How do you pronounce "Mun?"

[Anomalous_Matter]

This question\'s been bugging me for a while now, so I figured I\'d just post it here and see what you guys think.

What is the correct pronunciation of Mun? Is it pronounced the same way as 'Moon', or is it pronounced like 'Muhn', or what? I\'ve been pronouncing it as the former, but the second option seems to make more sense.

[trbinsc]

I believe the mun\'s proper name is actually the Mün, which is pronounced 'moon', but most people just leave out the ü. Mun is pronounced the same as Mün.

[NovaSilisko]

I always call it 'The moon', since that\'s a generic name for it, and is pronounced the same =P ('Mun' is the proper name, not the kerbal language version of 'Moon')

[dogon11]

I say muhn.

[Anomalous_Matter]

Okay, I think I get it. Like how any satellite orbiting a planet is referred to as a \'moon,\' I suppose you\'d call the Mun one as well.

As a side note, is there a proper name for Earth\'s moon? Or is 'Moon' its proper name, like 'Mun,' and the proper term would be 'Satellite?' Otherwise, the only proper name I can think of for our moon is Luna, which is just Latin for \'moon\' anyways.

[Max Grant]

With a thick, fake Geman-ish accent.

[Panichio]

With a thick, fake Geman-ish accent.

As much as one as you can when it\'s only one syllable. =P

[Tiberion]

Mun, rhymes with Sun, bun, fun, gun, run, pun.

If it were written with the umlauts as I see it often from others, then I wouldn\'t mind pronouncing it as 'moon' - otherwise it\'d need to be Mune.

[softweir]

As a side note, is there a proper name for Earth\'s moon?

So far as I\'ve been able to find out, in English it\'s just 'the Moon'. I\'ve found nothing to indicate that it\'s been given a formal, universal 'scientific' name.

Other satellites are variously 'moons' or 'satellites'. The terms seem interchangeable, though I am sure different people have different preferences!

Maybe somebody knows better than me?

[Felix]

Okay, I think I get it. Like how any satellite orbiting a planet is referred to as a \'moon,\' I suppose you\'d call the Mun one as well.

As a side note, is there a proper name for Earth\'s moon? Or is 'Moon' its proper name, like 'Mun,' and the proper term would be 'Satellite?' Otherwise, the only proper name I can think of for our moon is Luna, which is just Latin for \'moon\' anyways.

Its always bugged me but yes, Its name is quite literally the moon. Because we thought the moon was the only moon when it was originally discovered.

[ultrasquid]

With a thick, fake Geman-ish accent.

Pretty much what I was thinking.

For English speakers: Say 'murn', then say it again, leaving out the 'r'. You\'ll have it pretty close.

[TerranCmdr]

I like to say it wiz a French accent. 'Ze Moeun'

[closette]

I would have told people that I pronounce it 'Muhn' to rhyme with 'gun'.

But on reflection after reading the thread title, I realize that I\'ve been saying it in my head the same way one would pronounce 'Moon' with a thick Scottish brogue (think Shrek). No explanation.

Oh, and it\'s Kerbin not Kearth, and kerb-o-naut not kerb-a-naut nor kerb-i-naut IMHO.

[Tiberion]

By the way, the unofficial official name of the Moon is its Latin name: Luna, its already used as its adjective form (lunar, not moonar)

In the far flung future when we travel the solar system like we do a freeway, I expect it\'ll be known as Luna, along with Titan, Europa, Ganymede, etc.

[Nibb31]

Some sources use the latin names of the the Sun (Sol) and the Moon (Luna) as a disambiguation. But actually, in English, the capital letter should be enough to differentiate the Sun and the Moon from a sun and a moon.

[samstarman5]

I stress the \'ü\' as if I was Dory talking with a humpback whale.

http://youtu.be/jJGeeryk0Eo

[Commander Zoom]

Yeah, pretty much. 'Muuun', like 'Moon' but with the cow-sound drawn out just a bit.

Gratuitous Heavy Metal Umlauts for the win!

[SmiteZero]

This question\'s been bugging me for a while now, so I figured I\'d just post it here and see what you guys think.

What is the correct pronunciation of Mun? Is it pronounced the same way as 'Moon', or is it pronounced like 'Muhn', or what? I\'ve been pronouncing it as the former, but the second option seems to make more sense.

Excuse me, sir, but you appear to have an inferior facsimile of my sig image.

And it\'s pronounced 'Moon'.

Question answered.

[colmo]

Its always bugged me but yes, Its name is quite literally the moon. Because we thought the moon was the only moon when it was originally discovered.

This reminds me of this classic QI moment (if you don\'t live in the UK, QI is a comedy quiz show):

]How many moons does earth have? - Qi - BBC

[Anomalous_Matter]

Excuse me, sir, but you appear to have an inferior facsimile of my sig image.

The difference being that in mine, Jeb is happy to be rid of his co-workers.

In relation to the topic, I think I\'m going to just keep on pronouncing it as \'Moon\'.

[Vanamonde]

I pronounce Mun as 'Throatwarbler Mangrove.'

[softweir]

Oh, and it\'s Kerbin not Kearth, and kerb-o-naut not kerb-a-naut nor kerb-i-naut IMHO.

I dunno about Kerbonaut. I mean, 'astronaut' means 'person who travels the stars', 'aquanaut' is 'person who travles the seas' and 'aeronaut' is 'person who travels the air'. A Kerbonaut is a person who travels the kerbs?

[Richy teh space man]

I pronounce it as mun rather then moon

[ultrasquid]

I dunno about Kerbonaut. I mean, 'astronaut' means 'person who travels the stars', 'aquanaut' is 'person who travles the seas' and 'aeronaut' is 'person who travels the air'. A Kerbonaut is a person who travels the kerbs?

Their sun is named Kerbol, so I interpret kerbonaut as 'voyager around our sun'. Seems as good as anything.

[Ascensiam]

I don\'t even know how to react.

I am like, 200km away from Berlin, and i hope you realize ü = y.

Mün is pronounced \'\'Myn\'\' which is why, in the game, it\'s called Mun, which in my accent/language, is the exact same as moon.

Think about it, über is not \'\'oober\'\', it\'s \'\'yber\'\'.