On pronunciation of "Blackguard"

Bugrat

In game terms, is the character class pronounced Black(as in the color)-Guard? Or is it pronounced like the old English slang where it's spelled the same but pronounced like "blaggard"? I assumed it was the former but I wonder because some of the voice acting in BG:EE uses the latter.

Mornmagor

Officially it's pronounced Black-guard, but since ck and g do not sound miles away, it is easy to mishear it for Blagguard.

Talen84

The cambridge dictionary would suggest closer to Blaggard as the correct pronuciation: blæg.ɑːd

Source:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/blackguard

Silverstar

I'd go with Black-guard, but that's me.

On an almost entirely unrelated note, I did very much enjoy hearing it (or indeed anything) from Captain Barbossa when he went "BLAGGARD!" though.

Mornmagor

What if i want to use an american accent instead of the british one?

Anyway, it might be closer to Blaggard since (c)k and g do not often get pronounced distinctively when together, but i seriously prefer to distinguish them.

knas

I always used Blaggard

Coriander

@Dave says it's blaggard. So that's the official pronounciation.

toanwrath

I always used to say Black-guard, but picturing Barbossa saying BLAGGARD has forever changed my pronunciation.

MedullaOblongata

I prefer black-guard, because blaggard sounds too much like bladder... >_>

Mornmagor

Coriander said:

@Dave says it's blaggard. So that's the official pronounciation.

@Coriander did he say that while drunk too?

I find it very easy to say Blaggar' instead of Blackguard after i drink 5 or 6 beers

So if it's blaggard now, after beers it's... blggr? o_O

Coriander

@Mornmagor No drinking required. Don't ask him how to pronounce drow. He's wrong.

ajwz

To me, "Blaggard" sounds a bit sort of camp, 3 musketeers style slang, as in "Unhand the girl and draw steel, Blaggard!"
So I prefer "black guard"

TJ_Hooker

In my mind I'll differentiate the two, with the class being pronounced as black-guard, as that sounds more like an evil warrior to me. "Blaggard" sounds like something that a man with a top hat and monocle calls someone before loudly harumphing.

Imperator

In phonetic terms, it should be /blaek^gaard/ with ^ signifying an unreleased plosive (a small silent period), meaning you start to say the /k/ sound, but don't go through with it and change it to a /g/ during the silence.

Dave

@Coriander I'm not wrong. I point out which pronunciation is correct, and then I point out which one I prefer.

Dave

Also, it's spelled "blackguard" and pronounced closer to "blaggard."

Thorsson

The ck are nigh on silent. But then some people probably pronounce the g in nigh. And then say they prefer it that way, and not pronouncing it is gay...

Dr_Atomic

I've always pronounced it (ˈblægəd), especially considering that "blaggard" is an alternate spelling.

Philhelm

Santorum would pronounce it as "Blah-Guard."

Mechalibur

I always figured it was Black + Guard. I mean, it's spelled exactly that way, and they're two words that are almost always pronounced the same.

Then again, the only difference between g and k is that g is voiced, so when you have them together, it's easier to say Blakard or Blagard.

PhillipDaigle

i think there's some confusion here, dorn's character class is actually supposed to be listed as 'blogger'. i'll look into how this slipped by.

ajwz

PhillipDaigle said:

i think there's some confusion here, dorn's character class is actually supposed to be listed as 'blogger'. i'll look into how this slipped by.

Lol. Reminds me of this comic: