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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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Registered: Jan 2002
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Posts: 156

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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Still play FS1? Check out my upcoming campaign, [url=http://www.geocities.com/ipw47/campaign.html]Fortunes of War[/url].
Play FS2 instead? Check out my finished minicampaign, [url=http://www.geocities.com/ipw47/dem.html]Deus Ex Machina[/url]. :D

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Vancouver, WA, United States
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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.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Vancouver, WA, United States
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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.

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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 318

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

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Registered: Aug 2002
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Posts: 318

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

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Registered: Jul 2002
Location: England
Posts: 176

I'm a MEE-ZOHN kinda bloke.

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Registered: Jul 2002
Location: England
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I'm a MEE-ZOHN kinda bloke.

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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Warszawa Polska
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mezon ( but the pronountiation like in Latin !!! not English)

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