"That's NOT my sister's name!"

[Pokémon Trainer Dylan]

I'm pretty sure that I pronounce the names of a majority of the Pokémon correctly. Two that I always used to say wrong were Rattata and Regigigas. I would pronounce Rattata like "rat-ta-ta-ta" and Regigias like "re-gi-ig-ah-ga-gis".

 

[Pokemon Trainer Touko]

I hate it when people pronounce Pokémon as Pok-ay-mon and I also hate it when they pronounce Unova as ü-nova when it's supposed to be ū-nova. owo;

 

[Minun4]

I generally wouldn't get annoyed unless they are mocking Pokemon by intentionally saying names wrong and in that case I would be annoyed.

 

[OtherAlias]

This reminds me of the only incident that bothers me from a different game, but in reverse; when Square officially announced how Tidus' name was pronounced in Kingdom Hearts. I personally think 'Ty-dus' sounds better than 'Tee-dus', but that's another subject entirely... xD

Oh dude, that bothered me a lot too. "Ty-dus" sounds a lot more fitting than "Tee-dus".

But as for the topic. It doesn't really bother or irritate me when people pronounce a Pokemon related term differently than I do as much as it catches me off guard.

I pronounce Rayquaza like, "Ray-Kwaww-Za", but some people pronounce it "Ray-Kway-Za". I don't really watch the anime so I don't know the actual enunciation, but when I first heard someone pronounce it "Ray-Kway-Za", I was like "Oh, is that how it's pronounced?" rather than "Hey, it's pronounced ___-____-___, etc!"

 

[NightOfRemorse]

I don't get mad if someone pronounces a name wrong, but I do correct them. I only get mad if they purposely continue mispronouncing it just to annoy me >:|
I pronounce Pokémon as "Poke-uh-mon" cause that's how they always said it in season one so it stuck haha.

I have no clue how to say any of the Unova (and you guessed it, I mispronounce "Unova", too) Pokémon names. I guess it doesn't really matter though, because I don't know half of those Pokémon. I would have known but Pokémon White bored me to death before the third gym.

This has nothing to do with Pokémon, but I remember when my friend, her brother and I played Animal Crossing at their house, they would pronounce the squirrel, Pecan, as "Peck-in". I was like, "Dear lord, really?? It's 'pee-can'. You know, like the nut? ._. " Bahaha xD

This reminds me of the only incident that bothers me from a different game, but in reverse; when Square officially announced how Tidus' name was pronounced in Kingdom Hearts. I personally think 'Ty-dus' sounds better than 'Tee-dus', but that's another subject entirely... xD

Same here! I've always said "Ty-dus". "Teed-dus" is just weird ._.

 

[Neptune Vasilias]

I'm not really caring most of the time but I can be picky when people just don't get why I purposely say the correct pronunciation for them to point out their mistakes but they just give that attitude. =.= Also, I came across this Youtuber uploading walkthroughs of his game and he kept articulating Pokemon as 'Poke-on' without the 'm'. It totally sounds off! x_x

Well, I've been saying Rayquaza as 'Ray-quar-sar' such that it sounds like there's the word 'quasar' in it, which actually was how the name was created, according to the name trivia by Bulbapedia. That, and I'd like to politely point that by saying 'Ray-quay-zah, I think it would be sounding like Rayqueeza, since 'quay' is pronounced as 'kee'.

Also, I'm quite bewildered over the pronounciation for Luxray. Is it supposed to be 'Lux-ray'? My friends and I always say it as 'Lux-zerr-ray' with the slur, cos it somehow makes the Pokemon sound cool. xD And Vileplume too. I verbalize it as 'Vye-ler-ploom' whereas I've heard some saying 'Vile-plum-mer' or 'Vee-lay-plum'. Confusing? Yeah....

 

[Lee Know]

lmao, silly gooses, Tidus is the Okinawan word for sun, so of course it would be "tee-dus". I don't see what's the problem with that, "ty-dus" sounds over the top fancy/lamely flamboyant to me.

Anyway, I've always had a lot of trouble pronouncing Rayquaza. I've heard my friends say "Ro-quay-zuh" or "Ray-quar-zuh", lol. And also, I had a little pronunciation misfit with Arceus as well, whether it's "Ark-ee-us" or "Ar-see-us".

 

[Lodge Leader]

I used to have a great amount of trouble pronouncing Phanpy and Suicune's names, I called the former "fan-fee" and the latter, "Soo-ee-soon", when I was a wee lad. I once met someone who called Octillery, "Oct-a-lehr-ee", I made sure he wouldn't make that mistake again.

 

[Qin]

Yes, I have a friend who insists on calling my favourite, Machamp, Mash-amp. It gets REALLY frustrating!

Anyway, on to me, I used to call Kyogre Ciro-gu but that could just have my accent influencing my speech... Nevertheless, there have been others.

 

[Punches]

Do you get irritated whenever someone proncounces it: "poke-a-mon" or "poke-ee-mon"?

There are genocides happening in Africa and other parts of the world. This... No I can't get mad over mispronouncing "pokemon."

Besides, it's PROPERLY pronounced "poh-gey-mans" so you should feel bad about yourself.

 

[Kenpokid]

I say that you pronounce Pokemon Poh-Kuh-Mawn...
But then again, I can't talk, I say "Rayquaza" as "ray-kewh-zuh" ._.

 

[Katja]

My grandma used to say Pokaman. loloolol. Old people are so funny. :|

 

[Gulpin]

The only time I really got bugged by pronunciation was in a quiz bowl game.. There were a series of ten questions about Pokemon where the moderator (reader) would call out a Pokemon's name and we would have to quickly answer with the Pokemon's type. Clearly I was able to get all of them, but the last one was Meganium and he pronounced it "Meg-ain-um (like the 'g' in vegetable instead of the 'g' in mega)," and I was like, "Huh?" and we got all but the last one wrong :( Other than that time, I always love when Pokemon comes up in a quiz bowl game.
(My team got 2nd place in national's by the way xD)

 

[vaporeon7]

Is someone pronounces Vaporeon as Vap-er-on again, I will attack them!

The Dream world doesn't help.