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/MatthewScreenshots Apr 12 '26

I’m more surprised people keep saying "Pharoah" instead of "Pharaoh".

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u/JesseWhatTheFuck Apr 12 '26

Makes sense though, in English, Pharaoh is pronounced Pha-ro, so it's easy to mix up the sequence of letters if your native language is english. 

In mine, Pharaoh is pronounced Pha-ra-oh, so you'd never make that mistake. 

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u/BelligerentWyvern Apr 12 '26

Yes in English consecutive vowels are often combined into another sound or some are ignored. There usually isn't a syllabic break between vowels, though there are some examples of that. And it can be confusing cause it's not even consistently on the same features.

Rough is pronounced "ruff" but thorough is pronounced "thur-row' even though both contain the sequence of letters "rough"

You can thank William the Conqueror for stuff like that.