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Tadir · **08-06-2010, 04:12 PM**

Actually, thaw mah terj

Darkfae · **08-06-2010, 05:03 PM**

Aveline Wrote: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").

I'm still trying to memorize the entire FFXIV pantheon too. For some reason, it's been a lot harder than it was in other games, though that may just be due to how sparse the information is about each one - I really haven't seen anything beyond the little blurbs in the character creation screens.

As for pronunciation, I tend to lean toward Japanese-esque annunciations. So "Roegadyn" struck me as Row-aa-gah-dyen.

Boots · **08-06-2010, 05:51 PM**

I could have sworn it was Tau-ma-turj.

But apparently, I'm wrong. the TH is correct.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=thaumaturgist&submit=Submit">http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=t ... mit=Submit</a>

Tadir · **08-06-2010, 06:29 PM**

Thaum refers to magic in fantasy terminology. It is pronounced thawm.

Thaumaturge is one who works magic.

Kashemia · **08-06-2010, 06:59 PM**

Tadir Wrote:Thaum refers to magic in fantasy terminology. It is pronounced thawm.

Thaumaturge is one who works magic.

I had no idea! Thank you for that explanation, that makes so much sense Tongue

Tadir · **08-06-2010, 07:07 PM**

For anyone really interested...
<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaumaturgy">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaumaturgy</a>
and
<a class="postlink" href="http://thaum.net">http://thaum.net</a>

Rikitiki · **08-06-2010, 07:50 PM**

Although I'm pretty sure it wasn't canon, sometimes my FFXI character (Ruro-Kuro) would discuss obscure points of magical theory, in which a "thaum" was a unit of measurement of magical power. I'm pretty sure I appropriated that from Terry Pratchett's Discworld, though. Tongue

Tadir · **08-06-2010, 08:53 PM**

I love you

Thaumaturgy was an accepted term outside of the diskworld, but Terry Pratchett was the one who claimed the thaum as the basic unit of magic.

Eltharian · **08-07-2010, 09:23 PM**

Pugilist

How is that pronounced?

Pew-gil-ist
Pew-jil-ist
pug-il-ist
Huh

Tyriont · **08-07-2010, 09:32 PM**

pyoo-juh-list

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pugilist

So your second option would be the closest one.

Eltharian · **08-07-2010, 09:36 PM**

Ahh ok, thanks. Big Grin

Tadir · **08-07-2010, 11:04 PM**

Wow, I never realized that. I always pronounced it Pew Gah List.

Pew Jah List huh?

Satisiun · **08-08-2010, 12:02 PM**

Aveline Wrote:Maybe if they put in female Roegadyns? :mrgreen:

Baby steps. First they need to actually implement female Highlander Hyurs. Tongue

Aveline · **08-08-2010, 12:12 PM**

Satisiun Wrote:
Aveline Wrote:Maybe if they put in female Roegadyns? :mrgreen:

Baby steps. First they need to actually implement female Highlander Hyurs.

What? Square-Enix actually implement something that people want? Oh, such dreams, such dreams..

Any~way, something I've noticed is that a lot of people still refer to the world as Eorzea, when Hydaelyn (sp? I never remember where the "a" goes) is the name of the world itself. Eorzea = Aldenard continent and Vylbrand island.

Garaf · **08-08-2010, 01:43 PM**

I am still, and likely always will, refer to them as Galka. And I will frequently call the others Mithra, Tarus, Elvaan, and Humes. Given this very particular scenario with SE "adapting" the previous races (and the fact I find the previous names to be easier to say/remember/use) I find little problem with this (so long as it's not in an IC context). Especially since I imagine most of the people who'll play XIV also played XI so they'll be familiar with these terms.

I also keep trying to devise new abbreviations for the classes. So far I'm up to PUG, THM, ACR, GLD, MAD, BOT, MNR, etc. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were already a list of these up somewhere that have been all approved and discussed and such and I'm just woefully uninformed. Tongue

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