Top 11 Most Commonly Mispronounced Weapon Names

[I am alive!!]

11. Shahansha (Sha-han-sha)
10. Vaccinator (Vak-sin-ate-or)
9. Blutsauger (Bloot-saw-gur)
8. Phogistinator (Flo-gis-tin-a-tor)
7. Widowmaker (WIDOW-Maker) *not WINDOW maker*
6. Machina (Mack-een-ah) *Not Machinima
5. L'etranger (Luh-trahn-jay)
4. Lugermorph (Looh-ger-morf)
3. Flying Guillotine (Flying Gee-oh-teen)
2. Eureka Effect (You-ree-ka Effect)
1. Claidheamh Mor (Clay-Mor) *has multiple pronunciations
I'll add a weapon for every suggestion made

[Conga Lyne]

Originally posted by Flippy:

7. Widowmaker (WIDOW-Maker) *not WINDOW maker*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p29WljDdYU

Nope, it's the window maker
HL3 confirmed

[Sabesaroo]

Huo-Long Heater?

[Satsujin Jiken]

Originally posted by |«ScReaM»|:

Number 9 (Blutsauger) is being pronounced as it's written

Any German speaker would say that about a German word. English speakers however instinctively pronounce written words in different way than the German. The point of phonetic transliteration here is to guide people pronouncing words more as they are intended in their original language.

[Satsujin Jiken]

1) You're confusing me with OP.
2) The transliteration is accurate for any English speaker. Feel free to suggest something else but I suspect you don't know either English pronunciation or the concept of transliteration well enough to comment on the topic.

[Max]

Originally posted by Satsujin Jiken:

1) You're confusing me with OP.
2) The transliteration is accurate for any English speaker. Feel free to suggest something else but I suspect you don't know either English pronunciation or the concept of transliteration well enough to comment on the topic.

After a chat we both came to the point that there is no 100% correct solution for writing down the German pronounciation. The solution above might be the best even though it's not really 100% correct. Just for those who are confused about the deleted messages above.

[Dead Memes lol]

Btw, the joke with the Claidheamh Mor is it's spoonerised to "Claim More Heads"

[ElMikky™☮]

Dammit, iam Czech, and i rather write that weapon name than said it. Too hard for me. XD

[Chris]

Grordbort is another one, mispelled alot too.

[january the internet]

Originally posted by Satsujin Jiken:

L'etranger (Luh-twahn-jay)

It's French and should be pronounced accordingly. I don't really see why you would type French R with "W" here and "jay" could throw many people off as well. If anyone's interested in how you're really supposed to pronounce it http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A9tranger

e.tʁɑ̃.ʒe

Remember that great spies master many languages ^^

Short hand lazy-butt Americans (such as myself) prefer to pronounce it Le-trangsh-ey, but if you were doing French commentary or are a weird person who prefers to do it that way that's the correct way.

No notes about L'Inspecteur hat (Lohn-spek-tur) or Medimedes (Meh-DI-mead-is)

[CHAOZ]

Natasha for the heavy

[Amelia]

Originally posted by II CHAOZ M4 II:

Natasha for the heavy

Who mispronounces Natasha? Its a pretty common name lol.

[Tyler Durden]

Grammar Nazis are going to have a field day with this

[Statisfaction]

Originally posted by B.L.U Evan:

If we could include hats, the oryrytytrueyuwyufekhwdlenjqekfbwkdbekjbdem,,swbkdwnbwkbn wuldkjqiobwhkqjdbhwdbwkjwbjkdwnjl mirror?

Hats make me feel like an idiot...

Took me a long time to realize the Dashin Hashasshin (or whatever) rhymed with Assassin.

I assumed Hashashin was some sort of 13th-century hood or something...

[irondoug2]

Originally posted by Flippy:

11. Shahansha (Sha-han-sha)
10. Vaccinator (Vak-sin-ate-or)
9. Blutsauger (Bloot-saw-gur)
8. Phogistinator (Flo-glis-tin-a-tor)
7. Widowmaker (WIDOW-Maker) *not WINDOW maker*
6. Machina (Mack-een-ah)
5. L'etranger (Luh-trahn-jay)
4. Lugermorph (Looh-ger-morf)
3. Flying Guillotine (Flying Gee-oh-teen)
2. Eureka Effect (You-ree-ka Effect)
1. Claidheamh Mor (Clay-Mor)
I'll add a weapon for every suggestion made

11. Correct
10. Correct
9. No. It's Bluht - Saw - Gur
8. There is no L. It's Flaw - jist - in - ate - er
7. Correct
6. No. It's Mock - in - uh
5. Correct
4. Correct
3. Correct
2. Not in my accent. It's Yer - Ee - Kah Effect
1. Nope. Clade - em - or

[Almy the Alien]

The most mispronounced weapon of all time is the Sandvich because
its very name is a mispronunciation of sandwich.