Pronunciation of 'Aegis'

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 10:07 am

Whatever Aegis pronounce he's still one massive spammer and thread bumper

.......BTW when we gonna have another toga party ?

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 11:20 am

Originally posted by KidD01
Whatever Aegis pronounce he's still one massive spammer and thread bumper .......BTW when we gonna have another toga party ?

Depneds on when I feel like getting a Toga party together...

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 11:27 am

C'mon I'm dying for a great party these days.................let's get drunk and spill some booze on the toga !

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 11:33 am

Spill booze?

Zelgadis · Post by **Zelgadis** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 11:48 am

Originally posted by seraphshattered
ok..well..this is incredibly out of date, but...anyway.

aegis is technically 'eh-g(soft)iss' - from latin, for shield, as spammybrother (tyb) said. as in ars magica's "aegis of the hearth". another good example of the pronunciation is "faerie."

i couldn't quite tell if "E gis" is the same as what i'm saying, so don't mind me if i'm just repeating....

Don't mean to nitpick, but shouldn't we use the greek pronunciation, since I think it was used in Homer's Illiad?

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 12:05 pm

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
Spill booze?

That's alchohol abuse; I believe in Kentucky spilling a drink carries with it a $100 fine and community service.

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 12:11 pm

Originally posted by Zelgadis
Don't mean to nitpick, but shouldn't we use the greek pronunciation, since I think it was used in Homer's Illiad?

We probably should, but the influence of the Roman civilisation is such that even though it's right, pronouncing aegis with a hard 'g' will probably be seen as wrong. I prefer saying 'Eejits' anyway...

Vinin · Post by **Vinin** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 5:01 pm

Aegis means something not shield now...ill find out later

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 5:51 pm

Originally posted by Vinin
Aegis means something not shield now...ill find out later

Are talking about latin, or another language?

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Sun Oct 06, 2002 1:10 am

I don't give a monkey's what Longman's says, I pronounce it "A-Jiss"

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Sun Oct 06, 2002 1:23 am

It just goes to show...

Originally posted by Gruntboy
I don't give a monkey's what Longman's says, I pronounce it "A-Jiss"

... a fish-lover by any name...

...would still smell like fish.

Now, ain't that fishy?

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sun Oct 06, 2002 8:58 am

Re: It just goes to show...

Originally posted by Maharlika
... a fish-lover by any name...

...would still smell like fish.

Now, ain't that fishy?

Vinin · Post by **Vinin** » Sun Oct 06, 2002 2:26 pm

Heh, didnt mean for this to be a "BLESS AEGIS THREAD!" but hey alls well that ends well.