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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2014 14:50:08 GMT -5
Yup, X-Men #10 says "pronounced KAY-sar" right on the splash page. I've pronounced it that way ever since first reading a hand-me-down copy circa '67. If you can't take Stan and Jack's word for it, you're no true believer, franctic one! Cei-U! I summon the excelsior! That's the problem, maybe. I first encountered the character, I'm pretty sure, in Marvel Super-Heroes #19, which AFAIK didn't include a pronouncer. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2014 15:17:11 GMT -5
I always pronounced Magneto as Mag- net- o . Instead of Mag- neat-o. Same. Is there a reason they decided to go with the latter? #4 includes the masterpiece "If Magneat-O Should Clobber Us!" NBE, needless to say, trumps all other references in working out any & all details of the MU. |
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Post by MDG on Nov 18, 2014 15:23:18 GMT -5
I always pronounced Magneto as Mag- net- o . Instead of Mag- neat-o. Same. Is there a reason they decided to go with the latter? magneto (long e) was a pretty common word before it was used for the character. dictionary.reference.com/browse/magneto?s=t |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Nov 18, 2014 15:26:45 GMT -5
I'm glad I learn random facts on the forum. And here I thought Dan was the only indispensable fountain of knowledge. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2014 15:28:41 GMT -5
Dan's a fountain of something alright.
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Post by Cei-U! on Nov 18, 2014 15:53:12 GMT -5
Bile, I assume.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Nov 18, 2014 16:28:00 GMT -5
OT: Some that really threw me were the names of the creative people themselves. Sienkiewicz baffled me. I pronounced it SANK-uh-witz for the longest time. It's properly pronounced sin-KEV-itch.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2014 16:43:57 GMT -5
Is that how your people spell "erudition"? How quaint. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 18, 2014 16:53:42 GMT -5
What about Mysterio?
Mystery- Oh?
Mr. Yo?
My Stereo?
It must be fun to purposefully mispronounce a character's name just to drive fans mad! (Especially if many do it in the same conversation)!
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Kay-sar???
Nov 18, 2014 16:56:03 GMT -5
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Nov 18, 2014 16:56:03 GMT -5
Dunno if it's right but I always said it in my brain as Muh Stereo
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Kay-sar???
Nov 18, 2014 16:57:53 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2014 16:57:53 GMT -5
muh-steer-ee-oh
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Post by Hoosier X on Nov 18, 2014 17:04:16 GMT -5
I say "Mis-TEER-ee-o"
And I say "Kuh-ZAR" and "Zah-BU"
And "Mag-NET-o"
When I was a kid, I said "Sub-muh-REEN-er" because I wasn't familiar with the word "mariner." But my out-of-state cousins who had access to the reruns of the Marvel Super-Heroes cartoon show said it was pronounced Sub-MAR-in-er on the show and I was able to change my pronunciation because it made sense.
I get kind of annoyed when I hear Kamandi as "Kuh-MUN-dee." It's Kah-MAN-dee." Because he's from "Command D." Duh.
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Post by coke & comics on Nov 18, 2014 17:35:24 GMT -5
I've always read it as Kay-Czar. Similar to Tarzan. And the cat is Zah-boo, isn't it? That's basically my take. The exciting thing about all these movies is learning how wrong I have been about pronouncing everything. |
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Kay-sar???
Nov 18, 2014 17:38:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2014 17:38:49 GMT -5
Not sure how/why I ended up typing "muh", but I pronounce Mysterio basically the same as Hoosier X.
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Post by berkley on Nov 18, 2014 18:23:22 GMT -5
Mysterio never posed a problem for me: I just assumed it was pronounced like the English word "mysterious", except for the last syllable.
I always liked Mysterio's name and his whole look with the blank globe or whatever it was. But IIRC, the character himself was a bit lame - just a disgruntled stage magician or something, wasn't he? With that look and that name, I always felt he should have been more formidable, with some "real" supernatural powers, not just stage illusions.
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