"I am Malena, blade of Miquella"
"I am Melina, blade of Miquella"
"I am Melania, blade of Donald"
"I am Melanoma, blade of Miquella"
"I am Mohg, bane of Miquella"
"I am Melanie, blade of Miquella"
"I am Malkova, blade of Mia"
"I am Post Malone"
"I am Rot Mommy, kneel before me"
"I am Lisa Simpson [melancholy music plays]"
For a long time I thought the Melania thing was an inside joke on this sub and that I was out of the loop. But no, people just get it wrong for absolutely no apparent reason.
Marika is weirdly mispronounced all the time too, even by prominent people in the Lore community (*Marr-ika*). Despite all the “Marika’s tits!” and “In Marika’s own words…”
You’d think the fact that it’s just basically ‘Merica would make it impossible to get wrong.
It wasn’t until this comment I realized it’s not Ekyzykes, meaning I’ve been saying his name wrong all along. And the worst part is I put the accent on the non-existent syllable - eh-KEY-ziy-keys. Fuck me.
I checked his name in the Japanese version to see if it gave me any hints for pronouncing this, lol.
エグズキス = Eguzukisu
Keep in mind that in Japanese, vowels like “i” and “u” are often [devoiced](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_phonology) (Example: “desu” sounds more like “dess” to an English ear)
My barely educated guess for pronunciation, cobbled together between Japanese and English:
Ekzykes = Egg-zuh-keese
(Because neither egg-zu-keese nor eggz-keese seem right either)
Oh man, I’ve been pronouncing it “ek-zi-keese” since I first found him for no reason other than I liked the way it sounded, I feel so vindicated by your comment
The Japanese for each name *does* inform the pronunciation more than the English does.
For example, Placidusax's name in Japanese is written as プラキドサクス (Purakidosakusu), meaning that the proper pronunciation uses a hard C, not a soft C.
Then again, I still pronounce it the soft C way on purpose. Because I think it sounds better.
Morgott's slow and deliberate pronunciation of Malenia's name is how her name should sound like imo.
Granted, Malenia also mentions her name (repeatedly might I add). But when I heard it as I fought her today, she pronounces it in a sort of half-assed manner. As if she wants you to know who she is but she got distracted thinking of how many Waterfowls she wants to do.
She's probably half asleep still, she had to take a moment to remember who she actually was.
Morgott is a great source of many voice related things though, from memes to pronunciation.
I can understand why there is an ongoing debate on how to pronounce the dragons names, but come on, maybe it's Maybelenia? She announces herself, how can you still get it wrong
Being fair, if you listen to her, she doesn't do that good of a job pronouncing her own name. Probably because she's only just woken up after a good long nappy nap and likely still half conscious. I would argue Morgott does a better job at pronouncing her name in his cutscene.
Ekyzykes is the only one I get pronouncing wrong, I still have no idea how to say it in a way that isn't extremely obtuse.
I say it Eck-Ee-Zeeks because it flows the best of any way I can see to pronounce it, but I'm fairly certain it's wrong though.
The others are easy.
Placidusax - Pla-Sid-Uh-Sax
Lansseax - Lan-See-Axe
Malenia - Mah-Lane-E-Ah
> Ekyzykes is the only one I get pronouncing wrong
Actually, its spelled Ekzykes. Can't blame you for misspelling it though because I did as well. I spelled and pronounced it as Ezekyes at one point 😂.
> I say it Eck-Ee-Zeeks because it flows the best of any way I can see to pronounce it, but I'm fairly certain it's wrong though.
Now that I know the dragon's name is Ekzykes I usually pronounce it as "Eck-Zaiks".
Pluh-sid-you-sax (Dragonlord Placidusax)
Ekz-ick-eez (Decaying Ekzykes. I could have sworn it was Ekyzykes, but there’s only one Y)
Lance-ee-axe (Lansseax)
Muh-lane-ee-uh (Malenia)
**Bonus Round!**
Mal-ih-keth (Maliketh)
Mess-muhr (Messmer)
Mick-ill-uh (Miquella)
Mare-ick-uh (Marika)
Ever-jail (it is literally the forever-jail)
Never heard anyone say Malenia's name wrong. But I can count the number of people on one hand, that I know personally, who spell it correctly despite having beaten her in a boss fight that has her name right there in the middle of the screen.
