Umm... they're on a completely different world, they can probably pronounce mana any way they want. Heck, you should be glad they coincidentally speak english! Or maybe they don't speak english on that world! Maybe they all speak a language that is exactly like english EXCEPT THEY PRONOUNCE MANA DIFFERENTLY!!!
Originally posted by NetSapiens_: In fact, try to look up the words "Carpe Diem" which are part of the spell words... can't find a true pronounciation for that one either, since latin is no longer a spoken language, so all pronounciation is guesstimates at best.
/NetSapiens
This statement is incorrect. By tracing words back to their original Indo-European roots, linguists can prove definitively how words are pronounced in a language in any given geographic region or time period. How they do this is beyond the scope of this post, mostly because I slept through Linguistics in college and can't remember the details.
You could, of course, argue that Shiny chose their pronounciation of "mana" from a specific time period and geographic region and therefore it is pronounced correctly.
actually, your all assuming we had some secret meanings to teh spell casting. The spells are composed of three things
1. team members names
2. movie phrases and a couple latin bits
3. completely made up sounds
all the actors had a list of about 20 words, and they all interpreted them any way they wanted, thus making all kinds of diferent tones and inflections.
as for using proper pronunciation...this is a fantasy world, and if you think they arent saying something right, it may be that that is the way it is pronounced in the sacrifice world, and the wizards may think that us here on earth have got it completely wrong.
I also played m:tg since the alphas were released and I have always heard it pronounced 'manna'. Even before that I played a great game called Secret of Mana for snes and that's how it was pronounced. Truthfully I didn't know it WAS being mispronounced all this time, and now that I do I don't know how I am going to live with myself...I've been wrong all my life. =)
As to the spells, the first time I played and built a manalith I heard 'Klatu barada Nikto' and almost laughed my ass off. If you aren't an old movie junky like myself, that's the phrase from an old b/w classic, Day the Earth Stood Still.
Oh I was just hopin for 'bah weep granna weep ninni bah'. =)
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Assuming I spelled it correctly it's from Transformers : The Motion Picture. It is the universal greeting used by Cup and Hotrod to make friends with the sharkticons.
Good thing I am older now and not into that kids stuff! =)
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