wedrifid comments on Why the beliefs/values dichotomy? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 27 October 2009 02:27:49AM *  1 point [-]

I've heard people mispronounce "Alicorn" on multiple occasions.

You mean Alicorn is a real name? I had assumed a combination of Alison and Unicorn, with symbolic implications beyond my ken.

I've been imagining "Yvain" to be pronounced "ee-vane".

"Ye-vane" here, with the caveat that I was quite confident that it was way off.

Comment author: Alicorn 27 October 2009 02:34:19AM 2 points [-]

No, it's not a real name (as far as I know). It's a real word. It means a unicorn's horn, although there are some modern misuses mostly spearheaded by Piers Anthony (gag hack cough).

Comment author: wedrifid 27 October 2009 02:53:50AM 0 points [-]

Ahh. And I've been going about calling them well, unicorn horns all these years!