I mispronounce every single champions name.

Laughing Fish··4 votes·1,338 views

Seriously, every time I watch a stream and they refer to a champion, I find I was pronouncing another champion wrong. Pronounced Lucian as Lue-see-oin, I pronounced Vi as Vee, I pronounced Leblanc as La-blank... I think I know every champs pronunciation now, but I am still not 100% sure how to pronounce Yasuo...

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phirestarter5 votes

Is it shaco Shaco as in taco

http://i.giphy.com/QGrAoK4eEngA0.gif

or shaco Shaco as in Draco Malfoy [ Dray-co MAL-foy ]

http://i.giphy.com/okjBrdrg20LZu.gif

.... no idea.

Laughing Fish3 votes

I say Shaco as in Taco. And nobody can convince me otherwise.

CubedJustice1 votes

It's Shaco, because of Fake-o =c

Daen4 votes

I used to swear by Shaco as in taco, but the official pronunciation is Shaco as in Draco and I've gotten used to it. :P

Drunk Rummate4 votes

I pronounce them wrong on purpose.

Darius = Dario Katarina = Kitarnio Akali = Alkaline (Battery) Vayne = Vanye West Swain = Swanye West Blitzcrank = Blitzcrunker Teemo = Draven Sivir = Severe

Etc. I have a nickname for pretty much every champion lol.

Laughing Fish3 votes

Lol, nicknames for champs are always fun. Blitzcrank: Trollcrank Volibear: The bear Alistar: The cow Zilean The Time Lord Victorious Orianna: GLaDOS

kitchenxninja1 votes

hahahahahaha omg, I literally LOL'd .

CubedJustice1 votes

Hecarim: The cow. Gragas: The Fat Man Nami: Slippy Fishie Olaf: Bjorn Nasus: Pimp Daddy Heimerdinger: Donger Zone Elise: Spahder Karthus: Tom Araya

Nucleophilic atk1 votes

Bro bro bro bro...alkaline does not mean battery.

Drunk Rummate1 votes

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Bro bro bro bro...alkaline does not mean battery.

Of course not, but it's a type of battery. Sometimes I call her alkaline, sometimes I call her alkaline battery. I joke because her energy recharges stupid fast.

Daen3 votes

Yasuo YAH-soo-oh

Laughing Fish1 votes

So not Yah-Say-Oh

Daen1 votes

Nerp!

Laughing Fish2 votes

Well that settles that issue.

DeloricVI1 votes

don't you mean Ya-ASEYO!

Blackmoon Misfit3 votes

In LeBlanc's case, her name is French, so having a general idea of how French words sound helps. It's pronounced [luh-blonk], and it translates to "the white". As a member of the Black Rose, this was no doubt intentionally ironic.

As for Vi, that's actually pretty sensible as far as mistakes go. When it comes to long 'i' sounds, you'd expect it to come with a spelling like "Vai" or "Vye", or something along those lines. Assuming that "Vi" is as far as her name goes and isn't just shorthand for a longer name like Victoria or something (and it's not), a long 'e' sound seems logical for something that short. Of course, once you start playing her, you pick it up pretty quickly after hearing "Vi stands for violence!" a few times. xD

Yasuo's Japanese, so you'd expect his name would follow Japanese pronunciation. In general, Japanese vowels are pronounced the same in all instances and occurences. Put simply, a is "ah" ("ball"), u is "oo" ("tube"), and o is "oh" ("mode"). With consonants, his name is pronounced [yah-soo-oh]. Just to have the other vowels covered, e is "eh" ("fed"), and i is "ee" ("ski).

Don't ask about Rammus though. I have no idea.

DeloricVI1 votes

Rammus

They pronounce it Ram-us in the spotlight video

Laughing Fish1 votes

In LeBlanc's case, her name is French, so having a general idea of how French words sound helps. It's pronounced [luh-blonk], and it translates to "the white". As a member of the Black Rose, this was no doubt intentionally ironic.

I didn't get how to pronounce her name until someone made a mashup of her and Matt LeBlanc lol

Of course, once you start playing her, you pick it up pretty quickly after hearing "Vi stands for violence!" a few times. xD

Yup, that's what happened :D

Yasuo's Japanese, so you'd expect his name would follow Japanese pronunciation.

I really should learn more about Eastern Asian pronunciations. I always have a lot of trouble with names from Japan, China, Korea, etc.

Don't ask about Rammus though. I have no idea.

I know this one! It is Ram us

Eleshakai1 votes

{quoted} Don't ask about Rammus though. I have no idea.

Ok.

Zrima3 votes

I'm not sure how Riot wants Leblanc name to sound like. Anyway just for info, for the color white, "Blanc" in French, the 'c' is silent.

Source : I'm French Renekton

Eleshakai1 votes

{quoted}

I'm not sure how Riot wants Leblanc name to sound like. Anyway just for info, for the color white, "Blanc" in French, the 'c' is silent.

Source : I'm French Renekton

Pretty sure the French dictionary we used in French class back in high school had the c being pronounced....

In fact I'm pretty sure the French movies we had to watch had it pronounced as well...

But it's been a decade so I won't fight you on this lol

Eleshakai1 votes

Yasuo is pronounced ya-hoooooooooooo

insaiyanbacca1 votes

ummm im pretty sure the champ spotlight vid for luc pronounces it like lushin

Laughing Fish1 votes

Oh yeah I know how to pronounce it now. But it wasn't until fairly recently that I learned the correct way to say it.

Daen1 votes

By the way, Rengar is pronounced rag-OO. Or REHN-gey. Sometimes ROO-goo. Totally official. Not crazy at all. shifty eyes

facemelter7101 votes

i like to callLeblanc ( Le-Blue) in a funny french accent. try it i bet you laugh!

DeloricVI1 votes

A lot of people laugh at me when I pronounce names so I can relate... I actually made someone laugh in skype chat by pretty much sounding out "Mordekaiser"

BeerOfRoot48431 votes

Yasuo = Yah-sooo-oh?

BLU Medic1 votes

I feel for you. I still pronounce Kassadin wrong occasionally, can never get my tongue around Tryndamere and sound stupid whenever I say Mordekaiser.

Laughing Fish1 votes

There is not a single person on this earth that knows the right way to say Mordekaiser. I just say Mord-ah-kay-zer.

BLU Medic1 votes

Probably not. Until there is a 100% right way, I'm sticking with MOR-deh-kay-zer.

Sirsir1 votes

Brahz-eel

Zimraphel1 votes

"LeBlanc" is French. Luh-blahnc. "Lucian" is an actual name and can be pronounced either "loo-see-in" or "lew-shin." "Vi" is pretty fuckin' clearly V-eye, she even had a theme song. Rhymes with 'cry,' etc. "Shaco" is a mixed-up "Chaos" so the "a" keeps the same pronunciation.

A Swarm of Koala1 votes

Anyone who says Shaco rhymes with Draco is a mindless puppet that spouts off any nonsense the Lizard Overlords tell them.

Mistral1 votes

How do you pronounce Kayle? I say Kay-lee because I knew a few girls named that back in the day. However, everyone I have met says Kale.

Laughing Fish1 votes

Kale

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