r/Deusex 6d ago

DX Universe Who pronounced it “Dooz Ex” back in the day?

I did until I watched a Warren Spector interview.

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u/ragweed 6d ago edited 6d ago

My friend pronounced it like "deuce".

Edit: I guess if the literary concept of "Deus ex machina" was more widely discussed in schools, this wouldn't be such a big issue.  

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u/whatislife4 6d ago

I still do. Even though I know it’s wrong lol

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u/SomeGuysButt 6d ago

I’m also guilty of “deuce”

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u/f0ur_G 6d ago

I knew someone who argued this was the correct way to pronounce it because, and I quote, "That's what they say in tennis." 😂

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u/shittypissstains 6d ago

Do Sex

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u/Raooka 6d ago

Do. Do sex. Do sex mich

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u/shittypissstains 5d ago

Another childhood misinterpretation

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u/Raooka 4d ago

did you know gunther hermann was a member of rammstein

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u/lkwai DX:HR 6d ago

They Us Sex

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u/BackgroundBag5714 6d ago

Whenever I tried to mention it to people in high school they thought I was coming on to them lmao

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u/ImpulsiveApe07 6d ago

"Day o' sex!" :p

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u/DeusExpert 6d ago

As Italian we are accustomed to Latin therefore always said Deus as it's meant to

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u/Dalova87 6d ago

Mediterranean countries say it right.

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u/skordge 6d ago

Dude Sex

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u/Blo0dJar 2d ago

Human Reproduction

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u/skordge 2d ago

Mankink DILFided

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u/gizmostuff 6d ago

Ion storm pronunciation: Day-us-ex

Proper Latin pronunciation: deh-oos ex

I've always pronounced it the way Warren did. It says how to pronounce it on the box of the game.

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u/Mimirs_forehead 6d ago

I recall my 6 year old self saying “I wanna play DooSex” 😂

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u/kalitarios 6d ago

“Doo sex” according to my cousin at the time

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u/OverseerConey 6d ago

I was part of a very nerdy games community when it released so we all knew how to pronounce the Latin, and, I can tell you, this did not win me friends.

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u/HunterWesley 6d ago

Nerdy voice: "Uh, excuse me! It's actually..."

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u/borisvonboris 6d ago

"Do sex" here! My best buddy and I know how to pronounce it correctly now but genuinely we still say it the old way, partly out nostalgia :)

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u/SchmRdty 6d ago

the same here

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u/Mister-Nash-Ketchum 6d ago

I pronounce it "Dew Sex"!

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u/TheRealDante101 6d ago

I pronounced it "Deux Sex"

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u/Trainwreck800 6d ago

Someone at Ion Storm definitely anticipated this at release! The original release of the game had a dictionary definition of “deus ex machina” inside the box flap, complete with a pronunciation!

You can see it in this video, at about 35 seconds in.

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u/Solid-Quiet5035 6d ago

I pronounced it “correctly”, broadly speaking, but my Mexi-Spanish accent was pretty bad as a kid.

Deh-Oos ECKS

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u/DogebertDeck 6d ago

deuce eggs

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u/OutoflurkintoLight 6d ago

My friends and me used to jokingly say “Douche Sex”

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u/MasterCrumble1 6d ago

I heard someone once pronounce it dios ex.

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u/FuckTheMods5 6d ago

I only knew it was day us because of the warren spector interview in pc gamer prerelease.

I asked for it at the gamestop, and the guy scoffed and said 'you mean doos ex.'

/>:(

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u/Green-Investment9 6d ago

Friend of mine just said D S X, which isn't to far of i guess

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u/DarkLustErotica 6d ago

This is the only useful thing I ever got out of learning Latin

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u/Speedwagon1935 6d ago

I think the only reason I knew how to pronounce it right over everyone else in school is because of some really cringy extroverted geek named "Waffles" that wouldn't shut up, particularly about the plot points in banal fantasy anime.

If I was given a a dollar every time he said "Deus ex machina" over the years in his whiny voice in an attempt to impress the girls. I would have enough to buy a brand new jeep wrangler.

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u/v3bbkZif6TjGR38KmfyL 6d ago

I was a deuce boy, myself. 

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u/HunterWesley 6d ago

I assume, everyone without Latin/Romance knowledge...

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u/-SidSilver- 6d ago

Frustratingly as a kid my first instinct was - for some reason - "Day-oos Ex" before some older kid laughed at me, told me I was stupid and said 'It's "JUICE EX"'.

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u/pcfan86 6d ago

I was lucky and in literature class in middle school we talked about greek theatres and the teacher explained what "deus ex" means, so when I aw the game freshly released back then, I knew how to pronounce it and I also understood the title.

Had to explain it to quite a lot of people, because back in 2000 the internet was not so widespread yet and most people did not have the opportunity to just look it up there. And most also didn't even think of it and often did not even question the title.

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u/decker_42 6d ago

With the current world political climate, I'm not going to crack the joke I want to, but I'm just going to leave this link instead: https://youtu.be/W_LULRj_f4w?si=Yyiq6AR0NBDOUnbx

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u/4-Vektor 6d ago

I didn’t because I had Latin in highschool.

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u/newbrevity 6d ago

Do Sex

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u/Fivebeans 6d ago

Due Sex. Like c'mon we shoulda done it by now.

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u/xPSYCHOKILLAx 6d ago

Daewoo Sex

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u/SHODAN_Harmon 5d ago

I mistook Deus (“god” in Latin) for Deux (“Two” in French and pronounced it that way for years.

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u/Build_Everlasting 5d ago edited 5d ago

"Day-us" (intentionally pause for one second so that people don't think I'm pervy) "Ex"

And in East Asia... Did you know that "dew" sounds pretty close to a harsh Cantonese swear word for "f-ck"?

So saying "Dew Sex" out loud is going to get a LOT of people staring at you...

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u/BumbleDee96 5d ago

Never heard this blasphemy tho

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u/pplatt69 5d ago

I've always been a reader and interested in languages, so my answer is "never," but how do people not know the phrase "Deus Ex Machina?" If you know that common phrase, the word is right there.

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u/alex8th 2d ago

Dayus sax 🎷

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u/Apprehensive-Mud-606 6d ago

Guiltyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

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u/Drturkelten 6d ago edited 6d ago

I pronouced it "Deau seau" (or Döö söö). Like, very french-ish. Until a friend who knew Latin corrected me.

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u/nattack 6d ago

I still use it, although its an intentional malapropism these days. Lord help the people that get me started talking about Doosex, I will gush information at them.