs.

[gotrocks]

Exactly. It's been sow with a short o since 1999 when I played in a computer shop with 24 computers. Every person called it that...

Every person you knew, maybe.

But it really is sOW (as in, OW! my toe!). There was a video somewhere that had verant employees saying the abbreviation and they pronounced it the way I just described.

No, I don't have proof of this, and no, it doesn't matter because it's a fictional abbreviation and you can pronounce it however you want!!




















































Except not really because it's pronounced sOW!

[Nirgon]

These threads =

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKNrYb0s3xc

[myriverse]

Everybody silly. Druids are gaelics, so it's really pronounced SHOW!

[Erectus]

SSSSS-OW

QWAY-NOES

Loose-Lin

this is how it is

You're completely ignorant. None of those are correct.

It has been pronounced the following way since FOREVER and you're dumb if you say it otherwise.

SEW

KAY-NOS... I dont know where the f you get the qway when there is clearly no W sound in Qeynos.

Luke-lin or Luck-lin... if you say Loose-lin you have downs syndrome


People who live in cities and have educations say them all this way... people living in middle-america say them your way.
I'm not going to explain why, you people who disagree are just retarded. GG enjoy in-breeding.

[gotrocks]

^^ wow, this guy (erectus) takes the fictional pronunciation of words far too seriously.

KAY-NOS... I dont know where the f you get the qway when there is clearly no W sound in Qeynos. This quote is here in case you try to change your post later when you realize how foolish and 'inbred/retarded/middle-american' you are compared to us people 'living in cities with educations who all say it the right way'

And by the way erectus, you educated genius you, you paragon of enunciation and pronunciation, you elegant intellect you, you're fucking wrong about how 'kaynos' is pronounced, which makes you not only uneducated and inbred, but also gloriously stupid for trying to insult everyone when you dont even know what you're talking about.

Qeynos is pronounced 'KEE-nOS' (as in NOS that you put in a car to make it go faster). And before you argue about how smart you are and all that other stupid bullshit, here's a link to a youtube video that has SMED (you know, the lead producer on EQ, im sure he's an uneducated inbred whatever other stupid insult you decided to hurl at us neanderthals) at around 2:15 in the video pronouncing 'kaynos' as 'KEE-nos'.... along with every other member of the EQ dev team. so, you know, check what you're saying before you spray your drivel all over our forums, thanks. Fairly certain you're wrong about the other two, but i'm just too tired to verify right now. Judging by your arrogance and general lack of fact checking before hurling insults, however, its safe to assume you're incorrect.

Also, since when did server chat become so negative? usually when threads devolve into this they get moved right away, so far more than one thread has turned into a flame war and hasn't been shipped off to rnf... hmmm....

[Spitty]

Gotrocks, your work as of late has been exemplary. The team wants to recognize your efforts with this plastic statuette of Lewis Black's bust, and a $10 coupon to Outback Steakhouse (cannot be applied to liquor sales or happy hour menu items).

[Hamahakki]

It rhymes with "bow"

As in "Just ask for a sow, I'll give it with a bow"

[Samoht Farstrider]

This is how I always pronounced them

Sow as in cow
Keynose
Lukelin

[myriverse]

So, not "bow" as in "bow to your partner?"

[Hamahakki]

I wrote intentionally so it could be either :)

[Gustoo]

Sew up my jacket

Cast sow on me.

like the Bow Flex.

[Gustoo]

True, but Tow and Toe are pronounced the same...

that sums it up for me. I don't think of it as a pig.