Discussion I’ve been pronouncing viscount wrong

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How do you, personally, pronounce viscount

  1. VIZ-Count

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  2. VY-Count

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  3. Who cares!?

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  1. Kna

    Kna Well-Known Member

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    Trebuchet - treh·boo·shei
    Marquis - maar·kee

    Yeah... :rolleyes:
     
    Kna, Jul 14, 2019
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  2. PotatoZero

    PotatoZero Well-known Potato

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    Straightforward to what? Being wrong?
     
    PotatoZero, Jul 14, 2019
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  3. Cutter Masterson

    Cutter Masterson Well-Known Super-Soldier

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    Dam! Your right. I’ve been pronouncing it wrong all this time. Viscosity subtract sity and add count. Learn something new every day.
     
    Cutter Masterson, Jul 14, 2019
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  4. ZeroJAM

    ZeroJAM Well-Known Member

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    If the pronunciation of viscount is surprising to you, then go look up marquis...
     
    ZeroJAM, Jul 14, 2019
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  5. Littleton94

    Littleton94 Lord of the Shadow trolls*shadow stalker*F5 sect

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    Lol only knew it was vy-count because of the count of Monte Cristo
     
    Littleton94, Jul 14, 2019
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  6. userunfriendly

    userunfriendly A Wild Userunfriendly Appears!

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    West Wing: English is the result of Norman Conquerers trying to date Anglo-Saxon bar maids...:ROFLMAO:
     
    userunfriendly, Jul 14, 2019
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  7. Amaruna Myu

    Amaruna Myu ugly squid dokja (●´∀｀●)

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    I got laughed at pronouncing
    hehe as heh heh
    and a lot of other words that I cant currently remember
     
    Amaruna Myu, Jul 14, 2019
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  8. LtBeefy

    LtBeefy Well-Known Member

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    You chose bad example. Viscosity you pronounce the s. Viscosity (vis) viscount (vy)
     
    LtBeefy, Jul 14, 2019
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  9. craz

    craz Peach Manic

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    So you been reading novels since the age of 5?
     
    craz, Jul 14, 2019
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    Cutter Masterson Well-Known Super-Soldier

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    To tell you the truth it sounded more like an E than a Y.
     
    Cutter Masterson, Jul 14, 2019
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  11. Ai chan

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    Is it vicont? You know, similar to how you pronounce count/comte in French.
     
    Ai chan, Jul 14, 2019
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  12. auraizen

    auraizen aeu •.*°☆「procrastinating 」『always sleepy』

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    So I just learnt I've been pronouncing that wrong my whole life..and I'm supposed to be native in English...
    I can't get used to VY-count though so I'll stick with saying VIZ-count aha
     
    auraizen, Jul 14, 2019
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    chillo NUF BioTerrorist

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    well I was learning the 'murican way of pronunciation that is to not give a fuck.
     
    chillo, Jul 14, 2019
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    juniorjawz Well-Known Member

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    Markass Brownlee

    Had to make the name joke, it's so memorable :blobcheeky:
     
    juniorjawz, Jul 14, 2019
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  15. Simon

    Simon [The Pure One's Chief Steward][Demon Beast]

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    If you think that doesn't make sense, try your hand at english town names.

    Hunstanton, pronounced Hun-ston
    Leominster, pronounced Lim-ster
    Mousehole, pronounced Mow-zel
    Alnwick, pronounced An-ik
    Bicester, pronounced Bis-ter
    Fowey, pronounced Foy
     
    Simon, Jul 14, 2019
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    Hoshiandme A Wandering Star Who Watches From Afar

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    I actually know how it’s pronounced.
    But from all the Engrish I try to piece together while on here and reading books which royalty and the like.
    My mind has just grown used to phonetically saying everything I read. Lol. It’s much easier when you’re reading complicated Chinese names or other language names. YOU HAVE NO IDEA TO PRONOUNCE.
     
    Hoshiandme, Jul 14, 2019
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    mmonstra Well-Known Member

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    I chose VY-count but honestly, I pronounced it vih-count in my head lol
     
    mmonstra, Jul 14, 2019
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  18. 2trill

    2trill Well-Known Member

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    Yep. That’s pretty much the same boat I’m in now. Told one of my buddies I won’t change the way I read/say it but I’ll feel some shame knowing I’m wrong.

    Yeah. The thing is English is my first language, and looking up word origins isn’t one of my hobbies lol. Had no idea where it came from
     
    2trill, Jul 14, 2019
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    2trill Well-Known Member

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    Surprisingly enough, I’ve always seen Marquis as straightforward in its pronunciation :blobsweat::blobsweat:
     
    2trill, Jul 14, 2019
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    2trill Well-Known Member

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    NEARLY 2 decades. If I were to guess when I first saw the word I was probably around 10 years old. I just rounded up ‍♂️
     
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