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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Lost Section - Gil: How do YOU pronounce it? |
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How do you pronounce Gil?| "Gill", like a fish's gill |
90.9%, 40 votes | "Jill", like the girl |
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Vystrix Nexoth Level: 30 Posts: 97/348 EXP: 158678 For next: 7191 Since: 03-15-04 From: somewhere between anima and animus Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 2 days |
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Originally posted by paradox well, in the original japanese versions of FF1-FF6, it's called "Gil". They just called it "GP" in the american versions. to answer the poll question: I pronounce it "gill", which is pretty close to how the word itself ("gil") is spelled. |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 451/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Guy L Don't ask why  |
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Lenophis Super Koopa Level: 44  Posts: 30/830 EXP: 584360 For next: 26925 Since: 03-15-04 From: Duluth, MN Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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Originally posted by paradox You know why? It's a stupid reason now, but in the old NES and SNES days, it kinda made sense. GP = two characters Gil = three characters Of course there's a simple way around this little bit. In most games, it's possible to fit a couple letters into one tile (ii, ll, tt, etc) so Gil can be two characters and not three. Seems very lame that Nintendo didn't go with this... (edited by Lenophis on 04-05-04 12:00 AM) |
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Jack-Al Blah Blah Blah Level: 28  Posts: 72/284 EXP: 116984 For next: 14354 Since: 03-15-04 From: Montréal, Québec, Canada Since last post: 10 days Last activity: 2 days |
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| I pronounced it as "Jill" alot at first because I would say it in french, but when I started talking in english more, I started pronouncing it as "Gill". I don't really care what the currency is called though, but I guess I am a little used to Gil by now. |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 368/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| hmm...what every the Microsoft speech API says (you know, control panel->speech> |
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Avardo Cheep-cheep Level: 23  Posts: 66/184 EXP: 61004 For next: 6719 Since: 03-15-04 From: England Since last post: 547 days Last activity: 149 days |
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| I would have to pronounce it "Gill", as in a fishes gill... It's only common sense... I mean yeah... There's the name "Gillian", but that's a name, and Gil is a currency... So, you should get what i mean. If not hit yourself overe the head a few hundred times, until your mental stability resembles mine... then you'll understand . |
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Felix Nipper Plant Level: 33 Posts: 46/422 EXP: 208347 For next: 20832 Since: 04-03-04 From: Canada Since last post: 224 days Last activity: 6 days |
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| My answer comes from an old song about the Pied Piper. It was said in the tune that the mayor of Hamlet had promised to pay the Piper 50 00 gilder, which I took to be the currency of Hamlet. The g in gilder is pronounced with a GUH, not a JUH sound. Perhaps Gil is an abbreviation for this? Either way, it's the stem of why I pronounce it "gill". | |||
Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76  Posts: 33/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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| When I first played FF7 I was confused so I said it like "Jill" as in the name. As time went on I figured "Gill" like part of a fish, made more sense. So now I say Gill . I haven't really thought of it being like gill. I just said "Jill" because of the G sound. I guess my mind isn't very open..or something..nevermind. |
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Ramadan Roy Like Like ...Or you'll be wearing your ass for a hat. Renowned Otaku Level: 44 Posts: 104/816 EXP: 569705 For next: 41580 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 13 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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Originally posted by Apophis Well, both gil and zenny are(well, were) real forms of money. Zenny was spelled zeni, I believe, basically the Japanese form of pennies/pfennings/rupees, etc. in the Feudal Age. Gil I believe, came from Europe, somewhere. Although I've never called gil "jill", a friend and I have pronounced Sephiroth in a different way. We used to pronounce it like this: Suh-feer-uth. Then he comes to me one day and says: "My brother calls him Seh-fur-oth". Once I figured out the truth, it was really hard to change. |
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tinzeee Permaban Repeated warnings and bannings about stupidity Level: 38  Posts: 188/618 EXP: 369695 For next: 752 Since: 04-02-04 From: Australia - Sydney Since last post: 553 days Last activity: 339 days |
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I say it a Jill |
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Chronosphere-X Flurry Level: 27 Posts: 45/268 EXP: 106782 For next: 9377 Since: 03-20-04 Since last post: 10 hours Last activity: 10 hours |
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| I say "gill" I always have. I also call it money and gp | |||
Destiny Smasher Red Cheep-cheep Level: 24  Posts: 160/216 EXP: 77554 For next: 571 Since: 03-15-04 From: NOT HERE, thank the Star Spirits. Since last post: 368 days Last activity: 43 days |
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| The way it looks...Gill... Just missing an 'L', so what? Everyone I know calls it Gil, matter of fact |
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NightHawk Bob-Omb Level: 39  Posts: 19/621 EXP: 374743 For next: 30028 Since: 03-26-04 From: Switzerland Since last post: 432 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| Gill Never occured to me to pronounce it differently, lol Until I read this thread, anyway, hehe  |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 1333/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| In a very Swedish and odd way. I think I record it somewhere.  It sounds like Gill. |
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Sokarhacd Ball and Chain Trooper Resistance is Futile You Will Be Assimilated Hab SoSlI' Quch Level: 61  Posts: 117/1757 EXP: 1799888 For next: 76708 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Gil I pronounce like a fish gill, it would be funny to hear someone call it Jill... someone I know says Chocobo like you would say Coke-a-bo... (edited by Chaosflare on 05-02-04 09:38 AM) |
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Mel (USER WAS TOTALLY AWESOME FOR THIS POST) Level: 47  Posts: 242/991 EXP: 762490 For next: 3713 Since: 03-15-04 From: secure tripcodes are for jerks Since last post: 17 min. Last activity: 16 min. |
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Ruby Weapon 7 Shyguy Level: 17  Posts: 72/96 EXP: 22968 For next: 1775 Since: 03-16-04 From: Hell Since last post: 28 days Last activity: 22 days |
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| I have always pronounced it "Gill". I just pronounce it the way it looks and that I have always heard everyone else say it that way. | |||
Weasel Missionary in PeruLevel: 34  Posts: 388/454 EXP: 236444 For next: 17207 Since: 03-15-04 From: Washington Since last post: 467 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| In FFX and X2, it's pronounced "Gill", so that's how I always say it. I consider that to be the official pronunciation. | |||
Heian-794 Red Super Koopa Level: 44 Posts: 56/896 EXP: 611014 For next: 271 Since: 06-01-04 From: Kyoto, Japan Since last post: 21 days Last activity: 10 days |
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| It's "Gill". What I don't get is why Square translated it as "GP". IT's obvious from the games that a single Gil is very small -- roughly equivalent to one yen or (at today's exchange rates) just over eight tenths of a US cent. And people still say "zeni" to mean money in general even now! Especially Osakan banker/loan shark types who want to sound tough. What Capcom games use this word? |
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DarkSlaya POOOOOOOOOOOORN! Level: 88 Posts: 193/4249 EXP: 6409254 For next: 241410 Since: 05-16-04 From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| "Gill" But I don't like any ways of pronuncing it. |
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