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Atama Cardel
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2007.11.04 22:21:00 -
[61]
 Originally by: cal nereus
I say it's Try-Mark and Kway-f.
Originally by: Odda
hey im a gonnie and i like to sue CCP to gett the game to my favor
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EFF ONEF1
Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2007.11.04 22:26:00 -
[62]
I blame MTV.
in the end, we should all forgoe english and speak klingon.
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hattifnatt
Gallente
The Movement
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Posted - 2007.11.04 22:34:00 -
[63]
Swedish: Nord÷stersj÷kustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranlSggningsmaterialunderhsllsuppf÷ljningssystemdiskuss
onsinlSggsf÷rberedelsearbeten
Longest word i know and i cant be arsed to translate it. 
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Sangxianc
Reikoku
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.11.04 22:37:00 -
[64]
Edited by: Sangxianc on 04/11/2007 22:43:33
Try-mark. I can't think of any words in English where you'd say tri at the beginning of a word as tree other than trio. Of course I might be missing some but it seems like trio (and any other example I may have missed) is a special case.
Also real men learn Latin and Ancient Greek.
(edit) Originally by: someone
I expected someone as nit pickety and correct as you to know that "chinese" is not a language. They speak a vast amount of different LANGUAGES in china (no, not dialects, but defined as languages) and none of them are particulary high up on the number 1 spoken languages. And spanish is spoken by more people than english as a primary language (though english far outclasses any language as a secondary one)
I am almost 100% certain that Mandarin has the highest number of native speakers.
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Iyanah
Minmatar
Native Freshfood
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Posted - 2007.11.04 22:40:00 -
[65]
Originally by: Agetec Core
Edited by: Agetec Core on 04/11/2007 05:35:31
How to pronounce it?
I think it should be
Tree - Mark
But a friend says that its
Try - Mark
His logic -
When Tri is added in front of a word, it becomes Try. Like Tricycle. But in Tricycle's case, a Cycle is like a coating word for what it means. Like Bicycle and unicycles where cycle represents the center design.
My logic - Trio. - > Tree- Oh I dont think trimark is 2 words becasue while mark may be a world on its own, its inherent definition dosetn apply here so mark takes on a whole nother meaning thus instead of TryMark, it should be TreeMark much as how you cant seperate the Tri from Trio
Tree-Mark!? that the??
it's Trimark, tri, as mentioned, like tricicle, like tripple.
the word is pronnounced try-mark.
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Bish Ounen
Gallente
Omni-Core Freedom Fighters
Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.11.04 22:47:00 -
[66]
Edited by: Bish Ounen on 04/11/2007 22:49:20
TRIMARK: pronounced "try-mark". The prefix "tri" is ALWAYS pronounced "try". Period. End of discussion.
Quafe: pronounced "kuaff" or "kwaf". This is because the EVE-O drink "Quafe" is a play on the archaic word "quaff" and thusly should be pronounced the same.
The Bish has spoken, the thread is now over.
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Ashina Sito
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Posted - 2007.11.04 22:48:00 -
[67]
Edited by: Ashina Sito on 04/11/2007 22:49:36
Edited by: Ashina Sito on 04/11/2007 22:49:11
Trimark = Try mark
There is a motion picture company named Trimark. It is pronounced as trymark. Never heard anyone pronounce it as Treemark.
Quafe = Quaff = kwaf
http://www.answers.com/topic/quaff
Quaff means to drink. What better name for a product then that. "Quaff Quafe!!"
Language be funs stuff!!
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Kurt Wulf
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Posted - 2007.11.04 22:48:00 -
[68]
I'm french and i pronunce it "KwafT" and "Tree-Mark".
If Quafe is supposed to be from gallentean origin (who are themselves from french origins), i believe it should be "Kwa-fe".
As a matter of fact, Quafe is close to the french word "CafT" (or cafe, which means coffee) and as every soft drinks (we're talking about the EVE coca-cola :)), it does likely contains cafein.
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Elodie Belanger
Moonlight Sonata
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Posted - 2007.11.04 23:11:00 -
[69]
Edited by: Elodie Belanger on 04/11/2007 23:11:26
-whoops
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Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades
For ever and for ever when I move.
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Sangxianc
Reikoku
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.11.04 23:12:00 -
[70]
Originally by: Bish Ounen
Edited by: Bish Ounen on 04/11/2007 22:49:20
TRIMARK: pronounced "try-mark". The prefix "tri" is ALWAYS pronounced "try". Period. End of discussion.
Trilogy.
Also I don't know how CCP derived Trimark or whether they intended tri to be the tri- prefix or just the three letters tri (it doesn't always have to be the prefix.)
However try-mark is undeniably the most natural way for a native English speaker to pronunce the word.
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Bish Ounen
Gallente
Omni-Core Freedom Fighters
Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.11.04 23:21:00 -
[71]
Originally by: Sangxianc
Originally by: Bish Ounen
Edited by: Bish Ounen on 04/11/2007 22:49:20
TRIMARK: pronounced "try-mark". The prefix "tri" is ALWAYS pronounced "try". Period. End of discussion.
