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<blockquote data-quote="mhacdebhandia" data-source="post: 2168312" data-attributes="member: 18832">It doesn't annoy me so much as just sound silly to my ear, but some of my university gaming friends have always said &quot;ay-oh-pee&quot; (AoP) for attacks of opportunity.I knew someone in high school who pronounced the Dragonlance deity &quot;Paladine&quot; exactly the same as &quot;paladin&quot;. At least he had the latter correct. However, his first shot at the correct pronunciation for the former when I mentioned he had it wrong was good old &quot;puh-LAD-in&quot;. Gah.My friends' solution to the problem of &quot;bulette&quot; is a Simpsons reference:&quot;Oh, boo-LAY, aren't we all fancy?&quot;&quot;Well, what do you call it?&quot;&quot;Landshark!&quot;I've run into &quot;lick&quot; for &quot;lich&quot; before, sadly.Some of the older members of my university gaming circle played First Edition AD&amp;D, so they occasionally slip and call &quot;shugenja&quot; by the old name &quot;shukenja&quot;.I shudder to think what some of the more science-oriented and literarily-challenged of my gaming friends would make of an Arcana Evolved name like &quot;sibeccai&quot;, even with a pronunciation key.Despite the old TSR pronunciation files, I know of no-one who says &quot;mod-RONE&quot;, it's always &quot;MOD-ron&quot; and I fully support it. We also prefer &quot;BAH-teh-zoo&quot; rather than &quot;bay-AH-te-zoo&quot;. Think &quot;Haagen-Dasz&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mhacdebhandia, post: 2168312, member: 18832"] It doesn't annoy me so much as just sound silly to my ear, but some of my university gaming friends have always said "ay-oh-pee" (AoP) for attacks of opportunity. I knew someone in high school who pronounced the Dragonlance deity "Paladine" exactly the same as "paladin". At least he had the latter correct. However, his first shot at the correct pronunciation for the former when I mentioned he had it wrong was good old "puh-LAD-in". Gah. My friends' solution to the problem of "bulette" is a Simpsons reference: "Oh, boo-LAY, aren't we all fancy?" "Well, what do you call it?" "Landshark!" I've run into "lick" for "lich" before, sadly. Some of the older members of my university gaming circle played First Edition AD&D, so they occasionally slip and call "shugenja" by the old name "shukenja". I shudder to think what some of the more science-oriented and literarily-challenged of my gaming friends would make of an [i][b]Arcana Evolved[/b][/i] name like "sibeccai", even with a pronunciation key. Despite the old TSR pronunciation files, I know of no-one who says "mod-RONE", it's always "MOD-ron" and I fully support it. We also prefer "BAH-teh-zoo" rather than "bay-AH-te-zoo". Think "Haagen-Dasz". [/QUOTE]

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