Ork or Orc?????

[Xan Krieger]

ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS!!!!! followed swiftly by fire warriors cutting them down.

This honestly had me loling.

Here's the idea, Orks from W40K vs fantasy Orcs.
Orks I figure have the advantage in owning a ton of planets, having guns, having lasers, having giant death robots (gargants). Yeah the orcs are pretty much boned.

 

[zaiggs]

huh... i was not aware that such a thing as "ork" existed. I'd always seen it as "orc". Sounds like one of those fantasy uses of older spellings where they just spell things differently. ex) magic vs. magick or demon vs. daemon.

 

[mklnjbh]

Ork sounds good for 40k where they are, no offense, crude representations of backwards, or "black" cultures, whereas an Orc is a far more sophisticated, albeit crude warrior culture. I prefer Tolkein on this one, no question.

 

[Adventurer2626]

I was born and raised (well, raised) on Tolkien so Orc all the way. It will be a cold day in Hell before I spell Orc with a k. Oh wait, DNF is finally coming out. Guess that means all bets are off then. ORK ORK ORK ORK ORK ORK! Well that was liberating Still calling it "Orc" though.

 

[darkkan2125]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!

Orks are cooler

 

[Lunar Shadow]

Ork in ref'rence to da War'ammer koind, cause we iz da biggest and da beztest!

Orc when referring to anything else.

 

[roostuf]

Ork answer: Orks arz ta bestest anda strongest then dis tolkins gits "orc" boyz ya punie humie! WWaaaggHHH!!!!!!!!

Translation to human Gothic tongue: The orks of warhammer and 40k are better then Mr. Tolkien's fantasy orcs, you silly little human.
40k Ork
http://kartones.net/images_posts/theelderthoughts/w40k_orks.jpg
Lord of the rings orc
http://witchreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/orcs.jpg
WoW orc
http://warcraftportal.ro/imagini/16668531877721854_ad5f2ab2ef_o.jpg
Warhammer fantasy Orc
http://ludicos.es/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img-orcs.jpg

 

[Daverson]

Interestingly enough, the original spelling is "Orq".
The spelling "Orc" was coined by Tolkien, while the spelling "Ork" was coined by Games Workshop.

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

I wasn't aware they were said differently, but I've always spelt it Orc.

 

[katsumoto03]

Ork in Warhammer 40K and Orc in everything else.

 

[Canid117]

I know which ones would win in a fight at least.

 

[MikailCaboose]

I'm just used to "orc", but it doesn't really matter that much since both sound the same.

 

[stockvillain]

Orc
Ork
Ourque
Orck
Oark
. . . y'know, I think I may have elves in my game start using the "ourque" spelling . . .

 

[MagicMouse]

While I think "Ork" looks better because K's are kewl. I use the Tolkien method.

PS- Chrome says they both don't exist...

 

[Carlston]

Orc can not be copyrighted as it refers to a mythical creature passed down the ages.

ORK can be copyrighted as it takes the mythical creature, puts it in space and gives it a specific difference (being plant based in it's physical makeup and pyshicly being able to make guns and shit work that should not)

Disney does that a lot. You can't Copyright just say, the Little Mermaid. So it's "Disney's The little mermaid" taking the public domain story and only protecting their version of it. As well as characters. Yeah I got a 6yrd daughter and they describe them "The beautiful Belle" The enchanting Ariel or the Syphilus Shawna for legal rights to that character.

So Orc is everything Orc outside of 40k. And Ork is the 40k or Fantasy and GW creation...

 

[Megawizard]

I only use Ork for WH40K (Which is the only place I've ever actually seen that particular variation used). Normally I just use Orc.

 

[kommando367]

Orc. Most people spell it like that, so I'm gonna spell it like that.

 

[maq493]

Orc, unless it's in a situation in which Ork is the official spelling.

 

[dalek sec]

Say it with me people: WAAAAGH!

Orks maybe for fighting and winning but nothing beats Noise Marines and the Night Lords for me personaly!

 

[TheSuperiorXemnas]

As I play WoW, I say Orc.