• Light/Dark
  • Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.

Do you get the pun in the name "Contra Hard Corps"?

Deleted member 12790

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
24,537
Was watching this video from splash wave



And I noticed the guy didn't get the pun in the name because he was mispronouncing "corps."

It's not pronounced "corpse," it's pronounced "core."

as in "Contra: Hardcore"

Did you get the pun originally?
 

Deleted member 51691

User requested account closure
Banned
Jan 6, 2019
17,834
Heh, never noticed that until now.

Don't worry, I know how to pronounce "corps." The pun just didn't click.
 

Deleted member 26156

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 30, 2017
1,579
...I thought it was pronounced corpse...

i mean I've probably heard it be core before but... idk fuck english
 
Weiss

Weiss

User requested ban
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
64,265
I knew it was pronounced "core" and I still didn't get it.
 
OP
OP

Deleted member 12790

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
24,537
people ITT saying "I know how to pronounce corps at a fifth grade level" realizes that "corpse" is also an accepted pronunciation for the word, right? It takes on a different meaning when you pronounce it that way. Corps pronounced as "corpse" is the plural of "corp" which is a shortened term for "corporation." As in, "Big Evil Corp," or an "S Corp" or "C Corp."
 
newmoneytrash

newmoneytrash

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
8,981
Melbourne, Australia
Krejlooc said:
people ITT saying "I know how to pronounce corps at a fifth grade level" realizes that "corpse" is also an accepted pronunciation for the word, right? It takes on a different meaning when you pronounce it that way. Corps pronounced as "corpse" is the plural of "corp" which is a shortened term for "corporation." As in, "Big Evil Corp," or an "S Corp" or "C Corp."
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
contra: hard corporations
 
MerluzaSamus

MerluzaSamus

Member
Dec 3, 2018
1,125
Nope, until I fully learnt english and played it again (Spanish is my native language). It was one of those "I get it!" moments 😄
 
L Thammy

L Thammy

Spacenoid
Member
Oct 25, 2017
49,943
Krejlooc said:
people ITT saying "I know how to pronounce corps at a fifth grade level" realizes that "corpse" is also an accepted pronunciation for the word, right? It takes on a different meaning when you pronounce it that way. Corps pronounced as "corpse" is the plural of "corp" which is a shortened term for "corporation." As in, "Big Evil Corp," or an "S Corp" or "C Corp."
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
The issue with this is that the first part of the title is Contra, which is itself a military term, which in turn primes you to take the second word "corps" in a military context.

Also, you know, it's Contra.
 

Deleted member 27751

User-requested account closure
Banned
Oct 30, 2017
3,997
Because 'corp' on its own without the s is pronounced as 'c-or-p' in the English UK/English AU language, as it's short for 'corporation'. 'Corporal' is also pronounced with a hard p like 'corporation' so I can understand where 'corpse' comes from in pronouncing the s. I don't think I've ever heard anyone pronounce corps with a silent p weirdly enough. Must be American.

Edit: Having a look, American English pronounce the 'r' in 'corporal' with a drawled sound, like 'raa-l'. How interesting.
 
kubev

kubev

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,533
California
Yes, I did. I'm curious as to whether people realized that the final boss music is called Last Springsteen and that it's a pun (Springsteen = Boss).

 

Deleted member 17210

User-requested account closure
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
11,569
I was an adult when the game came out, and English is my native language, so the pun was always obvious to me.
 
antitrop

antitrop

Member
Oct 25, 2017
12,556
Ya, aside from being in the Marine Corps, I remember the pronunciation of Corps being a conversation when the N64 game Blast Corps came out.
 
OP
OP

Deleted member 12790

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
24,537
Eorl said:
Because 'corp' on its own without the s is pronounced as 'c-or-p' in the English UK/English AU language, as it's short for 'corporation'. 'Corporal' is also pronounced with a hard p like 'corporation' so I can understand where 'corpse' comes from in pronouncing the s. I don't think I've ever heard anyone pronounce corps with a silent p weirdly enough. Must be American.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

corps as "core" is french
 

Deleted member 27751

User-requested account closure
Banned
Oct 30, 2017
3,997
Krejlooc said:
corps as "core" is french
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Oh I know that, just stating that I didn't even know it was core as the pun intended because corps is said as it is spelt here in Australia. Even my best mate whose army says corps with the s when shortening it.

Edit: sorry not when shortening it, as that's to shorten corporal.
 
Last edited:
Bog

Bog

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
2,428
There are a bunch of idiots who don't know Bros. is pronounced "Brothers", so nothing surprises me.
 
J_ToSaveTheDay

J_ToSaveTheDay

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
18,775
USA
Yep. I grew up with a neighbor that was ~10 years older than me and left for the Marine Corps after he graduated high school, but he and his mom used to keep an eye out for us neighborhood rascals before he left, just to make sure we were safe. He, in a very friendly manner, corrected how I read "corps" for the rest of my life as he explained what he was going to do with the rest of his life.

Coincidentally, I came across Contra Hard Corps like a year or two later and was like "oh yeah, Sean said it's 'core,' not 'corpse.' Haha, 'hard core,' nice."
 
You must log in or register to reply here.