How to pronounce the names?

[pokeant]

Does everyone knows how to pronounce the names of the generation 4 pokemon? i had a hard time! it might be good if someone could list them out...

 

[Zelos]

I usually make up my own pronunciations, then find out later that they're wrong. XD

Any specific ones you'd like to know?

 

[carter756978]

i too make up my own pronuciations, but then when the anime comes out i'm like "wtf! thats not how it's pronounced"

 

[pokeant]

I usually make up my own pronunciations, then find out later that they're wrong. XD

Any specific ones you'd like to know?

well, almost all the names i do not know :P

i actually pronounce palkia as pie-kia...

 

[El Gofre]

Consider watching the anime for pronunciation help. Im sure its floating around the net somewhere.

 

[Horyo]

I call it Pal-kee-uh...o.o

 

[fade101]

LOL! Who needs pronounciation and all those crap. Just give em nicknames or make your own name...
JOKING!
Hmm... you should try open this site, it will definitely help ya with ya pronouncraps... Obviously, go to the D/P/P pokedex section XD

 

[jaggy101]

i couldnt say pachirisu at 1st but now i xan can its ma fav other then Minum

 

[Jorah]

i couldnt say pachirisu at 1st but now i xan can its ma fav other then Minum

I had no idea how to say Pachirisu when I first saw it, I suppose it's because it's Japanese. Looking back, I find it pretty funny that I didn't know how to pronounce it.

I used to pronounce Dialga "die-al-ga" before the anime said "dee-al-ga". I should've known because that's Japanese as well. I still prefer "die-al-ga" though

 

[Gacs]

I call Palkia Pal-kee-uh too.

It doesn't really bother me if I have incorrect pronunciations...but I can understand how it could be embarrassing >>

 

[Katnip]

I don't know if Giratina is pronounced Gir-AH-tina or Gir-a-TEEN-a. I have no clue how to pronounce Weavile, so I say it WEE-vill. I used to pronounce Staravia as Starvaria (with all those A's, I get confused)

 

[Azonic]

Weavile is Weasel and Vile, so you take up the two words and take their pronounciations from them. For example, Weasel is pronounced WEE-zuhl so you take the first part and put it into Weavile's name. So we now know that The first syllable of Weavile's name is WEE. So we look at the second syllable of Weavile now. Vile is pronounced vahyl. Now we know that the second syllable of Weavile's name. We take the first syllable and the second syllable and put them together. In conclusion, Weavile's name is pronounced WEE-vahyl. That's how you figure out the pronounciation of most of the Pokemon names. Some names do not follow this rule, such as Dialga. In the world Diamond, the first syllable is not pronounced as dee, but it is rather pronounced as DYE. In Dialga's name, it is pronounced dee-A which shows how some words and Pokemon names can differ. Sometimes, I wouldn't recommend looking and watching the anime because the pronounciations sometimes differ slightly from episode to episode. Suicune was pronounced SWEE-koon but was later pronounced swee-KOON. The accents sometimes change. But chances are the anime is more accurate, so keep your eye on the anime for a while.

 

[Horyo]

I say Die-Al-Guh too, and I call Giratina Gir-rah-teen-uh.

 

[RSL]

There is no correct pronounciation for Pokemon. Period. (I also can assume that the average American can't read Japanese: Pachirisu, at the very least, is pronounced PAHtch-E-REES. You don't pronounce the U at the end.)

But still, there is no "correct" pronounciation. Even the word "Pokemon" isn't safe. (A poll that used to be here said the vast majority of us here say poh-KA-mon, not poh-KAY-mon or poh-KEY-mon.)

So when it comes to pronounciations, be like Jesus and accept them all.

 

[Horyo]

I think the "u" in pachirisu is unpronounced because when they get to "ris" there is a slight "u" sonud.

 

[pokeant]

any one know about arceus? is it ar-cius?

 

[liam.sherif]

In the next gens pokedex there should be a phonetic name next to their writen name. Just to stop this mispronunciation happening any more.

 

[Halcyon]

Illumise. I pronouced it as ee-loo-mise
Then I see TV they pronouce it as ee-loo-me-say... LOL

Anyways, at first I thought Illumise is a fire-type Pokemon
because the pokedex says it is a firebug Pokemon...

 

[ErickaVolt]

any one know about arceus? is it ar-cius?

I pronounce it as "Ar-cee-yous". As for Dialga I pronounced it as "Dee-ialga.

 

[carter756978]

some things i can think of at the moment that i get wrong is, ray-quar-za which according to the anime is Ray-quay-za, i don't have a clue with bonsly, as the anime cant even decide. And before i couldnt pronounce pachirisu and i used to call dialga die-ag-la.