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TimovieMan · 04-06-2012, 07:22 AM

I've always pronounced it "Mashinarium" too. I get the confusion with mackinations, but I thought that both mackinations and mashinations were accepted in English? So, in analogy, maybe both are correct for Machinarium as well???

I don't get the comparison with the Latin "deus ex machina", though, because the pronounciation there is closer to ma-he-na (the 'he'-part being like the word), imo. No 'sh'-sound, no 'k'-sound.

Anyway, Botanicula looks awesome. It's one of the few titles that made my "list of games to play" before it was even released.

I'll probably play it right after working through Machinarium. That's still a while off, though...

04-06-2012, 07:22 AM	#29
TimovieMan Filmfreak Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,049	I've always pronounced it "Mashinarium" too. I get the confusion with mackinations, but I thought that both mackinations and mashinations were accepted in English? So, in analogy, maybe both are correct for Machinarium as well??? I don't get the comparison with the Latin "deus ex machina", though, because the pronounciation there is closer to ma-he-na (the 'he'-part being like the word), imo. No 'sh'-sound, no 'k'-sound. Anyway, Botanicula looks awesome. It's one of the few titles that made my "list of games to play" before it was even released. I'll probably play it right after working through Machinarium. That's still a while off, though... __________________ Currently playing: Again, Escape from Monkey Island (replay), King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow Next in line: King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, The Last Express, Time Hollow Recently finished: King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder, The Curse of Monkey Island (replay), The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (abandoned), Mass Effect 3