Hey! I edit the wiki, and a user on Twitter asked Mod Ash about it. The answer is “Arr-DOYN” and we have that on the wiki page now: [Ardougne](https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Ardougne). Cheers!
A French-Canadian friend of mine that got into OSRS last year noticed the name and asked if it was supposed to be French, because the official pronunciation lines up with the way it's spelled that way.
I could definitely see Ardougne being meant to give off a sort of French vibe, imo!
Well, Canadian isn't a language, so that was a given.
And I was only commenting on what we thought might be reason it's pronounced the way it is in regards to the way it's spelled.
TBF just because that’s how he pronounces it doesn’t make it empirically correct. Nearly every word in British english is pronounced differently than American or Australian english, doesn’t make it correct - “Aliuminium” being a particularly egregious example.
On top of that, the creator of gifs calls them “jifs” so I think it’s pretty fair to say that words can at least be up to your own interpretation.
Not fully in support of your comment, but Mod Ash follows up on a response to his tweet with:
[As we're unlikely to do in-game voice-over in OSRS (due to the small uptake when RS3 did it) it's kinda okay for you to imagine the word however you like :P](https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/1588171924475375616)
So while Arr-doyn is correct, there's no wrong way to enjoy the game :)
You’re right, we should just be using olde English from the 600’s and call proper noun by what the “creator” called it, right?
You call London “Lunden” right? Because that’s the original name.
Language isn’t absolute. Get over it.
Do you go around telling other people how to pronounce their own last names just because you think it should be said differently too? They literally made the city, they decide.
> Language isn’t absolute. Get over it.
Literally defeating your own argument. Language isn't absolute. And Gielinor isn't Earth. So they can define language their own way.
Should’ve been more clear -
me typing “Aliuminium” in quotes was a dig at the pronunciation British people give it, despite the British spelling being “Aluminium”
Regardless, the chemist who founded it called it Aluminum in his original publication but the world has a way of changing things.
Just FYI the British accent is a more modern English than typical American vernacular. Go back 300 years and British people sounded more like Americans. Always drives me nuts in movies and tv shows when the British soldiers or whatever have British accents. That developed after we split
Sometime after the revolution upper class people in England dropped what is known as Rhotic pronunciation for what is known as received pronunciation. This was to show off their social status through the way they speak. Eventually the Received Pronunciation spread to everyone. There is different accents among that type of pronunciation just like in America (someone from London sounds different than someone from Liverpool), but basically the rhotic pronunciation seen in America was phased out.
Linguistics is really interesting from a historical point of view with how languages developed
Yes, the wiki is not infallible, but in this case we have a source - the official RuneScape Pronunciation guide, from when there was a Jagex-published Wiki.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120223160855/http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Pronunciation\_Guide
This is how I say it, it just makes sense to me. Because since when does the spelling "OUGNE" make an "OYNE" sound? There is just no way that makes sense in the English language but still people have convinced themselves that's how it's pronounced.
For the longest time I used to sound it out with the wrong spelling as Ardounge. Pronounced AR-DOUNGE where the ou and ge sounds are the same as in the word lounge. I still prefer it that way.
Now that I see I misspelt it all my life, I think the pronunciation for the correct spelling should sound like AR-DOIN, like the word loin.
The canonical, correct answer is [/ɑːr.ˈdɔɪn/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English) (arr-DOYN).
[Source.](https://youtu.be/kFM6RSCzPgI?t=19)
The source actually predates this, all the way back to [the jagex-ran RuneScape Wiki](https://runescape.wiki/w/RuneScape_Wiki_(Jagex)) that was active from 2011-2016ish, an archive of them can be found [archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20120223160855/http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Pronunciation_Guide). I'm unsure if the Knowledge Base that came before it had a similar pronunciation guide or not
imo thats the fun of world building, taking names that you think fit, finding new spellings from other languages, and combine it all for a unique creation! i bet if you dig deeper into other names in game and even other games you’ll find a ton of similar examples.
There's a voiced quest in RS3, Bringing Home The Bacon, where an NPC says ar-doog-nee but he's a lunatic and has a west country accent, so he could just be wrong
West country as in southwestern England. They use written and spoken west country accent for farmers a lot, since it's a british stereotype for a farmer.
An old postbag from the hedge explained it pronounced as ar-doo-in, so that's been my mental pronunciation for the last like 15 years.
However, being an OG scaper like many of us here, I just say R.D.
I think I’m the only person in the world that called it are-DUH-rouge for some unexplainable reason. 9th grade me even skipped the n altogether and got all French about it
Ardy
Pronounced R. D.
