super n00b question

Thecause · Post by **Thecause** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:14 pm

Sorry if asking this is against the rules but i would very much like to know.
How exactly to you pronounce "Druchii"?

I could see it being DREW-chee or DREW-kai
please let me know, i have a phobia about mispronouncing words.

Asikari · Post by **Asikari** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:18 pm

I've always used your first pronunciation, but given that GW has never provided a pronunciation guide (to my knowledge), knock yourself out.

And welcome to the forum.

Druchii77 · Post by **Druchii77** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:37 pm

There have been plenty of threads on this topic. Try looking them up. Here is one such thread.

http://www.druchii.net/viewtopic.php?t=53092&highlight=pronunciation

Post by **Kinslayer** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:37 pm

its pronounced Drew (like the name) Kai (like start of kite)

dru-ki

its pronounced on mark of chaos battle march.

oh and jsyk, malekith is pronounced male-a-kith

Lord tareq · Post by **Lord tareq** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:45 pm

Heartrender wrote:its pronounced Drew (like the name) Kai (like start of kite)

dru-ki

its pronounced on mark of chaos battle march.

oh and jsyk, malekith is pronounced male-a-kith

Actually it is pronounced as Droo - Ki - Eye

Masterofdarkness · Post by **Masterofdarkness** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:47 pm

Ehh its the same old thing with the chaos gods, pronounce it how you think it is pronounced cause I can almost guarantee that it will be different among regions and zones, if you are really curious just ask how the people in your local club pronounce it.

Post by **Kinslayer** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:48 pm

drookieye? thats not how its pronounced on mark of chaos

Irtehdar · Post by **Irtehdar** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:05 pm

Ive always said Droochee. ''Droo'' like in drool, ''chee'' like cheese.
But henceforth Ill use the pronounciation ''Droo-ki-eye'' because it sounds better IMO.
Or perhaps ''Droo-ki-yay''... Probably the last one. Im gonna have to ponder this for afew days.

EDIT: This turned out to be a good debate subject so I wont say its a *newbie* question. Anyway please try to keep such terms to a minimum.

Rogo · Post by **Rogo** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:17 pm

I thought it was DREW-CHEE-EYE. But it seems now it's more like DREW-KI. The best way of confirming it would be by asking the person who created the name 'Druchii' - he/she would know. Now how that's gonna happen is another question although i'd hope someone on the forum knows the creator...You could ask Jervis Johnson if you were really desperate - that would make for an intersting article.

Rogo

Post by **Kinslayer** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:24 pm

well the only time something made by/with games workshop has pronounced it is in mark of chaos, where Lileath the sorceress gets called Druchii (drew ki) by the high elf sorceress Aurelion.

so therefore i will use that. Plus dru ki eye sounds wierd to me.

Post by **Calisson** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:42 pm

Obviously there are many regional accents.
My own pronunciation is:
drü - she - ee
(with a French u = German ü)

Monkeylord · Post by **Monkeylord** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:04 pm

I think it largely depends on what language you're using as a reference. If we're using Latin as our rule base, I believe it would be pronounced "DROO-kee-EYE". Which, yes, is uncomfortably cloose to DOO-kee... and, I don't know if this is true anywhere else outside of the States, but here it means "poopoo", "caca", or "doo doo". :lol:

I originally pronounced it DROO-chee... which is quite incorrect. Even so, I often fall back to this pronunciation in casual conversation around people who also tend to pronounce it that way.

Lord tareq · Post by **Lord tareq** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:41 pm

Heartrender wrote:well the only time something made by/with games workshop has pronounced it is in mark of chaos, where Lileath the sorceress gets called Druchii (drew ki) by the high elf sorceress Aurelion.

so therefore i will use that. Plus dru ki eye sounds wierd to me.

One of the Druchii regiments (I think its the highborn on foot) has a phrase with Druchii in it, pronounced as Drew-Ki-Eye. This is also the pronunciation in upcoming WAR.

ps. I also thought it was Drew-Chi until about a year ago.

