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Which names do you pronounce differently from the official way?

I always pronounnced Suicine like Suicide without the D.

And there's Squirtle - Which I pronnounce like they say in anime - Squir-dl
Not SquirTle
 
Dialga: Die-al-ga (I still don't know where I got this from but all my friends say it like this)
Giratina: Ji-ra-tina
Kyogre: ky-o-ger
Arceus: ar-see-us
 
Eh, I pronounce Arceus incorrectly, ARE-see-us is how I pronounce it.
 
I think in the other dub like here in Italy, they mis pronounce almost all the official names, it's because i don't watch the italian dub.
 
Poke-ee-mon
Rat-a-ta-ta (The first and third "a" as in apple, and the second, and fourth "a" I pronounce as "u".
...I don't know why. XD
I say Pidgeot as pid-gee-aught
Regice I say REH-jee-ais
Groo-don
KY-ORG,,I never knew it was actually KY-oger
Swee-Cune
En-Tay
 
I used to call Electabuzz, Electrabuzz.

I still sometimes call Suicune, Su-i-cun, rather than Swi-cun.
 
Giratina: JiraTEEna (GiraTEEna official)
Hippopotas: Hip-poh-POH-tas (Hi-po-po-TOSS official, WTF)
Dialga: Dee-ALL-ga (Die-ALL-ga official)
Regice: RE-jee-ice (official RE-jice?)

Oh yeah, I say Raikou as "Rye-ko". Saying it the proper way just sounds silly to me, lol.

I say Gardevoir as "Gar-de-voar" instead of the whole fancy "vwar" thing, haha.

Yeah earlier in the thread(Too lazy to quote) someone said that "Ray-quay-za" sounds stupid in which I agree 100%...

I forgot these three. I pronounce Rayquaza Ray-QWAH-za
 
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Battle Revolution pronounces Dialga 'Dee-al-gah'. I just wondered how they got that because you don't say 'dee-ah-monds'. XD

Oh, and I say 'Poke-ee-mon'. Is that the official way, or am I forgetting the accent?
 
It's supposed to be "Poh-kay-mon," but from my experience, you're in the majority with that pronunciation.

I agree with you; I've always pronounced the first syllable in "Dialga" like the first syllable of "diamond". Used to pronounce "Arceus" and "Rayquaza" differently, but after digging around at their name origins, I pronounce them the same way as PBR and the anime.

It's always the foreign/legendary names that get ya.
 
I refuse to acknowledge the name "Bons-LIE". I will forever pronounce it "Bons-LEE", regardless of what anyone tells me. Bonsai tree inspiration be damned.
 
I refuse to acknowledge the name "Bons-LIE". I will forever pronounce it "Bons-LEE", regardless of what anyone tells me. Bonsai tree inspiration be damned.

I thought they said "BONS-lie" in the Lucario and Mew movie.

Banette. I always thought it was pronounce 'Bah-net', not 'Bay-net'.

Same here.

Oh, and I say 'Poke-ee-mon'. Is that the official way, or am I forgetting the accent?

I say "Poke-uh-mon" myself.
 
I thought they said "BONS-lie" in the Lucario and Mew movie.
A) That movie came out after I stopped watching the anime, so naturally I haven't seen it.
B) I first found out about Bonsly during the days leading up to XD, but I only knew about it through printed previews. Plus my friends pronounced it "Bons-Lee", so I didn't know any better. Sue me.
 
A) That movie came out after I stopped watching the anime, so naturally I haven't seen it.

AAAAAGGGGH, I meant to write "Bons-lee". Stupid "lie" being pronounced the same way at the end of a word (e.g. "Charlie").
 
Arceus - arr-see-us
Chingling - chang-a-ling
Milotic - mill-ah-tick
Bonsly - bons-lee
Roselia - rose-lie-uh


There are a bunch of other ones, though! :lol:
 
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Pidgeot like Pidg-jot.

Raikou as Rye-koo.

I saw someone say they pronounce Pokemon like 'polkamon'. I realize I do it too.
 
For Lopunny, I used to say Low-PUNNY, until I learned it was LAW-punny.
I used to say AR-see-us instead of AR-kee-us.
 
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