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BURNDAYRAZ

PostPosted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:24 am
by Kingdom of One
My girlfriend pointed out to me the other day that my pronunciation is not the intended one.

I was saying `burn-day-rays'. As in, burn them with the power of the sun! :lol:

Re: BURNDAYRAZ

PostPosted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:22 pm
by Kuranes
Its more akin to Burn Their Ass yeah. ;)

Re: BURNDAYRAZ

PostPosted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:25 pm
by The Avatar
You've got to love the glyph names. That was always one of my favorite bits of flavor.

Re: BURNDAYRAZ

PostPosted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:33 pm
by Darvin
This one has always been the most difficult to figure out. I had to look it up on the wiki to get it. All the other descriptions were self-evident.

Re: BURNDAYRAZ

PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:53 am
by Lujo
Really?

I've guided myself with the PISSORF rule - the more profane interpretaion the more accurate. Maybe it's more obvious to non native speakers. If you pronounce it out loud in a hammy voice (such as when bombasticaly calling out a spell you're casting), and stress every syllable it's pretty obvous. BURNTHEIRASS! BURN/DAYR/AZ!

Re: BURNDAYRAZ

PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:54 pm
by Darvin
The problem for me was where I put the stress: BURN - DAY - RAZ
When the stress should have been: BURN - DAYR - AZ

Re: BURNDAYRAZ

PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:37 pm
by Kingdom of One
Yeah, it didn't occur to me to try anything except variations on Burn - day - raz.
Day Rays seemed to fit so I went with that.

Re: BURNDAYRAZ

PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:50 pm
by dislekcia
What if the spelling were "BURNDEYRAZ"?

Re: BURNDAYRAZ

PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:03 pm
by Darvin
Probably would be a bit easier to figure out, but at this point I wouldn't change anything. It's not like you need to get the joke to enjoy the game.

Re: BURNDAYRAZ

PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:07 pm
by Kingdom of One
I think I would have interpreted BURNDEYRAZ as intended.

I also don't think it's particularly important. I mean, most of the time I think: oh yay, finally the fireball glyph shows up.

It's just amusing to me that, while other people were internally screaming BURN DERE ASS in a super deep voice as they flung fire at their enemies, I was lightly sprinkling them with sun beams.