# How can Fallout 4 pronounce my character's name? (no spoilers!) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 13, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-fallout-4-pronounce-my-characters-name-no-spoilers/808737 "2018-02-13T00:36:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-fallout-4-pronounce-my-characters-name-no-spoilers/808737/1 "2018-02-13T00:36:09Z")
I just started playing Fallout 4 on the Xbox, so **please, no spoilers!** I’m familiar with playing computer RPGs like Mass Effect where you only have limited choice over your character’s name. And I’m familiar with playing Fallout 3 and New Vegas, where you can choose whatever name you want for your character, but you’re usually referred to in dialogue as Vault Dweller or Lone Wanderer. So I often choose pretty silly names in games like those because it’s never going to come up in dialogue anyways. I just started Fallout 4, and I decided to go with a relatively straight name this time – Steve Austin (wink, wink). So I played for a little while and I met a robot who greeted me with “Hello, Mister Austin!” I thought, “neat, they figured out that my last name is Austin” and I kept playing. It was hours later that I realised “wait, not only did it figure out my last name is Austin, but the audio pronounced Austin so flawlessly that I didn’t even notice it!” That blew my mind a little bit. I assume that there have been sufficient advances in computer speech that this is par for the course, but I was still impressed. The other alternative would be that the voice actor is spending hours in the studio reading names – “Aaron”…“Abigail”…“Abraham”…[etc.]…“Zachariah”…“Zelda” – which seems unlikely. Now I’m tempted to name my next character Joe Btfsplk and see what happens. (Possibly this was discussed in the omnibus Fallout 4 thread, but I didn’t want to look through it dodging spoilers.) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-fallout-4-pronounce-my-characters-name-no-spoilers/808737/2 "2018-02-13T00:50:20Z")
I think the game is just programmed to recognize a certain number of “standard” names. My latest play through is with a character named Bulwerble, and no one has said that out loud! ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-fallout-4-pronounce-my-characters-name-no-spoilers/808737/3 "2018-02-13T00:54:59Z")
They actually did record one thousand names, here’s a list of most of them: [http://orcz.com/Fallout\_4:\_Recorded\_Names\_List](http://orcz.com/Fallout_4:_Recorded_Names_List) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-fallout-4-pronounce-my-characters-name-no-spoilers/808737/4 "2018-02-13T01:00:59Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > They actually did record one thousand names, here’s a list of most of them: [http://orcz.com/Fallout\_4:\_Recorded\_Names\_List](http://orcz.com/Fallout_4:_Recorded_Names_List) Wow, that’s pretty impressive! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-fallout-4-pronounce-my-characters-name-no-spoilers/808737/5 "2018-02-13T01:10:13Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > "Aaron You done messed up Ay-Ay-Ron! ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-fallout-4-pronounce-my-characters-name-no-spoilers/808737/6 "2018-02-13T01:32:09Z")
From the list: Bacon, Boob, Boobie, Boobies, Cock, Dick, Dong, Erectus, Fuck, Fucker, Fuckface, Nipple, Orgasmo, Trump. It’s like they looked deep within our souls then backed away slowly with our darkness inscribed into their eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-fallout-4-pronounce-my-characters-name-no-spoilers/808737/7 "2018-02-13T03:18:46Z")
[You will die on this trail, just like ol’ Poopface.](https://youtu.be/CHps2SecuDk?t=64) I wonder how many takes they needed with the voice actors for them to keep a straight face? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-fallout-4-pronounce-my-characters-name-no-spoilers/808737/8 "2018-02-13T03:32:42Z")
There is a Youtuber out there who did a Fallout 4 No Guns run as Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-fallout-4-pronounce-my-characters-name-no-spoilers/808737/9 "2018-02-13T15:14:11Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > There is a Youtuber out there who did a Fallout 4 No Guns run as Bacon. I don’t know that Youtuber personally. But I went to college with a guy who worked on a project with a girl…