Do you have trouble pronouncing certain Pokemon's names?
If so what ones?
Do you get a shock when you think that you have been saying the Pokemon's name right but then hear the proper pronunciation in anime?
Do you still not know how to pronounce a certain Pokemon's name?
Are the new Pokemon's names giving you trouble?
Post you answers here!
Personally I have a lot of trouble when it comes to pronouncing a Pokemon's name when I first see it. This was a lot worse when I was little. I'm having a little trouble with Zweilous. Is it pronounced zwei (like German for two)? I learn the proper pronunciations from the anime most of the time. I think I've got most of the older names down pact now. The new Pokemon names are giving me some trouble though (but first I have to learn them).
I've always pronounced Chimecho wrong on purpose because I think my way sounds cooler...
On the anime, they pronounce it Chime - echo (As in ECHO...Echo... echo...)
But I've always pronounced it Chime - cho. :D
I still pronounce Shedinja as Shedninja..
And until the anime pronounced Riolu (RI-O-loo) as RI-loo
As for Rayquaza, I've always pronounced it as Ray-Quar-Zah...
But what about Regice? My friends always argued about this one. We never knew whether it was Rejj-ice, Regi-ice or Reg-ice...
Hmm...
Missingno.: Despite the full rendering of "Missing Number", I still call this guy "MIS-ing-
no" or "MIS-ing-
go".
Groudon: I pronounce it "GRAU-don." I LOL when I hear the pronunciation of "
GROO-don."
Kyogre: I pronounce it "KY-o-gurr." LOL at the pronunciation "KY-o-
gray".
Rayquaza: I pronounced it "Ray-QUAH-zaa". Upon watching
Destiny Deoxys, I hear the pronunciation "Ray-
QUAY-zuh". I
still stand firm on my original pronunciation.
Shedinja: I occasionally pronounce it as "Shed-
Ninja" due to glossing over the
lack of an "N".
Regice: I pronounce it REH-ji-ice, though I've heard "REH-
jice" as a valid pronunciation as well. With the Regis in general, regarding the
Regi prefix, I alternate between "Reh-
JEE" and "Rehj-
EYE".
Illumise: WTF, anime?
"Ill-u-MI-zay?" I pronounce it "ILL-u-mize." I honestly don't see how you could get the anime pronunciation from first glance.
Dialga: I tend to pronounce it "Dee-AHL-ga". I've heard
"DYE-ahl-ga" at times, which is a decent pronunciation.
Giratina: I tend to pronounce it as "JEE-rah-tee-nuh." There was one Platinum commercial where I heard it rendered as "
GEAR-ah-tee-na", which sounds equally cool. :)
Snivy: I thought it was "SNIH-Vee" ("snih" rhymes with the "rih" in
river.) Apparently, it's "Sn-
EYE-VEE." I had a feeling the actual pronunciation of
ivy would be used, but it still sounds weird IMO.
Sometimes the anime pronunciations surprise me. Generation 5 looks like it has the weirdest Pokemon names ever in terms of pronunciation. Snivy is my first main problem. >.<