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What Pokemon names have you always pronounced wrong?

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Barney.

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    When I was younger I used to pronounce Suicune:

    Soo-i-seen

    XD
     

    Lana.

    *spin*
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    Drew said:
    Uuum.. when I was younger I used to call Zapdos um.. 'Zapados'.
    Click to expand...
    I still do that. =P
    I also pronounced Arceus like ar-kay-us for the longest time, but I've since adjusted it to ar-see-us.
    Let's see, what else...?
    I pronounced Kyogre like ky-rogue and Rayquaza like ray-quah-zuh instead of ray-quay-zuh

    *has a problem with legendary names*
    Umm... I pronounced Raikou like ray-ku instead of the 'rai' as in rye bread x3
    I thought Mesprit was Mespirit
    I always thought Azelf was ay-zelf not ah-zelf.

    ...Dang. Legendary names just don't agree with me xD
     

    Superjub

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    Well, I used to prenounce Ho-Oh Ho-Ho, but that was ages ago.

    Also, I used to prenounce Suicune Suu-i-cune, not swii-cune.

    However, I always prenounce Ponyta wrong, and I do it on purpose.
    According to revolution, its Po-ni-ta, however I prenounce it Po-ni-tar. :\
     

    Corvus of the Black Night

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    Let's see, all I can think of are
    -Rayquaza (Ray-Kwah-zah instead of Ray-Kway-zah)
    -Aron (Air-ron instead of Arh-on)
    -Meganium (Mega-nim instead of Me-ganium)
    -Staravia (Star-ah-via instead of Star-ay-via)

    And that's it, I think. Most of the time, after watching the show, I pick up the proper pronounciation quickly (this can be seen in my Steven Stone and Friends videos - the first few I pronounce Aron Air-ron and the later ones I pronounce it Arh-On)
     

    revelp8

    My mohawk is on fiiiyaaaa!
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    jiraichi was always hard for me to sound out until i saw the movie.

    same goes for giratina (gee ruh tee nuh?). :\
     

    BakingBluePotatoe

    The Red Death Alchemist
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    GIRATINA.

    I always pronounced it as "Jur-Ah-Tina" or something like that.
    and then I see the ad for Platinum and the guy pronounces it like "Gear-Uh-Tina"
    and I'm like "Uh... I think he's mispronouncing it ._." so I looked in that Stickerbook that happens to show you how you pronounce the names and it says the same thing I'm like "Oh. -.-" xD

    But, I still pronounce it like I have for the past 2 years. xD
    Guess I got used to it. xD

    EDIT: Wait, NOW it sounds like "Jear-Ah-Tina"



    Also, when D/P came out in the US I pronounced "Palkia" like "Palika"... Heh, I must've misread it.
    shortly after I realised I read it wrong and since then pronounced it right. xD

    I think the same thing happened with "Dialga"... I think I misread it as "Daliga"... I think, I don't know. xD
     
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    Katnip

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    Is Sceptile pronounced almost like the word 'skeptical'? Because if it isn't, then I've been saying it wrong for years.

    Since I only ever read the names, I say

    RAY-chu instead of RYE-chu
    DEE-al-ga insteag of DIE-al-ga
    Star-VAR-ee-a instead of Star-A-vee-a
    SOO-ee-koon instead of SWEE-cune
    GROO-don instead of GROU-don
    NINDO-ran instead of NI-do-ran
    ... and any more I can't remember at the moment.
    Oh, but I say Ar-KAY-us as well.
     
    Curt_09

    Curt_09

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    Hmm where do I begin lol.
    Seems I'm not the only one who's had problems with Raichu, Gyaridos, or Suicune back in the day.
    (Rye-ah-chu) Raichu
    (Gy-ari-dos) Gyaridos
    (Soo-i-sine) Suicune - misread that one lol
    I can pronounce everything right now though.
    I call Purugly (Pure-ugly) because it's so ugly.
    I say (Ay-zelf) because that's how I read it.
     

    Master Jecht

    Hmmm..
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    Pidgeot I used to say "Pih-Jet"
    Spearow and Fearow I said "Spa-row" and "Far-row"
    Farfetch'd I used to say "Far-fetch-Dee"

    those are just a few i can think of
     

    Lana.

    *spin*
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    Oh!

    I always thought Staravia was Stair-uh-via
    ... yes, 'stair' xDD

    Aron will always be Air-on to me. There's no changing it xD

    Chinchou was chin-choo.
    Manetric was 'may-neh-trick'
    Groudon was 'Groundon'
    Bonsly was 'bon-slee'

    ...and I think that's it xD
     

    LugiaFreak

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    I'm still confused... how do you pronounce 'Chimecho'?

    For years, I said 'chime-cho' but a friend corrected me, saying it was 'chim-echo'.

    Which one is right?
     
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