how do you pronounce pokémon

Started by Sheep April 15th, 2020 11:57 AM
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ok i am still seeing 50/50 on pronouncing it as po-kee-mon or po-kay-mon/po-kuh-mon. the latter is usually the official pronunciation, but that doesn't mean the former is entirely wrong either. how do you say it? how do your friends/family say it (if they know about it, of course)?

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po-kuh-mon is basically how I pronounce it

my mother always says it the po-kee-mon way
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80% po-kuh-mon
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personally alternating between po-kee-mon and po-kay-mon. But I think I pronounce it po-kee-mon mostly
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With international phonetic alphabet (IPA): /'poukeimɔn/
With English pronunciation guides: poke + kay + mon
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po-kuh-mon for me. Rolls off the tongue easier and a lot faster to say than emphasizing the ee sound.
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Being in poland, we pronounce it Poh-keh-mohn, like it's spelled in japanese (ポケモン)
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Alternates between Po-kee-mon and Po-kay-mon a lot. When I was younger, I said the first pronunciation a lot more than the second, though? Yeah.

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I have always used Poh-kee-mon, but I know a lot of people who say poh-kuh-mon(almost like they don’t really pronounce the second syllable).

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When speaking english I pronounce po-kay-mon. When speaking my language I pronounce po-keh-mon.

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Poe-Key-Mon.

I've pronounced it that way for as long as I can remember.

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I used to pronounce it as Poh-key-mon back in second grade, but since fifth grade it's always been Poh-Kay-Mon. My sister pronounces it that way too.
Oh, but my parents always pronounce it as Poh-Key-Man XD
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I pronounced it Poh-kee-mon for the longest time. Now I quickly say "Poke 'em On," which I honestly can't tell if sounds more like Poh-keh-mon or Poh-kuh-mon. I think Poh-kay-mon would technically be more correct, É generally making an "ay" sound (café, fiancée), but I feel weird pronouncing the forced accent.


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Poe-kuh-mon or Poe-key-mon. I say both pronunciations interchangeably.


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poe-kuh-mon 100%
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Isn't it officially pokèmon? With the accented E? Pretty sure I've always seen it spelt that way lol.
The accent it reversed, but I think Pokèmon would've been truer to the Japanese pronunciation (though, given the pronunciation of protégé, the ruling might be different for mid-word accents.)


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In Sweden, we all say "pokkuh-mon". That's usually how I pronounce it when speaking English too.

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Pokaymon. Probably because I got used to how my Japanese friend said it before I heard the dub.

That also got people to poke fun at me for saying it the Japanese way, and not "Pok-uh-mon" like the dub. sdfsdf

^ That was years ago before the Pokaymon pronunciation was more common, though.


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