Thema: Loh-tro and Law-tro

I think it's kind of a potayto/potahto thing, but here's a list of words that contain "lotro":

http://itools.subhashbose.com/wordfind/containing/lotro

I'd pronounce it loh-tro in each case, although I think lot-ro would be an acceptable pronunciation in at least some of those cases.

In L.A., I hear it's pronounced La-trizzle.

Zitat von trcanberra

Awesome - looks like we have great examples either way.

Bzzzz... wrong - the examples were not great but mistaken.

The rule in English is a long vowel if it is this order VCV Like kITE or pOTIon. That is why those O's are long.

So Note sounds like it does. If you have VCC then the vowel is short, like kITTen. Think about dOLE and dOLLar.

Of course English always has words that don't follow the rules - but there are clear rules. I can think of a few exceptions that support the Low-tro side.

Let’s call the whole thing off!

English does not have clear rules if there are exceptions. Exceptions break the rules, therefore making them unclear.
Oh, and btw I say loh-tro

Zitat von AnElephant

English does not have clear rules if there are exceptions. Exceptions break the rules, therefore making them unclear.
Oh, and btw I say loh-tro

90% of the words in English follow rules. That is why they teach these rules in First Grade to kids learning how to read. They are useful because a majority of words follow them.

It makes sense that someone reading a made up word would use basic rules of pronounciation. But it gets complicated because it is an acronym. Seems like people just use both ways to say it - neither is right or wrong. Seems like even at Turbine people use both ways. But would love to hear from someone how most people say it there.

According to Turbine's Free to Play commercial, I'd say they officially decided on loh-tro (1:04 on the counter):

Lot-row in a very strong Essex accent

Just kidding.

Well in Shakespearean English it would probably be something like Lord O' the Rings.

So perhaps Low-trow would be the more English way of pronouncing it. Where the 'O' in both cases sounds like 'oh'.

LOW-tro here, the rhyming cadence sounds more natural to me.

lot-ROE sounds too much like Scoobie-Doo saying, "ruh-ROH?", or makes me think of a lot of fish eggs.



"Sometimes survival comes down to not being hit. Actually, most times." -the chicken skill, Bob and Weave

Low not Law. In fact most of the dev team says low. Enough that on the rare occasion someone says law in a meeting it's unusual and sounds odd.

Zitat von paperslug

Lot as in pot
Row as in no

If you're British that definitely seems like the automatic way of saying it, I can understand saying low-trow in other accents though.

Definitely. Every UK and most european players I've heard say LOTRO have said it like this.

Zitat von Sapience

Low not Law. In fact most of the dev team says low. Enough that on the rare occasion someone says law in a meeting it's unusual and sounds odd.

thank you, I've always wondered how turbine people say it...

Zitat von Sapience

Low not Law. In fact most of the dev team says low. Enough that on the rare occasion someone says law in a meeting it's unusual and sounds odd.

Sweet I win.

Zitat von Sapience

Low not Law. In fact most of the dev team says low. Enough that on the rare occasion someone says law in a meeting it's unusual and sounds odd.

Heh well someone said most of em did, and I heard one of em in an interview good to know though. That means I'm saying it right

Zitat von trcanberra

Awesome - looks like we have great examples either way.

Now - next conundrum - did the decade end in 2009 or 2010??

Both.

BTW it's Lot-Ro

law-tro sounds like you're special needs and low-tro sounds like you're 3 and haven't yet learnt (and btw its learnt not learned) how to speak properly.

Then again, how do you pronounce DOTA?

Good odds that you pronounce it the same way as Basshunter does.

Zitat von Amagaim

Then again, how do you pronounce DOTA?

You're kidding right?
DO is like Do (dew) and TA is Tah. Obviously. Dew-tah.

Law-tro all the way. From Memphis TN.

I pronounce LOTRO as, "Lord of the rings online."

Zitat von paperslug

Lot as in pot
Row as in no

If you're British that definitely seems like the automatic way of saying it, I can understand saying low-trow in other accents though.

