Duke Togo Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Wait there are people who don't say "at at"? Most fans, judging by the number who have told me I say it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickyg Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 There is that whole inconsistency when you try to pronounce AT-ST though. Atst doesn't have the same ring as atat. Then there's my 7 year old son who pronounces it "at-walker" when referring to the AT-AT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaman Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I say ATAT and call the other one a scout walker. When someone tries to "correct" me I simply say "yeah, just like I said atat..." Same thing with the word Genre (which I pronounce jen-your). If I were in France I would pronounce it more like john-rah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myk Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Hmm....never heard "jen-your..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Togo Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I say ATAT and call the other one a scout walker. . To which I would say doesn't everyone call them scout walkers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeleader1 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 To which I would say doesn't everyone call them scout walkers? chicken walkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsain Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I know it's canonically correct to say A-T A-T, but I just can't do it. It was weird when Rex said it in Rebels. I have no problem saying "atat"and "AT-ST" in the same sentence. Wait, how did we end up in this conversation? I can't wait to crack open TFA this weekend. It's my first SW bluray... While I was disappointed that some of the sound effects changed - notably the Falcon's cannons - I can retcon in my head. When combined with the change in cannon mounts from overhead to underneath, I presume that the Falcon got a cannon upgrade somewhere along the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I thought they were just referred to as Imperial walkers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Togo Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I thought they were just referred to as Imperial walkers? In the movie, yeah. But the toys were AT-ATs. At ats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 In the movie, yeah. But the toys were AT-ATs. At ats! Lol! I call them at ats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 A-T A-T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Togo Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 A-T A-T. We don't serve your kind here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobber Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Yeah I always called them At At's too. It wasn't until recently that I'm hearing that was Supposedly Wrong and was supposed to be A - T A - T. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 We all know it's supposed to be A-T A-T but we don't say M.O.S.P.E.A.D.A. either. When acronyms are easily pronounced the get pronounced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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David Hingtgen Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Count me in the "AtAt and AT-ST" group. Inconsistent, but that's how it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 ATAT and Scout Walker down here son. Children of the 80's all do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I say both @@ and A-T A-T. Just happens in conversation. I always say A-T S-T though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Atat is less syllables than A-T A-T and therefore the correct pronounciation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajnrig Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Atat sounds dumb, but so does A-T-A-T. Imperial Walker, on the other hand... Atst sounds even dumber. Atsat sounds just as dumb but also kind of better. Atstat, too. But when you have Chicken Walker, anything else just won't do. We all know it's supposed to be A-T A-T but we don't say M.O.S.P.E.A.D.A. either. When acronyms are easily pronounced the get pronounced. Pronunciations for Mospeada, go. Moss-Pea-Ada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 (edited) Pronunciations for Mospeada, go. Moss-Pea-Ada. Yuck, not in my household. I'm in the camp that prefers to say it more like "Motor speeder", "moe-speed-uh". The good news is, it's not an actual word so everyone can be right on that one. When we find the person pronouncing AT-AT as 8-8 we can all make fun of them. Edited April 9, 2016 by jenius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 A-T A-T A-T S-T A-T T-E A-T A-P A-T O-T A-T R-T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Count me in the "AtAt and AT-ST" group. Inconsistent, but that's how it is. How can you even sleep at night. This would keep me up all night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobber Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 (edited) Curious, could it perhaps be a generational thing? I'm 40 and it was always At At(@ @) and A-T S-T (scout Walker) but obviously grew up long before the Internet and "extra Feature" type interviews could be seen. Maybe the people that call it A-T A-T are a bit younger and grew up in a time when they could/did hear what Lucas intended them to be called? Chris Edited April 9, 2016 by Dobber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Until this thread I never realized my own inconsistency. For over 3 decades it has been A.T.S.T. and at-at for me and maybe everyone I have talked to about this. Imperial walker was thrown around to describe any of the walking vehicles and every once in a while it was chicken or scout walker or proto regult, but I've never been corrected and never tried correcting anyone on the names. Oddly enough I rarely heard A.T.A.T. from people including extreme fans. Maybe the extreme fans I know aren't as extreme as I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Until this thread I never realized my own inconsistency. For over 3 decades it has been A.T.S.T. and at-at for me and maybe everyone I have talked to about this. Imperial walker was thrown around to describe any of the walking vehicles and every once in a while it was chicken or scout walker or proto regult, but I've never been corrected and never tried correcting anyone on the names. Oddly enough I rarely heard A.T.A.T. from people including extreme fans. Maybe the extreme fans I know aren't as extreme as I thought. I think the a.t.a.t. manifested into my own speech after building this model-kit: It clearly states that AT-AT is an abbr. of All Terrain Armored Transport so I got the idea that a.t.a.t. should be the correct way to spell it. And while I'm willing to fight you to the bone in this thread you can clearly call it however you want in conversations.... ...you're clearly wrong though. *sign* a memories. I think I threw this model into the trash a few years ago while cleaning the attic. Was not my best work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Focker Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Robo-Elephant & Chicken Legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajnrig Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 (edited) Do people understand what you're talking about? Then it doesn't matter what you call it. Just so long as you know to aim for the neck, that's where the armor is weakest. Edited April 9, 2016 by kajnrig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noriko Takaya Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I was 14 years old when Empire was originally in the theatres and my friends and I were calling walkers at-at's back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Hey scyla when I first saw the picture in you're post of the mpc kit I first saw it as at-at and after looking at as an adult I can see it as an acronym even though it took a couple of seconds although the way the letters are spaced still makes me think it's ok either way. Now when I look back to my childhood I think most people in my age bracket would read it as at at as well and most adults back then didn't build star wars kits. Someone earlier posted that due to the younger generations of fans with this new invention called the Internet had more exposure to the correct terms than us dumb old folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warmaker Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I rewatched TFA and I caught something I had missed, something only fans of the old Star Wars space games developed by Totally Games in the 1990's would recognize (X-Wing, TIE Fighter, X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, X-Wing: Alliance games). When Poe Dameron and The Traitor hop inside the First Order TIE, Poe gives Traitor a very quick rundown on the weapons. One of the weapons Poe points out the ship has is "Mag Pulse." That weapon is only shown and used in the aforementioned Star Wars space games, nowhere else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negotiator Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 you rewatched TFA, remember "mag pulse", but couldn't remember the name, Finn??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 you rewatched TFA, remember "mag pulse", but couldn't remember the name, Finn??? Lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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