Archeology

ArcheAge

Ar-ke-olo-gee

Ar-ke-age

what's the probelm?

Originally posted by LlexX

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by LlexX
We had a debate about this already on another forum, firstly we thought it should be pronounced as arch+age, then an official response came, that it should be pronounced as ark+age, like if you would say dARK+AGE without the "d" letter.

Well...I still think they're wrong but I'll concede...it's their game after all. 

Do you remember on which forums the official response was posted?

There was a video interview when the Russians asked questions from XLgames

Okay, thanks. Now I know what to look for.

and they (Korean PR) pronounced it as Ark+Age, atm i can't find the source for discussion when they confirmed it.

Wouldn't surprise me. I discussed this with a very well-spoken friend and he mentioned the word 'archetype' and how people pronounce it. It should not come as a surprise to anyone that many pronounce this as 'ark type' (hint, that's wrong). 

But you might call it differently on different languages.

Nope. I'm still talking about English. Proper English.

Originally posted by FromHell

Archeology

ArcheAge

 

Ar-ke-olo-gee

Ar-ke-age

 

what's the probelm?

Well, I'll be...someone who gets it. And where is hell? NY, NY, United States...greetings :)

Originally posted by BadSpock

"Ar-kee" Age sounds silly and childish.

Ark-age sounds too much like a Disney/Pixar movie about life aboard Noah's Ark.

Arch-Age sounds all emo as if it's the arch-nemesis of the age... so that makes it inherently more cool and edgy.

I may or may not be 67% kidding.

 

Originally posted by Drakynn
It's pronounced aeae all the other letters are silent.

Of course this is all in the spirit of forum fun as well searching for an answer. Please don't picture me foaming at the mouth. 

Originally posted by FromHell

Archeology

ArcheAge

 

Ar-ke-olo-gee

Ar-ke-age

 

what's the probelm?

I thought it was more like Archangel, not archeology.  Just not sure why they put the "e" in there.  Or maybe more accurately, why words like Archangel don't have it.

Probably similar to pronunciation of ARCHEtype.

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Originally posted by Vhaln

Originally posted by FromHell

Archeology

ArcheAge

 

Ar-ke-olo-gee

Ar-ke-age

 

what's the probelm?

 

I thought it was more like Archangel, not archeology.  Just not sure why they put the "e" in there.  Or maybe more accurately, why words like Archangel don't have it.

"The word archangel is derived from the Greek ?ρχ?γγελος (arch- + angel, literally chief angel)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archangel

ARK - AGE

"Archeage"

Kind of like when you have a pain, you have an "ACHE" in your body or joints, or a desire for a decent MMORPG.  The "E" is silent".

The "E" is also silent in this case .. The "H" is meaninglless without the "E" so they are both silent.

Thus, ARK-AGE.

Originally posted by DC1388

 

 

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Ooh, a compliment. 

Originally posted by Karteli

ARK - AGE

 

"Archeage"

 

Kind of like when you have a pain, you have an "ACHE" in your body or joints, or a desire for a decent MMORPG.  The "E" is silent".

 

The "E" is also silent in this case .. The "H" is meaninglless without the "E" so they are both silent.

 

Thus, ARK-AGE.

You didn't even read the opening post.

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by Karteli

ARK - AGE

 

"Archeage"

 

Kind of like when you have a pain, you have an "ACHE" in your body or joints, or a desire for a decent MMORPG.  The "E" is silent".

 

The "E" is also silent in this case .. The "H" is meaninglless without the "E" so they are both silent.

 

Thus, ARK-AGE.

You didn't even read the opening post.

Did You?

Original post:

Originally posted by NBlitz

How do you pronounce it? What if you're pronouncing it wrong? Do you care? I do. Hence this post.

 

Pronunciation

I'm 100% sure it's Ar-kee-Age. Listen here. There are two ways of pronouncing it properly but still people say Arch. The 'e' is important!

I find it disappointing that there hasn't been anything conclusive about the matter released by the developers (yet). 

I didn't have comment's on the origin of the word, but I feel that you didn't read the original post, then accused me of such :-) ... uhh good job?  Give yourself a pat on the back.

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by Karteli

ARK - AGE

 

"Archeage"

 

Kind of like when you have a pain, you have an "ACHE" in your body or joints, or a desire for a decent MMORPG.  The "E" is silent".

 

The "E" is also silent in this case .. The "H" is meaninglless without the "E" so they are both silent.

 

Thus, ARK-AGE.

You didn't even read the opening post.

Did You?

Original post:

Originally posted by NBlitz

How do you pronounce it? What if you're pronouncing it wrong? Do you care? I do. Hence this post.

 

Pronunciation

I'm 100% sure it's Ar-kee-Age. Listen here. There are two ways of pronouncing it properly but still people say Arch. The 'e' is important!

I find it disappointing that there hasn't been anything conclusive about the matter released by the developers (yet). 

I didn't have comment's on the origin of the word, but I feel that you didn't read the original post, then accused me of such :-) ... uhh good job?  Give yourself a pat on the back.

So how could you argue the proper way of pronouncing the word when the example you gave comes from Old English? And has no relation whatsoever to the other word and where it originates from and how it is properly pronounced.

You're making stuff up (the pronunciation of arche). I'm not.

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by Karteli

ARK - AGE

 

"Archeage"

 

Kind of like when you have a pain, you have an "ACHE" in your body or joints, or a desire for a decent MMORPG.  The "E" is silent".

 

The "E" is also silent in this case .. The "H" is meaninglless without the "E" so they are both silent.

 

Thus, ARK-AGE.

You didn't even read the opening post.

Did You?

Original post:

Originally posted by NBlitz

How do you pronounce it? What if you're pronouncing it wrong? Do you care? I do. Hence this post.