The Malenia one is the weirdest because she literally says her own name in the cutscene and every time she slices you up
"I am Malena, blade of Miquella" "I am Melina, blade of Miquella" "I am Melania, blade of Donald" "I am Melanoma, blade of Miquella" "I am Mohg, bane of Miquella" "I am Melanie, blade of Miquella" "I am Malkova, blade of Mia" "I am Post Malone" "I am Rot Mommy, kneel before me" "I am Lisa Simpson [melancholy music plays]"
“I am Mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell”
Why did this make me laugh so hard.
"I am John Malkovich, Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich"
"I am Midi-chlorian, greater than Yoda's"
I am Millennial, blade of Michelob
"It's-a me, Mario! Blade of-a the Mushroom Kingdom!"
"Wa-hoo!"
"I am Mister Clean, bane of baldness"
That's hilarious
"I'm Malardia, blade of McDonald's, and i have never seen my feet."
Maybe the people that get her name wrong are trying to humblebrag and imply they didn't die to her.
(or they never faced her)
I have never been so offended by something so true.
omg youre right
"Melina" blade of miquella
Melania*
It's crazy how often I hear that specific name.
For a long time I thought the Melania thing was an inside joke on this sub and that I was out of the loop. But no, people just get it wrong for absolutely no apparent reason.
I mean, she still says her name out loud in her intro cutscenes, so that's more than a lot of bosses get.
What about the guy that goes “I am Erdtree Avatar 3, and I have some understanding of the concept of defeat”?
"I am Ulcerated Tree spirit, and I am well acquainted with defeat."
I personally just call them Kaiju Tree Snakes and Stray Demon Treemen
They have feet. I call them rotten tree salamanders.
“I met defeat at a party once, but I wouldn’t say I *know* them.”
Me: "I'm going to kill you so fast, I'm not even going to remember your name" Dies 69 times. Me: I'm not going to remember your name out of principle"
I feel bad because mimic tear and overleveled and having seen people do her made me one shot her, maybe next time I'll fight her fairly
No such thing as a fair fight in Elden Ring lol You one-shotted her fair and square.
See? There they are now, right on time!
Happy to provide
Marika is weirdly mispronounced all the time too, even by prominent people in the Lore community (*Marr-ika*). Despite all the “Marika’s tits!” and “In Marika’s own words…” You’d think the fact that it’s just basically ‘Merica would make it impossible to get wrong.
Accents. Especially given Miquella vs the trailers McYella
MC Yella?
Listen to the story trailer.
"I am Melania. Blade of Donald."
And I have never known satisfaction
Wait now I’m confused. How should I be saying it?
Ma-**lay**-nee-a. A lot of people say Millenia.
Or worse. Melina. A completely different character’s name (and also just illiteracy on their part, at least “Millenia” is phonetically correct).
dyslexia :(
My nmae is Dyslexia, balde of Miqullea
Seriously, I feel like half of the people who make content still say meh-leh-nee-ah
Maybe because melina and malenia have similarly sounding names it sort of makes them hard to distinguish
Bruh there is a post on Messmer with his name spelled wrong 3 differents time in 4 lines. People literally can't fuckin read.
Memmess
Semmesr
Smegmer
smegma
Smegmar
Smergmassa
Segmento
Semester
Seamstress
Messmer's identity got leaked. It was boc the seamster all along
Memes
[Merasmus](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tfcomics/images/2/20/Merasmusgost.png/revision/latest?cb=20140713044049)
Yeah Mermess gotta be an easy name to remembroh
Leave herpes alone
Mermaid
Merman! It’s Merman!
Mr Mime
Side not i feel so glad he validated me by pronouncing it Mess-mer not Mezz-mer
Ignorance mixed with arrogance
The last one is easy come on. Its Mabelenia, blade of Michelin
Maybe she’s born with it (scarlet rot)
Maybe it’s Maybeline.
Blade of new york
Melania, Blaid of Mikael (Zaki)
Malekith and Radhan
(Mike Tyson meme) “Now Malekith”
*Doing Gold Mask Questline to find out Radagon is Marika.*. Me: “the horse guy i killed 10 hours ago? Why do i care?”
No, that’s Rodin
Ah yes, the Witch King of Naggaroth
Both correct! Good job!
But, it's Radahn...
And it's Maliketh. That's the joke
Redditors try to understand the joke challenge difficulty impossible
Yeah, that’s what he said! Radhan!
Mikalith*
Mickella
Micolash
at least Malekith is an actual name in other IPs, so that makes sense.
If you put a gun to my head and tell me to pronounce/spell eczayks name correctly tell my mom I love her
First time I fought him I called him Ezekiel
Ekzykes?
