Moosilauke -- pronunciation?

Kind of a goofy question but how do you pronounce Moosilauke, and how the heck do you guys remember that name?

Every time I try to bring him up I have to do a google search for “Grim Dawn Nemesis”, find him in a guide, and then copy and paste his name to avoid just referring to him as the “Cold Nemesis dude”.

There’s something about that precise name that makes my brain shut down – Moosilauke. I keep wanting to call him miso soup or something.

Moose.

Moosie.

mr swol skeltal

doot

I pronounce it like this: Freezing Asshole who loves to throw ice rocks on people’s heads.

I can definitely remember that a lot more easily! :smiley:

Is there an abrupt pause in pronunciation from “Moosi” to “lauke”, or does it kind of roll together? And is “Lauke” like “locke” or more like, “lowk” (like “out” sound with a “k” sound at end?) – or something totally different?

I don’t know why but his name sounds like a dessert. It’s probably the Moos part that i pronounce like mousse. Now i’m hungry.

/musilok/ /musiloki/ ?

You’re hungry :rolleyes: , find something too eat then continue playing ROFL

If I ever pronounce his whole name, which I rarely do - because why bother? - I say ‘moosilowk’, with the ‘i’ being a soft ‘eh’.

Sounds like the name of a Finnish death metal band …

Definitely the most boring of all nemesis bosses, so I’m sure Moosi was inspired by snooze …

Yeah this is how I would say it. Moo-seh-loch

It’s pronounced “beeyotch”.

It can be pronounced Moose-il-lock or Moose-il-lock-ie. Either is fine.

For those who are interested Moosilauke is named after Mt. Moosilauke in New Hampshire.

I’ve lived in NH for 27 years (well except 3 i was in Vegas) but, i never knew that was a mountain :o:eek: Very interesting.

I’ve hiked across most of that bend of mountains and didn’t know Moosilauke was one. ._.

That’s neat! I think that’ll help me remember a bit. Cheers all.

Moose Lucky

Moose knuckle! To be honest, he’s the least intimidating nemesis. Just chug a Hoarfrost Ointment and you’re fine - his crystals have become useless.

Since Arkovia seems to be inspired by Byzantium in a number of ways, I thought it’d be fun to assume Moosilauke is merely an English transliteration of a Byzantine Greek name.

I think it’d be cool if the “oo” were “οω” as in “Laocoön” or “coöperate” (a la The New Yorker). So without further ado here is my very crude attempt at re-creating the “original” Byzantine Greek name:

Μοωσιλαυκε

However I do not think the “αυ” construction really exists in Byzantine Greek, making the transliteration somewhat erroneous. I am also aware of the complete lack of diacritics for an otherwise polytonic language. Maybe someone with more knowledge in Byzantine Greek can enlighten.

i’m gonna cross the border, go to NH and hike the shit out of that mountain.