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What Pokemon names have you always pronounced wrong?

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    There have been quite a few, especially in the old days when I was younger. Pokémon like Caterpie used to be cat-ur-pie. Things like that. XD
     

    Loveon

    RAWR.
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    I always pronounced Gallade like "Gal-lad" But then I heard how it was pronounced in the 10th movie and well... yeah.
    I also pronounced (and still do) Uxie like... "Ook-see" but apparently it's pronounced "Yuk-see"

    There was also Kyogre, which I pronounced like "Kyo-gray"
     

    Ashygirl

    Ash is my bae!
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    I've been pronouncing Azelf wrong since I freaking learned his english name I also pronounced Mesprit wrong for a bit. Uxie was the only one I got right. :P
     

    Ho-Oh

    used Sacred Fire!
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    Not going to type out how I pronounce them but...

    ▪ Gengar
    ▪ Gyarados
    ▪ Feraligatr
    ▪ Magcargo
    ▪ Larvitar
    ▪ Camerupt

    That's all that I can think of at this moment, there are most likely more.
     
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    I always used to pronounce Suicune wrong, saying it as "soo-ih-soon" instead of "swee-kun". My pronunciation of Arceus also differs from the supposed official pronunciation, as I pronounce it "ar-kay-us", but I swear the roots I've found in the name's etymology make more sense than those supposedly used by Nintendo. =/

    Until I read this post, I used to pronounce Suicune, like Suicide...
     

    joehat

    Yay
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    I know I've got a few

    Wartortle: was always Warturtle to me

    I always thought Kabuto was: "Ka-bu-to" but then the anime had to go and call it "kabu-to"

    Togetic: I think "To-ge-tic" sounds weird, I've always called it "To-get-ic" and continute to do so haha

    Xatu: Honestly, I always called it "Ex-a-tu"

    Who actually pronounced "Sudowoodo" right the first time? I didn't.

    I always called Magcargo, "Marg-a-cargo" haha

    Piloswine: I would say "Pillow-swine"

    I said all three of the legendary dogs name's wrong at first. "En-tee" "Rai-e-kou" and "Su-e-soon"

    I called Lugia "Lu-gee-a" and still call it that because "Lu-gey-a" sounds too much like "loogey"

    Always said "Milot-ic" instead of "Mi-lo-tic"

    I got older as the generations moved on though, so I started pronouncing more names right yay


    I do have one question to add though..

    Has anyone ever pronounced a real animals name with a Pokemon's name, by accident?

    I can honestly say that I've said Charmander instead of Salamander, and Charmeleon instead of Chameleon, in front of a large group of people haha. More than once too.
     
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    a lot of them haha i always had issues with some of the pokemon

    Now that i think of it i use to get giratina wrong
     
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    Gars129

    Is now focused on other things
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    I used to pronounce rayquaza ray quah za. And geerados instead of gyarados.

    I used to pronounce rayquaza ray quah za. And geerados instead of gyarados. Also cheemecho rather than chimecho. TRApinch instead of traPINCH.
     
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