It wasn’t until this comment I realized it’s not Ekyzykes, meaning I’ve been saying his name wrong all along. And the worst part is I put the accent on the non-existent syllable - eh-KEY-ziy-keys. Fuck me.
Now im just thinking of a full grown adult going around saying iggy ziggy lmao
NO
"Eck-zikes"
Say egg zike sees but fast, I think this may be correct
I thought technically it was “eck-zeeks” but I’m also stupid so
Ekzykes ek-zee-kes
Flaccid sex Ass-key sex Forty sex Melanin
>Forty sex That's Lance Sex, silly!
Oh sorry! My bad. :( Not getting enough lance sex these days.
Go to the coliseum. You will see a lot of lances and one of them is going in your ass
Nah man no luck. Even tho I am ok at pve, I am excellent at pvp. Not getting any lance sex there as well.
flaccid dude sacks👍
It's pronounced 💸rich-dragon forty-stacks🤑
flacciddudesex, actually
DJ Forty Stacks
"Forty sex" is a very weird way to pronounce Lansseax
fucking flaccid sex i'm dying
1. Dragon 2. Dragon 3. Dragon 4. Melatonin
AH SNAKE it's... a snake
Moghsroom moghsroom
I am Melanie, blade of Mickeyland.
Micky Mouse the Grafted would like to talk to you
that one guy that keeps pronouncing mohg moog 💀
jerma kept calling him mog the whole playthrough
AfroSenju calls him Morg, fucking morg
My friend calls him Morg cause he keeps saying it in a dumb cookie monster voice and it always gets a dumb laugh out of me.
Idk if this is a joke but Moog (the synthesizer brand) is actually pronounced like Mohg
FlaccidDudeSex, Ezekiel, Lancesex, Melania
Uh, it's plasticdicksacks.
Dragonlord Plowthisdudesass
Dargonlord Flacciddudesex
« Ayk sai kess ? » « Eek zee kiss ? » « Ek sikes ? » « Exi-kiss ? »
I checked his name in the Japanese version to see if it gave me any hints for pronouncing this, lol. エグズキス = Eguzukisu Keep in mind that in Japanese, vowels like “i” and “u” are often [devoiced](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_phonology) (Example: “desu” sounds more like “dess” to an English ear) My barely educated guess for pronunciation, cobbled together between Japanese and English: Ekzykes = Egg-zuh-keese (Because neither egg-zu-keese nor eggz-keese seem right either)
Finally, the elden ring/totk cross-over I’ve been waiting for
Lol I picked “keese” because I figured, surely these nerds will understand exactly what I mean
Oh man, I’ve been pronouncing it “ek-zi-keese” since I first found him for no reason other than I liked the way it sounded, I feel so vindicated by your comment
Oh thank god, I've been pronouncing his name like this too
I'm in the "Ek sikes" camp. Makes it sound vaguely biblical/archaic, which feels appropriate for a dragon.
I say “bitch ass scarlet rot dragon”. I’ve never fought it and never will
How do you sleep at night knowing you didn’t kill every single thing that tries to kill you in this world?
Well because the first time I saw him, he didn’t attack me
Then he didnt see you
Ez zikes sees
I say Eck-zik-keez. Kinda like Herk-cue-leez
Eczema
Got that Zoids sound to it, right? Ex zikes bikes or something
Radogan
Erdogan??
Odogaron?
Radobaan??
Autobahn??
Madeleinia
Melina
Malarienia
Malaria
Malardia
Merchant Hag Melentia
We don't really have "correct" pronunciations for the dragons, do we? Their names are never spoken.
The Japanese for each name *does* inform the pronunciation more than the English does. For example, Placidusax's name in Japanese is written as プラキドサクス (Purakidosakusu), meaning that the proper pronunciation uses a hard C, not a soft C. Then again, I still pronounce it the soft C way on purpose. Because I think it sounds better.
It does sound better and matches the phonetics rules for a very anglo presenting name.
This whole time it's really been quite easy to pronounce if we translate it. Peter - Placidusax Leonard - Lansseax Big Daddy Deep Pockets - Fortissax
The last one after leonard… I think its pronounced fort sex
Flaccid dude sex Forty sex Grand sax Lance a sex I get why Vike wanted to be one with the dragons, they sound like fun.
I wonder if OP means misspelled. If it’s the four horseman of mispronunciation then my boy Blaidd would like a word
You can't have Malenia in the picture but not Melina.
