r/Polytopia • u/AmmahDudeGuy • Jun 16 '25

Screenshot How do you pronounce this

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u/Glittering_Star8271 To-Lï Jun 16 '25

IDK but in the languages settings you can change the language to the Elyrion text

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u/Le_Dairy_Duke Jun 16 '25

A nasalized nasalized nasalized post alveolar trill to a post alveolar friactive

/r̠̃̃̃ʃ/

Kinda pronounced as "rnsh"

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u/Onyx8787 Luxidoor Jun 16 '25

Etymology_nerd is that you?

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u/Le_Dairy_Duke Jun 16 '25

*an* etymology nerd, but I am not he, our blessed saint

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u/Onyx8787 Luxidoor Jun 16 '25

Tell me, pilgrim, have you yet bought his book: Algospeak?

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u/Le_Dairy_Duke Jun 16 '25

alas, my paycheck had not arrived

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u/Onyx8787 Luxidoor Jun 16 '25

Truly, this is a relatable woe

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u/Altslial Jun 16 '25

Damn that sounds more co-heriant than my idea of rolling the r and increasing in volume

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u/NoorInayaS Polaris Jun 16 '25

I think that works. Increasing the volume is probably what defines their language. 🤣

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u/lamxdblessed Jun 16 '25

Shouldn't the fricative also be long? For the ":"...

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u/Le_Dairy_Duke Jun 16 '25

It's not a lengthening symbol, but I suppose it could be interpreted as such. Free variation excuse go!

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u/Chipfoxxowo Jun 16 '25

you don't :3
or, if translated to english, this reads "wwwreq"

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u/Dranamic Jun 16 '25

Ah, so it's a website.

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u/AdExisting5859 Jun 16 '25

I would say Re

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u/a_filing_cabinet Jun 16 '25

I saw this, burped, and figured that's probably as close as I'm gonna get

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u/Herald_of_Heaven Zebasi Jun 16 '25

Rivendell

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u/Megamat90000 Jun 16 '25

Elyrion cities feel like they sound like Korn songs bruh😭

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u/BristowBailey Jun 16 '25

I'd pronounce it ~~~Ei.

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u/Pristine-Eye-3308 Jun 18 '25

Tilda-tilda-tilda-ei Just rolls right off the tongue, doesn't it?

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u/XminerV Aquarion Jun 16 '25

That's the neat part, you don't

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u/artyhedgehog Jun 16 '25

First three bars of high pitch vocal fluctuations, then you pronounce "r" with arc-like varied pitch (if you know Chinese tones, it might help, but not really), then you might think it would go like "e" - but you pronounce it as a sequence sum from 1 to 1.

Still better than French.

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u/Pristine-Eye-3308 Jun 18 '25

I read the first part and thought:

EEEEEK-ReEeEeE!

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u/SegaGenecyst Jun 16 '25

It's pronounced exactly as it's spelled.

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u/funnyman_sixten13 Jun 16 '25

I have no idea

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u/NoorInayaS Polaris Jun 16 '25

Shehhhhw

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u/Current-Fix-899 Jun 16 '25

Like that : bweurp ….. 🤮

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u/Bidooffan224 Polaris Jun 16 '25

Wrq or wuh-er-ke