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Which names do you pronounce differently from the official way?

I say Phione like Phy-oh-ney, not Phe-oh-ney, and I say Gible like Gi-bul, not Gib-ul.
 
Chingling - chang-a-ling

I did that too.

As for my opinion on Regice, since it's written as レジアイス (Re-ji-ice) in Japan, I just go with that.
Pidgeot, to me, is Pid-jot, though the Japanese is "Pidgotto" (Pidgeotto in Japan is "Pidgeon")
Tropius is as in "tropism" rather than "tropical". I should've guessed.
Bonsly, as in Bonsai trees. Makes sense since it looks like one.
 
I still have a habit of pronouncing Arceus as "AR-see-us" or "Ar-KAY-us".

A friend of mine (Ultra Pidgeot) pronounces Blastoise like Tortoise. "BLAST-uss". Oh, and "PIDGE-ut." And "Loo-GEE-uh" instead of "LU-gee-uh".
 
I'm really strange, so don't make fun of me! Kay? :D

Pidgeot: Pid-jot
Rattata: Ra-ta-tah
Nidoran: Nee-dor-ran
Golem: Goh-lem
Cubone: Cue-bone
Tangela: Tang-ellah, used to pronouce it as Tang-ah-lah... XD
Gyarados: Garah-dos
Chinchou: Chin-chow
Togepi: Toh-geh-pee
Mareep: Mah-reep
Gligar: Gly-gar
Piloswine: Pie-lo-swine
Mantine: Man-ty-ne
Blaziken: Blay-zike-n, used to say Blay-zik-en
Zigzagoon: Zig-za-goon, used to say Zig-zag-oon.
Linoone: Line-noon, used to say Lin-oon.
Gardevoir: Gar-deh-vrah. Kinda hard to make it pronounce it right online xD
Mawile: Mah-while
Aron: A-ron... Always found this too awkward to pronounce.. T_T
Altaria: Al-tair-ia
Milotic: Mill-o(as in otter)-tick
Banette: Bane-ette
Tropius: Trop-ee-us(not as in us, like... Idk xD)
Regice: Reh-ji-ice
Kyogre: Kai-oh-gur
Roserade: Roz-er-ade
Lopunny: Lah-pun-nee
Bonsly: Bon(as in on)-sly
Happiny: Hap-pie-nee
Gible: Guy-bull
Gabite: Gah-bite
Hippopotas: Hip-poh-pot-as
Uxie: You-xee, awkward huh? XD
Mesprit: Me-sprite
Azelf: A-zelf
Dialga: Dee-al-gah... T_T yes I pronounce it that way!
Phione: Fee-ohn
Manaphy: Man-uh-fee
Arceus: Ar-soo. Idk why I pronounce it that way. My brother makes fun of me for that. :/
 
Camerupt as Cam-per-urt xD I have no idea why I do, but I just pronounce it like that.

My friend prounonces Suicune as Soo-e-sune, while I prounonce it as Sui-cune.
 
I have a friend who says Magi-crap on purpose.

How about Milotic, Roselia, and Illumise?
I say:
Meh-lotic (Like Melodic)
Ross-eh-lia
Ill-uh-mee-seh
 
Arceus [aɾkeːus].

That means I don't pronounce an sound, but instead a long [e], like deus in latin. Furthemore I give emphasis to the second syllable, so it sounds more like "Arc Deus".
I would give a list with all pokemon names but...
 
I pronounce Pidgeotto the way Italians would prounce it instead of Pidge-EE-oto. I pronounce Ho-oh How-how, as my friend told me it was pronounced like that about 10 years ago and I only recently found out it isn't. And I pronounce Arceus Ark-ey-oos. Don't know if that's the correct pronounciation.
 
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