What are some character names (from anime/manga or even games) that you pronounce wrong? Or things you used to pronounce wrong before learning you were way-off. :P
For me, the only one that really stands out is Syaoran from Cardcaptor Sakura. I always saw his name romanized like that but didn't understand that there were different ways of romanizing, so I originally pronounced it right ("Shaoran") but then saw a site online say it was Say-oh-ran and I pronounced it that way for years. Likewise when I watched the dub I got angry at Kero pronouncing Sakura's name the way he did and much preferred sah-kurr-ah and then realized years later he was the only one who pronounced it right. 8|
I also pronounce Tidus's name wrong (from Final Fantasy X) as Tie-dus instead of tee-dus. And have no intention of fixing it because I think it sounds better this way. Oops.
And I just go out of my way to never say Simon's name from TTGL because I think it's dumb that it's not pronounced the same as the name in English. Even though apparently it comes from the Hebrew pronunciation and not English (hence the avoidance of the name rather than just steadfastly pronouncing it wrong on principle). But I do the steadfastly-pronouncing-it-"wrong" thing with Viral. :P
That's all I can think of for now! Will probably add more as I remember them and the topic progresses. :>
For me, the only one that really stands out is Syaoran from Cardcaptor Sakura. I always saw his name romanized like that but didn't understand that there were different ways of romanizing, so I originally pronounced it right ("Shaoran") but then saw a site online say it was Say-oh-ran and I pronounced it that way for years. Likewise when I watched the dub I got angry at Kero pronouncing Sakura's name the way he did and much preferred sah-kurr-ah and then realized years later he was the only one who pronounced it right. 8|
I also pronounce Tidus's name wrong (from Final Fantasy X) as Tie-dus instead of tee-dus. And have no intention of fixing it because I think it sounds better this way. Oops.
And I just go out of my way to never say Simon's name from TTGL because I think it's dumb that it's not pronounced the same as the name in English. Even though apparently it comes from the Hebrew pronunciation and not English (hence the avoidance of the name rather than just steadfastly pronouncing it wrong on principle). But I do the steadfastly-pronouncing-it-"wrong" thing with Viral. :P
That's all I can think of for now! Will probably add more as I remember them and the topic progresses. :>