Charas-Project

TESTING & WELCOME BOARD => Test & welcome board => Topic started by: Kilyle on October 02, 2016, 07:40:21 AM

Title: How do you pronounce Charas?
Post by: Kilyle on October 02, 2016, 07:40:21 AM: "Charas" is one of those words I have only ever seen in print, and don't have sound mapped to in my head. And since I'm likely to mention it on a YouTube video at some point, I'd like to know how to pronounce it.

Is it just a short form of "Characters" -- CARE-uhz?

Is it based on the term "Char," which I pronounce like the word "char" -- CHAR-uhz?

Is it Greek style -- CAR-us?

Is it some other style? Does anyone here know?
Title: Re: How do you pronounce Charas?
Post by: Prpl_Mage on October 02, 2016, 07:50:53 AM: Been a discussion in the past and most people felt that it was "car-***" from the word character. Some felt it was "caress"

I started frequent the forum around the age of 12 and English isn't my first language. So I pronounce it "char-us", like charizard
Title: Re: How do you pronounce Charas?
Post by: Relux the Relux on October 02, 2016, 01:24:49 PM: I would presume, definitely, the first option, since this whole thing started as a CHARACTER sprite sheet generator for RPG maker 2k3.

Although, the second option sound a bit nicer, in my opinion.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce Charas?
Post by: Archem on October 02, 2016, 05:15:48 PM: We've had this discussion in the past. There's a bit of a divide between "care-us" and "char-us", but the founder, Alex, posted a voice clip of himself pronouncing it "Chaaaar-us". He also stated that either one was fine, and that was just his personal preference.

I'll see if I can track down the thread. It's a few years old at this point.

Found the audio clip. (http://www.alexander-bonivento.net/amici/alex_charas.mp3)
Title: Re: How do you pronounce Charas?
Post by: Prpl_Mage on October 02, 2016, 07:11:52 PM: Quote from: Archem on October 02, 2016, 05:15:48 PM
Found the audio clip. (http://www.alexander-bonivento.net/amici/alex_charas.mp3)

Oh I remember that, shocked so many people.

And as you can tell, English isn't Alex's first language either so we can call that the European pronunciation
Title: Re: How do you pronounce Charas?
Post by: zuhane on October 02, 2016, 11:08:47 PM: Cha-russ proo-jinque-tuck
Title: Re: How do you pronounce Charas?
Post by: Kilyle on October 04, 2016, 12:57:47 AM: Quote from: Archem on October 02, 2016, 05:15:48 PM
Found the audio clip. (http://www.alexander-bonivento.net/amici/alex_charas.mp3)
Awesome! Given he's the founder and it's a pronunciation I've been (uncertainly) using for years, I'm gonna stick with it. (I'm from Washington State, USA, btw. I also happen to love languages, and got annoyed by the concept of The Great English Vowel Shift.)

Though I fully support this word having multiple pronunciations, much like "mob" (those who shortened it from "mobiles" can pronounce it "mobe"; those who encountered it as a solo word outside that context, like me, can pronounce it "mob"; it's fine either way). I'm generally a Descriptivist. Though I am currently irritated by the way that "hearth" is being mangled by people who never encountered the word before World of Warcraft ("hurth stone"? "heerth stone"? it's "harth stone," like HEART!).
Title: Re: How do you pronounce Charas?
Post by: Fisherson on October 05, 2016, 01:17:36 AM: Care-ahs. Like Care-rect-ter. Then again I'm from the South of the US and we're not really known for finite pronunciation. <.<
Title: Re: How do you pronounce Charas?
Post by: Moosetroop11 on October 09, 2016, 08:05:50 PM: Dude I totally forgot about that voice clip XD
Title: Re: How do you pronounce Charas?
Post by: Archem on October 10, 2016, 02:19:13 AM: I never forget anything.

EVER.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce Charas?
Post by: Alex on October 20, 2016, 03:55:11 PM: Really you don't. Best case scenario it was 8 years ago, if not more!
Maaaaaaaan... My english sounds so much better now