How to pronounce KEI.

Discussion in 'Time Locked Progression Servers' started by Thewiz, Jan 3, 2021.

  1. Accipiter Old Timer


    She went to my high school.
  2. Bullsnooze Augur

    KEI (Kodiak's Endless Intellect) like DPS (Damage Per Second) are both abbreviations - they aren't meant to be pronounced like an acronym.

    HOWEVER, if I were to indulge, I'd go with, "Kay" (like the jeweler).

    I also put 'KEI' into a text > speech translator and it pronounced it the same.
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  3. Graytis Lorekeeper

    As I read further through this thread, I think the discussion should focus more on how to pronounce Koadic's.

    It's not Kodiak, like the bear... it's more like Co-Addicts.

    /duck
  4. Joules_Bianchi A certain gnome

    Initials.

    Initials are not always acronyms.

    I never considered KEI as anything but initials.
  5. Joules_Bianchi A certain gnome

    On a side note..

    /fondly remembers when KEI, DOoFM and CHoS all worked on level 1 characters for a brief time.

    Out of control overpowered was broken fun.

    Oddly, the only one of those I ever thought of as a word was the CHoS because friends called it that on Mic.
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  6. Paradisic_parasite Elder

    It's pronounced 'kay'.
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  7. minimind The Village Idiot

    Kay-ee-eye, but no glottal stops. Like

    Old McDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O.

    But with "Kay-ee-eye"

    I used to say "Luclin" as "Loose-Lynn" prior to hearing a dev pronounce it as "Luck-Lynn". Now I pronounce it as "Luke-Lynn". I know. I didn't adjust properly. It's just so hard to accept "Luck-Lynn" with my language background.
  8. minimind The Village Idiot

    EQ? You mean "Eck"?
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  9. Mr Blue Sky Elder

    I think the dev pronounced it wrong. There's no K in Luclin.
  10. Lineater Augur

    I think I've been mispronouncing "Aradune" since '99.

    I used to pronounce it "Air-ya-dune." But it's actually "Air-a-dune" right?
  11. Triconix Augur

    Neither does Lucas. I dont pronounce it like loose.
  12. Mr Blue Sky Elder

    I've been saying it in my head as ara as in arab with dune on the end.
    So [ara]dune..if that makes any sense...?

    Hmm true, however my real name is Luke. No one has ever called me loose yet :)

    I wonder if Lucas has ever been mispronounced as loose-a**.
  13. CazRaX Elder

    You just aren't trying hard enough!
  14. Joules_Bianchi A certain gnome

    Oh and Re: Luclin.

    When Luclin was in pre-release there was a video with a voice over that pronounced it Luck-lin

    A letter C is pronounced the same as a K when immediately followed by a consonant. To make it a soft C pronounced the same as "S" requires a following helper vowel. the second L back up the C, thus hardening it.
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  15. MyShadower All-natural Intelligence


    Soft c/hard c is an interesting "rule". Flaccid and coccyx are fun examples.

    For all the "Loose Lynn" folks...hypothetically...what would she enter in the c o c k fights in The Overthere?
  16. Joules_Bianchi A certain gnome

    The first C is hard, like a K, the the second C is followed by a vowel which softens it making the CC string pronounced as an S like Cok-Syx.


    HEY! You wanna pizza me?
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  17. Herf Augur

    Next up, Spirit of Wolf ;)
  18. Foaming I Drank Bleach IRL Once

    KEI is pronounced "4hour 12minute at nexus tunnel"
  19. Tatanka Joe Schmo

    Is it pronounced differently if you get it from a necro?

    /salute Burned Woods ;)
  20. Foaming I Drank Bleach IRL Once

    Which zone is it connected to this week? I can't ever keep up.
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