Ork or Orc?????

[Mr. Socky]

I say Ork cause "Orks is da biggest and da strongest!!!" I'm sure that pisses off my hyper-Tolkien-fan mother to no end.

Edit:Oops. I forgot. WAAAGH!!!

 

[deth2munkies]

Ork is only from Warhammer, Orc is everywhere else. I'd say it's pretty clear.

Then again, there are no Arrer Boyz anywhere else...

 

[SaunaKalja]

'Orks' if they go "WAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!", 'Orcs' in any other case.

 

[laol1999]

never knew there was a way to spell it with a k

 

[Owlslayer]

Well, i have to say that i go with Ork only in warhammer 40k.
Everything else, Orc, be it Tolkien, D&D, Elder Scrolls, whatever.

Also, I always write Demon, i find Daemon quite weird. Though it makes that winged Daemon Prince even more badass (from 40k) when it's spelled "Daemon".

Also, the waagh banner is getting bigger by the second.
The ammount of Ork quotes here is staggering.


So, I'm gonna do something not smart at all.

Khm, khm.

FOR THE EMPEROR! (space marines, woo-hoo!)
I hope none of the Ork fans here will come to my house and murder me with an axe...

 

[PrototypeC]

*baby crying* Does that answer your question?

You said Waaaah, not WAAAAAAAGGH! I get what you meant though.

I prefer the word Orc, even in 40k. It just rolls off the brain better (if that makes any sense). My Orks are basically Orcs anyway, you see. Yes, I do own an army of them. Besides, I grew up with Tolkien's spelling, and I have the feeling that as a language scholar he'd tear his skin off if he saw people using a K at the end.

 

[harv3034]

First, thanks you all of you for your posts and opinions. I'm glad things havn't gotten too out of hand yet (we might need to call the Space marines to keep hold of vallorn though).

Second, to those who are still wondering which way I go, I say this...

-really deep breath-

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[WOPR]

you should have made this a poll

I say Orc

 

[someonehairy-ish]

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

Biblical/traditional 'horns and wings and goats legs' = demons
Sci-fi/fantasy/horror 'shapeless horrors, chaotic, animalistic, spawned from nightmare etc' = daemons

OT: I go with the WH method of Space Orkz or fantasy Orcs.

 

[Mullahgrrl]

I spell it 'ork' but pronounce it 'orc'

 

[cartographer54]

Orc. Ork just sounds like a grunt

 

[DSK-]

I've pretty much always called them 'Ork'. Not too sure why, but that is how I refer to them. It sounds the same anywho

 

[harv3034]

you should have made this a poll

I say Orc

Yeah, I really should have but it sliped my mind and it's to late now. XD

 

[Dedtoo]

ORKS! ORKS! ORKS!
GREEN IS BEST!
WAAAGH!!

 

[Guffe]

As a Finnish barbarian I am living for the teef' and the WAAAAAGHHH with my OrK mates!!

 

[Steam Colossus]

Orc.

 

[Vampire cat]

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?

Orc is also in Warhammer Fantasy.

Warhammer 40,000 is pretty much the only place where the k is used in Ork for the English version. I use Orc while speaking to english people. But In norway the word for Orc is Ork, so then that is obviously what I'd use. A bit more complicated for me then =p.

 

[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.

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.

That's perfectly acceptable to me, but in the English usage, which Tolkien wrote in, then it's Orc from the Old English Orcneas meaning 'demon' which is basically what Orcs are.

I understand completely that it really depends on what context you're using.


Is it me or has this thread gone as far as it's going to go?

it could be pushed further by me and the others shouting WAAGGHHH at it. repeatedly. in the face.

Agreed! Now if you'll excuse me I have to paint my car red so it goes faster

 

[John the Gamer]

Maybe Orck?

 

[Count Igor]

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

Right after the T.
Ba dum pish!

OT: I believe the correct spelling is Orc in the English language.
Ork I think was just made to seem cooler or misunderstood by someone and it caught on.

That's as far as I know.