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How Do Pronounce Djinn? Theres been alot of contreversy.

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Posted 10 July 2004 - 01:44 PM

One of my friends always calls em Jinni like theres no D :angry: and I say it like Duh-Jinni :( :P either way how do u say it?

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Posted 10 July 2004 - 02:59 PM

one is dee-jin and plural is dee-jinn-ee thats is what I believe

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Posted 10 July 2004 - 03:33 PM

hmm....good topic. I've wondered vaguely myself, but I pronounce it...well, pretty much the same way it's spelled. it's hard to explain in words, but I have a kind of subtle "D" before the "Jinn". it's like you start to say "Dinn", but then say "Jinn" before you get to the "I". I suppose you could say "Duh-Jin", but I say the "Duh" part more quietly, and not as a seperate syllable.

my apologies if that made no sense.

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Posted 10 July 2004 - 06:23 PM

http://www.goldensun-syndicate.net/forum/i...p?showtopic=457

This topic should explain everything, just read though it, eventually I will go off-topic and bring up the pronouncation thing :P

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Posted 10 July 2004 - 10:03 PM

el sethro you are right I asked my friend who is a golden sun MANIAC he plays 24/7 he can beat the lost age in seriously like day maybe 2 max he said it is D or Dee-jinn however it makes more sense to you but it sounds the same (just different typing)

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Posted 10 July 2004 - 10:20 PM

No sorry I'm wrong Max said on Help that its backwords and singular is d-gin-ee like alchoholic beverage (gin) and and plural is d-gin-ee again like gin the alchaholic beverage

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 12:55 AM

I should have sed Duh-Gin=singular Duh-Gin-E= Plural, Gin as in The beverage. Who knows how its sed :idea: the word originates from Islam and defined as "An invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals";) some guy ond GameTalk sed it was JUST jeenie spelt differently? I disagree with the Dee-Jinn :( but thats just me .I'm gonna say it my way only cause its the way I've always sed it ^_^ . Who knows maybe Dee-jinn is right?

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 01:32 AM

el Sethro, i know what you mean. Thats how i've always said it. Jinn with a slight d sound at the front. Extremely hard to explain. I've tried before and i'm not trying again :idea: ;).

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 06:40 AM

;) someone understands! yipee!

Piers, for future referance, press the EDIT button to add to you post instead of triple-posting.

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 10:47 AM

:idea: wait I think we were sayin the same thing ;) I just say it with a slight Duh befor jin. is that what ur sayin? ^_^

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 01:24 PM

I like to call them "Duhjinnees" ;)

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 02:31 PM

I say:

Djinn - Did-jin
Djinni - Did-jin-ee

Piers said:

1 day to beat TLA is long, for the GS maniac. 10 hours, maybe 11 is my running time. I have yet to see anyone beat it faster.

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 05:06 PM

Sorry my my computer doesn't have it on the site but on mine you take back votes on polls

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 05:31 PM

Ok. I kinda say it like 'Shin' but more like 's' and 'z' combined. I can't tell you on the internet.

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 06:12 PM

The simplest way I believe is to ignore the “D” in the beginning, and pronounce the plural (djinn) like “gin” (with the soft “g” sound) and the singular (djinni) the same way with the added syllable at the end.

However, I guess what I do is to combine the “d” and “g” sounds together (that’s called a something-graph… dunno what it is exactly, sorry), so I pronounce the d in conjunction with the g… like…

Bah, it’s difficult to explain it, sorry.

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 06:36 PM

lol I sorta get it, I guess. Wow I never thought there would be so many ways. Its all so confussing -_- .

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 09:55 PM

Alex that is how your supposed to pronounce it but I was to lazy to explain it in writing (well thats what I'm pretty sure is true)

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Posted 16 July 2004 - 07:50 AM

The D is silent so it's just 'jinn' as in the alcoholic drink, the character from Tekken 3, the type of evil genie that warps peoples wishes, just watch wishmaster or something like that.

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Posted 19 July 2004 - 11:14 AM

Yeah, the "d" is silent...

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Posted 19 July 2004 - 11:31 AM

I pronounce it 'jinn' for two reasons:

1. I've seen it spelled djinn, jinn, and ginn.

2. Because I said so. :silence:

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Posted 19 July 2004 - 11:44 AM

"Ginn"?! Where the heck did you hear that?!