Trilogy.
Also I don't know how CCP derived Trimark or whether they intended tri to be the tri- prefix or just the three letters tri (it doesn't always have to be the prefix.)
However try-mark is undeniably the most natural way for a native English speaker to pronunce the word.
Ok, ya got me on that one. I keep forgetting that there really are no really hard and fast rules in English. 
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Erim Solfara
Amarr
House of Solfara
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Posted - 2007.11.04 23:23:00 -
[72]
Originally by: cal nereus
I say it's Try-Mark and Kway-f.
What he said
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Kriz Lupin
Interstellar eXodus
R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2007.11.04 23:30:00 -
[73]
Op has to be a yank.
Learn English ffs. They try to teach you it in schools.
Its TryMark.
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Marine HK4861
Caldari
Seoltachd
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Posted - 2007.11.05 00:27:00 -
[74]
Originally by: Sangxianc
(edit) Originally by: someone
I expected someone as nit pickety and correct as you to know that "chinese" is not a language. They speak a vast amount of different LANGUAGES in china (no, not dialects, but defined as languages) and none of them are particulary high up on the number 1 spoken languages. And spanish is spoken by more people than english as a primary language (though english far outclasses any language as a secondary one)
I am almost 100% certain that Mandarin has the highest number of native speakers.
Mandarin is the official language of China, but almost everybody learns to speak a local dialect as well.
In many cases, this local dialect is learnt first thus making Mandarin really a second 'language'.
Technically speaking, all these local languages are dialects (same base language, but have some unique vocabulary and pronunciations), but due to the tonal nature of the Chinese language, they can be classed as separate languages.
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VJ Maverick
Caldari
Maverick Specialized Services
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Posted - 2007.11.05 01:30:00 -
[75]
Edited by: VJ Maverick on 05/11/2007 01:31:17
Originally by: Bish Ounen
Originally by: Sangxianc
Originally by: Bish Ounen
Edited by: Bish Ounen on 04/11/2007 22:49:20
TRIMARK: pronounced "try-mark". The prefix "tri" is ALWAYS pronounced "try". Period. End of discussion.
Trilogy.
Also I don't know how CCP derived Trimark or whether they intended tri to be the tri- prefix or just the three letters tri (it doesn't always have to be the prefix.)
However try-mark is undeniably the most natural way for a native English speaker to pronunce the word.
Ok, ya got me on that one. I keep forgetting that there really are no really hard and fast rules in English.
No, Bish. You are correct. As a "prefix" to another stand-alone word, the term "tri" is always pronounced "try". Trilogy, is pronounced Tri-logy because in "trilogy", "tri" is NOT a prefix but rather an integral part of the word. The term "logy" as a "study of something" is never used alone. Mark, angle, cycle are all stand-alone words by themselves.
Originally by: Bodhisattvas
by the way you keep on missing the "a" from pwn, do you need any help with its pl |
Naervic
Gallente
Brotherhood of the Shadows
Momentum Alliance
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Posted - 2007.11.05 01:47:00 -
[76]
As your average English speaker I pronounce Trimark as Try Mark... Same as triangle or tricycle. For Quafe... For whatever reason I always thought it was Kwah-fay. A play of the word quaff.
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Maglorre
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Posted - 2007.11.05 02:43:00 -
[77]
Edited by: Maglorre on 05/11/2007 02:43:56
Just to confuse things more, is it supposed to be tri-mark or trim-ark 
To be honest, I don't really care how people pronounce things as long as they don't totally butcher the word. The number of people I hear saying Harbringer instead of Harbinger makes me cringe (most of them happen to be American although at least one is Romanian... but I blame the Yanks for polluting his mind)
The thing that really bothers me though is all the English only speakers (and I am one) that get on their high horses and start abusing people, for whom English is a second or third language, for grammatical or spelling errors.
I feel quite humbled at times listening to corp mates on vent that can speak many languages fluently (the Dutch seem to be particularly multi-lingual). It amazes me at times when there are 3 or 4 people talking and they are switching between English, Dutch and German, often within the same sentence. I, of course, generally have no idea WTF they are talking about.
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Le Skunk
Low Sec Liberators
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Posted - 2007.11.05 03:07:00 -
[78]
Edited by: Le Skunk on 05/11/2007 03:12:47
When the Germans or French or Spanish civalise the world as Teh British did in times gone by, Ill start speaking that language.
Until then I refuse to taint my mouth with their filthy gobbledy**** and (as I am not totally unreasonable) will simply condescend to shout louder at them if they have difficulty understanding me.
Remember - speak VERY LOUDLY and VERY SLOWLEY and they eventual get the message. If they dont then a quick thwack to the back of the head with the London Times often assists.
On the flip side, a generous tip after they have completed their task (typically fetching and carrying/holding your parasole/umbrealla etc) - aids them with the carrot element of their training, whilst also steering them from the path of vagabondism.
