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Titles and names that people mispronounce
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I remember a few utterances of "Colin McRally" from people unfamiliar with the Scottish rally driver
ah yes the inventor of rallying, Colin McRally
what the fuck. it's an english word dammit
Can you explain? The u and i are definitely much shorter in Italian--I know the u actually functions much like an English w a lot of the time--but I think it's still three syllables no matter what. Even if the "lu" in "Luigi" is basically an "lw" cluster that's still syllabic. Am I wrong?
I figured out how to pronounce Ys correctly entirely by accident. Was watching an anime a few years ago that had a character who's name is written in the exact same kana that they use for Ys in Japan and searched her name (to find a pic to use as a PFP on another site) and got results for Ys instead of the character. Basically went 'Huh, so that's how those games are pronounced'.
This is also true for Planescape Torment. You're planning an escape from the torment; I thought it was obvious.
Was the Game Boy Advance known as the Game Boy Advanced anywhere in the world? Because I see a lot more folks than I'm used to writing it in the past tense, and as far as I'm aware, that is incorrect. But seeing it so often written that way makes me wonder if I'm not the one mistaken.
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I don't know how to explain it in detail in english, but essentially "Lui" is supposed to be a single syllable, similar to how Ryu works. So it's "Lui-gee" (Lwi?) instead of "Loo-e-gee".
There are plenty of instances in Mario games where his name is pronounced right, mostly by Martinet himself, but the Super Smash Bros. Melee announcer saying his name in the character selection screen and Luigi celebrating winning a golden cup in Mario Kart 64 come to mind as examples (incidentally, the voice actor in the Japanese version of MK64 pronounces it right as well despite the goofier delivery, lol).
To be honest Mario is also widely mispronounced, but that's its own can of worms.
Orisa from Overwatch. People call her "oh-Riss-a" which to be fair is what Jeff Kaplan called her but her name is pronounced "Oh-Ree-Sha."
It's a case of Overwatch taking names from different cultures but not knowing how to pronounce them.
Slight correction -- soo-ee-koh-den. As far as the emphasis on syllables, that's a gambit I'm not willing to throw my hat into.
I am guilty.
Laura Croft instead of Lara Croft. That really annoys me. Like she has existed so long as a character so please stop calling her Laura. The names actually sound different and it isn't just a case of different spelling.
Alex the kid instead of Alex Kidd. Like cmon his last name is Kidd. It isn't like saying Sonic the hedgehog. Some people talk of his games as being their favourite and still don't know his proper name and call him Alex the kid.
Alex the kid instead of Alex Kidd. Like cmon his last name is Kidd. It isn't like saying Sonic the hedgehog. Some people talk of his games as being their favourite and still don't know his proper name and call him Alex the kid.
That's because there's a different piece of wordplay with Tidus. It's based on the Okinawan word "tida", which is "sun". Which is the counterpart to "yuna" which is a way to say "moon".
I've been saying this one correctly the whole time, nice.
Okay, I see! That makes sense, thanks. I think technically it'd still be three syllables, but I'm being pedantic.
Also, apparently I've been pronouncing Lakitu from the Super Mario Bros. series wrong this whole time, and it's Lah-keet-tu. And not Lock-a-tu, which I've been saying since childhood. Even knowing how it's pronounced, I have to retrain my brain to say it the right way since old habits die hard!
I believe Kamek is another one. I believe it's pronounced kay for the first syllable and not kuh.
I believe Kamek is another one. I believe it's pronounced kay for the first syllable and not kuh.
Most Brazilians I know in real life pronounce Castlevania wrong, or any other games with "tle" like Battlefield.
People calling Geralt "Jeralt". How do you even get that wrong? The games only say his name a few thousand times.
Pthumeru. People always pronounce it with one of the letters silent, though nobody can ever agree on which one. Like it'll be thoomeru or poomeru or toomeru. Rubbish. Just say it how it's spelled. If you have trouble doing this, then say 'depth'. Now say 'depthoo'. Now drop the first two letters. You can also use this trick with a word like 'cats' or 'bats' if you want to stop saying Sushima.
