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do you pronounce Nial?

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how do you say sharlin?

My guess? (nee-all)

Never actually heard either in the show......

i heard.....

........minbari fighters......
........minbari warcruiser..


?????????lifes little mysteries???????????

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how do you say sharlin?

My guess? (nee-all)

Never actually heard either in the show......

i heard.....

........minbari fighters......
........minbari warcruiser..


?????????lifes little mysteries???????????

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hey any moderators wanna take a crack at this????????

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I always pronounced it like you would "Nile".

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I always pronounced it like you would "Nile".

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but its spelled NIal not nail............???????how bout sharlin

spell phonetically (<--spelling?)

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but its spelled NIal not nail............???????how bout sharlin

spell phonetically (<--spelling?)

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SHAR- LYNN neither syllabel is stressed.

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yeah thats what i thought......

but what a bout NIAL (i always end up saying nail)

i guessed (nee-all)

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yeah thats what i thought......

but what a bout NIAL (i always end up saying nail)

i guessed (nee-all)

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"Nnnnn, EYE, al"
As Slasher said earlier, it is pronounced the same way a the River in Eygpt called the Nile, Nigh-El.

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"Nnnnn, EYE, al"
As Slasher said earlier, it is pronounced the same way a the River in Eygpt called the Nile, Nigh-El.

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Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

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Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

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ok ok take it easy.........wouldnt it have been better if they just would have called them nials instead of referring to them as "minbari fighters"?

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ok ok take it easy.........wouldnt it have been better if they just would have called them nials instead of referring to them as "minbari fighters"?

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I've always pronounced it like the metal shard used buy humans to secure dead plant carcuses together to form dwellings, but with a bit more 'i' in the middle

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I've always pronounced it like the metal shard used buy humans to secure dead plant carcuses together to form dwellings, but with a bit more 'i' in the middle

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Ok well how bout this......

I want you all to try to pronounce the Shadows actual name

Remember its 10,000 characters long

and no human can say it........Anna Sheradin tried...she couldnt!

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