Alberta, Canada...weather at it's finest.

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  1. DarkFool

    DarkFool Nemesis of the Ancients

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    Alright, alright, I miss-spelled Norwegian, leave me alone. I spell it how everyone around here pronounces it.
     
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    I don't know, since I am no expert on ancient countries. Maybe there was an indian country called that back in the days, and he is going to claim the land where it used to lie?
     
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    I've always pronounced it Nor-we-jen, not Nor-wayne.
     
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    I grew up in western Washington, and I never heard it pronounced 'Norweign.' Just saying.
     
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    QFE
     
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    DarkFool Nemesis of the Ancients

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    Alright, well, we do pronounce it Norwegian. It's just that when I read it, I read Nor-wee-jee-ian. Which sounds positively retarded. I read things a little differently. When I look at Norweign, I think Norwegian. *shrugs* I'm a little off. Let it alone.
     
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    Dark Elf Administrator Staff Member

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  9. DarkFool

    DarkFool Nemesis of the Ancients

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    Niggah, please
     
  11. DarkFool

    DarkFool Nemesis of the Ancients

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    Oh fuck. Some of my former-friends were obsessed with that little bitch's videos. I refuse to give attention to someone that pitiful. He's up there with Jack Thompson and Ken Hutcherson. Oh, and I realize the irony in saying that I don't like giving them attention, then liking to the second one, but I think he's more of a locally known asshole than an internationally known asshole. Simply put, he's very very anti-gay rights.

    Also, if we're wanting to ridicule my speech, I just realized that it was Arr-cane-uhm. I was saying it Arr-can-uhm.
     
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    To be fair, that's how I usually say it as well when talking to other Swedes, even though I know it's wrong. Pronouncing it in my own language just feels more natural.
     
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    If makes you feel any better I always thought Tarant was emphasized on the first syllabol instead of the second. So I pronounced it as in (Tar-ant) instead of (Ta-rant).

    I also thought the "a" in the middle of Arcanum was short, not long. R-can-um sounds better though to my yankee ears.
     
  14. DarkFool

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    I agree, and actually, I did the same with Tarant. I'm trying to correct myself, lol. I like the way R-can-um sounds, because when I hear Ar-cane-um in the game, I think just "Arcane," which isn't an accurate name in the least, when you factor Vendigroth.
     
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    Am I the only onw acutally using the real pronounciation here?
     
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    Grossenschwamm Well-Known Member

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    Could have guessed.

    By the way, sorry for the "onw".
     
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    DarkFool Nemesis of the Ancients

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    My god, your nation really did get the crap kicked outta it, didn't it? Just look at the condition of that poor fence!
     
  20. Grossenschwamm

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    That's actually my punitive fence. I have it looking that way all the damn time, so I can make people paint it.
    Of course, right now all of my fences look this way.
     
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