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<blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 9603948" data-attributes="member: 6803643">Agreed, but it's an easy mistake to make and pronunciation differs between English dialects, let alone when translating into other languages but wanting to keep their own trademarked terms. Aasimon was introduced as a term in the TSR era to get the religious fear mongering off D&amp;D's back, just like Baatezu and Tanar'ri (and also were useful as terms they could trademark). Aasimar is a descendant term of this Angel-replacement term, but it's the one that stuck in the mainstream of the game. But its still sounds like &quot;ass&quot; to many people, even if the pronunciation is supposed to be &quot;awe-z.&quot; It's a difficult word to get away from the table snickerings. Reminds me of when in high school, I tried to introduce my own setting's names for High/Wood/Dark Elves, and my players just insisted on calling them Huey, Louie, and Dewey elves because the names were too difficult (and the H and D fit the joke).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marandahir, post: 9603948, member: 6803643"] Agreed, but it's an easy mistake to make and pronunciation differs between English dialects, let alone when translating into other languages but wanting to keep their own trademarked terms. Aasimon was introduced as a term in the TSR era to get the religious fear mongering off D&D's back, just like Baatezu and Tanar'ri (and also were useful as terms they could trademark). Aasimar is a descendant term of this Angel-replacement term, but it's the one that stuck in the mainstream of the game. But its still sounds like "ass" to many people, even if the pronunciation is supposed to be "awe-z." It's a difficult word to get away from the table snickerings. Reminds me of when in high school, I tried to introduce my own setting's names for High/Wood/Dark Elves, and my players just insisted on calling them Huey, Louie, and Dewey elves because the names were too difficult (and the H and D fit the joke). [/QUOTE]

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