Poll: How do YOU say "Melee"?

[Tommeh Brownleh]

MAY-lay. I've seen people switch between meh-LAY and MAY-lay though... kind of weird to hear.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

I say "Mee-lee"

I blame Super Smash Bros.

Indeed I have the same situation, if someone were to ask me how to say "Melee" I'd have to go "SUPER SMASH BROTHERS...MEE LEEEEEEEEEEE" in my head to figure it out.

That's pretty much EXACTLY what i did before making that post >_>

 

[Bento Box]

im the only one who says mee-lee?

if it sounds like may lay, I TOWULD BE SPEALT MAY LAY! BUT ITS NOT ITS SPEALT ME! AND ITS SPEALT LEE! MELEE! YOU PEOPLE CANT SPEAK MY LANGUAGE SO IM LEAVING!

Bouquet - Bokay
Croquet - Crokay
Buffet - Buffay
Mnemonic - Nemonic
Rogue - Rowg
LeBeaux - Lebo
Faux - Fo
Arc D'Triomp-- know what? I'm all done here.

The word is not English. I bet you don't call the feudal Japanese warriors of old, 'samu-rays' do you? Or do you actually pronounce 'knight' ki-niggit like the Frenchman in Monty Python and the Holy Grail? For that matter, why isn't it spelled, 'pithon?'

I might be feeding a troll, but even if I am, this promotes a healthy discussion, so I'm feelin' pretty bro right now.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

lee mee. im a very confused individual.

 

[Pegghead]

May-Lay, that way I can pretend I'm in a British romance novel.

"Oh dearest, may I lay beside you and muse sweet nothings into your suppple ear?"

*20 minutes of hard-core boning*

 

[Odysseous2]

May-lay. Just like everyone and their cat. It is the right way, after all.

 

[Daniel Bennett]

Why "lol" at meh-leh? It's a French word and that's how the French pronounce it.

I didn't jump to a French pronunciation at first, but I can see what you mean. Although when I first read meh-leh my brain read it with a fat Scottish accent

 

[War Penguin]

Meh-Lay.

I don't care if it's wrong, it just sounds cooler! I also switch between that and Mee-Lee. I'm a victim of Super Smash Bros, too. <.<

 

[Galaxy Roll]

I pronounce it MAY-LAAAAAY because Super Smash Bros.

 

[ejb626]

I used to read it as its spelled and say muh-lee but then I learned what I always have thought to be the correct pronunciation, mee-lay and that's how I've been saying it since.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

May-lay because thats how its pronounced in Monkey Island.

 

[Laser Priest]

I generally use "May-lay"

Or I say "smashery" instead.

I usually say smashery.

 

[Death God]

May-lay because most of the others either sound lazy or just something is "off" about them.

 

[Saelune]

I switch between May-lay, and Me-Lee. Should not get flak for pronouncing words like they are spelled. You are taught to "sound it out", and its not my fault the english language is so deranged.

 

[Nouw]

I say may-lay or may-lee.

 

[wildpeaks]

I pronounce it "mêlée" xD

 

[A Free Man]

I voted other just to mess with you, now theres probably people thinking 'how on Earth do those 10 people say it!'...

OT: I don't care how I or anyone else says it or any other word. As far as I'm concerned if you can understand what another person is saying then the communication that person is using has been succesful. Any of the above I would accept. No point arguing over communication that works.

 

[Trivea]

im the only one who says mee-lee?

if it sounds like may lay, I TOWULD BE SPEALT MAY LAY! BUT ITS NOT ITS SPEALT ME! AND ITS SPEALT LEE! MELEE! YOU PEOPLE CANT SPEAK MY LANGUAGE SO IM LEAVING!

I'm sure this has been pointed out, but you clearly can't speak your language, either.

I pronounce it may-lay, personally, though I used to pronounce it 'meh-lee'.

 

[derbt]

Meh-Lay.

I'm Australian, if that makes any difference.

It does, it sounds less weird because everything else you say sounds weird anyway. But in a good way!

I say "may-lay", which I believe is good enough French pronunciation to be expected of an American.

'Meh-lay' is closer. 'May-lay' is wrong, when you consider actual French pronunciation of the word. In truth, it doesn't really matter, but I always say 'meh-lay', because it comes from mêlée, and my French teacher would beat me if I said 'may-lay' in French class.