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Title: how do you pronounce galaga
Post by: danny_galaga on August 04, 2005, 09:03:18 pm
one friend of mine pronounces it:

ga- lager (as in the beer)

where i pronounce it:

galla - (as in gallery) - ga

is there a correct way? am i as alone as thinking that chappelle is not funny?
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Bones on August 04, 2005, 09:04:01 pm
Gallery. Without a doubt.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: pointdablame on August 04, 2005, 09:07:51 pm
Gallery. Without a doubt.

I've never heard someone say ga-lager before heh.

I've only heard GAL-A-GA or GA-LAH_GA

I personally say GAL-A-GA
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: AlanS17 on August 04, 2005, 09:45:23 pm
I've only heard one way and it was the right way...

gă-luh-guh
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Baker535 on August 04, 2005, 09:53:18 pm
I pronounce it by the more common

Aww F--k, there went my double ship!*

or

Gal- A-Guh

Just depends on my score.

-baker



*note: "there went my double ship!" is silent.


Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: AlanS17 on August 04, 2005, 09:58:01 pm
That's when I usually pronounce it with sign language.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: TheVengeance on August 04, 2005, 10:10:01 pm
A buddy of mine would always pronounce it - Gah-LAY-guh.

I remember giving him so much (censored) for it too.  ;D
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on August 04, 2005, 10:55:48 pm
That's when I usually pronounce it with sign language.

 :angel:
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: AlanS17 on August 04, 2005, 10:58:50 pm
Oooooohhhh... reminds me of this time I was playing Ms Pac Man at the movie theater. the joystick was really crappy and I died cuz of it. I was kinda mad at the game so I smacked the side of the machine with an open palm...

It powered down and came back up! I looked around to see if anybody noticed, and then calmly walked away...
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: pointdablame on August 04, 2005, 10:59:57 pm
That's when I usually pronounce it with sign language.

That's when Galaga needs to know it's "number one" heh
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Dartful Dodger on August 05, 2005, 12:02:43 am
ga- lager (as in the beer)

Even when I try not to pronounce the r, I still do.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Stingray on August 05, 2005, 08:53:05 am


Gal- A-Guh





I think this one is the best phonetic spelling of the way I pronounce it.

-S
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: rchadd on August 05, 2005, 10:11:05 am
Oooooohhhh... reminds me of this time I was playing Ms Pac Man at the movie theater. the joystick was really crappy and I died cuz of it. I was kinda mad at the game so I smacked the side of the machine with an open palm...

It powered down and came back up! I looked around to see if anybody noticed, and then calmly walked away...

sounds like there was a slam switch on the coin door
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Goz on August 05, 2005, 10:11:50 am
Really surprised this one was left out

Bay cun

Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Buddabing on August 05, 2005, 10:12:14 am
gal'-uh-guh
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: MinerAl on August 05, 2005, 11:38:22 am
You mean it's not Gay-Lay-Gee?
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on August 05, 2005, 12:26:04 pm
Oooooohhhh... reminds me of this time I was playing Ms Pac Man at the movie theater. the joystick was really crappy and I died cuz of it. I was kinda mad at the game so I smacked the side of the machine with an open palm...

It powered down and came back up! I looked around to see if anybody noticed, and then calmly walked away...

sounds like there was a slam switch on the coin door

Or a bad power switch...My tekken tag goes out if you smack the side, then you have to wiggle the power switch, then it comes back on
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: ChadTower on August 05, 2005, 12:27:48 pm

More like a slam switch, since he did what the slam switch was intended to prevent and the game reacted as it should have when he slammed it.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Stingray on August 05, 2005, 12:32:01 pm
Those old Midway games had a slam switch so that's probably what it was.

-S
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: AlanS17 on August 06, 2005, 01:07:02 pm
The slam switch occurred to me too, but I just didn't hit it very hard and it was from the side. I guess maybe they're more sensitive than I realized.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: missioncontrol on August 06, 2005, 08:39:57 pm
GAL-UH-GUH
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: DaveMMR on August 07, 2005, 02:00:50 am
I pronounce it GAG-A-LA, but I don't know how to talk PROPE-A-LEE.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: allroy1975 on August 07, 2005, 03:15:12 am
I'm trying to figure out if I say gal - a - ga or gal -  uh - ga.  I think I say uh.

also I'm a little releaved to know I'm not the only one who gives my games the finger.  I've finally learned not to kick them when I'm not wearing shoes.  now I just jump up and down. :)

Allroy
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Setabs on August 07, 2005, 08:43:07 am
On g4 they had a guy the other day say he loved playing gal-guh in the arcades when he was little.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: AlanS17 on August 07, 2005, 12:28:54 pm
On g4 they had a guy the other day say he loved playing gal-guh in the arcades when he was little.
They he was probably dropped on his head when he was a baby.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: danny_galaga on April 21, 2006, 11:32:06 am


old thread, but since moving to brisbane i've noticed a lot of people here pronounce it gah- lager. they actually laugh and say IM wrong when i say galla- gah...
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: RayB on April 21, 2006, 11:58:31 am
everyone knows it's pronounce GAY-LAY-GUY
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: MYX on April 21, 2006, 12:34:55 pm

one friend of mine pronounces it:

ga- lager (as in the beer)

where i pronounce it:

galla - (as in gallery) - ga

is there a correct way? am i as alone as thinking that chappelle is not funny?

