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Title: Re: Pronunciation from Ask the Staff
Post by: Ender on December 23, 2008, 11:06:38 AM
From wikipedia:

Mul
This article is about the fictional fantasy race. [...]

Muls are the mixed-breed offspring of humans and dwarves in the Dark Sun campaign setting. The term mul is derived from "mule" which are sterile hybrids, and as such the word is meant to be pronounced in the same manner (rhyming with "rule" rather than "dull").

Women who give birth to muls tend to be human and die in childbirth. Muls are bred for gladiatorial combat and slave labor. Athasian muls are hairless, about 6 feet tall, retain the agility of their human parent while manifesting the strength and industrious mindset of their dwarven parent.

The stamina of a mul is legendary; muls can literally work or march for days nonstop.

The term "mul" has been unofficially adopted into other campaign settings for rare human-dwarf crossbreeds.



Since the "mule" pronunciation is distinctive to Dark Sun, it can be argued that on arm it's pronounced differently, but I've always used the DS pronunciation.
Title: Re: Pronunciation from Ask the Staff
Post by: Marauder Moe on December 23, 2008, 11:13:51 AM
Before I learned that the official DS (and Armageddon I think) pronunciation was "mule", I always thought "mull" in my head.

I decided it's not worth the effort to change how I perceive it, though, especially since they won't be in Arm 2.0 anyway.  :-\
Title: Re: Pronunciation from Ask the Staff
Post by: The7DeadlyVenomz on December 23, 2008, 11:15:00 AM
Oh God. I'm such a wynner. I told you mothafuckaz four years ago!!!
Title: Re: Pronunciation from Ask the Staff
Post by: Synthesis on December 23, 2008, 01:27:22 PM
[citation needed]
Title: Re: Pronunciation from Ask the Staff
Post by: FantasyWriter on December 23, 2008, 01:46:34 PM
None of you board gammers have a manual?
Title: Re: Pronunciation from Ask the Staff
Post by: Ourla on December 23, 2008, 03:18:08 PM
When I hung out with Tlaloc in Texas, I found out that I pronounced just about everything wrong.   :D
Title: Re: Pronunciation from Ask the Staff
Post by: mansa on December 23, 2008, 03:26:01 PM
Quote from: Ourla on December 23, 2008, 03:18:08 PM
When I hung out with Tlaloc in Texas, I found out that I pronounced just about everything wrong.   :D

Tlaloc's texan, what do you expect....
Title: Re: Pronunciation from Ask the Staff
Post by: Bogre on December 24, 2008, 05:23:35 AM
Quote from: Ourla on December 23, 2008, 03:18:08 PM
When I hung out with Tlaloc in Texas, I found out that I pronounced just about everything wrong.   :D

Here, too.

And mansa, I dare ya'll to come down heaaar and say that to us houstonians!