Important Spectre Debate

[BobbyT.7192]

Little light hearted poll, just wanted to see how many people out there spell it wrong.
Before anyone saids Specter is how Anet is spelling it, they pretty inconsistent with the naming.
Exhibit A: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Spectre_Finisher

Edited December 4, 2021 by BobbyT.7192

[nopoet.2960]

Spec tre because it's the tre spec.

[Vidit.7108]

It's Specter. SPECTER. S P E C T E R.

Only some skritt-brained BOOKAH would call it a Spectre.

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go get in my TRUCK, which is made out of ALUMINUM, because I need to go get GAS and COOKIES for my tip to the movie THEATER, where everyone will be speaking proper AMERICAN 🎆🎇🎉🏈

/s


...It's Specter.

[TwiceDead.1963]

SPUH-, SPEAR?! Aww... I can't do it.

[Tachenon.5270]

Spectre because one of my favorite albums of all time is Spectres by Blue Öyster Cult.

[Zacchary.6183]

Spectre has the fancier syntax.

[Lonewolf Kai.3682]

It’s -TER according to the All-knowing wiki:

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Specter
 

so get it right. 

Edited December 5, 2021 by Lonewolf Kai.3682

[Raiken.1476]

Spectre, but let its weapon stay Scepter, to further the inconsistencies.

Edited December 7, 2021 by Raiken.1476

[Zacchary.6183]

7 hours ago, Raiken.1476 said:

Spectre, but let its weapon stay Scepter, to further the inconsistencies.

I'm calling it Sceptre from now on. 

[Tails.9372]

"Spectre" is just the french name of the e-spec so technically both are official names for it although calling it "Specter" would obviously make more sense for english speaking players. Just in case anyone is curious, here are the official names for all of the supported languages:

english: Specter
french: Spectre
spanish: Espectro
german: Phantom

Edited December 9, 2021 by Tails.9372

[BobbyT.7192]

On 12/9/2021 at 12:17 AM, Tails.9372 said:

"Spectre" is just the french name of the e-spec so technically both are official names for it although calling it "Specter" would obviously make more sense for english speaking players. Just in case anyone is curious, here are the official names for all of the supported languages:

english: Specter
french: Spectre
spanish: Espectro
german: Phantom

 "Tre" spelling is actually used more in places like Canada and Britain (where English came from btw 😋). It's the same with words like centre/center, litre/liter, and theatre/theater.

On 12/5/2021 at 1:10 PM, Lonewolf Kai.3682 said:

It’s -TER according to the All-knowing wiki:

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Specter
 

so get it right. 

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Spectre_Finisher

Edited December 10, 2021 by BobbyT.7192

[Lonewolf Kai.3682]

On 12/10/2021 at 6:09 AM, BobbyT.7192 said:

 "Tre" spelling is actually used more in places like Canada and Britain (where English came from btw 😋). It's the same with words like centre/center, litre/liter, and theatre/theater.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Spectre_Finisher

That’s two different things m8 

[Jugglemonkey.8741]

On 12/10/2021 at 11:09 AM, BobbyT.7192 said:

 "Tre" spelling is actually used more in places like Canada and Britain (where English came from btw 😋). It's the same with words like centre/center, litre/liter, and theatre/theater.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Spectre_Finisher

You are correct, although I think we (the English) get it more from the French side of things. There is a thing in French where you often don't say the last letter of a word unless that letter is e, hence why français is pronounced fran-say and anglaise is pronounced on-glaze (pretty rough, but you get the point).

Edit: I just looked this up and whether anglaise has the e is more to do with whether the noun is masculine and feminine, so bad example but hopefully you get the idea. 

Edit: scepter (n.)

1300, ceptre, from Old French sceptre (12c.), from Latin sceptrum "royal staff," from Greek skeptron "staff to lean on; royal scepter;" in transferred use, "royalty," from root of skeptein "to prop or stay, lean on." Apparently a cognate with Old English sceaft (see shaft (n. 1)).

https://www.etymonline.com/word/scepter#:~:text=scepter (n.)&text=1300%2C ceptre%2C from Old French,1)).

Case of point for the french root for -tre

Edited December 12, 2021 by Jugglemonkey.8741
Actually looking things up

[Monarc.9726]

The word spelt is not used in the U.S., unless referring to the type of wheat, we use the word spelled, so I assume you’re British, hence Spectre over Specter. Anet is a U.S. based company, so they use the U.S. spelling.