Dhampir pronunciation
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Seppi Pearlsmith
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Someone please ELI5
I know you Americans like to do weird things with your name pronunciations.
Like, how the heck do you get Arkinsaw from Arkansas? No, don't answer that.
I know some of you guys have dropped the u in Minotaur so it sounds like Minotar instead of like Taurus, is in the bull constellation...weird, but ok
But how do you get Dhampeer from Dhampir? Wouldn't it be like "ir" as in Bird?
You don't say Beerd do you? Maybe Feer Tree instead of Fir Tree? Even Deerectory instead of Directory?
Ok, maybe if you're live in New Zealand you would pronounce those words that way and I would fully understand...but.
If it's half vampire shouldn't it be Dhampire? Or even a fancy Dhampyre?
As an Australian, Dhampir would be pronounced like our traditional outback bread.
Damper.
Mmmm tasty outback vampire!
I blame @Cordovan for all this confusion
*Disclaimer: Not a serious post, please don't treat it that way
It is not an English word.
In many languages when a word is ending as "ir" it is pronounced as "eer" and not "ayer" so that's how you get dhampeer.
And vampire is the Enghlish version of vampir (see, same ending as dhampir).
ShotCaller
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As a native of Kansas, I approve of this observation.
ShotCaller
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I'm going to create a Whampire, call it George Michael, and just get the whole thing over with.
Jitterbug!!!
Jitterbug!!!
ShotCaller
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ShotCaller
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Because we Yanks--for better or worse--like to be difficult and different, hence "al-oo-man-num", "realize", and "breck-fust".What I want to know is why don't you realise there's TWO i's in aluminium?
Valerianus
Former Captain Of The Rotten Shark
dam-pier ?
what's a dam-pier , precious?
what's a dam-pier , precious?
Indyanna
Pied Piper
I used to have that discussion with Americans and then realised they spell it differently lol why? No idea.What I want to know is why don't you realise there's TWO i's in aluminium?
I mean, you don't pronounce dominion as dominon, do you?
And it's dam-pyre.
rabidfox
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I enjoy the extra U my non-American friends use.I used to have that discussion with Americans and then realised they spell it differently lol why? No idea.
Indyanna
Pied Piper
Fair playI enjoy the extra U my non-American friends use.
we have many words with it too lol Always interesting to guide people in game to check their favour and go to the harbour
Buddha5440
"There are some who call me...Tim"
To this thread I have one word... wind. I'll let you choose how to pronounce it. It's a noun...it's a verb...it's two of one and three of the other.
Language is funny.
Five different meanings for a word that only has four letters...
Language is funny.
Five different meanings for a word that only has four letters...
Oliphant
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AluminEEEum sounds like making a big deal out of it like something conspicuously contrived like public school "English".What I want to know is why don't you realise there's TWO i's in aluminium?
I mean, you don't pronounce dominion as dominon, do you?
And it's dam-pyre.
Jack Jarvis Esquire
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Just say fart and be done with it.
Bobbryan2
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What I want to know is why don't you realise there's TWO i's in aluminium?
I mean, you don't pronounce dominion as dominon, do you?
And it's dam-pyre.
Us Americans didn't just take out the extra syllable out of aluminum... we took out the 'i' as well!
Oliphant
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The aluminum body Cybertrucks are total fail in America, getting progressively damaged anytime they bear loads due to being made of tin can material, but perhaps the high tech aluminium version in the UK will work out better. Also explains their advanced Guinness cans, and the relative effectiveness of foil hats there.
The body is stainless steel, the frame is aluminumumiumiumum.