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Minor 40k question
I picked up the Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium! omnibus on the recommendation of a friend. I'm just wondering if anybody knows if there's an official pronunciation for his first name (I've been pronouncing it see-A-fas).
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Re: Minor 40k question
It's 40k. Everything's official. Personally I go with Sye-a-phas, though some folks like to the biblical route and pronounce it Kai-a-phas. However you pronounce it, you'll soon find that it's a unconventional spelling of E. Blackadder.
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Re: Minor 40k question
I think the author specified it was Kai-a-phas.
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According to the UK translations I read, it's more often pronounced Harry Flashman, VC, although thankfully Ciaphas is a much better person than Flashman. Jurgen is definately pronounced Baldrick though!However you pronounce it, you'll soon find that it's a unconventional spelling of E. Blackadder.
I think it's meant to be Kai-aph-as, as per the others, especially as it gets a bit more alliterative with his surname.
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Yep, if I recall right there was even a phoentic description of his name in one of the novels.Srelex wrote:I think the author specified it was Kai-a-phas.
Besides which, there's added alliterative appeal to Commissar Ciaphas Cain.
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Re: Minor 40k question
StarSword wrote:I picked up the Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium! omnibus on the recommendation of a friend. I'm just wondering if anybody knows if there's an official pronunciation for his first name (I've been pronouncing it see-A-fas).
Kai-a-fas. His nickname is "Kai". Also, it's a Stan Lee name this way.
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Re: Minor 40k question
Did you read the authors introduction to the very book you're reading? I mean I have my copy right here, and on page 10, it says (and I qoute):StarSword wrote:I picked up the Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium! omnibus on the recommendation of a friend. I'm just wondering if anybody knows if there's an official pronunciation for his first name (I've been pronouncing it see-A-fas).
"Which brings me to the other question I'm most frequently asked about Cain - other then how do you pronounce his Christian name (For the record, it's kai-a-fass, which, like his surname, is a rather self-indulgent biblical joke)."
Because that does kind answer your question
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^D'oh!
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The Vortex Empire: I think the real question is obviously how a supervolcano eruption wiping out vast swathes of the country would affect the 2016 election.
Borgholio: The GOP would blame Obama and use the subsequent nuclear winter to debunk global warming.
The Vortex Empire: I think the real question is obviously how a supervolcano eruption wiping out vast swathes of the country would affect the 2016 election.
Borgholio: The GOP would blame Obama and use the subsequent nuclear winter to debunk global warming.
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Wait.. Blackadder and Baldrick..
Are Cain and Jurgen a reference to Blackadder that somehow everyone (except me) always knew about?
Are Cain and Jurgen a reference to Blackadder that somehow everyone (except me) always knew about?
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It's been noted quite a few times that Cain was patterned after some other famous fictional British characters.Cykeisme wrote:Wait.. Blackadder and Baldrick..
Are Cain and Jurgen a reference to Blackadder that somehow everyone (except me) always knew about?
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Re: Minor 40k question
What is this thing, can people not enjoy or get a good parody anymore.... (Gone through the first omnibus and read some that have come out since than, than left the omnibus in the work break room, where it's now being read by a waiter who wants MORE)
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I think it's less that and more of Cyke just noticing it nowThe Yosemite Bear wrote:What is this thing, can people not enjoy or get a good parody anymore.... (Gone through the first omnibus and read some that have come out since than, than left the omnibus in the work break room, where it's now being read by a waiter who wants MORE)
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Yes, that's precisely what I meant.
Or, put another way, it's not that I can't enjoy a good parody.. it's that I only just started enjoying it
Or, put another way, it's not that I can't enjoy a good parody.. it's that I only just started enjoying it
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"ha ha, raping puppies is FUN!" - Johonebesus
"It would just be Unicron with pew pew instead of nom nom". - Vendetta, explaining his justified disinterest in the idea of the movie Allspark affecting the Death Star
"ha ha, raping puppies is FUN!" - Johonebesus
"It would just be Unicron with pew pew instead of nom nom". - Vendetta, explaining his justified disinterest in the idea of the movie Allspark affecting the Death Star
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It's also pronounce Kai-a-fass in the audio drama, Dead in the Water.
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