Is "Justiciar" the new "Rogue?"

[TPK]

I am a Latin purist, and since the word is derived from Latin, it should be pronounced "Justikiar."

That would be classical latin. In medieval latin, from the time of actual knights in shining armour, it would indeed be "Justisiar".

 

[Knight Otu]

i onced used boni as plural of bonus on andy collins website i think... don´t ask how long that following argument was...

That isn't wrong... in other languages.

I recently learned, from unrelated circumstances, that I also used the non-word Justicar rather the real Justiciar. Don't ask me where I picked that up, though...

I prefer it when, within the limits of common sense, D&D repackage real historical term with a fantasy twist rather than inventing a whole new one.

There's an interesting link about that sort of thing, actually.

 

[ArmoredSaint]

Regardless of which is the "official" spelling, I'll continue to use Justicar. It just sounds better.

Really? "Just-a-car" sounds better to you? I mean--to each, his own, and all--but....wow.... You're leaving a whole syllable out...

 

[Brennin Magalus]

Surely in Latin it's pronounced, "Yuh-Sticky-Ar" ?

Yes. That is true of both Classical and Ecclesiastical Latin.

 

[Kunimatyu]

Should have been "Justicator".

Everyone loves justicating things.

 

[Brennin Magalus]

That would be classical latin. In medieval latin, from the time of actual knights in shining armour, it would indeed be "Justisiar".

Actually, ci=ch in Medieval (or Ecclesiastical) Latin.

 

[Brennin Magalus]

You must get a lot of funny looks every day, if you pronounce every Latin-derived word as if it were Latin.

I was being facetious.

 

[ArmoredSaint]

Yes. That is true of both Classical and Ecclesiastical Latin.

Actually, shouldn't it be "You-Stee-Chee-Arr" in Ecclesiastical Latin?

according to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_spelling_and_pronunciation

C denotes [tʃ] (as in English ch) before AE, OE, E, I or Y.

EDIT: D'oh! Beaten to it.

 

[Knight Otu]

Really? "Just-a-car" sounds better to you? I mean--to each, his own, and all--but....wow....

I'm probably killing all pronunciation rules to death, but I would assume that Justicar would be pronounced approximately "Jus-tee-car" instead. I'm not really sure where the first "a" comes from in your proposed pronunciation.

 

[Surgoshan]

Technically, it's not an "a" in the middle of "justacar", it's a schwa.