Ork or Orc?????

[thahat]

ork.
WAAGH!

 

[DustyDrB]

How about Granny Smith Apple colored beast? Sounds delicious.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

I spell it orc. I don't really think of the 40k orks as orcs really. More like goblins. They're too silly with their wagh banners and over all attitude. Orcs are supposed to be brutish and usually evil like in Warcraft and LOTR.

 

[harv3034]

Ork in my native tongue, Orc in everything else. Of course, where does Orque fall?

well, it seems to be simalar to... orka, as in the killer whale. but I might be looking in the wrong place.

 

[harv3034]

sure does

 

[Knusper]

Dammit! I collect both Orks in 40k and Orcs in Warhammer fantasy! I tnd to go with Orcs unless I blew up an enemy tank in which case I shout...*ahem*:

[HEADING=1] WAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! TAKE THAT YOU SQUIDGY LITTLE PINK-SKINS! DA ORKSES ARE 'ERE! HUR HUR! [/HEADING]

 

[harv3034]

Well I know I'm probably opening the flood gates here but...

Do you say Ork or Orc??

And before you ask there is a difference.

Ork is mostly from 40K. the space faring brutes that live for WAAAAGH, who MADE FER FIGHTN' AND WINNIN'

and Orc is from WoW and Tolkenesk fantasy (LOTR).

So, what do you say?

I believe you just answered your own question.

Ork = 40K SPACE Orks

Orc = English fantasy greenskins demons

wow, thank you for pointing out that I turned into a massive nerd when I wrote that.

 

[Jonluw]

Since I'm Norwegian, I say ork.

When I write English, I normally use orc though. I have no idea why. You would think I'd use ork, since I like warhammer.

Edit: Aha! They are called orcs in fantasy warhammer. I guess that's why I call them orcs.

 

[Jaranja]

I pronounce them the same. I spell the word with a C mostly, unless it's in the context of 40k, in which da Orkz iz da best and gotta be speld wit a K, ya grotherder. *punch*

You do dat agen and arr croak ya!

Orkz is da best coz we'z got da best shootahz.

 

[Qmonster]

Well, their both valid depending on the context you're using. I generally will use "orc" as I grew up on Tolkein's books and he invented the word, but I spell it "ork" if I'm talking specifically about Warhammer.

 

[Macgyvercas]

I have always heard it spelled "Orc", so I'm going with that.

 

[Boba Frag]

I had no idea people spell it "ork" I'll have to go with Tolkien on this one.

Same here! Orcs all the way.

Ork is fine as well, but that's only acceptable to me because of Warhammer and the hilarious nature of their spelling.

Seeing as how Orcs were conceptualised by Tolkien mining Anglo-Saxon myth, I think his spelling is the one I prefer to use myself.

Dutch and German spell it "ork" because otherwise phonetically it doesn't work. I'm not sure, but I suspect that's where Warhammer drew the spelling from.

That's perfectly acceptable to me, but in the English usage, which Tolkien wrote in, then it's Orc from the Old English Orcneas meaning 'demon' which is basically what Orcs are.

I understand completely that it really depends on what context you're using.


Is it me or has this thread gone as far as it's going to go?

 

[C95J]

Orc, has to be Orc.

 

[spinFX]

Orc because Ultima Online told me so.

God I fucking miss the golden age of UO.

 

[oooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

Simple. Ork in Warhammer 40,000, and Orc in everything else (Lord of the Rings, other fantasy stories etc)

This. As far as I am aware, other then 40k, the is no other fantasy lore in the English language that spells it as "ork".

 

[Snor]

oh god i can't beleive there is even a discussion about this jesus the word is orc except in warhammer where it is ork. done

 

[vallorn]

ork.
WAAGH!

NO YOU PUNY GROT ITZ *deep breath*
[HEADING=1]WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!![/HEADING]

YOU GOT DAT???

 

[harv3034]

In the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien used 'orc'[footnote]Interestingly, there's a foreword in my copy where he denies claims that he was referring to the orca whale when he wrote the books[/footnote]. In Warhammer 40k, GW decided to change this spelling to 'ork', possibly to resemble the brutish, loutish nature of the creatures themselves.

It depends on what the creator of the specific fantasy world has decided to name them.

heh, did you get this from wiki?? or are you just an info badass??

 

[vallorn]

I had no idea people spell it "ork" I'll have to go with Tolkien on this one.

Same here! Orcs all the way.

Ork is fine as well, but that's only acceptable to me because of Warhammer and the hilarious nature of their spelling.

Seeing as how Orcs were conceptualised by Tolkien mining Anglo-Saxon myth, I think his spelling is the one I prefer to use myself.

Dutch and German spell it "ork" because otherwise phonetically it doesn't work. I'm not sure, but I suspect that's where Warhammer drew the spelling from.

That's perfectly acceptable to me, but in the English usage, which Tolkien wrote in, then it's Orc from the Old English Orcneas meaning 'demon' which is basically what Orcs are.

I understand completely that it really depends on what context you're using.


Is it me or has this thread gone as far as it's going to go?

it could be pushed further by me and the others shouting WAAGGHHH at it. repeatedly. in the face.