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#1 zombiegleemax Dec 20, 2003 1:59:05	This is probably pretty dumb, but how do you pronounce Malocchio's name? I've always assumed it rhymes with Pinocchio.
#2 john_w._mangrum Dec 20, 2003 2:23:50	Originally posted by logicbox This is probably pretty dumb, but how do you pronounce Malocchio's name? I've always assumed it rhymes with Pinocchio. That's how I pronounce it too.
#3 belac Dec 20, 2003 9:13:19	I pronounce it like that too. Hmm....conventional wisdom, if I'm not mistaken, is that he's the son of the Gentleman Caller, but perhaps he's actually....Maligno's brother who became a real boy!
#4 zombiegleemax Dec 20, 2003 14:08:53	I think it would rhyme with Pinocchio too. I tend to say it as mal-oak-EE-oh.
#5 zombiegleemax Dec 20, 2003 16:32:43	I've always pronounced it mal-ock-EE-oh, reminiscent of the deity Moloch, and perhaps hinting at Malocchio's fiendish origins. But I could be reading too much into it. It certainly is spelled like it rhymes with Pinocchio.
#6 zombiegleemax Dec 20, 2003 18:22:30	I'm in the "ock" camp if only because I personally *don't* want it to rhyme with something I (and most players) am most familiar with as a cartoon character. Okay that's not quite fair. I loved Disney's Maelificent as the arch-typal witch, and as a kid loved their version of Sleepy Hallow. But Malocchio doesn't really gain anything by evoking Pinocchio (or does he?) PCs snickering comments like being the son/brother of Maligno is something I try to cut out. -Eric
#7 bob_the_efreet Dec 20, 2003 18:46:17	I've always pronounced it 'malochio', with the ch making a ch sound, instead of k. Of course, I don't really have anything to base this off of, but that's how I did it.
#8 zombiegleemax Dec 20, 2003 21:00:38	The Italian for "eye" *is* "occhio", hence Mal-occhio == evil eye. I thought I had read somewhere that Pinocchio translates to something like "wooden eye" or "pine eye" but I could be quite wrong.
#9 house_of_ill_lament Dec 21, 2003 9:50:16	I hate to be the bearer of bad news for those who dread the idea of Malocchio sounding like a cartoon, but it does rhyme with the wooden boy. Growing up around a lot of older Italian relatives you hear the name thrown around a fair bit. Yep, we're a superstitious lot - I always have to catch myself from knocking on wood when I tell one of my patients a bit of information (just doesn't inspire confidence in your doctor for some reason ). If it cheers anyone up, read the original Pinocchio - it's a pretty creepy little story and Pinocchio is a vicious brat.
#10 zombiegleemax Dec 21, 2003 14:17:41	Originally posted by House of Ill Lament [BIf it cheers anyone up, read the original Pinocchio - it's a pretty creepy little story and Pinocchio is a vicious brat. [/b] I do remember that he squashed the cricket at the first possible opportunity. :D Were my guesses about what the name Pinocchio might translate to even close?
#11 house_of_ill_lament Dec 22, 2003 17:44:51	Brandi, you got it pretty darn close. It means "Eye of the Pine" - basically it refers to the "knot" you get in a piece of wood.