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Edited by Fur Hammerlock: 12/21/2014 12:28:03 AM
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Quit calling it "Galarhorn"!

It's not pronounced "Gal-ar-horn", it's a Scandinavian word and is pronounced "Yahl-lar-hawrn". Gjallarhorn is Heimdall's Horn, used to warn the Gods of Ragnarok. [b]Overall Edit[/b]: It's amazing all the hate this post got. Colourful crowd and language used, as well as people both thanking and hating me for making this a PSA. Keep it trending, the more people that know what it's properly called, the better. People sound really ignorant when they're mispronouncing it like they are. Think of it this way, as pointed out by a poster... we don't say 'F-jords', I hear everyone say 'Yords' when it comes to an actual Fjord. Why in any case would people really think it's pronounced Gallarhorn... [b]BLVCKVP[/B] [quote]Our clan name is called Heimdallr just because we have the Gjallarhorn.[/quote] [b]CptSubtext[/b] [quote]Screw the people who say it doesn't matter or who cares. They're just uneducated pricks. I'm always happy when someone corrects my pronunciation so I don't make a fool of myself. You've been saying it wrong. Suck it up and correct yourself.[/quote]
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  • Actually, language and pronunciation works on the basis of common consent. There is no absolute right way. Language only actually means anything because enough people agree to use the same sound (word) to describe the same object. In reality the relationship between the signifier (sound/word) and signified (object) is completely arbitrary. If enough people decided to pronounce it with a strong 'G' then that would become the accepted way - thats how language evolves, it is not fixed and there is no fixed pronunciation for anything - just common consent. And to think you branded others uneducated?

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