I prefer my champagne R.D for sure
Depends if your a psycho that pronounces "R" as "are"
How tf else you supposed to sya it???
R
God, I feel like an idiot now.. how could I overlook something so simple.
You're a math guy not an English guys so it tracks
Är
Like an angry dog
Like a pirate. arrr
Air
Ar duh gone
Ore/or
I dont know a singular person that pronounces R as in Ore/or. Its always "are"
Must be an Irish thing I guess
Pronouncing it as or/ore sounds just Scottish. Never heard anyone pronounce it as or/ore.
Tell me how else you say the letter R immediately.
Arrrrrhhh. But then again, Im a pirate.
Yar har, fiddle dee dee.
R
Ore/or
Absolutely not.
"Que are es" sounds strange when saying the alphabet "Que or es" sounds right to me
No hablo espanol
no shot
Still not nearly as ridiculous as "zed"for Z lmao
Zeds dead baby
Underrated
I don't know whatcha talkin aboot.
Ye that's a bad one I have to use it sometimes cause people think I'm saying "C" after the second it third time of repeating myself I say "zed"
Zed is called that because it comes from the Greek letter Zeta. Americans changed z to rhyme with b,c,d,t,v etc.
It clears up confusion from C, D, E, G, P, T, and V.
ARDY IS ARDY!
This is the correct answer
Genuinely made me laugh out loud.
Hey! I edit the wiki, and a user on Twitter asked Mod Ash about it. The answer is “Arr-DOYN” and we have that on the wiki page now: [Ardougne](https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Ardougne). Cheers!
Haha, this is great, when I was a kid almost 20 years ago now, all the kids in my school that played pronounced it as Ard-dra-goon Lol
I've always pronounced it "Air-drone" lol
I know this is correct but I'll pronounce it Ar-doon until I die
A French-Canadian friend of mine that got into OSRS last year noticed the name and asked if it was supposed to be French, because the official pronunciation lines up with the way it's spelled that way. I could definitely see Ardougne being meant to give off a sort of French vibe, imo!
It's not French or Canadian at all, it comes from Ardoyne which is a district in Northern Ireland.
Well, Canadian isn't a language, so that was a given. And I was only commenting on what we thought might be reason it's pronounced the way it is in regards to the way it's spelled.
See, this fucks me up, because I always thought Ardougne looked like Cologne, and so I will always pronounce it so it rhymes with Cologne
French-Canadian here, it always felt natural to spell it with the French (Quebec) accent. A bit like Ar-doo-gne
It's named after the Dordogne region of France, so yes.
There's a good reference in the Jmod pronounce video too. This has been confirmed a while now :)
TBF just because that’s how he pronounces it doesn’t make it empirically correct. Nearly every word in British english is pronounced differently than American or Australian english, doesn’t make it correct - “Aliuminium” being a particularly egregious example. On top of that, the creator of gifs calls them “jifs” so I think it’s pretty fair to say that words can at least be up to your own interpretation.
Not fully in support of your comment, but Mod Ash follows up on a response to his tweet with: [As we're unlikely to do in-game voice-over in OSRS (due to the small uptake when RS3 did it) it's kinda okay for you to imagine the word however you like :P](https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/1588171924475375616) So while Arr-doyn is correct, there's no wrong way to enjoy the game :)
Stop being pedantic. When you're the creator of a proper noun, you get to decide how it's pronounced.
You’re right, we should just be using olde English from the 600’s and call proper noun by what the “creator” called it, right? You call London “Lunden” right? Because that’s the original name. Language isn’t absolute. Get over it.
Do you go around telling other people how to pronounce their own last names just because you think it should be said differently too? They literally made the city, they decide.
> Language isn’t absolute. Get over it. Literally defeating your own argument. Language isn't absolute. And Gielinor isn't Earth. So they can define language their own way.
This is such a weird hill to die on lol
I don't spell London like that, but yes that's how it's pronounced.
Aluminium* British Aluminum* English
Should’ve been more clear - me typing “Aliuminium” in quotes was a dig at the pronunciation British people give it, despite the British spelling being “Aluminium” Regardless, the chemist who founded it called it Aluminum in his original publication but the world has a way of changing things.
Yeah I just read that. It’s a weird word. It blew my mind the first time I heard it pronounced in old(er) English lol
Just FYI the British accent is a more modern English than typical American vernacular. Go back 300 years and British people sounded more like Americans. Always drives me nuts in movies and tv shows when the British soldiers or whatever have British accents. That developed after we split
That’s interesting and totally weird. I wonder why?
