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the_epic

Ancients Behaving Badly...

Feb 12, 2010 20:04

HA! Ok, History Channel... we have a problem.
When your geeky looking fool of a psychiatrist claims that he's going to "Look to see if Alexander the Great was a military genius" - well, that shows to any real historian that perhaps you don't know what you're doing...

IF?!Really ( Read more... )

jersey shore-esque fail, full frontal nerdity, historically speaking

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coyotegoth February 13 2010, 00:20:14 UTC

Darius is pronounced DA-RYE-US not DARE-E-US, you uncultured THUDS!

Thank you- people *always* get this wrong, and it drives me nuts! (Granted that if someone's parents name them "Dare-e-us" then that becomes the pronunciation, in that case.

the_epic February 13 2010, 00:21:32 UTC

Oh this one kills me. It would be like pronouncing Napolean Neopolitan... it's just wrong.
And shows shoddy research.

teamrodent February 13 2010, 03:06:40 UTC

Eh, knowing the Hitler Channel, they probably will have a gallon of ice cream trying to conquer Europe. :\

the_epic February 13 2010, 03:54:51 UTC

Touche, sir!

felyn February 13 2010, 01:13:15 UTC

I have to confess to being an uncultured thud. No idea it was da-rye-us. (BTW, emphasis on middle syllable?)

fleurdelista February 13 2010, 01:15:13 UTC

Word. I also did not know that.

But me and the history channel got a divorce. I took up with National Geographic and I haven't looked back.

the_epic February 13 2010, 01:20:21 UTC

Long live Ehjay.

felyn February 13 2010, 01:20:28 UTC

I saw that. You're much better off with NatGeo, IMO. You & History wanted different things from one another. You wanted actual historical-type shows, it wanted you to STFU & go with its somewhat shoddy programming. It wasn't meant to be.

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uncut_diamond February 13 2010, 01:45:44 UTC

A bottle of scotch says said fool couldn't beat Age of Empires on easy.

the_epic February 13 2010, 01:49:16 UTC

That's not a good bet. You're clearly correct.

uncut_diamond February 13 2010, 03:40:41 UTC

But I want more scotch. :(

the_epic February 13 2010, 03:55:10 UTC

I want more too!

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chikken_butt February 13 2010, 03:44:56 UTC

I've always thought it was Dare-e-us. I even named a cat Darius once. I miss that cat. You wouldn't have liked him.

the_epic February 13 2010, 03:47:08 UTC

Alas, madam.

alagbon February 13 2010, 11:54:08 UTC

If? If?!? IF?!?!?!?!?!?

Damn the History Channel!

(And if you really want to be a stickler, it should, in fact, be "DAH-RYOOSH." But then who speaks ancient Persian these days?)

Correction alagbon February 13 2010, 12:02:24 UTC

I dod some poking around to make sure I wasn't talking bollocks, and it turns out I was. "DAH-RYOOSH" is the modern Farsi pronunciation, but the ancient Persian is transcribed as "Dārayavahuš," which would have been simplified over the centuries to the modern form (although since Persian cuneiform was not a particularly efficient or precise system, it could have been pronounced damn near any way that involved those particular consonants.)

Re: Correction the_epic February 13 2010, 15:05:31 UTC

You are correct, sir. I simply use what is the actual "englishization" of the name rather than the "300" verison.