Dude, why are you asking us? It's your last name.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Jeff AMN on April 21, 2006, 01:42:24 pm
Gal-uh-guh

Definitely.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Stingray on April 21, 2006, 03:51:39 pm


old thread, but since moving to brisbane i've noticed a lot of people here pronounce it gah- lager. they actually laugh and say IM wrong when i say galla- gah...

Tell them that they are sadly, miserably, mistaken. You may tell them that I said so. ;)

-S
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: USSEnterprise on April 21, 2006, 04:42:03 pm

is there a correct way? am i as alone as thinking that chappelle is not funny?
I hate chappelle. He's not a good comedian

"Galla Ga" here
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Mario on April 21, 2006, 04:56:14 pm
I pronouce it GALah3guh. The 3 is silent.

Mario
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: ha-Y-n on April 21, 2006, 06:51:06 pm
am i as alone as thinking that chappelle is not funny?

hell no, he's  :censored: hilarious
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: RobotronNut on April 22, 2006, 03:32:58 am
32 replies, and no one has gotten the right answer yet.

since galaga was derived from galaxian, which everyone knows
is pronounced guh-LAX-ee-in, the proper pronunciation for
galaga is guh-LAG-uh.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: pointdablame on April 22, 2006, 11:57:30 am
32 replies, and no one has gotten the right answer yet.

since galaga was derived from galaxian, which everyone knows
is pronounced guh-LAX-ee-in, the proper pronunciation for
galaga is guh-LAG-uh.


I said it in the 3rd or 4th post in the thread  :P :P


I still prefer Gal-uh-guh
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Harry Potter on April 22, 2006, 12:19:19 pm
This is one hell of a BUMP.

ANd it's ge-le-ga.  :badmood:
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: DrewKaree on April 22, 2006, 03:33:20 pm
It's pronounced "danny_tehghey"

Glad to have helped ;D
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: danny_galaga on April 24, 2006, 08:50:39 am
This is one hell of a BUMP.

ANd it's ge-le-ga.  :badmood:

only in Un Zud, bro...
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: JoyMonkey on April 24, 2006, 09:49:15 am
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Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: sez on April 27, 2006, 09:50:54 am


old thread, but since moving to brisbane i've noticed a lot of people here pronounce it gah- lager. they actually laugh and say IM wrong when i say galla- gah...

You and Bones are full of poop.  It's definitely gah-lager.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Harry Potter on April 27, 2006, 01:39:36 pm
I just realised, after a few beers, it's pronounced 'aaaaaaah ----------- ---goshdarn--- pieecces fo crapp'
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: nullb0y on April 27, 2006, 04:54:13 pm
its
gal-lay-me
nothing more nothing less
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Vigo on April 27, 2006, 06:01:15 pm
YOU GUYS ARE ALL WRONG...It is definitely Gal-Lager Here's a flyer to prove it... ;D :P
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Mark70 on April 27, 2006, 06:19:42 pm
If I had an austrailian accent or certain english accents, saying lager may sound more like "laga"

I think the question here is "where do you place the inflection or accent?"

ga-LAGA or GAL-aga

right?

I was alway GAL-aga.  Flows better to me.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Harry Potter on April 28, 2006, 08:29:25 am
its
gal-lay-me
nothing more nothing less
Wouldn't it be easier to PM soapboy? By the time he finds this, you'll most likely be off heat  ::)
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Setabs on April 28, 2006, 09:07:46 am
Go to this monkey builder (http://www.careerbuilder.com/monk-e-mail/default.aspx?sc_cmp2=JS_MONK-E-MAIL&sc_cmp1=JS_default_default&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=72024e9fa1fb40728e19d0a5230f814d-199530327-TA-1) and try the text to speech.  How i pronounce G@1agA is how elizabeth pronounces it.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: Havok on April 28, 2006, 03:11:12 pm
You all have it wrong: it is pronounced...  MAME.
Title: Re: how do you proniounce galaga
Post by: danny_galaga on April 30, 2006, 05:01:11 am
If I had an austrailian accent or certain english accents, saying lager may sound more like "laga"

I think the question here is "where do you place the inflection or accent?"

ga-LAGA or GAL-aga

right?

I was alway GAL-aga.  Flows better to me.

yes, i did say that in my FIRST post  ;) . doesnt actually matter about accent in this case. have you heard of the band OASIS? who are the two brothers in that? doesnt matter if you use an american, english, kiwi or aussie accent. noeal and liam GALLAGHER (like that flyer of vigos) is more or less how i thought gallaga was pronounced...