What Pokemon names have you always pronounced wrong?

Started by CrazyCubone March 26th, 2009 12:46 PM
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processr

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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. =/

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Batzu

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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. =/
It ISN'T soo-ih-soon?

-hangs head in shame-

Apart from that I don't think i've ever had problems with names. A friend I had years ago used to irritate the hell out of me by constantly pronouncing names wrong, eg: Arctic-uno instead of Articuno, Hunter instead of Haunter. Grrr.

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*claps*

Well done to you, now if you'd read what I'd said you might have seen that I acknowledged that it's wrong.
I did Erebus i meant it as an opinion why the hell did they go do that. Now i am pissed why did someone go and take off rep.Whoops im an idiot i deserved that. Its not only my computer thats loopy today its me.

processr

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It ISN'T soo-ih-soon?

-hangs head in shame-
Haha, don't worry. My friends and I have always pronounced it as "soo-ih-soon", but after being told of the root of the name I've endeavoured to pronounce it correctly.

Taemin

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Uuum.. when I was younger I used to call Zapdos um.. 'Zapados'.

& I pronounced Kyogre so it was 'Kyo-grey' like the Japanese word 'Kyo', because it never occured to me that it was pronounced 'Kai-ogre'.


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Concerning Lugia:

They say: Loo-gee-ah
I say: Loo-ee-jah
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Uuum.. when I was younger I used to call Zapdos um.. 'Zapados'.
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. :\