How do you say Melee?
- Thread starter JackandTom
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Does it really matter which way people say it? As long as you know what it means then it should be ok
May-Lay...
As in
"Melee combat is for real men, brawling and such... Only women use M60s and AK-47s."
or
"A Melee weapon could be anything from a crowbar, knife, butt end of a gun, sword, baseball bat, pen, jukebox, hair pick, calculator, beer bottle, baby bottle, can of spaghettios, chainsaw, thermometer, jar of homemade whiskey, torch, dagger, katana, power cord, hair brush, algebra text book, 2x2 w/ nails, TV, battleaxe, hunting spear, swiss army knife, bathtub... Stuff like that."
As in
"Melee combat is for real men, brawling and such... Only women use M60s and AK-47s."
or
"A Melee weapon could be anything from a crowbar, knife, butt end of a gun, sword, baseball bat, pen, jukebox, hair pick, calculator, beer bottle, baby bottle, can of spaghettios, chainsaw, thermometer, jar of homemade whiskey, torch, dagger, katana, power cord, hair brush, algebra text book, 2x2 w/ nails, TV, battleaxe, hunting spear, swiss army knife, bathtub... Stuff like that."
I'm going to go with this.
Which actually sounds like meh-lay more than may-lay, the latter of which I thought was the technically correct pronunciation. This site has been pretty reliable for me though (it even recognises the infuriatingly deliberate dropping of the 'h' in the word herb for the American pronunciation, which seems very strange to me as an official/semi-official pronunciation, but I digress), so now I can pronounce the word with confidence and assurance that I was right all along.
Which actually sounds like meh-lay more than may-lay, the latter of which I thought was the technically correct pronunciation. This site has been pretty reliable for me though (it even recognises the infuriatingly deliberate dropping of the 'h' in the word herb for the American pronunciation, which seems very strange to me as an official/semi-official pronunciation, but I digress), so now I can pronounce the word with confidence and assurance that I was right all along.
It's a French word, so I say it the same way I would when I talk French. (Mé-lée)
I don't think that's the correct pronunciation in English though, it's probably May-lay.
I don't think that's the correct pronunciation in English though, it's probably May-lay.
When used alone, I say "May-lay," but when combined with other words, I say "muhlay."
"I play Super Smash Brothers May-lay, where all of my characters use muhlay attacks."
"I play Super Smash Brothers May-lay, where all of my characters use muhlay attacks.
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