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[Tatterdemalion]

How is Paizo pronounced?

Jack :)

[Big Jake]

I was told that the word was castillian, with a silent "P" so I say "AY' shyoau"

[The Jade]

I always thought of Paizo as having a similar pronunciation to the Italian word 'paisano'.

Pie-zoe.

One N away from sounding like a fun place to eat.

[Sebastian]

Hmmm...

I always pronounced it Pay-Zoe. But Pie-Zoe does sound better.

Sebastian

PS - How now brown drow

[Meds]

Sebastian wrote:

Hmmm...

I always pronounced it Pay-Zoe. But Pie-Zoe does sound better.

Sebastian

PS - How now brown drow

Me too. It's from the Greek verb for 'play' I believe.

[The Jade]

Meds wrote:

Sebastian wrote:

Hmmm...

I always pronounced it Pay-Zoe. But Pie-Zoe does sound better.

Sebastian

PS - How now brown drow

Me too. It's from the Greek verb for 'play' I believe.

Well Pay-Zoe makes sense, as I pay them quite a bit.

[Zherog]

I'm in the pie-zoe camp...

[The Jade]

Zherog wrote:

I'm in the pie-zoe camp...

I'm just gonna keep saying Pie-Zoe. When someone says Pay-Zoe I'll just remind them that it's all Greek to me.

Actually, they shouldn't tell us. That would give it a kind of mystique. Having 'camps' will create a more vibrant scene, what with the ensuing debates, scandals, and eventually the incriminating nude photos of the staff in their 'team hot tub'.

Brand name vagueness will eventually prove to be an ambrosia to godlike celebrity.

[WaterdhavianFlapjack]

Pay-zoe, all the way.

WaterdhavianFlapjack

[Laeknir]

Ooh! What if it's a foreign name with three syllables? Perhaps pah-ee-zoe? ;-)

I agree... it should be a mystery! Eventually, great cults will form around Orthodox Paizo, Reformed Paizo, and New Age Paizo, causing world war seven (all fought entirely with miniatures, of course!).

[Gavgoyle]

I belive it is Pie-zo. Thus, Kyle created the li'l dude who's body looks like the Greek letter Pi for the logo.

(and this may have been discussed before or in the editorial for the relaunch. I don't know why it's in my brain, but that's what seems correct)

[The Jade]

Got it!

Dictionary.com says:

3 entries found for Paizo.

p·a·i·zo (Obs) Pronunciation Key (p-ah-eez-o)

n.

1. A religion dedicated to nut butters. See Paizoroastrianism
2. Dislocation of the left testicle.
3. Any blow that brings about such a condition.
4. A Swedish fig tart.

[DeadDMWalking]

I say "pie-zo".

And if I'm wrong, I don't want to be right.

[Lady Aurora]

I'm not sure why, but I've always pronounced it with three syllables. Pay-ah-zo. Looking at it now, I'm not sure how I came up with that pronunciation (since it seems to defy all laws of phonics) but that's how I've said it before and that's how I'll continue to say it!

[farewell2kings]

The Jade wrote:

Got it!

Dictionary.com says:

3 entries found for Paizo.

p·a·i·zo (Obs) Pronunciation Key (p-ah-eez-o)

n.

1. A religion dedicated to nut butters. See Paizoroastrianism
2. Dislocation of the left testicle.
3. Any blow that brings about such a condition.
4. A Swedish fig tart.

ROFLMAO!

[Gavgoyle]

Dear The Jade:

Please stop making me shift uncomfotably in my chair.

With extreme sympathy pains,

Gavgoyle

PS: that was very funny!

[Obscure]

In Greek, it's "paheed'-zo."

http://www.sabda.org/sabdaweb/tools/lexicon/?w=3815&l=greek&lang=en glish&theme=original&study=on

Two syllables (it's not "pa-heed-zo"), the first one sounds like "pie" as in the food. And it does start with the letter "pi" as the logo hints at.

[derek_cleric]

You're soooo full of Paizo! :)
--Ray.

The Jade wrote:

Got it!

Dictionary.com says:

3 entries found for Paizo.

p·a·i·zo (Obs) Pronunciation Key (p-ah-eez-o)

n.

1. A religion dedicated to nut butters. See Paizoroastrianism
2. Dislocation of the left testicle.
3. Any blow that brings about such a condition.
4. A Swedish fig tart.

[jesterjoe20]

Its : And now for something COMPLETELY different.