Pronounciation of Justiciar

[Simon Marks]

This is from a few years ago, before the dictionary started including both "aluminium" and "aluminum", with the former listed as a chiefly British version of the latter. The latter didn't exist before us yanks decided to pronounce the word incorrectly. After time, it went into the dictionary. Now that it's in there, it's the correct version.

That may not be true...

Do I get my opinion?

Dictionaries do not define a language, they are a snapshot of it.

They are the map, not the territory.

It doesn't say what the language should be, just what it currently is.

If everyone in the UK pronounces 'government' without articulating the 'n' (and most do) then the dictionary is incorrect because it doesn't describe the language as currently spoken.

 

[ArmoredSaint]

I'll ignore the rest of your veiled derision because your nick is taken from one of the most underappreciated bands ever.

Thank ya.

There needs to be a rockin'-out smiley throwin' up the horns here...

 

[Ulthwithian]

Regardless of its pronunciation, I'd like to thank WotC for using the correct spelling of the term, both here and with kensei (it's not kensai).

Now, if they also avoided the complementary/complimentary fiasco I see everywhere these days, I might have to send Ms. Carter a wonderful gift for proving her mad editing skills.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

Personally, I will be pronouncing the A near the end: juss-TISH-ee-ar.

"Justicar" is not how the word is spelled and not how it could possibly be pronounced.

Plus, I'm pretty sure it was the name of a stupid Camarilla roving intercity sheriff idea in Vampire: The Masquerade.

 

[Aeolius]

Just Stickier

 

[Larrin]

Hey, D&D is full of words you really have to make up the pronunciation for anyway (Tiefling, assimar, kuo-tao, yuan-ti, smurfnevvvlyn) some of them are from real words, some are completely made up, so the average joe-i-don't-look-every-word-up-in-the-dictionary really has no reason to think the word justiciar is anymore real than justicar, and no reason to pronounce either anyway other than he chooses. Pronunciation is mostly houseruled anyway. (pronuncation? ouch. maybe the sticklers have a point.....)

 

[wedgeski]

This is from a few years ago, before the dictionary started including both "aluminium" and "aluminum", with the former listed as a chiefly British version of the latter. The latter didn't exist before us yanks decided to pronounce the word incorrectly. After time, it went into the dictionary. Now that it's in there, it's the correct version.

I can feel the blood boiling in my English veins, sir!

 

[neceros]

Living near Seattle, Washington I have never heard it pronounced aluminium. Even my spell checker says "Wha?"

 

[Cam Banks]

Living near Seattle, Washington I have never heard it pronounced aluminium. Even my spell checker says "Wha?"

Because nobody here spells it that way. The two spellings were competing for each other at the same time after the metal was named, and it just so happens the US adopted the -um version rather than the British -ium.

Regardless, incorrect spelling propagated by gamer geeks is not equivalent to a culture-wide shift of acceptable pronunciation and spelling. Otherwise we'd have villians, rouges, and people loosing their minds.

Cheers,
Cam

 

[TPK]

I'm well aware that all languages are subject to drift and all that, however:

I'll take "Justiciar" over "Justicar" any day, because you can actually hear that the first word has something to do with justice, while the second one has to do with... cars?