As it's not actually a word neither way if wrong or right!

A Brit, too, and that's how I pronounce LotRO as does everyone else I know that plays it, with the 't' running in to the 'r' as in TRue.

It's not that important, the main thing is that we all enjoy the game.

Personally, I pronounce it "Lord of the Rings Online" although the acronym (LotRO) looks to me like it should be pronounced "lot-row" or something like that. I suppose if one was to write it in all caps like the devs do then LO-TRO might seem reasonable, but I don't see why someone would shuffle the "the" off with the major words at the end. Lord of The Rings Online.

Zitat von Korgain

Both.

BTW it's Lot-Ro

law-tro sounds like you're special needs and low-tro sounds like you're 3 and haven't yet learnt (and btw its learnt not learned) how to speak properly.

Yeah, way to be respectful of other people there...

Yes! LoTRO => 'low trow' FTW!

Of course for LOTRO players, we are all winners! After all, we have LOTRO!

Zitat von paperslug

Lot as in pot
Row as in no

I vote for Lo-tro

If I try and say it your way I get Scooby Do in my head saying Ruh-roh - I know, I'm strange.

Zitat von Sapience

Low not Law. In fact most of the dev team says low. Enough that on the rare occasion someone says law in a meeting it's unusual and sounds odd.

The first time I heard someone say it law (or lot), sounded strange to my wife and me too. Lowtrow FTW.

I vote for Lo-tro

If I try and say it your way I get Scooby Do in my head saying Ruh-roh - I know, I'm strange.


Missy, as I was reading through this, I was thinking the same thing! But I have heard people drop the "O" at the end completely. They would pronounce at 'loter' (like loader but with a 't' sound)

Zitat von Sapience

Low not Law. In fact most of the dev team says low. Enough that on the rare occasion someone says law in a meeting it's unusual and sounds odd.

the question is "how would the professor say it".

So all you devs are wrong

What, no one's going to champion the super short O? O as in 'love'? Lut-ro!

Fun story, I haven't been able to get the abbreviation correct (I don't know why)
So I pronounce it Lore-Toe

Clearly, it should be "L" pronounced as in "lord", "o" pronounced as in "of", t as in "the", r as in "rings," and o as in "online."

Therefore, the correct and only permissible pronunciation is "Luthrah."

LOH-tro. My friend from NY says LAH-tro. *shrug*

A long time ago, I used to play Lord of the Rings: Trading Card Game, or LotR:TCG. The common way of pronouncing that was "Loader TCG", so the long 'o' has always been habit for me - especially because lord, which also has a long 'o', is the first word. Ergo, loh-tro is how I say it.

I've been amused for some time that Turbine staff officially pronounces the name of their game wrong.

Zitat von Moondog548

I've been amused for some time that Turbine staff officially pronounces the name of their game wrong.

"Wrong" according to who? A handful of players? It's not a real word. It's an abbreviation. If one chooses to say it like an acronym, the way they choose to say it is up to their own preferential choice and nothing else.

And in the interest of full disclosure, I'm in the loh-tro camp. Like many others, "law-tro/lot-tro" sounds like Scooby-Doo to me.

Now that that's out of the way, anyone interested in joining me in catching some ghoti*?





*pronounced "fish"

some of my kin say lot-tro


silly aussies

Zitat von SoAndSo

some of my kin say lot-tro


silly aussies

Kiwis say loh - bro

I know it isn't necessarily correct in terms of pronounciation... but I have always said it as law-tro.

Frankly, at this point I just call it:



LAG

Zitat von Okokdir

I pronounce LOTRO as, "Lord of the rings online."

The only proper way to say it really...+rep for you!

Zitat von Elrendos

I know it isn't necessarily correct in terms of pronounciation... but I have always said it as law-tro.

Same. That's how I'd pronounce it if it were an actual word, and that's how everyone I know has said it for 5 years. I'm not gonna change just because a bunch of weirdos say LOW-TROW.