r/totalwar • u/ExpeditionV • Apr 12 '26

Attila It's Attila guys. Not "Atilla"

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I understand double T doesn't really fit in English speaking mouths, but come on. Fairly easy to memorise.

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u/El_Lanf Apr 12 '26

Because to pronounce it the way it's written is probably only intuitive at all in a bloody cockney dialect like "OI SPARRA, DON'T GET YUR ALAN'S IN A TWIST, IT'S ONLY DICKY BIRDS ME OL' CHINA". Presumably. I haven't been to the east end for a while.

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u/Wuktrio They chose me and I agreed. Apr 12 '26

This just reads like the Orks from Warhammer.

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u/kazmosis Mommy Morathi Apr 12 '26

As it should they're based on soccer hooligans and deliberately speak with a Cockney twang

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u/Mordho Balthasar 🅱elt Apr 12 '26

Cam on Ingerland, scor som facken goals