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MAY-zahn versus MEE-sahn

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In FreeSpace 2, the Meson Bomb is always pronounced "MEE sahn". But until I played the main campaign, I had thought it was pronounced "MAY-zahn"; at least, that's what I had always heard. So I looked it up in Webster's, and apparently both pronunciations are valid - although MAY-zahn comes first (curiously, MEH-zahn comes before both of them). The exact pronunciation guide goes like this:

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\ 'meh-zahn, 'may-, 'mee-, -sahn \

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MAY-zahn versus MEE-sahn

High time I started upping my post count too...

In FreeSpace 2, the Meson Bomb is always pronounced "MEE sahn". But until I played the main campaign, I had thought it was pronounced "MAY-zahn"; at least, that's what I had always heard. So I looked it up in Webster's, and apparently both pronunciations are valid - although MAY-zahn comes first (curiously, MEH-zahn comes before both of them). The exact pronunciation guide goes like this:

quote:

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\ 'meh-zahn, 'may-, 'mee-, -sahn \

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It wouldn't be the only time something was pronounced curiously in FreeSpace 2. Your first squadron commander says something along the lines of He-cate when it's really more like "Heck-ah-tee".

I still agonize over foililiailiage.

Will Farrell would kick bin Laden's butt

It wouldn't be the only time something was pronounced curiously in FreeSpace 2. Your first squadron commander says something along the lines of He-cate when it's really more like "Heck-ah-tee".

I still agonize over foililiailiage.

I stick with Meh-zahn.
Even though I pronounce it me-zon

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I stick with Meh-zahn.
Even though I pronounce it me-zon

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*Oh well...*
*...I think*

**the above: Someone in a nutshell...see? He's IN a nutshell...**

I'm a MEE-ZOHN kinda bloke.

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I'm a MEE-ZOHN kinda bloke.

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mezon ( but the pronountiation like in Latin !!! not English)

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