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Which names do you have a habit of misspelling?

Cofagrigus? D:

It isn't gonna be fun trying to spell that. I had to check twice to make sure I was spelling it right...
 
I've been saying "Kangashkan" and "Gyrados" since I was a child. It was a real shock when I found out otherwise.
 
I've been saying "Kangashkan" and "Gyrados" since I was a child. It was a real shock when I found out otherwise.

I'm still shocked about the... erm. The 'Kangaskhan' thing. :confused:

Kangaskhan.

Kangaskhan.
 
Cofagrigus? D:

It isn't gonna be fun trying to spell that. I had to check twice to make sure I was spelling it right...

Don't you want to :mallet: people who decide on Pokemons' English names?

Also Kangaskhan.
 
I always misspell Eletivire.

After all, the name is pronounced Elec-tri-vire, right? That's what throws me off.
 
All of them. Im dyslexic and have to concentrate hard to get them right (even managed to spell Dyslexia dislexia in a thread starter because I wasnt paying attention enough :-D) I spell words the way I say them then have strategies to get them right. So pokemon names mostly are a task.
 
Well, let's see. These are the monsters I usually have problems with:
Right spelling: Exeggcute
My spelling: Exxecute [those G letters are just stupid there! >__<]

Right spelling: Feraligatr
My spelling: Feraligator [Sorry Nintendo, I really can't say that without those vowels there...]

Right: Minccino
Mine: Minchino [I mean, you can't say its name like that! and what's with the two C letters?! I was pretty confused when I read that name first time :,D]

Right: Qwilfish
Mine: I actually usually forgot how to write its name in the first place! XD

Right: Magcargo
Mine: Maggocargo/Macgarco

Right: Marshtomp
Mine: Marshstomp

Right: Camerupt [I just found out about this just now :,D]
Mine: Camepurt

Right: Vespiquen
Mine: Vespiqueen

Right: Driflim
Mine: Driflimb

Right: Garchomp
Mine: Garcochomp/ Cargchomp

Right: Hippowdon
Mine: Hippodown

Right: Lickilicky
Mine: Lickylicky

Right: Tangrowth
Mine: Tangogrowth [It seems that I have obession to put O letters around the names to make my pronouncing easier I guess XD Just like the Japanese ^_^; It must be because Finnish has a lot of wovelbased words too.]

Right: Electivire
Mine: Electrivire

Wow, that was quite a lot of typos actually! ^__^; Guess I need to practise those names more then... But I will still pronounce Minccino as Minchino, because the official one is just insane! *>__<
 
Lickilicky, which I initially had a habit of spelling "Lickylicky".

I learned my error the hard way when I tried to do a google image search on him, and instead got loads of pictures of people doing funny things with their tongues. :p
 
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