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How do you pronounce "Arcanum"

  1. ar·cain·num

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    58.3%
  2. ar·can·num

    3 vote(s)
    25.0%
  3. ar·car·num

    1 vote(s)
    8.3%
  4. other because I'm weird

    1 vote(s)
    8.3%
  1. Muro

    Muro Well-Known Member

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    There is wisdom in this.

    I usually pronounce it Ar-car-num with the second silent R and so does anyone else around here. Even though I'm aware Ar-key-num is the correct pronunciation, saying it like that while speaking Polish would actually sound quite pretentious because of the overcorrection.

    That being said, Terra Arcanum is usually Terra Ar-car-num for me, though I mentally and/or verbally switch to the correct pronunciation when my brain switches to English.
     
  2. Grossenschwamm

    Grossenschwamm Well-Known Member

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    Are-can-um.

    That's how I say it, despite having heard it properly pronounced in-game. Mainly to spite the guy I bought the game from in the first place. He said "Arcaynum," but then somehow pronounced "elite plate" as "elight plate." So screw that guy.
     
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    harpinche New Member

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    Another way I could see it pronounced would be ar-kuh-num. But the English language tries to add its own spin on anything. So I figured it seemed pretty normal to pronounce the word as ar-kay-num.
     
  4. Dark Elf

    Dark Elf Administrator Staff Member

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    Most Swedes would pronounce it "Ar-kah-num". I pronounce it the way it was pronounced in the official trailer though. :monocle:
     
  5. Seriously Hurt Sir

    Seriously Hurt Sir New Member

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    I always assumed the two top options in the poll were just American and English pronunciation respectively.
     
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    praetorian New Member

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    are-cum-nom? :roll:

    ...in my language simply "arkánum".
     
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