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Kashemia · **08-06-2010, 02:19 PM**

I know we've all cringed over a "rouge" or a "drani". Every game have some words or sentences that people just can't seem to get right, and of course it is the same for FFXIV.

This list is not a place to call people out or make fun of them, but simply a place for people to get wiser Smile

So list the words you see misspelled, misused or in other way mistreated, and how it SHOULD be.

I'll start myself.

Miqo'te
I've seen it spelled Mi'qote, Mikote, Mikhote, and of course Mithra. The catcirls in FFXIV are called Miqo'te.

Keepers of the Moon, Seekers of the Sun
It's understandable that these ones gets mixed up, but I quite often see people calling them "Keepers of the Sun", and that is actually not correct. It is Keepers of the Moon or Seekers of the Sun.

Tadir · **08-06-2010, 02:23 PM**

I still can't pronounce Roegadyn.

Kashemia · **08-06-2010, 02:24 PM**

I have HUGE problems saying Thaumaturge myself.

Asyria · **08-06-2010, 02:30 PM**

Keepers of the Moon -keep- the moon and Seekers of the sun -seek- the sun... Guess we know which side is better at herding astral objects, uh? Tongue

But yes, when someone talks about 'rouge' I immediately engage into makeup talk. Try it!
"I'm a rouge."
"Hmm, don't think you'd look so good on my lips, sorry."

I do have trouble with Miqo'te myself, but to remember, I think about Misquote!

Also, most of what's been mentioned above confuses me, as well as Limsa Lominsa (which I just had to check. I'm never sure where's the M's and the N's.

No trouble with Thaumaturge though, because I knew that word before. As for everything.. they're all new words so I'll have trouble with them until I get used to them.

ArmachiA · **08-06-2010, 02:33 PM**

Tadir Wrote:I still can't pronounce Roegadyn.

I just call them Garka.

Tadir · **08-06-2010, 02:34 PM**

Thaumaturge isn't an issue for me. Limsa Lominsa, however, I have never once gotten correct without checking.

And I used to give so much crap to people who claimed to be rouges.

Aveline · **08-06-2010, 02:39 PM**

The names of the gods are what get me. I constantly have to look up Nymeia, for example. "Roegadyn" just sounds so clunky on the tongue, I usually shorten it to Roeg (pronouncing it "rogue").

Tadir · **08-06-2010, 02:40 PM**

Not rouge?

Aveline · **08-06-2010, 02:42 PM**

Maybe if they put in female Roegadyns? :mrgreen:

Renaise · **08-06-2010, 03:18 PM**

How is Roegadyn pronounced anyway?

I've been using Row-Ga-Din

Iroh · **08-06-2010, 03:33 PM**

Renaise Wrote:How is Roegadyn pronounced anyway?

I've been using Row-Ga-Din

I usually pronounce it "Rogue-a-din." It makes me laugh, I think of a Rogue that can heal himself and be all righteous. >.>

One thing I can never remember is how to spell La... Lala.. Lafalafel. Whatever.

Renaise · **08-06-2010, 03:46 PM**

I remember it as talking about a toppled teletubby...

La la Fell...

Lalafell Big Grin

Iroh · **08-06-2010, 03:58 PM**

Man, I wish FFXIV had a Meerkat race now... and one of the classes was "Brandy Snifter."

Axl · **08-06-2010, 03:59 PM**

th-ow-ma-turj

blueblacksky · **08-06-2010, 04:00 PM**

It reads to me as Row-ga-din.

Taking a quick look at the Japanese site to see how they pronounce it.

Ã£ÂƒÂ’Ã£ÂƒÂ¥Ã£ÂƒÂ¼Ã£ÂƒÂ©Ã£ÂƒÂ³
Hiyuran
'Hyur'

Hm. Shortened to Hyur in North American for some reason.

Ã£ÂƒÂŸÃ£Â‚Â³Ã£ÂƒÂƒÃ£ÂƒÂ†
Mikote
'Miqo'te'

I see they translated the small Ã£ÂƒÂƒ particle into an apostrophe. Same pronunciation though.

Ã£ÂƒÂ©Ã£ÂƒÂ©Ã£ÂƒÂ•Ã£Â‚Â§Ã£ÂƒÂ«
Rarafueru
'Lalafell'

R and L are the same in Japanese really. So this is unchanged.

Ã£Â‚Â¨Ã£ÂƒÂ¬Ã£Â‚Â¼Ã£ÂƒÂ³
Erezen
'Elezen'

R and L again. Unchanged.

Ã£ÂƒÂ«Ã£Â‚Â¬Ã£ÂƒÂ‡Ã£Â‚Â£Ã£ÂƒÂ³
Rugadein
'Roegadyn'

This one is tricky. They changed the first syllable to a 'row' from a 'ru' sound. There's no way to read 'roe' in English as 'roo'. The last bit 'dein' might read as 'dane' to an English audience. But the small Ã£Â‚Â£ makes it more of a 'den'. This one is actually changed enough to cause confusion between players. Rugadin for the Japanese and Roegadyn for the English.

Oddly enough the Japanese site still has Roegadyn under Ã£ÂƒÂ«Ã£Â‚Â¬Ã£ÂƒÂ‡Ã£Â‚Â£Ã£ÂƒÂ³.

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