Warhammer names, pronunciation and pet peeves

[Northern Walker]

I have never encountered this problem in the wild, only online where annoying American influencers can be located.

[FormelyKnownAsSmashyPants]

Funny story. When I first got into the hobby I thought apothecary was pronounced a-poth-a-serry until I heard my grandmother talking to another older person about where different stores used to be located in the city I live in and they mentioned an old timey pharmacist that used to be located on a certain corner called apothecaries and was surprised to learn how the word is actually pronounced. And that’s a real word too, not a made up, in universe name. I also thought chimera was pronounced shimmera.

[RazorDaemon]

On 9/3/2026 at 5:44 AM, SlickSamos said:

Given that Americans pronounce "water" wrong, I wouldn't worry about pronouncing made up words too much 

Oh?

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180207-how-americans-preserved-british-english

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

American English changed less lol, the BBC article even specifically mentions "water", how England changed how they said it, and the US didn't.

Edited September 25 by RazorDaemon
Typo/grammar

[Adeptekon]

7 minutes ago, RazorDaemon said:

Oh?

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180207-how-americans-preserved-british-english

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

American English changed less lol, the BBC article even specifically mentions "water", how England changed how they said in and US didn't.

Right contrary to disbelief because of what the media and bar-culture has fronted out to the world, there are still some Americans who hail from a time warp.

[SlickSamos]

3 hours ago, RazorDaemon said:

American English changed less lol, the BBC article even specifically mentions "water", how England changed how they said it, and the US didn't.

 

I had read the BBC one, just forgot about it!  (No wonder given it was 8 years ago)

 

However the article also states that American English "changed less" or is "a more accurate capture of old English" is also an oversimplification given all of the regional differences across both the British Isles and North America.  

 

But you're equating changing less as more correct which is not really true for anything, and Shakespeare's English isn't "true" English (arguably nothing is, we're not French after all).

 

"For herberwynge by nyghte is perilous. Wel oghte a man avysed for to be whom that he broghte into his pryvetee." (and that is middle English, not even old English)

Edited September 25 by SlickSamos

[RazorDaemon]

I was mainly taking a jab, I know that being "closer" to "correct" English can be a variety of arguable things. I do think it's cool that there are those people in Sandwich, England that speaks Medieval English, saw a video with Xiaomanyc.