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[Dannyalcatraz]

I didn't want to derail this thread:

http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-discussion/310396-delete-me.html

A word pops up on these boards that I fully understand the meaning of, but have never actuall heard in use.

So: how is "grognard" pronounced? Is it pronounced like it looks- "grog-nard"- more in keeping with its French origins- "gro-nyar"- or something else- like "luxury yacht"?

 

[Ettin]

Gro-nyar or this is good enough if you want to be French about it, but most English speakers will be fine with grog-nard.

 

[Bullgrit]

I pronounce it like melee.

Bullgrit

 

[Mark CMG]

Drow as in cow and,
The groggy are nards,
Mee-lee, and how and,
The sword is in shards,

The system is broken,
And nerfed is the thing,
The fluff all unspoken,
With crunch on the wing,

Old school may be out and,
New races are inner,
Roleplayers will rout when,
The game's getting thinner,

But what has been forged?
GMS? (please see "indie"),
Rule books all engorged,
And it's still our D&D?

So keep rolling the dice,
And take heart where you can,
It'll be but a trice,
New edition at hand,

Through a planned obsolescence,
Old books will be shelved,
With your acquiescence,
After dungeons you've delved,

There's a place for all gamers,
At a table or two,
Just ignore the defamers,
Buy into the new,

It's disposable income,
Not essential, you know,
Spend and then then some,
Til it's all gone then go,

To a place in a world,
Where your Elf can be free,
With banners unfurled,
Cause it's still D&D.

 

[RainOfSteel]

Grognard = Grog-nard. It's pronounced just as it appears.

The groggy are nards,

Yes I am.

And no, I can't give you any more XP today.

 

[Keeper of Secrets]

For better or for worse, I hear the word pronounced a lot and when I hear it, it is 'grog-nard.'

 

[TarionzCousin]

I pronounce it "Ohl-Dskulehr."

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

I've always heard it "gronyerd", but it's not a word I hear spoken very often.

Of course, there's also just "grog" from those using it derogatorily. This one I've heard a fair bit last few years.

 

[Relique du Madde]

I have on occasion misspelled it as "gonard" and "gonad."

 

[Thanael]

It's pronounced 'Throatwobbler Mangrove'.