SKUNK
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SirMoric
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Posted - 2007.11.05 03:10:00 -
[79]
It's supposed to be pronounced trim-ark....
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Leya Marcsson
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Posted - 2007.11.05 03:33:00 -
[80]
Originally by: VJ Maverick
As a "prefix" to another stand-alone word, the term "tri" is always pronounced "try". Trilogy, is pronounced Tri-logy because in "trilogy", "tri" is NOT a prefix but rather an integral part of the word.
"Tri" in "Trilogy" IS ofcourse a prefix.
The direct translation is tri = 3 and logy <= logie <= logia = act, creation. So a Trilogy is a work with 3 acts. Series of 5 works are called Pentalogy,then Tetralogy etc. You see the picture? :)
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Caligulus
Eve University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2007.11.05 05:45:00 -
[81]
Informative 8/10
This thread could have been much worse. IE it could have been about turrets vs. turnets.
...on a related note. I still say the Astarte is pronounced "Ass-tart".
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Lisento Slaven
Amarr
Capitalism Amuck
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Posted - 2007.11.05 05:58:00 -
[82]
Originally by: Caligulus
Informative 8/10
This thread could have been much worse. IE it could have been about turrets vs. turnets.
...on a related note. I still say the Astarte is pronounced "Ass-tart".
Try-Mahrk
Turr-eht
As-tahr-tay
I've always pronounce Quafe as Kway-ff. But I can see the Kwah-fay or Kwah-fee pronounciations fitting too.
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ED 209
Old Detroit Crime Syndicate
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Posted - 2007.11.05 06:09:00 -
[83]
Originally by: cal nereus
Edited by: cal nereus on 04/11/2007 07:45:57
No more than three hundred years ago French was more widely spoken (at least among the learned peoples) than English. It's really a case of the English kicking ass in international trade, politics, and warfare. That's why English is really popular now.
I'd say its more because of the Internet. Which is probably why the version of english you see in eve is more american english than english english.
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ED 209
Old Detroit Crime Syndicate
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Posted - 2007.11.05 06:16:00 -
[84]
Originally by: Yadee
Originally by: Akita T
Chinese is the first one by far, with Hindi almost on par with English and Spanish a close fourth.
I expected someone as nit pickety and correct as you to know that "chinese" is not a language. They speak a vast amount of different LANGUAGES in china (no, not dialects, but defined as languages) and none of them are particulary high up on the number 1 spoken languages. And spanish is spoken by more people than english as a primary language (though english far outclasses any language as a secondary one)
lol, owned in teh face
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Rooker
Lysian Enterprises
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Posted - 2007.11.05 07:42:00 -
[85]
Originally by: Alyth
It is widely known that Americans cannot spell or speak English correctly.
You're doing it wrong. It is widely known that to receive your internet "cool points" for bashing Americans with ignorant, childish insults you have to work Bush into it somehow. Please refer to the "How To Be Cool On The Internet" scorecard that came with your modem.
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TimMc
Skiddies of Doom
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Posted - 2007.11.05 07:44:00 -
[86]
Originally by: cal nereus
I say it's Try-Mark and Kway-f.
I support this service and/or product.
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Andrue
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.11.05 13:09:00 -
[87]
Edited by: Andrue on 05/11/2007 13:11:35
Originally by: Akita T
Originally by: Dred'Pirate Jesus
Because english is the only language that can easily adapt to describe new ideas and technics.. Try descibing something modern in Mandarin.
Pfft. The hell it is. English is a crude and inaccurate language, with a lot of confusing spelling rules, double entendres and so on and so forth.
It's also not even the most spoken language as number of speakers (and I'm NOT talking native speakers here), Chinese is the first one by far, with Hindi almost on par with English and Spanish a close fourth. Russian is sixth and French barely tenth spot.
HOWEVER, you have two big things "going for" the English language... USA and its economic supremacy, and the FORMER colonialistic power of the UK. People learn to speak English because "important" people speak English, so they have to get a way to understand them and make themselves understood.
Even German is slightly better as English, and German is quite horrible too.
But hey don't get me wrong... if it works, no matter how bad it is... well, it works.
Whilst you're right that in total numbers of people it is not the most popular primary language it is far and away the most common second language.
What makes English so successful is that is nearly universal. If an alien decided to visit and could only learn one language they would pick English. No other language has such a universal reach. Speaking Mandarin would mean you could speak to the most people but wouldn't be very useful if you intended to visit all the world's capitals..unless you wanted to rely on a translator.
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Love DNGD
Dark Nebula Gallente Division
Dark Nebula Galactic Empire
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Posted - 2007.11.05 13:29:00 -
[88]
Originally by: cal nereus
I say it's Try-Mark and Kway-f.
What he said.
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Banjo String
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Posted - 2007.11.05 13:37:00 -
[89]
Try Mark is what I read
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Sheriff Jones
Amarr
Please Enter Password
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Posted - 2007.11.05 13:46:00 -
[90]
What if i don't want to try mark? 
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