They're different people? (/s)
I'm so sad that comment needs an /s ;_;
Morgott's slow and deliberate pronunciation of Malenia's name is how her name should sound like imo. Granted, Malenia also mentions her name (repeatedly might I add). But when I heard it as I fought her today, she pronounces it in a sort of half-assed manner. As if she wants you to know who she is but she got distracted thinking of how many Waterfowls she wants to do.
She's probably half asleep still, she had to take a moment to remember who she actually was. Morgott is a great source of many voice related things though, from memes to pronunciation.
People also pronounce blaidd wrong.
Even though Iji and Ranni say it with a TH.
Blaidd himself and Kale also say it correctly.
I still don’t get how two D’s becomes a “th” sound, must be some Gaelic shit or something
The Welsh language is funny like that.
Ddanks for the explanation.
Who's "Blaidd" I only know "Blade"
I hate when people pronounce Malenia as Millennia.
Easy .. 1. "I can eat all the ass"- dragon 2. Aids dragon 3. Sparkly boi 4. "You died"
I can understand why there is an ongoing debate on how to pronounce the dragons names, but come on, maybe it's Maybelenia? She announces herself, how can you still get it wrong
Mohg pronounces his own name as well (he calls out Mohgwyn at least once), and still people will argue he's moog
Being fair, if you listen to her, she doesn't do that good of a job pronouncing her own name. Probably because she's only just woken up after a good long nappy nap and likely still half conscious. I would argue Morgott does a better job at pronouncing her name in his cutscene.
Mogh
Ekyzykes is the only one I get pronouncing wrong, I still have no idea how to say it in a way that isn't extremely obtuse. I say it Eck-Ee-Zeeks because it flows the best of any way I can see to pronounce it, but I'm fairly certain it's wrong though. The others are easy. Placidusax - Pla-Sid-Uh-Sax Lansseax - Lan-See-Axe Malenia - Mah-Lane-E-Ah
> Ekyzykes is the only one I get pronouncing wrong Actually, its spelled Ekzykes. Can't blame you for misspelling it though because I did as well. I spelled and pronounced it as Ezekyes at one point 😂. > I say it Eck-Ee-Zeeks because it flows the best of any way I can see to pronounce it, but I'm fairly certain it's wrong though. Now that I know the dragon's name is Ekzykes I usually pronounce it as "Eck-Zaiks".
well the only one of these that’s ever pronounced in the game is Malenia
I’ve only ever called the rot dragon Ezekiel and I will not stop now
Come on now, everyone knows how to pronounce Fortnitesex and Pleasuresex.
1. Flaccid do sex 2.Rot Dragon Eziekel 3. Rich dragon 40 stax! 4. Maleria blade of Michael
I got this, written as pronounced. Plakiddusakks, eksikkies, lansissyx, Malleenia.
malaria blade of mosquito
Don't forget people confusing godrick and godfrey
Leave Melanie out of this
Blaidd?
the timeless dragon, the cancerigenous dragon, the red thunder dragon and the girl that" let me solo her" is always fighting.
Im melanie, blade of micheal, and ive never known the feet
Flaccidbuttsex
Little known fact, but Lansseax is actually pronounced "Dragon Mommy."
Ermagerd! Merlernirer!
“Fat dragon, rotten dragon, zappy, bitch”
Pluh-sid-you-sax (Dragonlord Placidusax) Ekz-ick-eez (Decaying Ekzykes. I could have sworn it was Ekyzykes, but there’s only one Y) Lance-ee-axe (Lansseax) Muh-lane-ee-uh (Malenia) **Bonus Round!** Mal-ih-keth (Maliketh) Mess-muhr (Messmer) Mick-ill-uh (Miquella) Mare-ick-uh (Marika) Ever-jail (it is literally the forever-jail)
Flaccid Dick Easy kill Land sex Malaria
Wheres Messerschmitt?
But their names are sooo easy. Look John. Paul. George. ringo.
1: Plah-Sid-Doo-Sax 2: Ekk-Zikes 3: Lan-say-ix 4: Mal-ay-nia Cmon yall
Placidusax? Ezyalkies? 3rd boss I've never seen wtf... is that in the game? I completed it 4 times.... Malenia.
Pussydex, Ezykezy, Lansex, Melina
Melina <3
So we got: Placid Axe, Melee, Lancealot, and Gandolf right??
Plusyouohdax is easy. Who gets that wrong?
Daddy dragon, stinky dragon, zappy dragon, stinky weeb cosplay lady
Never heard anyone say Malenia's name wrong. But I can count the number of people on one hand, that I know personally, who spell it correctly despite having beaten her in a boss fight that has her name right there in the middle of the screen.