Matty-Wan Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Many people are sayin swoah tor. Idk where they are getting the O sound from. It cant be pronounced with the SW so it must simply be called TOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvigy Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I say SWoh-TOR This. To rhyme with KOTOR, the game that it resembles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tindahbawx Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Huh, I just say "Star Wars" or "The Old Republic" seeing as everyone knows what the hell I'm talking about. In IPA Phonetic that is "stɑr wɔrz" and "ðə old ripəblək" for the more pedantic menders of the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reoh Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Swotor. Yes, I realise there's only one O in the real name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aahzman Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 i kinda say Sow-Tor, but that may not be a correct way, i am not an english native speaker. How do you do it? I would probably say "Swuh-TOR", but to non-gamers I usually just say "the new Star Wars MMO" and then explain what MMO means. To other gamers I refer to it as "the Old Republic" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koxi Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Always Star Wars The Old Republic..because that's what it's called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinVenture Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Either I spell it out as T-O-R or just say Sotor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBOneKenobe Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I pronounce it like "Swore" Dude you just SWORE. Yeah I swore and I will continue to SWORE as long as I darn well please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApesAmongUs Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 "Star Wars The Old Republic" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFunkyMunky Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I think the one thing we can take away from this is nobody knows what the eff the standard way to pronounce it is. There isn't typically a "standard way" to pronounce initialisms. SW:TOR isn't an acronym so I either drop the SW and call it "tore" or just say The Old Republic. The latter is probably more appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairec Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I've just been going with "TOR." Rhymes with "core." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EATENG Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 "Sweater" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarf Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Well if I pronounce something then I'm saying it out loud, so I say "The Old Republic". I also don't say OMG or *** in real life either though, so your mileage may vary. Oddly though, I say WoW in real life but usually just type out World of Warcraft. To be fair though, WoW is more ingrained in people and culture now though, and SWTOR has just come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashayah Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 That game that takes up all my free time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonklon Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 sweater! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodehouse Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Swhoa-tore. Like koh-tore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nylyan Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I usually call it just TOR when I speak english. In my primary language, which is swedish, I pronounce it SV-TOR, which sometimes turns to english aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berree Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Swow like slow tor like tore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aharx Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 "sweater" and "sweator" I am in the same boat as this person. I typically pronounce it as "sweater"... only those who actually know what I am talking about will understand. My wife, on the other hand, just looks at me like I am crazy. "Why would you want to play with your sweater?" He he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrall Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Swot-tor. Yeah I added an extra T, so what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erazimus Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 S-DUB TOR, or just, TOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targarion Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 (edited) Guys it's not pronounced SWHOA-TOR. Anyone who pronounces it like that is just being silly. First off SWTOR is an acronym/initialism not a word. S- STar W-Wars T-The O-Old R-republic.There is no O after the SW, hence why do we pronounce it with an accent on the SW that sounds like SWOAH? People pronounce it SWOA-TOR, because of KOTOR, KOAH-TOR. The proper why to pronounec SWTOR is to pronounce the SW so it sounds like SWeh. It's like wet without the T. "WeH" is the way we all pronounce the W sound. Add the S you get "Sweh", then add the TOR, you get, SWEH-TOR But the "eh" sound is rather short to the point it is barely noticable. SWEH-TOR not SWOAH-TOR If it's stupid to prounce Nuclear like NEW-QUE-LAR then it's stupid to pronounce SWTOR like SWOAH-TOR. Edited June 22, 2012 by Targarion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiek Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 theres apparently lots of ways to say it. that being said, calling someone stupid because of the way they pronounce an acronym is kinda... well. whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targarion Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 theres apparently lots of ways to say it. that being said, calling someone stupid because of the way they pronounce an acronym is kinda... well. whatever. I never called anyone stupid, I called the action stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonoku Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I personally find it funny when people say SO-TOR, no hard feelings, i hear them pronounce it this way in mmorpg videos. I just say TOR the way it looks it pronounces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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