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How do you pronounce Pso'Xja?
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By Avitori 2012-07-30 15:02:06
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I don't need to worry about how to pronounce it because I have never had to say it...whats wrong with you people!
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By Bahamut.Baconwrap 2012-07-30 15:04:29
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Fenrir.Dibble said: »
Well, American's don't pronounce the second i in Aluminium, so you're never going to get a definitive answer!

Because we "Americans" dont spell it with a second "i."

Aluminum

Al Element

Back to the OP. Pso'Xja is greek.

e.g. Pso-riasis. Pso-mizo

xja is pronounced "jiya" in greek.

e.g.

ma-xja or ma-gīa the word for magic.

The translation of pso'xja I'm now curious because pso = to manage, to act, to perform an action.

I'm stumped on what xja means...
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By grumpette 2012-07-30 15:44:09
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According to http://wiki.ffo.jp/html/1186.html
Pso'Xja is short for Product Jiya.

Hence it's supposed to sound like PRO Jiya.

However, PRO JIYA has been Japanized to something that sounds more like PSHO JIYA then rewritten back into English as PSO'XJA. The consonants P&R back-to-back may be difficult for Japanese tongue to handle so PSHO is as good as it gets.

Product Jiya refers to the Words Unspoken archaeology of the Promethian City of Ancients.
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By Bahamut.Baconwrap 2012-07-30 15:49:15
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grumpette said: »
According to http://wiki.ffo.jp/html/1186.html
Pso'Xja is short for Product Jiya.

Hence it's supposed to sound like PRO Jiya.

However, PRO JIYA has been Japanized to something that sounds more like PSHO JIYA then rewritten back into English as PSO'XJA. The consonants P&R back-to-back may be difficult for Japanese tongue to handle so PSHO is as good as it gets.

Product Jiya refers to the Words Unspoken archaeology of the Promethian City of Ancients.

Well... I guess I can close the Greek lexicon! lol The best I was getting with "Xja" is that it was Xja-lon, a city of the Canaanites, located by Israel and Lebanon.
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By grumpette 2012-07-30 22:47:28
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The best I was getting with "Xja" is that it was Xja-lon, a city of the Canaanites, located by Israel and Lebanon.

I'm not certain what xja/jiya means either. Is it another contraction of a Western word. Could it be an Asian/Hindi/Urdu word?

Taken in context with the Promathia City of the Ancients storyline, Jiya could be referring to the Asian/Hindi/Urdu meanings: heart, soul, piece of heart. Product Jiya would then refer to archaeological research to restore the heart of the Promathian ancients.

I believe the ancients are the original superhumans of the FFXI world who were cursed by Altana along with the rival goddess Uggalepih. The ancients became the diminutive beastmen known as the Tonberry, Cryptonberry, Vileberry and Kingberry. Since the Tonberry beastmen hold such hatred and rancor toward the Dawn Goddess Altana and her creations, Product Jiya may have been an attempt to restore the hearts of the ancients. I suspect that Prishe may be one of the few ancients spared by Altana's curse.
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By Shiva.Brunwulf 2012-07-30 23:03:21
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So zshah
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By Asura.Gacktcamui 2012-07-31 00:00:04
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Soulja Boy says "Pso'Xja is pronounced... SOULJA!"
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By Lakshmi.Raerie 2012-07-31 00:38:26
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I've always pronounced it So-jah, but I am guessing that is incorrect.
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By Titan.Elevan 2012-07-31 03:01:05
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grumpette said: »
According to http://wiki.ffo.jp/html/1186.html
Pso'Xja is short for Product Jiya.

Hence it's supposed to sound like PRO Jiya.

However, PRO JIYA has been Japanized to something that sounds more like PSHO JIYA then rewritten back into English as PSO'XJA. The consonants P&R back-to-back may be difficult for Japanese tongue to handle so PSHO is as good as it gets.

Product Jiya refers to the Words Unspoken archaeology of the Promethian City of Ancients.

Ya I was going to mention if none didn't know that "Words Unspoken" is the name of the tune that plays in Pso'Xja

Maybe your on to something.
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By Shiva.Alistaire 2012-07-31 06:15:57
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I just garble it like I was pretending to be klingon.
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By Ragnarok.Arcalimo 2012-07-31 06:24:16
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Pshoha
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By Ragnarok.Darkria 2012-07-31 06:57:00
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Simple put, after a lot of opinions from many language professors and some of the most brilliant minds in history, I found out that it is pronounced "That place where you fight Diabolos and always get lost". When translated to English, "*** this place". Finally in Jap, "haha you Americans. We just have GMs tele us where we want".
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By Fenrir.Reece 2012-07-31 08:01:40
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Per-So-Ja
Maybe I'm HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE but meh how I say it