SPOILER ALERT:Mortal Kombat X DIGITAL COMIC DISCUSSION

Cryo said:
Actually the french pronunciation for "Jacqui" it's (phonetically speaking) exactly the same as the english for "Jackie". The difference is on the stress, in english the stressed syllable is the first, in french it is the last one.
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Odd, I've heard the "J" being pronounced as "Sh", like in the French pronounciation of the name Jack, which would be "Shar-k". I'm not French though, so I could of course be wrong.
 
I'm not french either though I speak the language, J sounds exactly the same in english and french, the SH sound from english belongs to the CH in french.

I'm surprised you said "ar" instead of "ah", does that mean you're british?
 
Cryo said:
I'm not french either though I speak the language, J sounds exactly the same in english and french, the SH sound from english belongs to the CH in french.

I'm surprised you said "ar" instead of "ah", does that mean you're british?
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"ah" would be better, now that you mention it. I'm not British, but I am European, and I've been raised with the British English way to both spell and pronounce the English language. ^^
 
reikoiskahn said:
Lol And what statistics do you have to back this claim up, Mr. Argentina? :bs:
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Well there's no black people in Argentina since 85% of the population is white so I guess my statement is based on Hollywood, LMAO.

From what I know and read, some of these french names are common in afroamerican communities, even more in places like New Orleans.

theincubuslord said:
"ah" would be better, now that you mention it. I'm not British, but I am European, and I've been raised with the British English way to both spell and pronounce the English language. ^^
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Yup, I was taught british english too. It's bloody awesome mate. lol

"ar" is still correct if you are using british english.
 
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reikoiskahn said:
How did you figure I believe that was her full name? I was going off of what you said with the name being unisex. Jackie Robinson is a legendary baseball player.
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Also, Jackie Smith and Jackie Slater are Hall of Fame football players.

Jackie Smith is a former Tight End who played all but one year of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals (the present day Arizona Cardinals). His only year with the Dallas Cowboys (my favorite team, by the way), he made NFL infamy by dropping a Roger Staubach pass in the end zone in Super Bowl XIII, which no doubt contributed to the outcome of the game.

Jackie Slater is a former offensive lineman for the Los Angeles Rams. His final season in the league was when the Rams moved to St. Louis. Slater played collegiately at Jackson State University, the alma mater of fellow Hall of Famer Walter Payton. His son, Matthew has a chance to win a Super Bowl ring today, as he is a special teams ace for the New England Patriots.

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Just read Chapter 5 and once again it left me wanting more!!!

- Raiden Enters, everyone Stops... "Respect"
- Enjoyed the Cameo
- Frost was spared in the nick of time
- Actually seeing Erron Blacks face...meh
- Looks like Kotal & Sonya are gonna have some choice word...again

Thanks to Mortal Kombat Komics on Youtube:
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I just had to make an account to reply to the whole french pronunciation thing for Jacqui because I couldn't stand the butchering of french language. Jacqui is the female version of a very popular french name Jacque, and is pronounced Zhacky, while Jacque is pronounced Zhack, like the former french president Jacque Chirac.
 
vunacar said:
I just had to make an account to reply to the whole french pronunciation thing for Jacqui because I couldn't stand the butchering of french language. Jacqui is the female version of a very popular french name Jacque, and is pronounced Zhacky, while Jacque is pronounced Zhack, like the former french president Jacque Chirac.
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I wouldn't call that butchering, the phonems are too damn similar.

Like the J in "John" and the S in "pleasure". I do know from my studies of french that the french J sounds like the S in "pleasure" but still, both phonems are almost the same, and it also depends on the accent of the region.
 
reikoiskahn said:
I stated the same thing about Jax in another thread, voicing my opinion on how stereotypical Jax sounded when he spoke. Some people tried to say, "What's wrong with Jax being a stereotypical black man?" I really should not have fed the trolls but all too often do we fall into the nonsense they spew on this thread. Hopefully, though, his daughter won't have this issue.

Side note~ I'm cringing at the names they went through before choosing this one for her. I bet you "Jaqwelin" was one and pronounced jay-quail-in.
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Just because a Key and Peele skit did that doesn't mean NRS would.
 
Serioulsy, this is sound strange (UNIVERSAL THANKS TO [MENTION=4765]jdnice11[/MENTION]).

Kotal was going to unleash his wrath to "stop threats". I don't know what kind of power he was going to cast.

Raiden is a badass! But he is truly confusing.

Kotal should have asked help for him first, after that promise. Maybe he was expecting Raiden to help by his own will...

Anyway, Black's appearance was not that expected...it was kind confusing, but the only answer is that he was waiting on the portal.

The picture was the last Cassie took before entering the portal.

Still, sounds strange that Kotal did this strike. I still want to see him saying he did.

Jarek is using his Armageddon outfit and Tasia the same from her original game.

Well...it seems the next chapter we will see Kotal Kahn's origins and probably Johnny.
 
I am sorry but J from John and S from pleasure are two completely different pronunciations. It is even written as two separate letters in some languages. I would even dare say it as as different as N is from M or T is from P.
 
vunacar said:
I just had to make an account to reply to the whole french pronunciation thing for Jacqui because I couldn't stand the butchering of french language. Jacqui is the female version of a very popular french name Jacque, and is pronounced Zhacky, while Jacque is pronounced Zhack, like the former french president Jacque Chirac.
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Thank you, then I wasn't all wrong. ^^
 
Cryo said:
I wouldn't call that butchering, the phonems are too damn similar.

Like the J in "John" and the S in "pleasure". I do know from my studies of french that the french J sounds like the S in "pleasure" but still, both phonems are almost the same, and it also depends on the accent of the region.
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In my second language (if you want to call it that, since I'm obviously not fluent enough in it to carry a proper conversation), the J sounds like the English H. Such is actually the case in my own last name.

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Yellow Ledbetter said:
Jarek is using his Armageddon outfit and Tasia the same from her original game.
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Im not a big Jarek fan, surprisingly, but he looked better than he ever did in any game...guess a great artist can make a bad character look good anytime LMAO

As far as Tasia goes, I was extremely happy to see her make an appearance. I would definitely like to see more of her, but imma be realistic and an not get my hopes up.
 
vunacar said:
I feel like you knew what you were talking about, just didn't know how to properly express it. There is no letter for french J in the english language, so it can be tricky.
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Yeah, exactly. French isn't my forte, dunno how to speak or write it, but I've seen some French movies and shows, such as "Le pacte des loups" and "Wakfu", so I've heard it spoken alot. ^^
 
jdnice11 said:
Im not a big Jarek fan, surprisingly, but he looked better than he ever did in any game...guess a great artist can make a bad character look good anytime LMAO

As far as Tasia goes, I was extremely happy to see her make an appearance. I would definitely like to see more of her, but imma be realistic and an not get my hopes up.
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I told you about Jarek! THE BLACK DRAGON LIVES ON!

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