In the new Mercenaries event, he speaks of himself and sensibly pronounces his own name "Yih-SHARZH," not the weird "YAH-shuh-RAZH" as we were once told.
Surely this new information takes precedence since it is spoken by the Old God himself?
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"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
If memory serves, Mists of Pandaria, the . . . (pauses to count) . . . fourth expansion to the original World of Warcraft game came out in mid to late 2012. Y'shaarj entered the lore lexicon officially at that point.
Hearthstone is constantly retconning and augmenting Warcraft lore, sometimes by adding new characters, but often by expanding on already-developed story lines and character backgrounds.
Nevertheless, Y'shaarj's name was pronounced many times in cutscenes and spoken quest moments. There hasn't been a debate as to pronunciation since then.
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Everyone was saying 'ya-sha-rash' and I was always like 'shouldn't it be 'ya-sha-arsh' since the double a is before the r, but everyone was always like 'you're stupid lmao'.
I'm pretty sure nobody told the audio-guy the now a decade old way of saying that name and ofc narrow minded people will take this as a victory.
It is Ya-Sha-Raj, it has been like that for 10 years in warcraft canon and anybody who sais it otherwise is wrong. Not stupid, just unknowing, and wrong.
I'm pretty sure nobody told the audio-guy the now a decade old way of saying that name and ofc narrow minded people will take this as a victory.
It is Ya-Sha-Raj, it has been like that for 10 years in warcraft canon and anybody who sais it otherwise is wrong. Not stupid, just unknowing, and wrong.
Are you sure it's not narrow minded of you to stick blindly to tradition even in the face of new evidence? Maybe the development team has simply seen the light and finally understands how English spelling and pronunciation work. As mentioned above, retconning happens all the time.
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"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
Hearthstone doesn't retcon WoW because it's not canon, so the WoW pronounciation is still canon, and well, English and pronounciation have never been consistent just like Hearthstone so who cares if it's spelled differently. Here is one of the many mentions of Y'Shaarj in WoW from the dude that worships it.
So that leaves us with the probability that nobody told the audio guy how to pronounce the name correctly or that they couldn't care less about the lore of the character.
Yes, I apologize, I should have said "attempts" to retcon WoW lore.
Y'shaarj is and always will be (Yah - sha - rajj) and if someone fucked up the line, it doesn't change the dozens of instances still live in World of Warcraft, the source of the canon for this game.
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In Russian localization the card named И'Шарадж (Ih-Shah-raj), something in the middle of both variants. I think it would be less confusing for everyone if it was spelt Y'Sharaj (or even Ya'Sharaj) instead of Y'Shaarj.
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English is not my native language, so, with a high probability, mistakes were made.
In Russian localization the card named И'Шарадж (Ih-Shah-raj), something in the middle of both variants. I think it would be less confusing for everyone if it was spelt Y'Sharaj (or even Ya'Sharaj) instead of Y'Shaarj.
the only thing I care regarding russian localization is when it will localize itself out of Ukraine..
In Russian localization the card named И'Шарадж (Ih-Shah-raj), something in the middle of both variants. I think it would be less confusing for everyone if it was spelt Y'Sharaj (or even Ya'Sharaj) instead of Y'Shaarj.
the only thing I care regarding russian localization is when it will localize itself out of Ukraine..
I said nothing related to Russia as a country at all, I said how Blizzard localized name "Y'Shaarj" to another language. It makes absolutely no sense to connect Blizzard's Russian localization of a children's card game to the actions of Russian government. Not every Russian speaker is a Russian government's supporter.
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English is not my native language, so, with a high probability, mistakes were made.
Hearthstone doesn't retcon WoW because it's not canon, so the WoW pronounciation is still canon, and well, English and pronounciation have never been consistent just like Hearthstone so who cares if it's spelled differently. Here is one of the many mentions of Y'Shaarj in WoW from the dude that worships it.
So that leaves us with the probability that nobody told the audio guy how to pronounce the name correctly or that they couldn't care less about the lore of the character.
But it's now Hearthstone canon, which, as you note, is separate from WoW canon.
So if you're playing or talking about Hearthstone, you have to pronounce it the way it's spelled!
Yes, and Galadriel is wearing plate and scaling mountains alone, too.
