Learn to spell...

[La_te_ra_lus]

Learn to spell...AEnima that is!

ive only been on this forum for about 5 minutes, and yet everybody seems to refer to tools third album as AEnima....its not!
its Ænima! if you dont know how to do the 'Æ', hold Alt then tap in 1 4 6 on the number pad....presto! you can now spell it correctly! hope that helps....

[dawn]

Æ


Yay!!!


"Now I know"


"and knowing is half the battle"

[Hellspawn]

Ænima!

...woot

[BigCheese]

Okay, everyone test now:

Ænima

[Windir]

Æ = Alt + 1, 4, 6.

Ænima.

[Rattlehead]

Does anyone know what the title means? Or what Lateralus means? I'm pretty sure lateralus is latin (I could be wrong), but I haven't been able to find what they mean.

[Patches]

yeah, Ænima is a reference to the animus, a jungian concept(C.J jung was a swiss psycologist, good friend to freud...)and the enema, a cleansing of sorts. Listen and it makes a lot of sense.

As for Lateralus...Its a to a muscle group (latissimus dorsi) that controls your back ribs when you're breathing...or something like that, I'm sure someone can correct me on that.

[Ian]

I'm a loser, I go through the character map.

[Martin]

Or just hit the "Æ"-key on the keyboard...

[Windir]

Or just hit the "Æ"-key on the keyboard...

I don't have that one... so I use Alt + 1, 4, 6.

[Martin]

I don't have that one... so I use Alt + 1, 4, 6.
Yeah I know.
The fewest do.

It's a crazy Norwegian letter, this "Æ".
I haven't seen this letter in any other alphabet than the Norwegian and the Danish.
Any others?

[EjectaWheel]

I think the title could have something to do with the word 'Anima' which means 'soul' in latin. Probably not related, but there it is.

[Windir]

Yeah I know.
The fewest do.

It's a crazy Norwegian letter, this "Æ".
I haven't seen this letter in any other alphabet than the Norwegian and the Danish.
Any others?

I thought the most country's in the far North use that one.



general icelandic pronunciation guide

vowels

a (short) as in "man" (british accent)
a (long) as in "father"
a (followed by "ng" or "nk") like "ou" in "house"
á like "ou" in "house"
e (short) as in "met"
e (long) like "ea" in "bear"
é like "ye" in "yet"
i (short) as in "hit"
i (long) as in "hit" but lengthened
i (followed by "ng" or "nk") like "ee" in "seen", but shorter
í like "ee" in "seen"
o (short) as in "not"
o (long) like "aw" in "saw"
ó like "o" in "sole"
u (short) like "eu" in french "deux"
u (long) sounds same as short but lengthened
u (followed by "ng" or "nk") like "oo" in "moon", but shorter
ú like "oo" in "moon"
y sounds same as icelandic "i" or "í"
ý sounds same as icelandic "i" or "í"
æ like "i" in "mile"
ö (short) is similar to german "ö" like "ur" in "urgent" but shorter
ö (long) like "ur" in "urgent"
au like the vowel in french "feuille", similar to "oy" in "boy"
ei like "ay" in "day"
ey like "ay" in "day"

note that all icelandic vowels can be long or short. they are normally pronounced long when followed by (1) a single consonant or (2) the consonant combinations {p, t, k} + {r, j, v} (for instance pr, tr, kj). they are normally pronounced short if followed by a double consonant or a consonant combination other than the ones mentioned above.

consonants

b same as in english, but not strongly voiced eg bað
d same as in english, but not strongly voiced eg dóttir
f (1) at beginning of a word is same as in english eg fara
f (2) in the middle or at the end of a word like english "v" eg hafa
f (3) before "l" or "n" like english "b" eg gafl, nafn
g (1) at beginning of a word as in "good" eg góður
g (2) after a vowel, unless followed by "i" or "j", like German g in "sagen" eg saga, sagði
g (3) after a vowel and followed by "i" or "j" like "y" in "yet" eg magi, segja
h same as in english eg ha
hv like "qu" in "quick" eg hvað
j like "y" in "yes" eg já
k same as in english eg kaup
kk is preceded by a pre-aspiration eg ekkert (ehh-kert)
kl is also preceded by a pre-aspiration eg afklæða
kn is also preceded by a pre-aspiration eg aðsókn
l same as in english eg laun
ll like "ttl" in "settle" but not with hard "t" sound (like "dl") eg sæll
m same as in english eg með
n same as in english eg nei
nn (1) after "á", "í", "ó", "ú", "ý", "æ", "au", "ei", or "ey" like "dn" eg steinn
nn (2) after all other vowels and in the suffixed definate article sounds like "nn" in english eg finna
p same as in english except when before "s", "k", or "t" where it then in combination sounds like "f" eg skips, dýpka, dýpt
pp is preceded by a pre-aspiration eg sloppur
pl is also preceded by a pre-aspiration eg depla
pn is also preceded by a pre-aspiration eg opna
r like in english only trilled eg far
rl like Icelandic "ll" above eg karl
rn like Icelandic "nn" above eg barn
s as in "mouse" eg mús
t same as in english eg takk
tt is preceded by a pre-aspiration eg hætta
tl is also preceded by a pre-aspiration eg betla
tn is also preceded by a pre-aspiration eg batna
v same as in english eg við
x same as in english eg buxur
z like "s" in "sun" eg verzlun
þ like "th" in "thin" eg þunnur
ð like "th" in "breathe" is never found at beginning of word eg staða

accent

the accent of icelandic words falls in almost all cases on the first syllable. the exceptions are

words that have the negative prefix "ó-" meaning "un-" as in "unwilling" eg óhreinindi
words that have the prefix "all-" meaning "rather" or "very" eg allfeginn
in these two cases, the accent falls equally on the first two syllables or mainly on the second syllable.

[FrothyGiglet]

is this some kind of code?

[TheInsideSource]

Ænima...There!

[UncnciousShadow]

AEnima is just quicker than Ænima...and people will know what you mean...but whatever floats your boat

[Torpid_Prey]

Æ also = alt 0198 just in case anyone cares

i remember goin to character map when i was like 10 and just lookin at all the "cool little characters" lol

Lateralus could also possibly have something to do with "lateral" like lateral thinking - possibly

it really bugs me how people cant read la te ra lus when its written down like it is on the cd. "what does that say?" and then they pronounce it wrong - "late - ra lus?"

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