Uber, How do You Pronounce the Halley?

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  1. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Is it "Hal-ee" or "Hā-lee"
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  2. eratosthenes

    eratosthenes Active Member

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    Assuming it is named after the astronomer Edmond Halley, same as Halley's Comet, it would be pronounced like this:
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  3. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    That's what I had assumed as well.

    Though I often see that pronounced as hay-lee, (I do pronounce the rockets as hal-lee)
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  4. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    I guess that makes sense.

    One of my high school friends was named "Halye" and pronounced it "Hay-lee" so this'll take some getting used to.
  5. eroticburrito

    eroticburrito Post Master General

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    I think that 'e' causes the confusion, cause it's just pronounced "Hally". I've always said 'Hay-lee's comet'.
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  6. nickste88

    nickste88 Member

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    Dude no offence but you make a tons of topics
  7. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    How could anyone take offense to that?

    I'm very active. I post a lot and create a lot of topics.

    Nothing wrong with that.
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  8. nick2k

    nick2k Active Member

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    Toe-May-Toe. Tah-Mah_Toe.

    I call them Hā-lee's though.
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  9. thetrophysystem

    thetrophysystem Post Master General

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    I pronounce it hal-lee, but that is because it's spelling doesn't suggest the comet directly.

    Reguardless of who found it, the comet is spelled hailey, so when I first saw the PA delta v engine, I didn't really think.

    Anyway, I probably will keep pronouncing it wrong. It is pronounced like the comet. I know how Uber pronounces it, I saw it last live stream, or was it their galactic war demo, either way they said it aloud once.
  10. eratosthenes

    eratosthenes Active Member

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    It's most definitely spelled Halley's Comet.
  11. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Yep that's how I say it.
  12. MrTBSC

    MrTBSC Post Master General

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    i pronounce it planet thruster :p
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  13. Devak

    Devak Post Master General

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    I was watching Cosmos when it was about Halley (that man is underrated) and only then did the name click. I mean, that was like a week ago.
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  14. stonewood1612

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    Isn't there a unit named barracuda? Or didn't there used to be one?

    I was just wondering how to pronounce that, barra-cuda or barrac-uda. Cuz I heard someone say the second version in a nature documentary... That's the first time I heard it being pronounced that way.

    Also how do you pronounce @Geers ? Geers or gears?
  15. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Hard G.
  16. mjshorty

    mjshorty Well-Known Member

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    "WORDS WORDS WORDS, WHO CARES ABOUT WORDS!! THE MASTER LOVES CHAOS, CHAOS WITH PLANET SMASHING IS DESTRUCTION!!! THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS!!"

    ~Beast Commander~
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  17. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    It's a submarine. Was removed from the game.
  18. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    aw screw that! it's Hā-lee to me!
  19. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    That's how I've always pronounced the comet's name in the past, I had no idea that was how it was pronounced, or spelled!
  20. garat

    garat Cat Herder Uber Alumni

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    This. :)

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