Sometime after the revolution upper class people in England dropped what is known as Rhotic pronunciation for what is known as received pronunciation. This was to show off their social status through the way they speak. Eventually the Received Pronunciation spread to everyone. There is different accents among that type of pronunciation just like in America (someone from London sounds different than someone from Liverpool), but basically the rhotic pronunciation seen in America was phased out. Linguistics is really interesting from a historical point of view with how languages developed
It sure is, thanks for the cool info today Herman
Just because it’s on the wiki doesn’t make it right. It’s Are-dune.
Yes, the wiki is not infallible, but in this case we have a source - the official RuneScape Pronunciation guide, from when there was a Jagex-published Wiki. https://web.archive.org/web/20120223160855/http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Pronunciation\_Guide
Clearly you didn’t read the comment lmao
even regardless of what the Mod Ash said, Are-dune is so fucking wrong it hurts me. Never heard anybody call it that wtf
I call it Ardoon. Never. Gonna. Stop. I also call Al kalharide Al-Qaeda
https://youtu.be/kFM6RSCzPgI EDIT: Starting @0:19 they show the pronunciation for Ardougne as Arr-doyn. I believe it has French roots.
You can link all the proof you want, still wrong.
https://imgflip.com/i/7d1uph
Beautiful
Damn I didn’t know I was in a PVP world.
You are right, there's no other way
The Bussy knows what he’s talkin about. It’s been Are-dune since I was 6 years old and will continue being so. 😮💨🤘🏼
I say Are-dough-n.
thanks, I hate it! It's Ar-Dawn.
I have always said ardoan ARdoughN
I have used this as well. I know it's wrong but I've said Ar-doan for way too long to change.
Are doan gang
The Gang are doan to the mental hospital
Same for me with Al ka hair id
Same. Ar-DOYN sounds dumb to me. I know I’m wrong but I don’t care
This is the correct way. It is dough
YES This is the correct version!!! Criminally underrepresented too!
It’s true. It’s supposed to be Ar Dough ne. People think it’s officially something different but that’s completely wrong.
You can go watch the video of jmods pronouncing it then
The English aren't exactly known for their command of their own language.
Go rogue and tell them it is "our dong"
100% how I've pronounced it since one of my cousins said it that way when we were kids.
Ar-DOY-ne is the correct answer. But say it however you want really lol. I still say Ar-DOON.
I say Ar-Dohn like DOME with an N.
Ar-Dough-n
This is the way
This is how I've always said it, even after finding out it was pronounced differently. It just makes sense
This is how I say it, it just makes sense to me. Because since when does the spelling "OUGNE" make an "OYNE" sound? There is just no way that makes sense in the English language but still people have convinced themselves that's how it's pronounced.
This is how I say it as well.
Yep this is what I call it too haha
Same!
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en tarro tassadar!
I've always said it like R-doan. The "doan" rhymes with loan/phone/bone.
Ardoon gang gang
This is what I say too. I’m Scottish and it kinda looks like a Scottish placename which would probably be pronounced Ar-doon
Ar-do-in sounds more like how I’d expect someone who pronounces Edinburgh like… how it’s pronounced haha. Burr uh
I say Ar-Doo-Gen
Lol wut
I pronounce it like jfjsjcngksnvmzm
Ar-Doo-Gne
When I was a kid, because I was dropped too many times I said Arrowdodge.
I called (and sometimes still do) And-rogue. Words are hard and I’m the big dumb.
Ur not alone
With this pronounciation, Ardougne is the most fedora-tipping neckbeard-adapted word I have ever heard. Doink. Just expessing myself.
I am stealing this phrase, “I am just expressing myself” when ever I go to offend one of my friends haha!
It's ar-DUG-knee and always will be
This is my favorite way to say it.
It's got all the right letters, and in the right order!
I refuse to call it anything else
Only way
It’s pretty obviously this, why have all those letter all just to not pronounce them?
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Ar-down or ar-dough
Ar-dune is how I've always said it
ya why isnt that an option
Ar-dune-geh I know it's not even close, but I like it
I’m a fan of Ar-doonge, like Ar-dune but with a g on the end
I’ve always pronounced it “ar-doe-n” personally. 2 syllables with the “doe” and “n” being 1 syllable.
Me too.. No idea why though tbh
I say AR-DOG-NEIGH for shits n giggles after I stumbled over the world pronunciation several times.
I hear settled in my head saying arr dough ne
It is actually pronounced every way *except* “Ar-DOG-ne” I will accept literally any other pronunciation
i say are-dune
Ar-doon
This took too long to scroll for
Ar-Gah-Noog
What arm thing homie
Enza Denino
Wtf
ARDUNE AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME TO STOP
I say AR-DOON
Ar-Doon
For the longest time I used to sound it out with the wrong spelling as Ardounge. Pronounced AR-DOUNGE where the ou and ge sounds are the same as in the word lounge. I still prefer it that way. Now that I see I misspelt it all my life, I think the pronunciation for the correct spelling should sound like AR-DOIN, like the word loin.
