Au Ra physiology and other lore.

[Kaiser-Ace]

That was just the first word I thought of that matches the "Ow" sound found in Au Ra, lol.

So the "ra" in Au Ra is pronounced like Ra the Egyptian God but Au Ra as a whole is pronounced as one word rather than two, thus Ow-Ra vs Ow(Space) Ra.

[treuhavik]

So the "ra" in Au Ra is pronounced like Ra the Egyptian God but Au Ra as a whole is pronounced as one word rather than two, thus Ow-Ra vs Ow(Space) Ra.

That's my understanding. "OwwRah!" - like you're barking back immediately after saying "Ow". "Au Ra" possesses a hard R, therefore it sounds allllmost like two words. The spacing is meant to help distinguish that difference in pronunciation. Saying the R too soft would make it sound like "aura" and with out the space it would be written "aura" - confusion on two fronts.