 

Pronunciation

I'm 100% sure it's Ar-kee-Age. Listen here. There are two ways of pronouncing it properly but still people say Arch. The 'e' is important!

I find it disappointing that there hasn't been anything conclusive about the matter released by the developers (yet). 

I didn't have comment's on the origin of the word, but I feel that you didn't read the original post, then accused me of such :-) ... uhh good job?  Give yourself a pat on the back.

So how could you argue the proper way of pronouncing the word when the example you gave comes from Old English? And has no relation whatsoever to the other word and where it originates from and how it is properly pronounced.

You're making stuff up (the pronunciation of arche). I'm not.

I see.. A fantasty world on a different planet must adhere to Old English.  It must happen, eh?

Well I live on Earth in modern times, and ArcheAge is pronounced ARK-AGE.  In Egpty 4000 years ago it might be spelled Argh-Agrua (pronounced: Ark Ag-Rah), but that doesn't help anyone either.

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by Karteli

ARK - AGE

 

"Archeage"

 

Kind of like when you have a pain, you have an "ACHE" in your body or joints, or a desire for a decent MMORPG.  The "E" is silent".

 

The "E" is also silent in this case .. The "H" is meaninglless without the "E" so they are both silent.

 

Thus, ARK-AGE.

You didn't even read the opening post.

Did You?

Original post:

Originally posted by NBlitz

How do you pronounce it? What if you're pronouncing it wrong? Do you care? I do. Hence this post.

 

Pronunciation

I'm 100% sure it's Ar-kee-Age. Listen here. There are two ways of pronouncing it properly but still people say Arch. The 'e' is important!

I find it disappointing that there hasn't been anything conclusive about the matter released by the developers (yet). 

I didn't have comment's on the origin of the word, but I feel that you didn't read the original post, then accused me of such :-) ... uhh good job?  Give yourself a pat on the back.

So how could you argue the proper way of pronouncing the word when the example you gave comes from Old English? And has no relation whatsoever to the other word and where it originates from and how it is properly pronounced.

You're making stuff up (the pronunciation of arche). I'm not.

I see.. A fantasty world on a different planet must adhere to Old English.  It must happen, eh?

 

Well I live on Earth in modern times, and ArcheAge is pronounced ARK-AGE.  In Egpty 4000 years ago it might be spelled Argh-Agrua (pronounced: Ark Ag-Rah), but that doesn't help anyone either.

How do you pronounce archeology and archetype?

And no, those two words are not kind of like when you have a pain, an "ACHE" in your body or joints where the "E" is silent".

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by Karteli

ARK - AGE

 

"Archeage"

 

Kind of like when you have a pain, you have an "ACHE" in your body or joints, or a desire for a decent MMORPG.  The "E" is silent".

 

The "E" is also silent in this case .. The "H" is meaninglless without the "E" so they are both silent.

 

Thus, ARK-AGE.

You didn't even read the opening post.

Did You?

Original post:

Originally posted by NBlitz

How do you pronounce it? What if you're pronouncing it wrong? Do you care? I do. Hence this post.

 

Pronunciation

I'm 100% sure it's Ar-kee-Age. Listen here. There are two ways of pronouncing it properly but still people say Arch. The 'e' is important!

I find it disappointing that there hasn't been anything conclusive about the matter released by the developers (yet). 

I didn't have comment's on the origin of the word, but I feel that you didn't read the original post, then accused me of such :-) ... uhh good job?  Give yourself a pat on the back.

So how could you argue the proper way of pronouncing the word when the example you gave comes from Old English? And has no relation whatsoever to the other word and where it originates from and how it is properly pronounced.

You're making stuff up (the pronunciation of arche). I'm not.

I see.. A fantasty world on a different planet must adhere to Old English.  It must happen, eh?

 

Well I live on Earth in modern times, and ArcheAge is pronounced ARK-AGE.  In Egpty 4000 years ago it might be spelled Argh-Agrua (pronounced: Ark Ag-Rah), but that doesn't help anyone either.

How do you pronounce archeology and archetype?

And no, those two words are not kind of like when you have a pain, an "ACHE" in your body or joints where the "E" is silent".

Good argument, BTW.

In your examples, the "e" helps flow the words together so they can be pronounced. Otherwise you would get "Archology", or "Archtype".

ArcheAge doesn't need that kind of support.  The "E" can reamin silent, with the game title flowing quite nicely.

If you add that extra "E" sound to the name, it doesn't flow.

"ARK-E-AGE" ... it really doesn't flow like "ARK-AGE".

Although if you say "ARK-E-AGE" out loud it sounds funny .. say it .. you won't even recognize your own voice.

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by NBlitz

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How do you pronounce archeology and archetype?

And no, those two words are not kind of like when you have a pain, an "ACHE" in your body or joints where the "E" is silent".

Good argument, BTW.

 

In your examples, the "e" helps flow the words together so they can be pronounced. Otherwise you would get "Archology", or "Archtype".

There are people who do say ark-type. I can live with that too. No matter how wrong they may be.

ArcheAge doesn't need that kind of support.  The "E" can reamin silent, with the game title flowing quite nicely.

 

If you add that extra "E" sound to the name, it doesn't flow.

"ARK-E-AGE" ... it really doesn't flow like "ARK-AGE".

 

Although if you say "ARK-E-AGE" out loud it sounds funny .. say it .. you won't even recognize your own voice.

Here we go. I can agree with this, and why the majority (and the devs) would prefer it to remain silent.

I'm stubborn :p I actually like the way it sounds with the base word sounding like arkee. Beginning, origin, sovereignty. And if someone asks why I pronounce it the way I do, I can explain.