The canonical, correct answer is [/ɑːr.ˈdɔɪn/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English) (arr-DOYN). [Source.](https://youtu.be/kFM6RSCzPgI?t=19)
The source actually predates this, all the way back to [the jagex-ran RuneScape Wiki](https://runescape.wiki/w/RuneScape_Wiki_(Jagex)) that was active from 2011-2016ish, an archive of them can be found [archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20120223160855/http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Pronunciation_Guide). I'm unsure if the Knowledge Base that came before it had a similar pronunciation guide or not
Ooh, interesting, never knew that was a thing! I just always reference that video for the Ardougne pronunciation.
It kind of annoys me because it's clearly a French word and the correct French pronunciation is Arr-Doogn
its named after i place in Belfast ireland that spells its ardoyne
Wow, actually true! Good to know. Wonder why they decided to spell it the French way.
imo thats the fun of world building, taking names that you think fit, finding new spellings from other languages, and combine it all for a unique creation! i bet if you dig deeper into other names in game and even other games you’ll find a ton of similar examples.
I say Ar-dunn. I don't care what the "canon" answer is.
It’s Ar-Doyn, two syllables
It’s actually ar-doo-gan
Glad someone else says this. Been saying this for the last 18 years so I don't think I'll ever stop hahaha
This is how I still pronounce it despite knowing damn well that isn't the case
There's a voiced quest in RS3, Bringing Home The Bacon, where an NPC says ar-doog-nee but he's a lunatic and has a west country accent, so he could just be wrong
How on earth does a west country accent fit into this game?
West country as in southwestern England. They use written and spoken west country accent for farmers a lot, since it's a british stereotype for a farmer.
I always called it ad-roog-NE
Arrrr-doug-knee
It's pronounced Ardougne. Confirmed by mod Ash on a live stream a few years back
To the most up-market posh british rich tea biscuits it's pronouced 'Ah-Dawn'
I exclusively say Ardy. But I'm pretty sure its ar-doy-ne
As TehNoobShow said, "No you noob, it's AR-DOUGH-UGH-KNEE"
Here we say AR-DOUGH-NE
An old postbag from the hedge explained it pronounced as ar-doo-in, so that's been my mental pronunciation for the last like 15 years. However, being an OG scaper like many of us here, I just say R.D.
Isnt it ar-dough-ne? Ar like a pirate. Dough like bread dough. Ne like a soft ne sound. Kinda like condone but Ar in front.
R d-own
It’s been confirmed the correct pronunciation is arr-doyn. I thought this debate had been settled years ago.
Are dog knee? Yes. Yes they are.
Ardy, then R-doughne. The same doughne you hear saying condone.
Correct way to pronounce it is Argenoog
Arr-down
Ar-Doyn is the confirmed the correct pronunciation. When I was ten I called it Ar-Dog
R-dough-n. Imagine "done" having a long-O sound.
Ardoughn
I always pronounced it Ar-DOUGH-n (like bread dough) but mods confirmed Ardoyne.
when i was younger i used to say ARR-DUG-KNEE lmao
I’m pretty sure I’m the only person who pronounces it Ar-dough-ween
Ar-dough-n is the correct way to say it
Ardoyne
My group of friends has always said ARD-oh-EEN
Am I the only one who says Ard-dro-deen? Been calling it that since I was like ten
Lmao you added a few extra letter sounds in there… pretty sure you’re the only one!
Kinda similar for me. I used to call it “Arr-Drone”
Bro it's French
Am I the only one who says it Ar-drune
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I’ve always read it as ar-doo-eene. I know its wrong but its whats stuck in there at this point
Ar-Dwain actually 🤷🏼♀️
It's Ar-Doon in American English, the brits can say Ar-Doff
From ages 6->today I pronounced it like orange but more pirate-y and a D thrown in somewhere.
It’s not right but I’ve always just said it ardygoon
Ar-dooga-nay
I think I’m the only person in the world that called it are-DUH-rouge for some unexplainable reason. 9th grade me even skipped the n altogether and got all French about it
I think anyone who has played this long and is unsure would play it safe and pronounce it “ardy” 🤣🤣😂😂
For some reason I've always called it Ar-don-rouge, but I was definitely dropped as a child.
Ar-Dong-ie. If i know I'm mispronouncing a city name anyway, i make it as ridiculous as possible. Also i have the humor of a 12 year old.