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"Chao".

Sorry, I'm not a Sonic fan, but it's just been on my mind for a while. These "anime" freaks at my school keep bringing their GBA's to school with Sonic Advance on them, and then they go into a Sonic mantra.

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Depends on your accent I suppose, but proper English would be "Chay-o". If it's a Chinese name or something, they may it differently out that way. Or, you could be one of those annoying people who generally speaks proper English but occasionally pronounces things with a foreign accent if they were originally foreign words.

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I don't give a shit, sonic games are even more boring than Unreal.

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Japanese pronunciation: chya-o

'chya' is in "'Chya, right, and monkeys will fly outta my butt!"

And a hard 'O' sound.

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yup, swedish accent all the way.

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Odd, I'm not Swedish. Oh yeah, and it's German accent too (Germans actually say 'chao' when they say goodbye. It's spelled differently though)

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rnnertr

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And that means?

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I don't give a shit, sonic games are even more boring than Unreal.

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I actually like some of the platform Sonic games.

And do you really like Daikatana? Cause I'm thinking about liking it too. I'm tired of everyone hating on it.

Anyway, I voted "kay-o", because I once heard that the "Chao" is supposed to be the artificial non-existing singular form of "Chaos", and the pronunciation accordingly.

BTW, does anybody know the singular of "dice"? Have I asked it before?

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And do you really like Daikatana? Cause I'm thinking about liking it too. I'm tired of everyone hating on it.

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I have fallen deeply in love with Daikatana, and I've only played the demo. It's been the first game since Hexen that I actually smiled whilst playing. I'm hunting out the full version, I'm going to try to grab a copy this weekend.

It's a damn shame that ION died, too.

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BTW, does anybody know the singular of "dice"? Have I asked it before?

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Die.

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Odd, I'm not Swedish. Oh yeah, and it's German accent too (Germans actually say 'chao' when they say goodbye. It's spelled differently though)

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Tschau

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And some of us call 'em "d6."

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We, the freaks. But you know, that's not as bad as having a mantra/pose/chant everytime you're supposed to roll them. All my players do some stupid shit.

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Heh...thats exactly what I was thinking.

I once had a d100, but some dumbass broke it. What a waste of $13.

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BTW, does anybody know the singular of "dice"? Have I asked it before?

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Die.

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Heh, that can almost be interpreted as Liam responding to a stupid post.

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Are you suggesting that my question was stupid?

At least I didn't ask how to pronounce Chao.

At least I didn't answer it wrong. In fact I'm the only one who answered it right.

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dr_st's post

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1)No, but Liam might have thought so
2)Uhhhh.....didn't I just say I wasn't a Sonic fan?
3)As Lüt said, it all depends on how you WANT to pronounce it...there's no right or wrong

4)Loosen up dude, you're becoming worse than me :)

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Thanks for clearing that up Dan. Actually, that's the slang way of saying it. The proper way is arividirce, however it's spelled.

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