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footsteps · Post by **footsteps** » Fri May 13, 2005 2:12 pm

ottoatm (how's that supposed to be pronounced?)

I'm one of those that always found this name choice.... interesting.

Thanks for the explanation. I've always tended to pronounce it thusly:
OTto-AHtem

Alan

Post by **SavaTheAggie** » Fri May 13, 2005 2:25 pm

I'm really pleased and surprised by all of the responses. Some of your guesses as to what's going on behind the scenes and what will happen are either very close or spot on, and some of your guesses are not anywhere close to the truth.

I'm pleased because I'm happy to know so many are actually reading and paying attention to my story

Makes me want to get chapter 9 finished even more.

I'm surprised on how close some of you are to the truth. I'm not sure if I should be happy that you're paying so close attention, or sad that the story is transparent enough to lead you to those conclusions. But the parts of your guesses that are wrong, at least, makes me feel good about still being able to hold the wool over your eyes a little longer.

footsteps wrote:What I'm curious about is what you meant for the pronunciation of Ikros?

Also, what was your inspiration for the name Ikros? Something profound, or simply mundane?

Alan

I didn't want to say how I pronounce it, simply so I wouldn't influence the poll. I always pronounced it one way, until my father pointed out that technically it's pronounced another. I do like the way he pronounces it cause it sounds cool (ick + ross).

But when I created Ikros, it was 'EYE + k + row + s' - long 'o', emphasis on 'eye.'

I wish I could say that Ikros means something, that there was some profound meaning to its' birth, but I was simply looking for a name of a Kingdom that sounded harsh (hard 'k + r' sound did well) and was quickly spoken.

Garalt, on the other hand, was born from a totally seperate project a friend and I were working on, in which there was a leader of great warriors - a knight among knights - named Sir Garalt of the 4th Guard. He was a man without peer, honorable, chivalrous, and ironically enough, a dragon slayer (the original story, chapters 1 through

had no dragons in it).

--Anthony

ottoatm · Post by **ottoatm** » Sat May 14, 2005 12:31 am

Thanks for the explanation. I've always tended to pronounce it thusly:
OTto-AHtem

Heh heh heh... not a problem - I never gave a thought to how that might be interpreted by other users.

it was 'EYE + k + row + s' - long 'o', emphasis on 'eye.'

I can't believe I was pronouncing it wrong all this time!!

Barbapple · Post by **Barbapple** » Sat May 14, 2005 5:34 am

i think mine may be both the most inaccurate and the most unique

ear-ick-Os
(long O sound)

Rosh.Gonff · Post by **Rosh.Gonff** » Sat May 14, 2005 5:52 am

I pronounce it the same as Barbabble.

The Yeti · Post by **The Yeti** » Sat May 14, 2005 5:58 am

same here

TheBohrok · Post by **TheBohrok** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:35 am

footsteps wrote:I've always tended to pronounce it thusly:
OTto-AHtem

Alan

That is also how I pronounced it. When I see a screen name, I just automatically make up a pronunciation.

On the poll, I chose "other". The way I pronounce it in my head is "ee-krow-s", and only one other person here said it that way as well. I must be strange.

The_Fright_Knight · Post by **The_Fright_Knight** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:36 pm

1. Ik + Row + S
2. The Story is much more intresting than The Fellowship of The Ring, in my opinion.
3. I don't want to know what happens next, because that would ruin the suprise.

4. Bread

Luís · Post by **Luís** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:46 pm

I think it's eye+k+row+s'.
I don't know what´ll happen next.
In a toaster you put a witch (toaster-toast her, get it? no?).

Shurtugal · Post by **Shurtugal** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:56 pm

hey, only two votes for EE-kros? wow...

well, I havent finished story. I've hardly started, but I plan to finish someday. High school is so busy.....

smcginnis · Post by **smcginnis** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:17 pm

I voted ick-ross, but I usually variate between that and ick-roast (minus the 't').

~smcginnis

P.S. ...old thread...

The Panther · Post by **The Panther** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:56 am

I pronounce it "eye-crows" (like the bird)

Love Ikros, love Chaos Skys. Good storyline, great characters. One question though, what happened to Queen Allimar? Iexpected to see her in Chaos Skys as an older lady. Or maybe I skimmed and missed the part where she dies?

Oh, I have a guess about somthing in the story, but I don't want to spoil it.

Oh yeah. I like to put bread in the toaster. Mmmmm toast.

Danju the Clever · Post by **Danju the Clever** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:49 pm

Other. I pronounce it Ike (As in Mike and Ike)-roas (As in Roast without the T).

kelderic · Post by **kelderic** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:42 am

I pronounce it eye-krose.

Kelderic

Lord Nev · Post by **Lord Nev** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:22 pm

I say "ee-krose"

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