But I never thought of pronouncing it "Geem" before. That almost makes him sound French: "Geem a-LON."
-------------------- The Semi-Great Gildersleeve - writing, super-heroes, and this 'n' that
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For me: Gim (Jim), Ayla (EYE-luh), Imra (IM-ruh), Salu (SAH-loo), Bgztl (BIGZ-tull), Zoe (ZO-eeee), Querl (KWER-ull)
What will really be entertaining will be if any large number of us get together this summer in San Diego.
Sidne Gail Ward has told me, of the "Legion of Super-Gamblers" meetings in Las Vegas from recent years, that it was truly amusing to have many Legion fans up close and personal -- and constantly adjusting their pronunciations of the characters' names!
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I just remembered another one I used to mispronounce, many years ago as a kid. When the Legionnaires would call Reep "Cham", I used to pronounce it with a soft-C, so I was reading it as "Sham". And I couldn't understand why his nickname would be Sham, since it was short for "Chameleon Boy". Hindsight reveals I was the one with the failing logic. Of course "Cham" is with a hard-C sound and a silent "h". I now think of it like "Kam" (rhymes with jam)
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- Time travel stories are told in chronillogical order.
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quote:Originally posted by Omni Craig: I just remembered another one I used to mispronounce, many years ago as a kid. When the Legionnaires would call Reep "Cham", I used to pronounce it with a soft-C, so I was reading it as "Sham". And I couldn't understand why his nickname would be Sham, since it was short for "Chameleon Boy". Hindsight reveals I was the one with the failing logic. Of course "Cham" is with a hard-C sound and a silent "h". I now think of it like "Kam" (rhymes with jam)
That's funny! I thought I was the only one who did that, Omni.
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I've always pronounced Cham as "sham," too.
If you think about it, it does make sense. A sham is something fake, after all.
-------------------- The Semi-Great Gildersleeve - writing, super-heroes, and this 'n' that
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How about Mekt?
I've always assumed it rhymed with "sect", but it could also be a long e or even a long a sound.
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Just got back from a discussion on how to pronounce Element Lad's alias - so i decided to take it one step further with:
Brainiac 5 - Querl Dox (Pronounced: Kwirl Dokes or Docks?) Bouncing Boy - Chuck Taine (Tayne or Tyne?) Blok - pronounced "Block" or the Aussie expression "Bloke"? Chameleon Boy - Reep Daggle (Reap Daygul?) Cosmic Boy - Rokk Krinn (Ruck Krenn?) Colossal Boy - Gim Allon (is the G pronounced as J or a softer G, Is Allon pronounced All-on or A-lon? Chemical King - Condo Arlik (Carndo Orlick or Ah-lick) Dream Girl - Nura Nal (Nuhrah? Noorah? and is the surname pronounced Now?) Duo Damsel - Luornu Durgo (Loo-or-noo Dirjo or is the g sound softer?) Invisible Kid - Lyle Norg (Li-ul Nore-g) Karate Kid - Val Armorr (Vahl Ah-more) Lightning Lad - Garth Ranzz (Gorth or Gahr-ff, Rah-nzz or Rains?) Light Lass (i always wondered if her first name was pronounced Ay-lah or I-lah?) Matter-Eater Lad - Tenzil Kem (Ten-zul Chem) Mon-el - Lar Gand (Lah-r or Lay-r Gann-d or Gah-nd) Phantom Girl - Tinya Wazzo (Teen-ya or as its spelt, Wazzo (Wasso or Way-zoh) Saturn Girl - Imra Ardeen (Eem-rah or Imm-ra, Ardeen (rhymes with sardine) or Ahr-de-en?) Shadow Lass - Tasmia Malor (in some issues was written as Mallor) Taz-myah or Taz-mee-uh, Maylor or Muh-lor) Shrinking Violet - Salu Digby (Say-lu or Sah-lu Dig-bee or Die-g-bee) Sun Boy - Dirk Morgna (Durk Morr-gnah) Star Boy - Thom Kallor (Thom...as in Thomas or as "Fom")? Kah-lor or Kay-lor Ultra Boy - Jo Nah (Joe Nuh or Na-ah)? White Witch - Mysa Nal (is Mysa pronounced Mice-uh, or is the s sound harsh like the word "miser"?)
Pick out what you like from the group and discuss it with other posters or think about what your interpretations of the names might be. I guess the pronounciation differs according to various American dialects. But have a go...at least it gets u thinking.
Bye!
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Brainiac 5 - Querl Dox (Pronounced: Querl = Kwhirl like Whirl with a k in front; Dox = Cox, box, lox ) Bouncing Boy - Chuck Taine (like Cain i.e Cain & Abel) Blok - (pronounced "Block") Chameleon Boy - Reep Daggle (Reap Daygul- yep that's how I "hear" it) Cosmic Boy - Rokk Krinn (Rokk = Rock; Krinn = Grin with a K instead of G) Colossal Boy - Gim Allon (I've always thought of it as "Jim", Allon = Allen with an O as is "on") Chemical King - Condo Arlik (Condo pronounced like condominium; Arlick = Are+lick) Dream Girl - Nura Nal (Nura = like Guru but ending in an A; Nal = Cal as in Calvin) Duo Damsel - Luornu Durgo (Loo-or-noo is how I say it; Durgo = Durango without the middle sylabel) Invisible Kid - Lyle Norg (Lyle as it is commonly pronounced; Norg like Borg from Star Trek) Karate Kid - Val Armorr (Vahl Armorr = armor as in "shining armor") Lightning Lad - Garth Ranzz (Garth = Garth Brooks; Ranzz pronounced like the first part of Tanzania) Light Lass (I've always thought of it as I-lah?) Matter-Eater Lad - Tenzil Kem (Ten-zul Chem ~ yep, that's how I "hear" it) Mon-el - Lar Gand (Lar = Car; Gand = Sand; also interesting is his codename which comes from Monday ~ the day he was found by Superboy ~ but I've never pronounced it like the Mon in Monday rather I pronounce it like Don or Con) Phantom Girl - Tinya Wazzo (Tinya as its spelt; Wazzo = wha-zoo with the acccent on the first sylabel) Saturn Girl - Imra Ardeen (Imra = Iirma with the letters inverted; Ardeen = garden) Shadow Lass - Tasmia Malor (Tasmia = Taz-mee-uh; Mallor like Mallory without the Y sound) Shrinking Violet - Salu Digby (Salu = Sah-lu Digby = Dig-bee) Sun Boy - Dirk Morgna (Dirk = Kirk; Morgna = More-gnah) Star Boy - Thom Kallor (Thom just like Tom with a T sound as in time not a "Th" as in thought; Kallor = the same as Mallor ~ see above) Ultra Boy - Jo Nah (if always pronounced this as if it were just Jonah with a slight hesitation between the first and last names) White Witch - Mysa Nal (Mysa pronounced Mesa like Lisa, and Nal the same as I do Nura's last name ~ see above)
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