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Machinarium => General Machinarium topics => Topic started by: Cirdain on February 06, 2010, 11:02:26 pm



Title: How do you pronounce this game?
Post by: Cirdain on February 06, 2010, 11:02:26 pm
You help is much appreciated
I've been pronouncing it
Ma-shin-air-(hard)E-Um 


Title: Re: How do you pronounce this game?
Post by: divit on February 07, 2010, 12:26:27 am
I've been saying Ma-kin-ar-ee-um, but I don't speak Czech.
I think there is a video interview somewhere where JD or Floez(x? I can't remember and the website is so far away...) say it.
I haven't seen that either.

Edit: Bah, it was x...


Title: Re: How do you pronounce this game?
Post by: ABoretz on February 07, 2010, 01:33:53 am

You can listen to an interview with Tomas (Floex) Dvorak (http://www.rozhlas.cz/neon/rozhovory/_zprava/639231) and hear the Czech pronunciation of "Machinarium" at 4:38 and again at 4:58 into it.  (probably sooner if you pay attetnion) ;D   It's very much like what Cirdain thought it was (but smoother without any accented syllables)

@divit that TV interview with our boys was mentioned here (http://forum.amanita-design.net/index.php?topic=525.msg2576#msg2576).     ;D



Title: Re: How do you pronounce this game?
Post by: Sandy Trunks on April 30, 2010, 06:41:09 am

http://barbarism.net/2010/04/how-do-you-pronounce-machinarium/ (http://barbarism.net/2010/04/how-do-you-pronounce-machinarium/)



Title: Re: How do you pronounce this game?
Post by: Mishy on April 30, 2010, 10:26:21 pm
I pronounce it Mac IN are E um. I dont know why i capitalised some of those letters.


Title: Re: How do you pronounce this game?
Post by: Predseda on May 01, 2010, 11:41:21 pm
The pronunciation is very close to the latin word Machina.


Title: Re: How do you pronounce this game?
Post by: divit on May 02, 2010, 12:54:31 pm
the 'ch' is pronounced as in loch or Ernst Mach.
I'm not sure if english has any widespread word that uses that sound.


Title: Re: How do you pronounce this game?
Post by: jst65 on May 02, 2010, 07:45:56 pm
I don't think it is an English word anyway. Or Czech.
Then I guess you can pronounce it the way you like it


Title: Re: How do you pronounce this game?
Post by: Saxon on March 24, 2016, 10:03:09 am

You can listen to an interview with Tomas (Floex) Dvorak (http://www.rozhlas.cz/neon/rozhovory/_zprava/639231) and hear the Czech pronunciation of "Machinarium" at 4:38 and again at 4:58 into my SizeGenetics review (https://pewarriors.com/my-sizegenetics-review-and-results) on top of that.  (probably sooner if you pay attetnion) ;D   It's very much like what Cirdain thought it was (but smoother without any accented syllables)

@divit that TV interview with our boys was mentioned here (http://forum.amanita-design.net/index.php?topic=525.msg2576#msg2576).     ;D



Lol, that moment when you realize that you've been pronouncing a word wrong for years and never knew.