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    #Bala bailar la bamba
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    I know it's not how you pronounce it, but I always just called it Balm.


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    When I first got the game, I pronounced it buh LAM.

    After playing it for a few years, I began to realize it's more likely it was pronounced BAL uhm. I'm still not 100% sure, but hey. It's not like it really matters all that much. It's just a game.
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    B'laum

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    I just started a new game on this, and I was actually wondering the exact same myself. I've always used "BAA-lum" for whatever reason, but now I think "ba-LAMB" makes more sense.

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    Lum, lam, not a big difference. There is a FF history film out there released by Square and I believe the announcer says "This game follows the story of Squall in Balamb Garden...etc"

    Find it on youtube. See how he says it. Cease this jib jab.

    EDIT: YouTube - Final Fantasy History Part Three

    He says: Bah (as in bomb) - lum (as in lumber)
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    i bet you pronounce it with a Q somewhere in it

    you know how squaresoft is.. :P


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    I pronounce it BAL-um, like Balham* in London.

    *Note: not bal-HAM; in England most places ending in -ham (Birmingham or Buckingham, for example) are pronounced '-um' at the end, not '-ham'

    Why did I feel the need to explain that?


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    It's like Blam, with an extra a. BA LAM!

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    I think I got it now

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    i always think of it as

    bal-amb , bal said as ball and amb said as amb.itious


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    Quote Originally Posted by Heath View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by rubah View Post
    I like ba lam' myself.
    And so do I.
    I third this motion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Proxy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Heath View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by rubah View Post
    I like ba lam' myself.
    And so do I.
    I third this motion.
    i have no idea what you guys are talking about, but it sounds like fun


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    Bah-lum Gahr-den.
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    Quote Originally Posted by *~Dagger Trepe~* View Post
    (Bah-lum)
    same here :mog:

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