Growing up it was not uncommon for me to hear people add an S at the end and call Midway's basketball game "NBA Jams". (Not video game related, but they would do the same thing with a certain bookstore chain, calling it "Barnes and Nobles.")
Street Fighter II names were fun - Ryu has already been mentioned, but I heard Guile pronounced as "Ghoulie" or "Gwheel" many times. My favorite though was in junior high, the kid that sat next to me in algebra pronounced Dhalsim as "Diz-lim".
Street Fighter II names were fun - Ryu has already been mentioned, but I heard Guile pronounced as "Ghoulie" or "Gwheel" many times. My favorite though was in junior high, the kid that sat next to me in algebra pronounced Dhalsim as "Diz-lim".
For starters, the English dub on 5 still doesn't say it "correctly". As another poster pointed out, REE-YUU is 0% more accurate than RAI-YUU. There's only one syllable (technically two, but the second is just extending the same vowel sound), and one vowel sound, and its at the end of the word. Even SF5 says "REE-YUU".
Anyway all that aside, the name in English is RAI-YUU. It's just the vernacular at this point. That's what caught on during the arcade days, and Capcom embraced it. Nobody speaking English says "Ryuu". At least American English haha, no idea if the same caught on in the arcades of other English speaking countries.
So yeah, in the US, RAIYUU's (as in, ride you) signature move is shoryuken. You can't actually complain about it anymore, you'd be the one in the wrong =p
No, 100% false. Amaterasu is the correct way to pronounce Amaterasu. No ambiguity (except in which syllables get emphasized >_>). "U" sounds are often shortened at the end of words, but still present, even in highly exaggerated accents. A native speaker would unlikely be able to make the s sound without a tiiiny little u at the end =p
This word specifically, for example? The most common way you'll hear it is as "Amaterasu-sama", right? In cases where su is followed by another s sound, the u is always normal length, which is a full syllable.
Match the French? It's a Japanese word 🤣 It's Gah-Roh, but the last vowel is slightly extended. Pace it out like three syllables: ga ro o, but the last two combine to one longer vowel sound.[/I]
You know how you say car, far, par, tar?
Well the Lar in Lara is said the same, whilst Laur in Laura sounds like door, core, sore, tore.
Yeah, I misread. Fixed my post too. Lar in Lara sounds like the words car, far, par, tar.
Kokiri: I'm pretty sure it's it's ko-kee-ree but I used to say ko-kuh-ree, like potpourri. I also used to say Gerudo with a soft 'g' and like so many others Hylia was always Hill-lee-uh, not Hi-lee-uh...
I'm sure Zelda's got more-- try gettin' a 13 year old to pronounce Sahasrahla.
I'm sure Zelda's got more-- try gettin' a 13 year old to pronounce Sahasrahla.
once i learned the japanese syllabaries it made things a lot easier to figure out
i have trouble not spelling it dishonoured
i have trouble not spelling it dishonoured
Well one of the most popular games was Advanced Wars, so I can see why they'd be confused.
No wait, that's not right either.
The first time I encountered this was in Culdcept Revolt, which has a narrator that speaks out card names. If it wasn't for that I'd have never guessed.
saying the "Di" in "Diablo" as "die" instead of "dee" is a big one
Rouge-likes
Rouge-likes
Working in games retail in a country where English is not the first language I've come across many examples.
Infamous - More often than not I heard people pronounce it as "in famous" instead of in-fuh-muss
L.A. Noire - I've heard people call it "lanoi-ruh" lol
Anything with Roman numerals like GTA IV > "GTA if"
Deus Ex is a good one too.
Infamous - More often than not I heard people pronounce it as "in famous" instead of in-fuh-muss
L.A. Noire - I've heard people call it "lanoi-ruh" lol
Anything with Roman numerals like GTA IV > "GTA if"
Deus Ex is a good one too.
Ghost of Tsushima
Tsunami
....Pizza
I'm sure it's not that hard if you remember this.
Tsunami
....Pizza
I'm sure it's not that hard if you remember this.
Sounds like a clever word play of the word "Lepotica" what means "beauty".