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Edited by Archon879:
10/30/2015 8:28:19 PM
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Pronunciation of "Zhalo", and meaning
I listen to several Destiny-based podcasts and I noticed that when people refer to the supercell, they call it the "Zaylo" or "Zahlo" Supercell.
As somebody who speaks Russian fluently, I'm going to help you all.
Say the word 'prestige'.
Now say it again but leave out the "presti".
All that's left is the 'zh' sound.
It's the sound in the middle of the word "vision". (Could be spelled vizhen.)
In the Cyrillic alphabet there is a letter which makes that sound.
Another explanation: while making the "sh" sound, vibrate your vocal cords like you're humming. That should produce the "zh" sound.
Also, in Russian, if the letter o is stressed, it makes the o sound. If not, it makes the 'ah' sound. In the word Zhalo, the a is stressed, thus the o is pronounced as an a.
"Zhah-la" supercell.
In Russian the word means 'sting'. Noun form, not verb.
Play on.
Edit: Removed awkward explanations... Trending?! Sweet! Thanks guys!
Edit: As English speakers I know we can't be expected to pronounce a Russian word as a Russian might. We would say the 'o' as 'oh'. But the zh sound is easy, (and if you prefer just z, that's cool too)
Mostly I thought it would be cool to know the meaning.
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#Destiny
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13 RepliesThis makes me think....maybe the weapon was a evolutionary design of the AK 47 in the golden age by russia. It was outfitted with a electrical power to make it more powerful as well
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2 RepliesWhile this was interesting, I'll just continue to be an ignorant American.
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6 RepliesI don't understand people's obsession with this gun. I got it a week after TTK release, leveled it up, and was vastly underwhelmed. Result: Sharded
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2 RepliesEdited by Whitchit: 10/30/2015 6:42:58 PMTypo, it should say vhalo.... Which we can extrapolate to 5 halo.... or halo 5.... And I think we can all say that means Bungie made halo 5. It was probably on the disc.
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This is awesome!
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2 RepliesWho said it was Russian?
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1 ReplyEdited by JayTronicle: 10/31/2015 12:20:55 AMI think it means.........Z...Halo........Z=Sell..... So, for all you illiterate X-boxers, Zhalo translates to..... Halo 5 is crap, SELL IT.....oooooppps, nobody will buy it cos it SUCCCKKKSSSS......BUNGIE 4eva
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1 ReplyEdited by AZIZ19821982: 10/31/2015 12:16:06 AMZhalo = Жало. It's a thing that comes from scorpion tale for example ) with poison usually :D Same as Ludmila. Russian woman name :)
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I pronounce it supercell, so I don't have to get into the stupid G-aller-horn vs Ya-ller-horn nonsense.
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i just called it z-lo. will continue to call it z-lo.
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You can thank me later.
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2 RepliesThis is the gallarhorn vs yallarhorn argument all over again!!!!
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Thank you!
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And supercell a are the massive clouds the tornados drop from
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I've always assumed that I was saying Zhalo wrong, so at that point I just cut off the Zhalo part completely and called it the Supercell lol
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Interesting. Kind of cool to know! Thanks for posting this!
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Oh god not another Gjallarhorn incident. We can't have this again... *throws hammer of sol at op*
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1 ReplyOne of the benefits of being a hockey fan is that I am exposed to Russian names, and therefore pronunciations, rather frequently. So I knew about the 'Zh' part. However, I didn't know about the part where the O sounds like an A. The good thing is that it now makes sense why the Russian ring announcer in Rocky 4 says Drago's name like "Draga". I always wondered about that. Thanks!
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43 RepliesAhem. Space K 47.
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Now I guess you'll try and tell me gjallarhorn is pronounced yalahorn as well, get outta here with your technically correct pronunciations and what not. I call it whatever I damn well please, cause murica. Now excuse me while go play with nikola tesla's last greatest, never invented invention, The Mother-blam!-ing super cell.
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Nifty :) I'm still going to call it "ze-halo lightning AK" :) happy hunting
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Zehallo
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The gun is a modified Aek rifle
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6 RepliesBeing a Destiny player and a fluent Russian speaker is fun, I get to understand all the writing and Rasputin
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Edited by Kohaku Koi: 10/30/2015 6:35:59 PMOh, kinda like the Zhallarhorn
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1 ReplyObviously it is pronounced Zee Halo. Or at least it should be in honoring of it being Xur'd when Halo was released.
