How do you pronounce "Arbites"?

[Panzerkopf]

I've always pronounced it as "are-bites" like the German word for "work" but that can't be right. Does anyone know? Sorry for the dumb question but it's been bugging me.

[Walter Payton]

are-bit-ays

[Dark Dajin]

afaik, people around me always used

 

are-bee-tess

[Brother-chaplain Astador]

Due to the fact they are 'judges' of a sort

 

Arbiters (pronounced are-bitters)

 

becomes

 

Are-Bites

[Valkyrion]

Like Astartes is As-Tart-Tees, so is Arbites - Arb-It-Ees.

[tahrikmili]

I pronounce it as Are-bites but it probably should be Are-be-tess

[boreas]

In latin, which I beleive the word is derived from, it would be pronounced "Ar-bee-tayss".

 

Phil

[number6]

I pronounce it "not-as-useful-as-ISTs". :lol:

[Inquisitor Fox]

Makes me really wish they had hover bikes...

 

"I'm a street judge..." Ahem...

 

I've always said "Are-beh-tease" (not I but eh... wish I knew phonetic punctuation)

 

Now I need a Veteran Sergeant Dread for an Arbites squad...

[Oiad]

Lol, aren't they mean't to originally be a take on Judge Dredd et al without the sternguard ammo?

 

Oh, it's 'Are-bites' (Arbites) and 'Are-bit-er' (Arbiter) or at least that's how we've been pronouncing it. So yeah, bravo. ;)

[Aidoneus]

In latin, which I beleive the word is derived from, it would be pronounced "Ar-bee-tayss".

 

Phil

 

Since most 40k stuff is pseudo-latin, I'm going with this.

[Walter Payton]

In latin, which I beleive the word is derived from, it would be pronounced "Ar-bee-tayss".

 

Phil

 

Since most 40k stuff is pseudo-latin, I'm going with this.

 

I refuse to pronounce any Latin derived word any other way. Hence the fact that I still talk about Yulius Kaysar

[Aidoneus]

I refuse to pronounce any Latin derived word any other way. Hence the fact that I still talk about Yulius Kaysar

:) SO glad I'm not the only one! :(

[The Holy Heretic]

'Aaaaarrr'

 

Like the pirate expletive.

 

'bites'

 

Like in tearing chunks of meat apart with my teeth :cuss

[Wolf Priest Haelaeif]

In latin, which I beleive the word is derived from, it would be pronounced "Ar-bee-tayss".

 

Phil

 

Since most 40k stuff is pseudo-latin, I'm going with this.

 

I refuse to pronounce any Latin derived word any other way. Hence the fact that I still talk about Yulius Kaysar

 

Exactly.

[Justicar Valius]

'Aaaaarrr'

 

Like the pirate expletive.

 

'bites'

 

Like in tearing chunks of meat apart with my teeth :lol:

How i pronounce it. The same as the German verb arbeiten but it's not arrrrr-bite-ah but like the above or arrrr-bite

[schreier]

What about Baal?

 

Is it like "Boll" or "bail" or something else?

[boreas]

A latin must-read:

 

http://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/latinpro.pdf

 

Baal: Bah-ahl

 

Phil

[Verythrax Draconis]

I just pronounce the way I read it. How I love to speak a latin-based language :(

 

The same thing for all High-Gothic.

 

Maybe should I record some words with the computer's mic for you guys?

[Hellbreaker]

Arbites: A-bit-es

I don't really pronounce Rs in most cases, I've tried but it just feels weird. Something about my dialect.(?)

 

Baal: Baal

Simple as that.

 

Cheers!

[Oiad]

Baal rhymes with Hale etc. See this page. Second one down though the third one has similar origin and could be permisable. I've known people to use both.

 

The name was also used in naming one of the arch-daemons in Diablo II. They preferred to use the second version too as shown

in the intro to the expansion pack, based on the daemon.

 

So have you been getting into plenty of rants with other gamers about these pronounciations then? :P

[Verythrax Draconis]

Baal rhymes with Hale etc. See this page. Second one down though the third one has similar origin and could be permisable. I've known people to use both.

 

The name was also used in naming one of the arch-daemons in Diablo II. They preferred to use the second version too as shown

in the intro to the expansion pack, based on the daemon.

 

So have you been getting into plenty of rants with other gamers about these pronounciations then? :)

 

I believe the 3rd is the correct one. It's the one you'll see in almost every country that speaks a latin-based language. The second is the "englishized" pronunciation, I think. But it's not latin anyway, so to be sure, ask a jew ;)

[BlackSpike]

People called Romanus they go the house?

[Oiad]

I believe the 3rd is the correct one. It's the one you'll see in almost every country that speaks a latin-based language. The second is the "englishized" pronunciation, I think. But it's not latin anyway, so to be sure, ask a jew ;)

 

Yes, the second I'm guessing is most likely a germanic / anglo saxon basterdisation of the pronounciation, as with Arbiter. Surely enough, if the Imperium use Latin as it's primary language then they'll pronounce it in the original, Latin manner as most of you have shown preference to.

 

If you're speaking in English then the versions I've noted (from the online sources) would be the more inclined way of pronouncing it in an English conversation. After all, I don't go around pronouncing Spain 'España' in conversations. Still, it shouldn't matter too much, I don't care to criticise people over such semantics. The kinda people who do care have lost touch with both the bigger things in life or the fact that language is never static. It's why I'm interested to know if Panzerkopf has been told otherwise by other gamers recently and is looking for substantial proof. It's pretty petty to get into arguments about such stuff, no?

[Captain Tezdal]

I've always pronounced it as "Are-bites"...but as an american, and further as a southerner, I feel it is my duty to mispronounce everything.