Words & Phrases DSP Has Invented or Misuses - DSP'isms that make you say "HUUUHN?!?"

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I always thought Tyranids could be pronounced both ways and it's fine. The planet Tyran Primus is pronounced "Ty-ran" so "Ty-ranids" follows, but when I got into 40k back in the 90's I always heard it pronounced like "tyranny" because, well... they're tyrannous. "Tirinids" or whatever.

Is there a proper canonical pronunciation?
 
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I always thought Tyranids could be pronounced both ways and it's fine. The planet Tyran Primus is pronounced "Ty-ran" so "Ty-ranids" follows, but when I got into 40k back in the 90's I always heard it pronounced like "tyranny" because, well... they're tyrannous. "Tirinids" or whatever.

Is there a proper canonical pronunciation?
In world of warcraft, the night elf hero is named Tyrande, it's pronounced Tih-Ron-Duh in that canon.
 
I always thought Tyranids could be pronounced both ways and it's fine. The planet Tyran Primus is pronounced "Ty-ran" so "Ty-ranids" follows, but when I got into 40k back in the 90's I always heard it pronounced like "tyranny" because, well... they're tyrannous. "Tirinids" or whatever.

Is there a proper canonical pronunciation?
Ive been playing 40k for nigh on 15 years, and I have only ever heard it pronounced Teer uh nihd
 
This is basically my experience too if I'm reading your post right. Like this:
I think there's a logic to saying it the way the planet they're named after is pronounced, but nobody actually says it that way.
So this is most deeply pedantic and autistic thing I've ever posted, and that's why I haven't even deigned to actually check it in my very real textbook I own on this whole subject, please do not make me do that I am already not happy I know this. But, the way English spelling and pronunciations work is actually built on real rules, and the only exceptions are loan words or those with foreign roots. And I believe that Tyranids makes the y sound go "ee" instead of "eye". And this affects real words too. The best one in text is refrigerator to fridge. No d in the former. So to preserve the pronunciation of fridge, you have to put that d in there. Otherwise frige would be pronounced like freeze or fryze or free-gee.

This is all in service that Tire-a-nids would be really awkward to say for English speakers. That's why a lot of this works the way it does.
 
  • "There's an elephant in the room", and other hilarious variants.
  • Tacking on "to say the least" onto every statement.
  • Overuse of the phrases "take the plunge" and "honest college try".
Also I submit "redemption" and "lost media" as two terms DSP has sullied.
Still hilarious to me, every time he mentions himself in the context of being redeemed it means: Everyone else realizes they were wrong and he was right and apologizes to him, and also realizes that he was a fun, cool, chill dude this whole time and he doesn't have to change at all.
 
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