Tahm Kench Pronounciation

Azertazan·6/24/2015, 5:18:20 AM·5 votes·11,057 views

So Tahm Kench looks awesome; they nailed his character so hard that I'm impressed that he's not already part of Southern folklore (along with Brer Rabbit and such), that's how iconic and archetypical he feels to me. But there is an issue with his name- Is it pronounced

A. "Tom Kench" B. "Tam Kench" C. "???????"

This is really bugging me. If a Rioter could comment on this, I'm sure it would clear up a lot of confusion. Or if it was in the VO and I just missed it like a moron, someone please enlighten me. Either way, I'd like to know!

12 Comments

Shíny6/24/2015, 1:22:47 PM7 votes

Tahm's Lead designer Daniel Klein tweeted out a clip of him saying his name: http://picosong.com/gJmb/ Basically say it as tom

Buttigieg 20206/24/2015, 3:11:18 PM1 votes

Obviously it's pronounced tahm kench.

junglerboy166/24/2015, 3:20:43 PM1 votes

Answer is A, confirmed by Zenon on the reveal thread that Tahm is pronounced like Tom or Mom.

DWT123456/24/2015, 4:09:03 PM1 votes

nope, im gonna pronouce it like tam cantch

pinwheelviper6/24/2015, 8:55:44 PM1 votes

It's always going to be Tah-m for me even if someone says it's tam/tom

DynamiteGazelle6/25/2015, 6:34:07 AM1 votes

Well the 'ah' is pretty much always used to denote the long 'a' sound as in 'mom' or 'tom', so I'm pretty certain it's Tom.