# Can we get an audio file on any new troops moving forward?
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768
**Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback
**Created:** [April 18, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768 "2017-04-18T05:45:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Pabloskee](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pabloskee)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/1 "2017-04-18T05:45:43Z")
Look, I’m not a grammar nazi; I’m also not a sack of potatoes. These new troop names are killing me! These new stryx or how I pronounce them, ( _stREE_ ) are pretty sweet! My clan just cannot find a consensus on how to pronounce them hehe 😂
We don’t even need an audio file, a pronunciation text would do! Like sylvanorama (spell check) not only do I have to check his name every time I type it but it’s literally impossible for me to pronounce him… English wasn’t my first language from birth and neither was fantasy names. Most people call him salad 🥗 dragon . I call him broccoli monster.
You don’t even have to do this on the app itself! The forums will do. Or the official gems of war website. So in summation , I love using my broccoli monster with emperor cotton candy and Christ-e- snacks with obsession dragon. I just don’t like pronouncing them 😅
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-Skee
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### Author:  [@Ozball](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ozball)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 5:57am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/2 "2017-04-18T05:57:03Z")
I generally go with STRix (rhymes with sticks) as it’s a variation spelling of Strix ([Strix (mythology) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strix_(mythology))) which is pronouced strɪks (IPA)
Source: [strix - Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strix)
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### Author:  [@Pabloskee](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pabloskee)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/3 "2017-04-18T05:59:23Z")
How is any regular person supposed to know that! Audio files would be a nice touch. What do you think @Saltypatra?🤤
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### Author:  [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/4 "2017-04-18T06:00:51Z")
Audio files are unfortunately a bit out of our scope, but I can see about putting together a pronunciation guide on the forums. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Ozball](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ozball)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/5 "2017-04-18T06:01:12Z")
I’m not saying it’s an obvious solution, was just helping with the “consensus” issue 😛
Audio files/pronunciation guide would be cool!
EDIT: Guess it’s a pronunciation guide that’s more likely it seems.
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### Author:  [@Pabloskee](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pabloskee)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/6 "2017-04-18T06:03:45Z")
Hey beggars can’t be choosers. A simple text will do and would go a long way for most!
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### Author:  [@Pabloskee](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pabloskee)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/7 "2017-04-18T06:05:19Z")
If they could meet me half way with pronunciations maybe I can make a post on how to say them 👍🏽
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### Author:  [@actreal](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/actreal)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/8 "2017-04-18T06:09:32Z")
@Saltypatra’s next video could be just her running through the entire deck of troops saying each name… 😛
But jokes aside, with my background in English-speaking fantasy literature and studying Latin in my youth, it’s fairly easy to help you with the intended pronunciation:
Stryx is derived from the Latin genus for some owls, and so is pronounced the same way: striks
Sylvanimora is Latin for “delay of the woods”: sil-van-ee-mohr-ah
Emperor Khorvash is presumably standard fantasy name pronunciation: kohr-vash
Feel free to post any other names you have trouble with and I’m happy to have a go. Either I’m right or one of the devs might come past and correct me - win-win! 😃
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### Author:  [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:10am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/9 "2017-04-18T06:10:28Z")
Oh noooo! That would be mortifying! No one wants to hear my accent trip over troop names.
Also, you’re written pronunciation of those troops is on point @actreal!
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### Author:  [@actreal](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/actreal)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/10 "2017-04-18T06:12:16Z")
As an addendum, I note that for the monsters directly derived from mythology, you can generally find them in Wiktionary, for example:
> **[manticore - Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/manticore)**
> **[valkyrie - Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/valkyrie)**
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### Author:  [@actreal](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/actreal)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/11 "2017-04-18T06:14:34Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#):
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> Also, your written pronunciation of those troops is on point @actreal!
I’m not surprised because last PAX Australia, Sirrian, Nimhain and I had a chat about how to pronounce a bunch of troop names since @Tacet so famously mispronounces them on his otherwise excellent YouTube channel. 😛
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### Author:  [@Pabloskee](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pabloskee)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/12 "2017-04-18T06:16:46Z")
Ok act real I’ll take you up on that offer. Give me a sec
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### Author:  [@Ozball](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ozball)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/13 "2017-04-18T06:16:51Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#):
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> Oh noooo! That would be mortifying! No one wants to hear my accent trip over troop names.
Or you could do them all in a heavy Aussie drawl! 😃
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### Author:  [@Pabloskee](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pabloskee)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/14 "2017-04-18T06:22:36Z")
Abynissia . Aural . Cythyryxyx. Necryza are the ones that pop up in my head
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### Author:  [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/15 "2017-04-18T06:23:14Z")
Abynissia = AB-EEEEEEE-MAAAAATE
Stryx = STRIIIIXXX-EEEEEEE-DOOOOOOG
Sylvanimora - SIL-VOE
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### Author:  [@Pabloskee](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pabloskee)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/16 "2017-04-18T06:24:58Z")
I would be more impressed if you could do that in a Louisiana accent salts 😁
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### Author:  [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/17 "2017-04-18T06:25:51Z")
I could try. It would be awful.
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### Author:  [@Pabloskee](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pabloskee)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/18 "2017-04-18T06:27:11Z")
I know. I applaud your effort anyway!
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### Author:  [@Ozball](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ozball)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:31am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/19 "2017-04-18T06:31:39Z")
> [@Pabloskee](#):
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> Cythyryxyx
Ka-th-ey
Source:
> [@Team Naming Contest! Fabulous prizes!](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/team-naming-contest-fabulous-prizes/7268/40):
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> yes we do, but we have fun watching you guys try to work it out. We like to call him Cathy for short grin
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### Author:  [@Nimhain](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nimhain)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-get-an-audio-file-on-any-new-troops-moving-forward/22768/20 "2017-04-18T06:32:13Z")
Anytime someone meets us in person or online, we’re happy to pronounce troops names.
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