So I'm watching the VGX and I don't think a single person has called her Lara yet. Is this some crazy mindgame that the world is playing on me or is everyone but me insane?
I like that this is brought up each time Tomb Raider is made relevant again, and each time like it's a sudden epidemic. The name has been mispronounced since '96. And seeing as how the bulk of people, including the creators apparently, pronounce it that way, is it even really mispronouncing? But more importantly, who gives a shit?
I don't know what's up with the rest of America :P. No, I used to say Laura too I think, but yeah, it's Lara. Easy. Anyways, when did this start? I totally forgot about this! I hope they didn't show much. I don't care so much about the awards, but I want to see some trailers.
@yummylee: How is it supposed to be? We either say 'Kreg' or 'Cray-ig', though the second is so subtly different it doesn't really matter. There is no wrong pronunciation between the American and British language, only right in wrong in the individual place. For instance, it'd be wrong of me to write 'favourite' if I were writing a college paper, but it doesn't mean it's incorrect in general.
I'm American and what's so hard about saying Lara? I mean come on we've only been calling her Lara for 16 years now. 10 games and TWO hollywood movies.... You'd think people would catch on by now.
@ntm: I'd say there's enough of a difference between 'krayg' (which is how we say it in the UK) and 'kreg' for kreg to still sound really stupid to me.
@yummylee: I can't speak for the entirety of a country, but I believe the vast majority of Americans prnounce Craig in a manner which you would find to be just fine.
@ntm: I'd say there's enough of a difference between 'krayg' (which is how we say it in the UK) and 'kreg' for kreg to still sound really stupid to me.
There are many American's that say it like that too. That's what I meant to say with the cray-ig, which doesn't sound right now that I read it. No one says that. It to me is a small difference. One is more of an A sound and the other is more of an 'eh' sound.
@yummylee: I can't speak for the entirety of a country, but I believe the vast majority of Americans prnounce Craig in a manner which you would find to be just fine.
Also who cares.
I do? Obviously not to any serious degree, but it's just one of those little things that I find to be a bit irksome is all. Part of being human and all that.
That's my one stupid thing that slightly bothers me when people talk about Tomb Raider. Once the developer guy called her Laura I sincerely thought I was wrong about everything.
But the weird thing is, that dude who worked for Crystal D was clearly British and I wonder now if its come back around and from higher up's 'Her name isn't Lara, it's LaUra, thats what people know and say so lets pronounce it like that.' I've never got the difficulty in it whatsoever, its an everyday name that people use, it's like if you had a guy called James and always referred to him as 'Jims'.
But the weird thing is, that dude who worked for Crystal D was clearly British and I wonder now if its come back around and from higher up's its become 'Her name isn't Lara, is LaUra, thats what people know and say so lets pronounce it like that.' I've never go the difficulty in it whatsoever, its an everyday name that people use, it's like if you had a guy called James and always referred to him as 'Jims'.
Pwahaha. I now seriously wish I knew a James irl just to test out calling him 'Jims'.
Does this really bother people that much? I felt like no one gave a shit until recently and suddenly, for some reason, the pronunciation police are out in full force kicking down doors and beating the shit out of people for saying it wrong.
I think I have this figured out. I think maybe Americans make a different, more subtle, distinction between the names Laura and Lara. I don't think anybody is confusing those two names.
Laura (like "door-ah") Lara (law-ra) (American) Lara (lah-ra) (British)
Oh wait? You mean the Terminator? How everyone dies around her or she conveniently shoves a pick axe to the back of their skull? And then continues to do melee kills because using a gun isn't as satisfying a cold metal cutting into the flesh. Yeah Patrick Bateman, that's how you pronouce the name. There's a movie I recomend the Prowler. There's a scene, where a killer shoves a spear into a guy's head. That's how you pronounce that name.
Yeah I gave up any hope when I heard the studio exec auto-shotgun Laura into the mic about ten-times during that segment. It's over, go home, nothing to see here, the spelling may as well be changed in all US releases.
Lara over here sounds more like "Larra" than "Lahra". And "Lahra" is way closer to Laura
That's it no one should speak anymore. Languages are over.
I once saw a woman called 'Tara' mispronounce 'Lara'! Just inexplicable. It's two rhyming syllables that are pronounced as they look, I have no idea how Americans get it wrong.
It isn't even that odd a name, surely?
As well as Craig, the other name Americans can't do is Graeme/Graham. You guys seem to say some variant of Gram or Grem. I think that guy in 24 who was Jack's brother had four different pronunciations, and it wasn't even spelt properly. Horrid.
Anyway, aren't they pretty much the same? I thought it was just a slightly different spelling of the same name that occurs in the UK some. It seems kind of like the difference between "Brittany" and "Brittney". There might be a subtle difference but it's not that big.
Why do euros complain about everything? Such a miserable continent.
You realize that they're now going to complain about your calling the British European, right? They hate that for some reason, even though it's totally true.
Why do euros complain about everything? Such a miserable continent.
You realize that they're now going to complain about your calling the British European, right? They hate that for some reason, even though it's totally true.
It's no different than how Canadians prefer to be called Canadian rather than American.
Why do euros complain about everything? Such a miserable continent.
You realize that they're now going to complain about your calling the British European, right? They hate that for some reason, even though it's totally true.
I think they complain about it when people say "Europe" when they really mean "the UK" or "Britain" or "England" (which actually refers to three different things - UK is England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, Britain is the island on which England and Scotland are located, and England is, well, pretty much the southern two thirds of the island).
@believer258: UK also consists of Wales too, y'know... But don't worry about it, everybody forgets about Wales.
j/k Wales is great, and they have such a sweet accent. They're basically the UK's own Canada for how they're stereotyped as being super nice and welcoming.
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