I sincerely apologize for my abruptness, but I've never seen that before...ginn...weird...

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Posted 04 February 2005 - 11:05 PM

GAAAH!!!

Britannica World Language Dictionary, pg. 373

"djinni (ji-nee') n. pl. djinn: In Moslem mythology, an order of super natural beings able to assume animal or human form, and often at the call and service of men through some magical controlling object. The plural form is often erroneously used as a singular. Sometimes spelled jinni, genie. [<Arabic jinn-eye]"

There you have it.

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Posted 05 February 2005 - 03:07 AM

Shin-ii. Thats how I say it. Dont ask why

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Posted 05 February 2005 - 03:10 AM

I personally pronounce Djinni (singular) like GENIE, and Djinn (Plural) like GIN.

I reckon that makes sense, seeing as they are kinda like genies.

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Posted 05 February 2005 - 10:31 AM

Thank you, Jack. You know what you're talking about. ^_^

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Posted 05 February 2005 - 01:00 PM

Woridar, please be more wary of the topics that you post in. This topic hasn't received a reply in over 6 months. You won't recieve a warn increase because your post had a *fair* amount of content, but please remember that bumping topics is illegal, and revivals are only permitted if your post is very constructive.

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Posted 05 February 2005 - 04:09 PM

Oh, sorry, I just joined, and i wanted to add to the discussion. I didn't know that was considered bumping. :lol:

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Posted 06 February 2005 - 12:51 AM

I never relised that there was a discussion on this. This is kinda like how to say 'tidus' there are many ways, but with that in KH they actullay say it. I just say it D-jin don't understand how some of yours work.

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Posted 06 February 2005 - 03:48 AM

Shin. All I have to say about it. Yes, i'm wierd......

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Posted 06 February 2005 - 09:27 AM

Djinn? I pronounce that jinn. Because... it makes sense.

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Posted 06 February 2005 - 12:33 PM

It's definitely not like "gin". It's pronounced without the D. That's how.

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Posted 06 February 2005 - 01:57 PM

Nope. No matter what you do, I will always say Shin or Shin-ii

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Posted 06 February 2005 - 11:28 PM

Well, I pronounce them 'Jinn' and 'Jinni'. That's the right way to say it, from what I've gathered...

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Posted 07 February 2005 - 12:17 AM

A friend of mine thinks its pronounced like genie

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Posted 07 February 2005 - 06:54 AM

The strictness of GSSF rule enforcement strikes again :).
It's spam to revive an old topic and it's spam to start a new topic on the same thing.

I still stick with my djinn. Pronounced with the 'd' and 'j' mixed. It's gin, but with an abrupt 'd' sound, like in dead. You don't actually complete the sound, more like, start with your mouth shaped for the 'd' sound, then change to the gin sound.

Anyone who understands what i just said gets a free mars bar ;).

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Posted 07 February 2005 - 09:01 AM

Like the way french say 'J'. So a bit like shin, but with a more J sound. Do I get the mars bar? :(

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Posted 07 February 2005 - 12:17 PM

Well i was always instructed t pronounce it D- jinni (duhjinni) but i think a lot of these things are down to interpretation. I mean i always pronounced Agatios name a-ga-T-io rather than "agashio" which would be iits more expected form. In games like this where there are a lot of odd names, i don't think it matters really.

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Posted 07 February 2005 - 03:58 PM

I know but it does make good conversation....sometimes....

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Posted 21 February 2005 - 08:05 PM

I just pronounce it din-gin because that was my first reaction ahen I saw the word.

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Posted 22 February 2005 - 12:27 AM

Djinni is the exact same word as genie, only for different languages (djinni is a far more Arabic spelling, genie is just for English speakers). The D is supposed to be silent, even the GS and GS:TLA strategy guides say the D is silent. But it doesn't really matter, d-jin-ee was how I said it for the longest time, anyway.

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Posted 22 February 2005 - 01:02 AM

ANSWER TO ANY PRONOUNCIATION DEBATE!! I've been reading a book called " the amulet of Samarkand" and in the front it says how you pronounce it. It says in these exact words:
" A note on pronounciation:
' Djinn is pronounced ' jinn' and
' Djinni is pronounced ' jinnee'