How to pronounce SoW debate

[jarshale]

These results are blowing my mind

[LGraves]

My newb brother calls it boots buff. He doesn't even read the spell icon.

I always said S-O-W. I hate when people call it sow.. as in cow. A cow isn't going to run that fast.

Good debate topic though.

[kaev]

Obv it is SoW as in WoW because it's easy mode when you can outrun the mobs.

[Bboboo]

So glad that the majority of people around here don't have their head on backwards.

[maskedmelon]

Never surprised to find an unaware majority.

I am curious though how most people ask for it.

Do you generally ask something like:

"could you spare a/some sow?" or

"will you sow me please?"

I think to avoid confusion we ought to embrace differ ing pronunciations based on grammatical identity (noun/verb).

[Telin]

There are many more words that we may all pronounce differently. Like in this Allakazham post from 2001.

SOW -- Why just like Cow of course.
Guk -- Rhymes with "luck"
Tizmak -- First syllable rhymes with Wiz, second like Mack.
Klok -- "Clock" of course.
Kaesora -- "Kay" + "sore" + "uh". Emphasis on second syllable
Damask -- Sort of like "The Mask"
Sebilis -- First Syllable rhymes with Deb, then "ill" + "iss" with the emphasis on the first syllable.
Innoruuk -- "In" + "or" + "ook" as in "look"
Teir'Dal -- "Tear" (as in crying) + "Doll"
Feerrott -- "Fear" + "Rot"
Kael Drakkal -- "Kale" + "drack" + "all"
Cabilis -- "Cab" + "eel" + "iss". emphasis on the second syllable.
Ry'Gorr -- "Rye" + "Gore"
Rathe -- like "wrath"
Ankhefenmut -- ank as in "hank" + "uh" + fen as in "pen" + Mutt as in a dog with the emphasis on the first and third syllable.
Luclin -- I used to pronounce this "Loose"lin, but was told by the folks at Sony that they pronounce it "Luck"lin. Amazing how they can mispronounce their own game isn't it?
Drakkel -- "drack" + "ill". Emphasis on the first syllable.
Ulthork -- Ull as in "pull" + thork as in "fork". Emphasis on the first syllable.
Rowyl -- Rhymes with "Howl"
Froglok -- "frog" plus "lock". How else?
Solusek -- Sol as in "Doll" plus "loose" plus sek as in "wreck". Emphasis on the second syllable.

[Big_Japan]

Originally Posted by Telin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There are many more words that we may all pronounce differently. Like in this Allakazham post from 2001.

SOW -- Why just like Cow of course.
Guk -- Rhymes with "luck"
Tizmak -- First syllable rhymes with Wiz, second like Mack.
Klok -- "Clock" of course.
Kaesora -- "Kay" + "sore" + "uh". Emphasis on second syllable
Damask -- Sort of like "The Mask"
Sebilis -- First Syllable rhymes with Deb, then "ill" + "iss" with the emphasis on the first syllable.
Innoruuk -- "In" + "or" + "ook" as in "look"
Teir'Dal -- "Tear" (as in crying) + "Doll"
Feerrott -- "Fear" + "Rot"
Kael Drakkal -- "Kale" + "drack" + "all"
Cabilis -- "Cab" + "eel" + "iss". emphasis on the second syllable.
Ry'Gorr -- "Rye" + "Gore"
Rathe -- like "wrath"
Ankhefenmut -- ank as in "hank" + "uh" + fen as in "pen" + Mutt as in a dog with the emphasis on the first and third syllable.
Luclin -- I used to pronounce this "Loose"lin, but was told by the folks at Sony that they pronounce it "Luck"lin. Amazing how they can mispronounce their own game isn't it?
Drakkel -- "drack" + "ill". Emphasis on the first syllable.
Ulthork -- Ull as in "pull" + thork as in "fork". Emphasis on the first syllable.
Rowyl -- Rhymes with "Howl"
Froglok -- "frog" plus "lock". How else?
Solusek -- Sol as in "Doll" plus "loose" plus sek as in "wreck". Emphasis on the second syllable.

If you disagree with most of this list you're an inbred fuck.

The only ones up for debate:
Rathe (i say wraith but i dont have a strong opinion)
Innoruuk (i match what is said above, but would accept differences without judging)
Feerrott (fear-row, but I'm not really sure if thinking the t's are silent has any basis in reality)
Cabilis (cab-ill-iss)
Luclin (look-lin; loose-lin may actually be more accurate now that I think about it. The way the underpaid hicks at SOE pronounce it is irrelevant.)

That's mostly nitpicking and the rest of it isn't even questionable. Sow versus sew is clearly settled; the majority of p99 players are terrible shitties and that same majority prefers "sew", so we know sao is the only righteous way of speaking this one.

[Borak]

Originally Posted by Telin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There are many more words that we may all pronounce differently. Like in this Allakazham post from 2001.

SOW -- Why just like Cow of course.
Guk -- Rhymes with "luck"
Tizmak -- First syllable rhymes with Wiz, second like Mack.
Klok -- "Clock" of course.
Kaesora -- "Kay" + "sore" + "uh". Emphasis on second syllable
Damask -- Sort of like "The Mask"
Sebilis -- First Syllable rhymes with Deb, then "ill" + "iss" with the emphasis on the first syllable.
Innoruuk -- "In" + "or" + "ook" as in "look"
Teir'Dal -- "Tear" (as in crying) + "Doll"
Feerrott -- "Fear" + "Rot"
Kael Drakkal -- "Kale" + "drack" + "all"
Cabilis -- "Cab" + "eel" + "iss". emphasis on the second syllable.
Ry'Gorr -- "Rye" + "Gore"
Rathe -- like "wrath"
Ankhefenmut -- ank as in "hank" + "uh" + fen as in "pen" + Mutt as in a dog with the emphasis on the first and third syllable.
Luclin -- I used to pronounce this "Loose"lin, but was told by the folks at Sony that they pronounce it "Luck"lin. Amazing how they can mispronounce their own game isn't it?
Drakkel -- "drack" + "ill". Emphasis on the first syllable.
Ulthork -- Ull as in "pull" + thork as in "fork". Emphasis on the first syllable.
Rowyl -- Rhymes with "Howl"
Froglok -- "frog" plus "lock". How else?
Solusek -- Sol as in "Doll" plus "loose" plus sek as in "wreck". Emphasis on the second syllable.

I agree with most of that. However, I differ in the pronunciation of Guk. On its surface, I can see why people think it rhymes with luck. But to me it always sounded similar to the way you pronounce Rook, the chess piece. Not the racist word, hey! Just the sound of the word Rook, except beginning with G, if that makes sense.

[Big_Japan]

Originally Posted by Borak [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just the sound of the word Rook, except beginning with G, if that makes sense.

nape riggers

[Borak]

Sigh, I tried to make that message as nice as possible to avoid crappy replies, I guess I failed.