MattK Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 I was just looking at the Yars' Revenge manual, and was wondering... How do you pronounce "Qotile"... (Koe-tile) or (Koe-teel)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 It's pronounced just the way it is spelled. Seriously, I pronounce it (Kwo-till), but what do I know. Linguistic Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 I pronounce it "fly swatter" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 LOL but i say it the way stan does just didnt no how to type that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella'sGhost Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 I don't pronounce it. I just shoot it, and ask questions later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 Or for fun MattK, you can go to Atari-history.com and watch the video clip that was made to be shown in the movie's which shows a guy making the game up in the air and he say's all there names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 That guy makes 2600 programming look easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 It is almost unheard of to have a Q in English that is not followed by a U, but technically, it is the U that gives the QU combo its "kw" sound. Q without U should sound just like K. So I've always pronounced it "KO-tile." But generally I avoid saying it out loud, lest I be viewed as more of a dork than I already appear to be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 You're correct with the pronunciation of the Q as a K. Hence, QO = "KO." Following the long O, however, the "-tile" should be pronounced with a short "i." So you wouldn't pronounce it as the normal word "tile," like what's on the floor of the White Castle kitchen, for instance. It would, rather, be pronounced with a "tul" sound. This is identical to the last syllable of "bottle" or "metal." Therefore, the correct pronunciation, I believe, is: KOTUL, with the emphasis on the KO. -- Phonetic Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 Not all two-syllable words require a full drop in accent on the weaker syllable. A similar case in point: nubile. I think this is probably more common in UK pronunciation than US style, but I suspect the argument is futile (FYOO-TILE). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varan Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 Qix has no "U" either. Stupid game devs. The can't handle the Q! Suckiest Q word = Queue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 Qix has no "U" either. And it's pronounced "KICKS" right? I win! Suckiest Q word = Queue. Aww, c'mon! That is my FAVORITE "Q" word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted June 19, 2002 Author Share Posted June 19, 2002 Q*bert also has no U, but I can actually pronounce that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 like what's on the floor of the White Castle kitchen That reference came out of nowhere, rofl! I love White Castle tho, don't get me wrong, yummy yummy! By chance do you know someone that works there or something, Chris? But I looked in the dictionary. Qix is not in there (of course). But I agree that it has been pronounced KICKS by people. There is NO word in the dictionary that starts with Qo So I'd say that you CAN'T pronounce it, it isn't a word. It is like trying to pronounce a word with just consonants like Zxik or Cfvip tho "o" is a vowel in this case. There are a couple words that begin with Qi Some are prounched like CHI so maybe it is pronounced: Qotile (Chotile) It is a nonsense word anyways, so this is just guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasty Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 In the Atari "The Fly" commercial it's pronounced "ku-tile"... greets, rasty.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 S.A.M. pronounces it KO-TILE (floor), but he's got an accent...so I dunno. Poiuytrewq is pronounced PIE-EYE-CHUCK, so maybe he's not such a good authority. "Pewma-man...I will destroy him!" -Donald Pleasence (Puma Man-MST3K) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 So waitaminute! Does this mean Q*Bert is really supposed to be pronounced K-bert? Arrrgh. I agree, though, the english language has no rule for Qo therefore it is unpronounceable by English standards. People (ie game designers) ought to stop trying to be clever and learn a little more about language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 The English language itself has it's fair share of inconsistencies... "Kwik mart all-nite olde tyme donut shoppe" "That's why spelling bees are only won by ugly little girls." -Gallegher BTW Q*bert doesn't really belong here, since the "Q" is seperate from "bert". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 I've always pronounced it "Ko-teel"... but it doesn't come up in conversation terribly often, so I haven't bothered to correct any mistake I might be making. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Just out of curiosity, I did a Google search for "Qotile." Of course, almost every link that came up pertained to Yars' Revenge. But I was quite surprised by this: http://games.espn.go.com/cbbpickem/entry?e...D=6812&period=2 I also did a search just for "Qo" to see if I could find any other words with those letters. A bunch of Star Trek Klingon-related sites came up. I noticed that the Klingon language looks a bit like Gaelic. Maybe if we have a Gaelic speaker on the board they could help us pronounce this... Oh, and to StanJr: If not for the *, yes, it would be pronounced Kbert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagMax667 Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Suckiest Q word = Queue. So, how DO you pronounce "Queue?" By the way, I've always pronounced Qotile "KO-tile." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 So, how DO you pronounce "Queue?" Q (No, seriously!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbrit2 Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 According to Apple's Text to Speech: Qotile = KO-de-uhl That sounds reasonable, but eliding the second and third syllable would probably be better. Queue = KYOO Not the more amusing KWEE-WEE that it looks like. Oh, and Nukey Shay, what is this S.A.M. that you alluded to earlier? Is this some internet based speech synthesizer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Is it the S.A.M. on the C-64, Nukey? I remember that thing! I used to have it. To give you an idea of how long ago it was, my friends and I spent hours seeing how it would say dirty words. (Okay, it was just last month.... ) CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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