youve been mispronouncing terraria your whole life

[CrazyBrimBriks]

everyone pronounced it as "ter-are-ia" even though the developers specifically pronouce it as "ter-air-ia"
need proof: watch the first episode of their alpha lets-play. even though blue pronouced it like everyone else, redigit corrects him. idk why people still pronounce the game like theyre british or something.
https://youtu.be/Udp5ozoYfxM

[CrazyBrimBriks]

bruh im prob gonna make an idiot out of myself. only time will tell

[juancarrillo986]

yo g you good but tryna help a new person out by setting me with some gear and stuff?

[Winter Wolf]

Some say tomahto, some say potahto. :)

[Coleyohley!]

Originally posted by Winter Wolf:

Some say tomahto, some say potahto. :)

I know exactly zero people who pronounce it "to-mah-to." Is that a regional thing?

[Hypnos]

"Terra"

[Kaihlar]

I pronounce it "Minecraftn't"

[Zemecon]

Originally posted by Coleyohley:

Originally posted by Winter Wolf:

Some say tomahto, some say potahto. :)

I know exactly zero people who pronounce it "to-mah-to." Is that a regional thing?

That would be the British pronounciation.

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I say Terr-air-ia because I am used to saying "Terrarium" and everyone I've heard say that word pronounces it as "Terr-air-ium."

[Coleyohley!]

Originally posted by Endymion:

Originally posted by Coleyohley:

I know exactly zero people who pronounce it "to-mah-to." Is that a regional thing?

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I say Terr-air-ia because I am used to saying "Terrarium" and everyone I've heard say that word pronounces it as "Terr-air-ium."

It might be prounced like that because, in essence, the game is a terrarium. It's its own relatively small, completely self-sustaining ecosystem.

[Alucard †]

I just pronounce it as i see it.

Terra-ria

I dont put any "air" there ;)

[Zemecon]

Originally posted by ⎛ Alucard ⎞ ✟:

I just pronounce it as i see it.

Terra-ria

I dont put any "air" there ;)

That is an interesting point because even if you only said "Terra" you could be pronouncing the "a" differently than other people do. For Brits that "a" is going to be a back open vowel that is slightly rounded whereas for most North Americans it will be a front open vowel that is completely unrounded.

In other words, it is still "To-may-to" vs. "To-mah-to."

[Alucard †]

I think my pronounciation of it is closest to how you originally pronounce this word in latin. As it is based from a latin word meaning "earth"

So i think if i had to spell the exact how i say it.

It would be something like:
"Ter-rah-ree-ah"

Maybe.. I get confused a bit when writting down English phonetics as it a different in Polish and i got used to that more.

For example Polish pronounciation of how i say it would be:

"Terraria"
It may look like there is no difference in how you actually spell it but put it in a Polish text to speech and you will know what i mean.

[Saver Sigonith]

Brits say "Terr-ahr-ium", Americans say "Terr-air-ium". Having lived in both countries, I'll say this one definitely seems more accent than local pronunciation distinctions.

Did you know Brits call it a "Router" like' Rootbeer' and Americans say "Router" like 'Rowdy'? That one caught me off guard first time I heard it!
If we start arguing which accents are more correct, that opens a whole can of worms I'm not sure anyone's ready for. :)

[Zemecon]

Originally posted by ⎛ Alucard ⎞ ✟:

I think my pronounciation of it is closest to how you originally pronounce this word in latin. As it is based from a latin word meaning "earth"

So i think if i had to spell the exact how i say it.

It would be something like:
"Ter-rah-ree-ah"

Maybe.. I get confused a bit when writting down English phonetics as it a different in Polish and i got used to that more.

For example Polish pronounciation of how i say it would be:

"Terraria"
It may look like there is no difference in how you actually spell it but put it in a Polish text to speech and you will know what i mean.

I imagine Polish pronunciations sounding a lot like Russian pronunciation so I initially imagined the open "a" vowel would be a back vowel as it would be in Russian English, which would be a lot like British English. But according to the IPA chart, when a vowel is palatalized (as in "я," "e," "ё" and "ю") then it becomes a front vowel. So I guess if it is a Slavic language then it depends on whether the vowel is palatized? I dunno. Do you palatize the first "a" in "Terraria" in Polish?

Originally posted by Saver Sigonith:

If we start arguing which accents are more correct, that opens a whole can of worms I'm not sure anyone's ready for. :)

Agreed. If Terraria can't become a cognate in other languages then we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

[Alucard †]

Like i said its hard for me to explain as its the weakest part of my English (heck i didnt even know what "palatalized" meant.) Just put word "Terraria" in Google Translate choose Polish language and click the speaker icon for the Text to Speech to read it in PL.

Thats how me and most of us pronounce it.

Idk about Russian tho as its very different from Polish.
Alphabet is different , accent is different even pronounciations are different most of the time.

Polish is much closer to Czech language than it will ever be to Russian.

[DampBowlOf_Fruit]

Originally posted by Hypnos:

"Terra"

Terrarium