GW's new Naming scheme

[Stoic Raptor]

I disagree about the pronunciation of the double-I, though. Julii is "jule-ee-eye", for instance, not "jule-ee-ee".

So how do we say Pompeii ?

I do agree on Skitarii and the "-ee-eye" pronunciation. I didn't sit through Greek and Latin classes for nothing. Well, I guess I did, really...

I took four years of Latin from 3 different teachers and never heard "ee-eye" as the nominative declension plural of any noun of any gender. The only organization that still actually speaks Latin is the Roman Catholic Church, and I don't seem to remember it done that way there, either. Scientific Latin does not adhere to traditional pronunciation in any case.

I say "toh-may-to", You say "toh-mah-to". ;)

[WarriorFish]

The "ee-eye" ending is the correct pronunciation. As for Skitarii I'm not sure it means anything, at least in Latin but perhaps it says in an AdMech book somewhere?

[Ascanius]

So how do we say Pompeii ? No, I joke. Call it "destroyed", I don't care.

Ha! Probably, we mispronounce Pompeii because the modern town in Italy is Pompei?

[Olis]

Seeing as it's dog-Latin, brothers, the way you pronounce it doesn't have to stick to the rules of the Latin language. This is tens of thousands of years in the future. Pronounce it however you wish.

[Nicodemus Doloroso]

I've done a fair bit of liking but little commenting. Basically I agree with Oilis - translation changes over time and even contemporary dialects differ. Consider how Ecclesiastical Latin differs from scientific Latin let alone classical Latin. Or consider different English dialects. Even Canadians and Americans spell things differently. So I'd not get hung up on the dog-Latin pronunciation.

 

I also totally fine with the naming and star soldiers makes total sense to me. I can't think of any cheesy names in real world to compare but I know they are out there.