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FaustWolf

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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #30 on: February 21, 2009, 05:27:44 pm »
Just out of curiosity, did he pronounce Cyrus S-eye-russ? That's what I've always thought, but given the name Cyril, which I pronounce See-rill, there may be other interpretations of the pronunciation.
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Boo the Gentleman Caller

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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #31 on: February 21, 2009, 05:33:44 pm »
Correct, Faustwolf.  It was like "sy-rus".

I aslo used to think Janus was pronounced like "Jay-nus", until I saw 007: Goldeneye.
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #32 on: February 21, 2009, 05:37:35 pm »
I pronounce Janus, Ya-nus at first, now I say Jan-us like the two-faced Greek God of doors.

@ boo: They are both men.
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #33 on: February 21, 2009, 05:47:17 pm »
Hahaha, I think I pronounced Janus Jay-nuss at first too. Man, I must have had a weird impression of Magus' Ocean Palace flashback back then...


Jay-nuss! Stay away!

Skull-ah!

Jay-nuuuuus!!

Skulllaaaaa!


I think several of us have expressed the same or similar perceptions of the character names at the 10/11 age threshold. We may have uncovered something about the development of human language...
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #34 on: February 21, 2009, 06:21:18 pm »
Scha as in Ma, La as in Luh
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #35 on: February 21, 2009, 06:35:47 pm »
How about Magus? Did any of you pronounced it as May-gus? lol
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #36 on: February 21, 2009, 06:38:14 pm »
I once pronounced it MAG-us as in "magazine," but now I pronounce it May-gus.
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #37 on: February 21, 2009, 06:52:00 pm »
Umm... I STILL say Mah-gus, hahaha...

Even though I know it's wrong.  It just feels to right.
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #38 on: February 21, 2009, 07:18:26 pm »
I always pronounce the 'Ma' as in 'Magic'.

Besides, isn't 'Magus' a Latin word?
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #39 on: February 21, 2009, 07:20:31 pm »
Ma as in May: Gus as in Gis
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #40 on: February 21, 2009, 07:22:03 pm »
Weird thread...

Anyway, I used to say MAY-jis (with jis sounding like gist) then MAG-us (mag like magazine) and now MAY-gis. Schala has always been SHAH-lah and Janus has always been JAY-nis--the stress always falls on the first syllable.
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #41 on: February 21, 2009, 09:11:02 pm »
Quote from: utunnels on February 21, 2009, 11:06:42 am
I read several replies, and I'm really shocked so many ones read "ska-what"..  :shock:
Doesn't Schnee or Schneider normal western names ? (I don't know how they are actually pronounced, but I think sk- will be veeeeery strange).
Perhaps that's a bad example, I don't know if there are special rules to pronounce a person's name...

Well, you wouldn't pronounce the word "schedule" as "SHED-yool" would you? It's pronounced "SKED-yool" (although I guess even that can be argued, especially if one is British  :D). I can probably think of other examples, but I just think "Skah-Lah" sounds better than "Shaw-lah".
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #42 on: February 21, 2009, 09:42:14 pm »
Sha-luh

Mayjus

Also; Mahr-Lee

I know they're wrong.
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #43 on: February 21, 2009, 09:58:41 pm »
As of late, I bounce back and forth between pronunciations of Magus and Janus.

Janus can be 'JAH-nus', 'IA-nus' (as in the Roman god of doors; they have no J), and 'ICK-el MAY-gus'.

Magus is almost always, though, 'MAY-gus', but sometimes I go all Roman with his name and call him 'MAH-gus', where 'gus' is more like 'goos'.

And for Marle... it's Marl. That's it. That's how they do it in Japan, yes? Besides, Marlee sounds wrong. I almost always turn that into Marlene.
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chrono eric

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Re: How do you pronounce 'Schala' ?
« Reply #44 on: February 21, 2009, 11:23:23 pm »
Quote from: teaflower on February 21, 2009, 09:58:41 pm
And for Marle... it's Marl. That's it. That's how they do it in Japan, yes? Besides, Marlee sounds wrong. I almost always turn that into Marlene.

Who cares how they pronounce it in Japan? "Marle", like "Harle", seems French and I pronounce both "Mar-lay" and "Har-lay".
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