Fenris
5th Level Troll
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Post by Fenris on Dec 31, 2007 9:52:05 GMT -5
As silly as it sounds, I don't know how to say the word "mage"! I thought it was like "mayj" (sounds like "cage") but I've since heard someone say "mah'gee" (with gee like "geek"). One reason this matters, besides the fact that I hate sounding dumber than I am, is that I've "corrected" people for "saying it wrong"! There are other people out there saying "mayj" who used to say "mah'gee" and it's my fault!  So, fellow board members, once and for all... what is the proper pronounciation of "mage"? Thanks in advance! |
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uburoi
4th Level Troll
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Post by uburoi on Dec 31, 2007 10:07:47 GMT -5
I've always pronounced it "mayj"; the plural being "magi" which far as I know is pronounced "mayj-eye". Never heard "mah-gee".
Note: According to Answers.com, it's "mayj".
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Post by zanshin on Dec 31, 2007 11:02:35 GMT -5
mage = mayj
plural , as per the christmas story - Magi - (mayj eye)
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Fenris
5th Level Troll
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Post by Fenris on Dec 31, 2007 11:31:23 GMT -5
Cool. Thanks, guys. I don't feel so dumb now, knowing that I was saying it right all along.
I don't remember who it was that said "mah'gee" but that was just recently, and it was someone who I admire as being quite a knowledgeable geek... so I was a bit worried that I had been saying it wrong all these years (and telling others wrong! sheesh!).
Good to know that I'm a little less dumb than that, after all. Thanks again!
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Post by mahrundl on Dec 31, 2007 18:04:31 GMT -5
In related news, there's also 'magus', which is pronounced 'may-gus', not 'may-jus'. In some places, 'mage' is also pronounced 'mayzh' - sort of like 'maize', but with a 'zh' replacing the 'z'. English - the language of consistency!  |
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order99
7th Level Troll
Coffee-fueled Carrion That Walks Like a Man
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Post by order99 on Jan 1, 2008 1:06:31 GMT -5
I have also heard Magus pronounced both 'May-Gus' and 'Maah-Gus', and Magi prounounced 'Maag-Eye', yet everyone I heard these from still pronounced Mage as 'Mayj'. Go figure.
Happy New Year, BTW.
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Post by mahrundl on Jan 1, 2008 1:14:50 GMT -5
Likewise to you, and everyone else here!
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horsa
2nd Level Troll
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Post by horsa on Jan 29, 2008 10:27:57 GMT -5
/wiz-ard/  Sorry I couldn't resist. I've always pronounced it to rhyme with page. |
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Post by mahrundl on Jan 30, 2008 5:53:03 GMT -5
Wizard rhymes with page?!?  Anyway, welcome Horsa! (Also Horsb, Horsc, Horsd, Horse, and all of the other equines!) |
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