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"it's Poke Eh mon, not Poke EE mon!” Video Game Terms, Words and Names that you've pronounced incorrectly
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Desudzer10
Member
It's not Pok-eh-mon. It's that pikachu game.
Furozen
Member
CD is a shortcut for "Centrum Dystrybucyjne" ("distribution centre" in Polish). That's a cool thing to pronounce.
SleepySlippy
Member
You guys would love to hear how we Frenchies pronounce every f***ing title.
Of course when Guillemot says Ubisoft during a speech in English he tries to say it à l'anglaise, but that's not how any French guy would pronounce it.
A few examples:
Résidante Éveel
Super Mario Trois Dé World
Age off ampeer
Duck Neckum
Unsharteed Trois
Donkeh Kong Coontree
Also, when I was a kid I said Link's Ah-wah-keh-ning.
And so on...
Of course when Guillemot says Ubisoft during a speech in English he tries to say it à l'anglaise, but that's not how any French guy would pronounce it.
A few examples:
Résidante Éveel
Super Mario Trois Dé World
Age off ampeer
Duck Neckum
Unsharteed Trois
Donkeh Kong Coontree
Also, when I was a kid I said Link's Ah-wah-keh-ning.
And so on...
carlosrox
Banned
I consider "JRPG" an idiotic non-term that smacks of condescension and borderline xenophobia.
So add that to the list.
SNEZ is up there, I only use it with my less hardcore friends cuz whatever, but with my brothers we know S.N.E.S is the correct way of saying it. Really though, it's not that bad but I find it kinda silly. SNESS would be a bit more acceptable.
So add that to the list.
SNEZ is up there, I only use it with my less hardcore friends cuz whatever, but with my brothers we know S.N.E.S is the correct way of saying it. Really though, it's not that bad but I find it kinda silly. SNESS would be a bit more acceptable.
Noncanon Ship
Banned
This made me fall apart
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
On the GameFAQs Star Ocean 2 board back in the day, there were a bunch of fucking weebs who would write “Crawd” instead of “Claude”. Does that count?
P.S. it’s-a-me, MERRY-O
P.S. it’s-a-me, MERRY-O
Yerd
Member
JRPG isn't a term it's an acronym.
Ryu - most people that have never heard the name say "rye-you". As a kid playing SF2, I did too, until I saw the manga.
As for Mario I say Marr-ee-oh. But New Yorkers or east coast usa in general, mostly of Italian descent, will say Mare-ee-oh. I would bet it bleeds over to the non Italian people that grow up around them.
01011001
Banned
even worse, [wawr]-[rē′ō] (War-Rio) for Wario
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fart town usa
Gold Member
BOTW was soul crushing when I first heard KA-KA-RICO Village. I always pronounced it as, KA-CAR-RICOH. It's spelt Kakariko.
Mr. Wedgewood
Member
My friend has this pet peeve about how 95% of western people say Karaoke wrong.
I say it wrong on purpose just to piss him off.
Anyway I mispronounced Cloud as crybaby wah wah wah
I say it wrong on purpose just to piss him off.
Anyway I mispronounced Cloud as crybaby wah wah wah
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Furozen
Member
More like 95% of native English speakers. Don't know about other European languages, but Polish pronunciation of "karaoke" is identical to the Japanese one.
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Kuranghi
Member
I was always unsure of Cucco, still not sure tbh, but I learned "Bokoblin" is "Boh-ko-bur-in", not "bow-koblin".
Dream-Knife
Banned
I'm still going to pronounce it pokey-mon. I haven't played one of those games since 2000 anyway.
Susurrus
Member
Not sure if serious, but first one.
Mhmmm 2077
Member
Fi from Skyward Sword is pronounced like in wi-fi, but I've been saying it like "fee".
fighterman101
Banned
Legend of zelda breath of the wild is pronounced "over-rated". Don't worry, it confused me at first too but once you play it you will get it.
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Alright
Banned
100% serious. What kind of a word is gaiden.
Alright
Banned
juice eggs
Slothbeing1209
Member
Kara oh keh not kara oh kee
Kataploom
Gold Member
It's always fun to see english native speakers get so troubbled with japanese names lmao.
I remember when people were complaining cause they're couldn't pronounce "Shin Megami Tensei" properly... It's a good thing in spanish we just have flat vowels so we don't go under the same issues.
Literally, apart from some specific reading rules, spanish and japanese are almost 1:1... Some things like "-ou" (which reads "-oo"), "-ei" (which reads like "-ee") and G (which is only "hard" in japanese) those names (including "pokemon") are not a problem here.
I love seeing these threads because I understand a little better your language.
I remember when people were complaining cause they're couldn't pronounce "Shin Megami Tensei" properly... It's a good thing in spanish we just have flat vowels so we don't go under the same issues.
Literally, apart from some specific reading rules, spanish and japanese are almost 1:1... Some things like "-ou" (which reads "-oo"), "-ei" (which reads like "-ee") and G (which is only "hard" in japanese) those names (including "pokemon") are not a problem here.
I love seeing these threads because I understand a little better your language.
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SleepySlippy
Member
Due sex?
Fugitive Sex
Member
Sue-ih-koh-den.
Twinguistics
Member
Everyone that says "I could care less" when they mean that they couldn't care less. It's so stupid. You're literally saying that you could actually care less than you do, i.e you do care which is the opposite of what you want to say.
Drives me crazy.
Wait, am I doing this right?
Drives me crazy.
Wait, am I doing this right?
Soodanim
Gold Member
Good. I’ll happily say it wrong, just like every other Englishman who rhymes Nike with bike instead of “My key”.
By very very, you mean a slight change in the A, and I’m good with that
Marvel14
Banned
And I thought she couldn't be more annoying. I was wrong.
Poke-your-mom
MeatSafeMurderer
Member
No, it's poh-keh-mon.
ポ ケ モ ン
po ke mo n
The po in Pokemon sounds more like the po in porous than the po in poke.
It's phonetic. Stop mispronouncing Japanese, bigot!
BigAssBoy
Member
This gets me too, I continually reply back with with "So you do care" and they still do it a few seconds later.
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Mr. Wedgewood
Member
Not really related but I find these videos entertaining, Japanese trying to pronounce English words via Siri.
mcjmetroid
Member
I'm Irish so always going to say
Poke- uh- Mon
And M ah Rio
Even the earlier series of the Pokémon tv series didn't help though.
Here's a clip from the first episode of Pokémon. About 30 seconds in he says it constantly.
Poke- uh- Mon
And M ah Rio
Even the earlier series of the Pokémon tv series didn't help though.
Here's a clip from the first episode of Pokémon. About 30 seconds in he says it constantly.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
The show told us how to pronounce Pokemon dont need youtube if you got ears.
Rean no Kiseki
Banned
Wew lad, JRPGs used to be called "Console Style RPGs" but that went out of fashion quick because those kind of games started yo pop up on PCs TOO!
What do you use? Anime RPG? Turn-based random battles starring pre-defined characters with little actual "Role Playing"?
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