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how to pronounce Deus Ex?

turtle219

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Jan 28, 2000
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i was just wondering, i say it like 'deuce x'
anyone know for sure? great game by the way... not really great but still great!
 

guyver01

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Sep 25, 2000
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i've always pronounced it like "Deuce" as in Deuce Bigalow.... Deuce X..

 

TGCid

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It is Latin for God. Not sure on how to pronounce it, though. I myself pronounce it as De-us
 

Moonbender

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Hah! For once it's of some use to be from the country using the official(tm) Latin pronounciation - Germany. ;)
It's kinda hard (for me) to write it down "in English", but about the first prodigy is right. It is NOT deuce but day-oos. The Ex is pronounced pronounced like umm ... acks, as in "hacks" without the h. Day-oos Acks. :p
 

datalink7

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Jan 23, 2001
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it is Day'us ex. I saw the pronuciation on their website.

The common mis-pronuciation is funny. If you say "Deuce (e)x" it sounds like "Do Sex":)
 

turtle219

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Jan 28, 2000
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thanks everyone, just wanted to know the right way since i praise this game a lot, but half life is still number one to me... just hope it has a better ending or else i am gonna start killing everything! hahaha
 

phigamman

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FYI, it is pronounced day-oos ex (as we've already determined) and comes from the Latin expression "deus ex machina", meaning god from [the] machine. With this in mind, can anyone tell me why the hell this game has this name? :)
 

Zeeliv

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I used to say it like Day-us Ex, but I'd say it fast and have a tendency to mumble. So I've taken to just calling it Gay Sex because that's what my friends would often think I said anyway...



<< god from [the] machine >>

= The AI...or the merger between the AI an you or Simons.