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please delete if this has already been settled, I did look around a bit.

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Voted Narsh, but everyone knows that the translators meant to make it the Caves of Narsha

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It's always all about Narsha. Narsha Narsha Narsha!

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I voted "Narsh" too. I think pronunciation is most fluid when it involves adoption from another language/culture (in which case there is usually a tendency toward the easier pronunciation for the native speaker, despite any intent or proclamation of the pronunciation by the originating party), and so I don't have any qualms of saying it this way as opposed to "Narsh-uh" or whatever. For example, I've heard that Japanese don't say "Truck", they say "Ta-ra-ku" or something like that and it's now a common Japanese word, or you could think of how in common American English, we say "KuhRotty" instead of "KahRahTay" when we say karate.

I have pronounced it "Narsh-ee" since the first time I touched FFVI.

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I'm from the South, so my rule is to usually go with the pronunciation that exerts the least effort. "Narsh" is just one syllable. I use that one so I don't waste precious energy creating an uh, a, or ee sound...

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I voted Narsh-ay. I don't say it with the "ah" / "uh" at the end because it makes me think it's a Dutch or German word like Schalke, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but I don't think Narshe is read this way. Basically I read it like attaché.

This post has been edited by sweetdude on 19th April 2011 19:24

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Quote (Death Penalty @ 19th April 2011 15:15)

Voted Narsh, but everyone knows that the translators meant to make it the Caves of Narsha

Ah! I had no idea.

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I always pronounced it Narsh. Btw, how did you find out it's meant to be said Narsha? Link, please?

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Geez, now I can't stop saying 'narsha' in my head when I read Narshe! Thanks a lot (jk)

Incidentally, I googled narsha, and apparently it's also the name of a Korean pop singer (see pic below):


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This post has been edited by finalalias on 20th April 2011 02:45

Hunh. Most of you don't pronounce it the way I do.

This is going to make for interesting meetups. If we ever meet up.

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current games (2024-02-19):
Fairy Fencer F ADF
Pokémon Perfect Crystal

finished so far this year:
Gato Roboto
drowning, drowning
New Super Mario Bros.
TMNT 3: Radical Rescue

tabled: Lost Ruins

I'm among those who pronounce it "narsh."

I'd never really thought about pronouncing it otherwise, and now I'm wondering if I just adopted the pronunciation my friend used when he introduced me to the game...

I am also going to have to agree with 'Narsh'. It just rolls off the tongue, whereas the others do not.

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----DQIII DQVIII
-----DA:O DAII
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Narsha's cute ^-^

I've no idea how to pronounce it and never read it with much thought. According to ffwikia it comes out "Narushe" in japanese. Not 100% sure how one would pronounce that, but I don't think the e is silent.

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The way the creators pronounce it is self-evident (if you've had a few Japanese lessons,) and the closest approximation on the poll is Narsh-ay.

But who said you have to say it the same way?

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Okay, maybe I'll start thinking about pronouncing it "Caves of Narsheh".

The name does look kinda Germanic.

This post has been edited by Glenn Magus Harvey on 21st April 2011 03:03

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current games (2024-02-19):
Fairy Fencer F ADF
Pokémon Perfect Crystal

finished so far this year:
Gato Roboto
drowning, drowning
New Super Mario Bros.
TMNT 3: Radical Rescue

tabled: Lost Ruins

Pretty blue eyes on our mascot, haha!

I'm suprised less people aren't saying Narsh, actually. I've heard a few other people call it Narshe in person, and it seemed phonetically to be what you'd say, following English grammar!

Did anyone else get bothered in the PSX FMV, where it spelled it as Narche? I wonder how they got that?

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Quote (RelmArrowney @ 20th April 2011 23:16)

Did anyone else get bothered in the PSX FMV, where it spelled it as Narche?  I wonder how they got that?

The same people who turned tonberry in FFV into dinglberry, as well antlion to antolyon or whatever it was. Just my guess anyway.

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-FFIII FFIV FFV FFVII FFVIII FFX FFXII FFXIII FF:Dissidia FFVII:CC FFVII:DoC
--KHI KHII KH:COM KH:BbS
---SO:FD SO:TTEOT SO:TLH
----DQIII DQVIII
-----DA:O DAII
------VP:S

dinglberry?? as in the humerous term for testicles.. dear me.

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Oh indeed. The translators had some interesting takes on certain names.

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-FFIII FFIV FFV FFVII FFVIII FFX FFXII FFXIII FF:Dissidia FFVII:CC FFVII:DoC
--KHI KHII KH:COM KH:BbS
---SO:FD SO:TTEOT SO:TLH
----DQIII DQVIII
-----DA:O DAII
------VP:S

I dunno what it should be but I've always thought of it as if it having a silent e, so I guess Narsh would be the closest I could spell it without resorting to the internaltional alphabet and alt codes.

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Hunh. Most of you don't pronounce it the way I do.

This is going to make for interesting meetups. If we ever meet up.

I think we'll have a heated discussion about what the game's developers say, what they meant to say and how they should've said it until a moderator gets annoyed and tells us to shut up and just call the site CoN to avoid bringing up the issue unnecessarily. At that point point our attentions will shift to whether we should spell out the acronym or pronounce it outright. By large the consensus will be pronouncing it outright so we can continue on with the CoN Artist/AmaCoN conventions.

Am I right?

This post has been edited by Tonepoet on 21st April 2011 17:41

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Quote (Tonepoet @ 21st April 2011 13:39)

I think we'll have a heated discussion about what the game's developers say, what they meant to say and how they should've said it until a moderator gets annoyed and tells us to shut up and just call the site CoN to avoid bringing up the issue unnecessarily. At that point point our attentions will shift to whether we should spell out the acronym or pronounce it outright. By large the consensus will be pronouncing it outright so we can continue on with the CoN Artist/AmaCoN conventions.

Am I right?

I don't see it as an annoying discussion or as a serious one. The message boards do not require pronunciation.

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Quote (RelmArrowney @ 21st April 2011 05:16)

I'm suprised less people aren't saying Narsh, actually. I've heard a few other people call it Narshe in person, and it seemed phonetically to be what you'd say, following English grammar!

I would've thought it would be Nayrsh in English. Like bare or waste.

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Quote (sweetdude @ 21st April 2011 22:15)

Quote (RelmArrowney @ 21st April 2011 05:16)

I'm suprised less people aren't saying Narsh, actually.  I've heard a few other people call it Narshe in person, and it seemed phonetically to be what you'd say, following English grammar!

I would've thought it would be Nayrsh in English. Like bare or waste.

That would be because you're Scottish, lol.

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