"Skirra"? Or... maybe "Skeera"? Nah, definately

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- Caspis Sinclair
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Just wondering how you guys/gals/ambiguously-gendered pronounce Scirra. I'm not sure if its Ashley's last name or if not how it was chosen, but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess "Seera". I don't know why, but that "c" looks pretty damn silent to me.

Yes, this is more or less the quality of posts that you can expect from me. Stimulating and thought provoking conversation? Feh. I'll save that for when I'm drunk.
- Ashley Construct Team Founder
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Well in my head it's "Sirra", but I guess "Skirra" is fair enough if you want to pronounce it like that It doesn't matter, nobody talks about us in 'real life', heh.

Originally we were going to be "Scirrus", as in the Cirrus cloud with the Sci- prefix (it's the latin root for knowledge, or something). Scirrus.com was already taken, so a tweak later 'Scirra' was born.
- vinny
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Well in my head it's "Sirra", but I guess "Skirra" is fair enough if you want to pronounce it like that It doesn't matter, nobody talks about us in 'real life', heh.

pretty much the same for me, i think of it as being pronounced "Sih'ra" <- check out the fancy spelling!
- CaptainOblivious
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Wait.. "See-rah" or "Sai-rah?" I've always considered it being "See-rah."
- TheInstance
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lol "skeera" ... lovely slang
- Rich
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I say it in my head 'Sc - irra'.. Sirra sounds fair enough if the c is silent, though.
- Vrav
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Yay, sirra.
- Jeswen
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"See-RAWR"

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- SoldjahBoy
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Because of the prefix "sci" I always pronounced it "sigh - rah", though through proper English grammar I believe that any vowel followed by a double letter changes it's pronunciation... in which case it should be "sih - rah"??
- Ashley Construct Team Founder
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It basically looks like nobody will ever have the right answer. Muahhaha!
- Vrav
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I kind of wanted to say, "I pronounce it scirra." Because I think I'm all smart and pronouncing it the right way. I mean, like cirrus...
- SoldjahBoy
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I think my head is just going to aesplode.
- CaptainOblivious
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Potato! Potato! Tomato! Tomato! Let's call the whole things o --

* CaptainOblivious gets mowed down in a fail of gunfire.
- SoldjahBoy
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Potato! Potato! Tomato! Tomato! Let's call the whole things o --

* CaptainOblivious gets mowed down in a fail of gunfire.

LOL

That was classic
- alee
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"See-RAWR"

Am I doing it right?

That actually cracked me up.