Or alternatively, I just ignore the philistines.
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In the new Mercenaries event, he speaks of himself and sensibly pronounces his own name "Yih-SHARZH," not the weird "YAH-shuh-RAZH" as we were once told.
Surely this new information takes precedence since it is spoken by the Old God himself?
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
Why-Shar-Jay is the only correct pronunciation.
It's a first world problem, but it always irked me to hear streamers 'ya-sheeraj'-ing. This gives me a warm feeling and a sense of vindication.
They were saying it that way because an official Hearthstone video did, but I'm glad this actual in-game content conflicts with that.
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
Hear, hear!
If memory serves, Mists of Pandaria, the . . . (pauses to count) . . . fourth expansion to the original World of Warcraft game came out in mid to late 2012. Y'shaarj entered the lore lexicon officially at that point.
Hearthstone is constantly retconning and augmenting Warcraft lore, sometimes by adding new characters, but often by expanding on already-developed story lines and character backgrounds.
Nevertheless, Y'shaarj's name was pronounced many times in cutscenes and spoken quest moments. There hasn't been a debate as to pronunciation since then.
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Enjoying Americans winning in the Olympics is forbidden because it is political. A 14 plus page discussion of state-sponsored lawsuits against a multi-national corporation based on harassment, discrimination, and wrongful death allegations is apparently not political enough to raise an issue.
I KNEW IT, I FUCKING KNEW IT
Everyone was saying 'ya-sha-rash' and I was always like 'shouldn't it be 'ya-sha-arsh' since the double a is before the r, but everyone was always like 'you're stupid lmao'.
I'm pretty sure nobody told the audio-guy the now a decade old way of saying that name and ofc narrow minded people will take this as a victory.
It is Ya-Sha-Raj, it has been like that for 10 years in warcraft canon and anybody who sais it otherwise is wrong. Not stupid, just unknowing, and wrong.
I just wrote this here for the Achievement
Are you sure it's not narrow minded of you to stick blindly to tradition even in the face of new evidence? Maybe the development team has simply seen the light and finally understands how English spelling and pronunciation work. As mentioned above, retconning happens all the time.
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
Hearthstone doesn't retcon WoW because it's not canon, so the WoW pronounciation is still canon, and well, English and pronounciation have never been consistent just like Hearthstone so who cares if it's spelled differently.
Here is one of the many mentions of Y'Shaarj in WoW from the dude that worships it.
So that leaves us with the probability that nobody told the audio guy how to pronounce the name correctly or that they couldn't care less about the lore of the character.
Yes, I apologize, I should have said "attempts" to retcon WoW lore.
Y'shaarj is and always will be (Yah - sha - rajj) and if someone fucked up the line, it doesn't change the dozens of instances still live in World of Warcraft, the source of the canon for this game.
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It's spelt Raymond Luxury-Yacht, but it's pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove.
In Russian localization the card named И'Шарадж (Ih-Shah-raj), something in the middle of both variants. I think it would be less confusing for everyone if it was spelt Y'Sharaj (or even Ya'Sharaj) instead of Y'Shaarj.
English is not my native language, so, with a high probability, mistakes were made.
the only thing I care regarding russian localization is when it will localize itself out of Ukraine..
I said nothing related to Russia as a country at all, I said how Blizzard localized name "Y'Shaarj" to another language. It makes absolutely no sense to connect Blizzard's Russian localization of a children's card game to the actions of Russian government. Not every Russian speaker is a Russian government's supporter.
English is not my native language, so, with a high probability, mistakes were made.
I liked it that in MoP was "Ya-sharaj", but I'm not gonna complain about this one. It's not like Old God language is supposed to be flexible.
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But it's now Hearthstone canon, which, as you note, is separate from WoW canon.
So if you're playing or talking about Hearthstone, you have to pronounce it the way it's spelled!
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
Yes, and Galadriel is wearing plate and scaling mountains alone, too.
Or alternatively, I just ignore the philistines.
Helpful Clarification on Forbidden Topics for Hearthstone Forums:
Enjoying Americans winning in the Olympics is forbidden because it is political. A 14 plus page discussion of state-sponsored lawsuits against a multi-national corporation based on harassment, discrimination, and wrongful death allegations is apparently not political enough to raise an issue.