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Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« on: September 05, 2010, 07:51:23 PM »
Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?

I have been saying it like nine (9) zool (rhymes with cool), but I have no idea if this is correct. I figure the "u" could be like in "bull" maybe.

Also, if you think you have some weird non-standard pronunciation, or nickname, do share!

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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2010, 08:14:24 PM »
I've never actually heard Chris pronounce it, but my guess is Nein as in the german word, and Zul as... as it looks ;)  With the short u sound.  Or, potentially as in "zool", basically like Zul-jin from WC2 or the many many "Zul" prefixes in WoW.
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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2010, 09:15:20 PM »
lol im with with keith, Neinzul seems really german..

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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2010, 09:27:36 PM »
I also agree with Keith, I can't think of it being pronounced any other way.

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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2010, 09:32:56 PM »
Keith said two different things... Which are you guys agreeing with?  ??? :)
Time to roll out another ball of death.

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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2010, 11:07:38 PM »
I've been pronouncing it "nayne-zool" (nein like rein but with an 'n', and then zul as in "Vengeance for Zul-jin" :p )*.  Never even occurred to me that it might be pronounced differently.  xD

*Before you ask, I've never played WoW, but I'm a big fan of that other WarCraft game...

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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2010, 12:27:23 AM »
I've also been pronouncing it as quasi-German: nine - zool.
« Last Edit: September 06, 2010, 12:15:38 PM by Vinraith »

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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2010, 07:57:12 AM »
Keith said two different things... Which are you guys agreeing with?  ??? :)

It's how Vinraith wrote it.

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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2010, 08:06:23 AM »
Oh, if someone hunts up the recent interview Jordan Rivas did with Chris, there's probably an example in there ;)
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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2010, 12:14:59 PM »
I've been saying "Nine- zuhl."

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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2010, 01:00:20 PM »
Chris needs to record a tutorial video on how to pronounce all these wacky names; I wonder how he comes up with all this stuff, maybe with beer.

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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2010, 01:03:27 PM »
Now that Spikey mentions it, I'd been meaning to ask: is that "c" in Arcen hard or soft? I'd been assuming soft all this time...

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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2010, 05:55:12 PM »
I've been saying "Nine- zuhl."

That reads the same as 'Nine-zool' to me, zool as pronounced like school, cool, or pool. Zuhl works to in my book, I've never been big on phonetic spelling that dictionaries use.

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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2010, 09:42:05 PM »
I've been saying "Nine- zuhl."

That reads the same as 'Nine-zool' to me, zool as pronounced like school, cool, or pool. Zuhl works to in my book, I've never been big on phonetic spelling that dictionaries use.

Fine.

nine-z l

As in cup or up.

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Re: Whats the correct pronunciation of "Neinzul"?
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2010, 09:45:36 PM »
Maybe Chris is a fan of Ghostbusters?That's how I pronounce it.