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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 1550637" data-attributes="member: 5100">Lessee...&nbsp;In high school, after describing all the races to a new player, including how graceful, etc. elves were; he said, in total seriousness, &quot;You mean all elves are gay?&quot;&nbsp;An experienced player once asked during character creation, &quot;What do I roll for AC?&quot;&nbsp;Mispronounciations:&nbsp;In Mage: the Ascension, there is a stat called &quot;Arete&quot; that represents metaphysical understanding.&nbsp; After having a discussion with some people about what the right way to pronounce it was, I decided to go look it up so we got the right answer.&nbsp; Turns out there is a Greek (?) word 'ar-uh-TAY' that translates to 'enlightenment' and a French (?) word 'AR-eet' that means the spine of a mountain.&nbsp; When told this, they said (in effect), &quot;Well, neither really applies, so we'll use 'AR-eet'.&quot;&nbsp;I knew a fellow who used to say 'puh-LAHD-in' instead of 'PAL-ah-din'.&nbsp; This is even after shown a dictionary with the pronounciation key.&nbsp;And, everyone in my current group insists on saying 'chazm' instead of 'kazm' and 'PIE-tahn' instead of 'PEE-tahn'.&nbsp;Oh, for the record, I hadn't herd of a 'domino mask' either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 1550637, member: 5100"] Lessee... In high school, after describing all the races to a new player, including how graceful, etc. elves were; he said, in total seriousness, "You mean all elves are gay?" An experienced player once asked during character creation, "What do I roll for AC?" Mispronounciations: In Mage: the Ascension, there is a stat called "Arete" that represents metaphysical understanding. After having a discussion with some people about what the right way to pronounce it was, I decided to go look it up so we got the right answer. Turns out there is a Greek (?) word 'ar-uh-TAY' that translates to 'enlightenment' and a French (?) word 'AR-eet' that means the spine of a mountain. When told this, they said (in effect), "Well, neither really applies, so we'll use 'AR-eet'." I knew a fellow who used to say 'puh-LAHD-in' instead of 'PAL-ah-din'. This is even after shown a dictionary with the pronounciation key. And, [u]everyone[/u] in my current group insists on saying 'chazm' instead of 'kazm' and 'PIE-tahn' instead of 'PEE-tahn'. Oh, for the record, I hadn't herd of a 'domino mask' either. [/QUOTE]

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