Forum:I bet everyone of you has done this at least once:

So you find the Legion. Good.

Hey, their leader's name is Caesar.

And so, not thinking, you pronounce it "cee-sar" instead of "kai-sar".

Whoops. You look back at all the quests, all the Roman influences in their clothes and names, and you wonder why the Roman empire is being rebuilt in the Mojave.

Under the name of "Kai-sar" instead of "Cee-sar".

I pronounced it as Caesar like it was ment to from the start. What actually surprised me was NPC's pronouncing it as Ceasar. Developer fail? O.o --PvtNiss 01:32, November 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * I like how they segregated who pronounces it which way. The more common modern pronunciation is used by those who aren't a part of the Legion or one of its allies; the rest pronounce it the classical Roman way. Oddly enough, I've gotten to where I tend to pronounce it the classical Roman way in my head, it just sounds better, but only when talking about the person, in-game. I still pronounce it the modern way when referring to the faction, Caesar's Legion, or when referring to the historical figures, Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar (and any others). -- 01:40, November 9, 2010 (UTC)

Developer fail? No. Assumption fail on your part, Niss. Schneidend 03:39, November 9, 2010 (UTC)

I doubt it. Did they send a letter to the NCR saying "Hi we are caesar's legion"? No I expect it more likely to have gone from mouth to ear. If I introduce myself as Niss I expect people to call me Niss, not Nies. It sounds wrong and not properly thought over in my opinion. --PvtNiss 02:29, November 10, 2010 (UTC)

Aaahh. Okay. I didn't comprehend what you were saying the first time around. Yeah, when you put it that way it is a little wonky that NCR and Nevada folks would say it incorrectly. But, on the other hand, there are tons of pre-war books and magazines around for people to read, so a lot of them may have already been familiar with Romans and Caesar, as well as the popular way to pronounce it in English, before ever hearing of Caesar's Legion. Schneidend 02:56, November 10, 2010 (UTC)

Must admit, first time I heard it pronounced correctly, I wondered what the German King was doing in Fallout. 98.19.168.25 03:24, November 10, 2010 (UTC)

AHHHHH! no its because its meant to show that the collective knowledge of ancient history has been eroded along with the mojave. If Caesar sends an ultimatum to an NCR outpost that has never heard the name Caesar and would unwittingly pronounce it Kaisar instead of Caesar.
 * "Kai-Sar" is actually the correct Latin pronunciation, though. Schneidend 18:23, November 11, 2010 (UTC)

I think it shows a distinct education level gap in characters. Those in the know outside the legion use the correct classical latin pronunciation (Kai-Sar). Those who are relatively uneducated pronounce the letters as they are normally said today in English. Those who want to be funny but arent make Salad jokes. Personally, I was more than happy to give him a Caesarian section (I didn't see any medical Caesar jokes in game.)Agent c 02:03, November 11, 2010 (UTC)

Schneidend: Kai-sar is the (believed to be) correct latin pronunciation in English-speaking countries. Eg. in Finland (I don't know how widespread this is otherwise), latinists contend that the "correct" (=believed by some to be, again, since Latin really is a dead language) pronunciation is more like Kee-sar, where the 'e' sounds most like the 'e' in 'help', for example.

-Not yet registered.
 * Although latin may be "Dead" it has a well maintained grave - its been used regularly used by scientists and the Catholic Church since the fall of Rome. Anyone got the phone number for the Pope, how would he say it? Agent c 22:13, November 14, 2010 (UTC)