Post by **Kinslayer** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:17 pm

i dont think its drew-chi i think its drew-khai

Amarel · Post by **Amarel** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:32 pm

I doubt that an official pronounciation was created until it was needed, tbh.

Personally I prefer Drew-chi because it harmonic and less like I'm mis-pronouncing something else. It also sounds more insidious and less military which, again, I prefer.

To each their own imo.

Bounce · Post by **Bounce** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:33 pm

I prefer Drew-chee. I have never heard anyone pronounce it any other way around here.
I am not sure why chii would be pronounced as kai. Other wise it would be spelt Drukai

Aspiring executioner · Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:38 pm

I've always pronounced it as Dru-kai.
@Bounce
That's why people consider English to be a really hard language to learn because it isn't always logical like other languages.

Post by **Kinslayer** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:48 pm

@Bounce - ch can make a Ku sound as well as a Ch sound, and ii can make an EE sound or an I sound... so it could be either. I have always heard drukai

Khel · Post by **Khel** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:13 am

Drew-She

Paul Barnett from WAR says it like that.

Archon_matt · Post by **Archon_matt** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:24 am

Dark Elven is a harsh language, with sharp sounds .:. DROOK-EYE. DROOSHEE and DROOCHEE are too human-esque and don't suit the cold, harsh, unforgiving Druchii language. oh and people can we please GET OVER THIS TOPIC?!?!?? someone get onto the inventor of the word "Druchii" and sort it out once and for all!!!
::EDIT:: may I point out: the general consensus is that Dru is pronounced DROO. Next we have the CH. This can be pronounced like a normal CH or hard like a K. the II is similar to the latin ii but could also be pronounced like the i in cacti. therefore it's either:
DROOCHEE
DROOCHEYE
DROOKEYE
DROOKEE
And since we're talking about a harsh, unforgiving language with sharp sounds then it's pretty much narrowed down to DROOKEYE or DROOKEE. And DROOKEE sounds gay and puncy. but I'm not here to make your decisions for you, nor should I, so make up your own minds. oh and can someone contact the inventor of the word "Druchii" so we can sort this out once and for all?

Lord tareq · Post by **Lord tareq** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:28 pm

Khel wrote:Drew-She

Paul Barnett from WAR says it like that.

So in that case we can now with great certainty say that out of all possible ways of pronouncing Druchii, Drew-She is definately not the correct one

Gnosis · Post by **Gnosis** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:39 pm

Dark - Elves.

There. When are you ever going to need to say "Druchii"?

Post by **Kinslayer** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:11 pm

when someone says, "whats the elvish word for dark elves?"

Khel · Post by **Khel** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:09 am

Lord Tareq wrote:
Khel wrote:Drew-She

Paul Barnett from WAR says it like that.

So in that case we can now with great certainty say that out of all possible ways of pronouncing Druchii, Drew-She is definately not the correct one

I'm pretty sure this is the correct way mate, or GW would of him told otherwise to start saying it the right way, which they haven't. So we can deduce that he is saying the correct way.

But this is all a matter of interpretation.

Lord tareq · Post by **Lord tareq** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:42 am

Khel wrote:
Lord Tareq wrote:
Khel wrote:Drew-She

Paul Barnett from WAR says it like that.

So in that case we can now with great certainty say that out of all possible ways of pronouncing Druchii, Drew-She is definately not the correct one

I'm pretty sure this is the correct way mate, or GW would of him told otherwise to start saying it the right way, which they haven't. So we can deduce that he is saying the correct way.

But this is all a matter of interpretation.

Paul Barnett is a clown, great for making enthousiastic speeches about how great WAR will be, less great for anything else including accurate information.

Here is a mythic developer post, and this pronunciation is also used in WAR beta: http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showpost.php?p=941259&postcount=67