Ork or Orc?????

[harv3034]

Well I know I'm probably opening the flood gates here but...

Do you say Ork or Orc??

And before you ask there is a difference.

Ork is mostly from 40K. the space faring brutes that live for WAAAAGH, who MADE FER FIGHTN' AND WINNIN'

and Orc is from WoW and Tolkenesk fantasy (LOTR).

So, what do you say?

 

[Hosker]

I had no idea people spell it "ork" I'll have to go with Tolkien on this one.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

As an Oblivion fanboy, I say Orc.

 

[Broady Brio]

Orc.

Lord Of The Rings is all I really need to say.

 

[XzarTheMad]

Ork in my native tongue, Orc in everything else. Of course, where does Orque fall?

 

[Ekonk]

Being Dutch, Ork.

But the Tolkien one was orc and derived from the Latin word 'orcus', which has got something to do with the underworld.

 

[repeating integers]

I pronounce them the same. I spell the word with a C mostly, unless it's in the context of 40k, in which da Orkz iz da best and gotta be speld wit a K, ya grotherder. *punch*

 

[HellsingerAngel]

Well I know I'm probably opening the flood gates here but...

Do you say Ork or Orc??

And before you ask there is a difference.

Ork is mostly from 40K. the space faring brutes that live for WAAAAGH, who MADE FER FIGHTN' AND WINNIN'

and Orc is from WoW and Tolkenesk fantasy (LOTR).

So, what do you say?

I believe you just answered your own question.

Ork = 40K SPACE Orks

Orc = English fantasy greenskins demons

 

[Adecristo]

As a fan of both WH40k and Tolkien, I sometimes say Ork and sometimes Orc. Also depends on the topic.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Well if it's in the Warhammer 40,000 setting them I say Ork, if not then Orc, unless otherwise informed.

 

[Boba Frag]

I had no idea people spell it "ork" I'll have to go with Tolkien on this one.

Same here! Orcs all the way.

Ork is fine as well, but that's only acceptable to me because of Warhammer and the hilarious nature of their spelling.

Seeing as how Orcs were conceptualised by Tolkien mining Anglo-Saxon myth, I think his spelling is the one I prefer to use myself.

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

Depends on 40k or not, as you said in the OP.

Barring that, I always say the Tolkeinian (?) Orc.

 

[Urialanis]

In warhammer terms Ork is 40k and Orc is Fantasy but honestly i never find myself using the word.

 

[CAPTCHA]

I'd like to add how do people spell Demon/Daemon.

 

[Rofl-Mayo]

Being a WoW player, I call it Orc.

 

[Tharwen]

In the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien used 'orc'[footnote]Interestingly, there's a foreword in my copy where he denies claims that he was referring to the orca whale when he wrote the books[/footnote]. In Warhammer 40k, GW decided to change this spelling to 'ork', possibly to resemble the brutish, loutish nature of the creatures themselves.

It depends on what the creator of the specific fantasy world has decided to name them.

 

[lostzombies.com]

It is Orc.

Ork is simply a copyright/legal loophole

 

[Starke]

I had no idea people spell it "ork" I'll have to go with Tolkien on this one.

Same here! Orcs all the way.

Ork is fine as well, but that's only acceptable to me because of Warhammer and the hilarious nature of their spelling.

Seeing as how Orcs were conceptualised by Tolkien mining Anglo-Saxon myth, I think his spelling is the one I prefer to use myself.

Dutch and German spell it "ork" because otherwise phonetically it doesn't work. I'm not sure, but I suspect that's where Warhammer drew the spelling from.