Thought it'd sound more... French. Not a fan. I'll pronounce it in my head my way and never utter it in public.
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What Game/Character Name Mispronunciation irks you?
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When americans pronounce the names of japanese game developers. Hideo Kojima especially irks me. The emphasis on the "o's" is all wrong.
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I guess along the same vein as the thread, all of the ways Japanese names are pronounced in Persona 5. I love the game, but whoever was in charge of VO direction really made a jarring choice there.
The "O" wipes out the "I" because in Italian the "I" in cases like these where is preceded by "G" or "C" is only a pretext to say that the "G" is soft, hence why no Italian ever had any doubt on pronouncing the word "gif", for us it will always be with soft "G".
Unless you were talking about my english transliteration of the correct pronounciation, in that case i misunderstood but knowing how natives english speakers pronounce the name Joe i still think it fits well.
Growing up, a buddy of mine would always refer to Carmine from Gears of War as 'Carmen' and it irritated me.
This. They pronounce Sakamoto, Takamaki, and Kitagawa all wrong.
No particular name, I'm just annoyed by inability to read or listen in general, like adding or removing letters from names even though the spelling in right there in front of you and the name is also being said out loud. Watched a Youtuber call Irina from Xenoblade X "Eye-rain-ee-ah" and Vandham "Van-Ham" constantly. I could have strangled him.
He says his own name enough times so people are just being intentionally weird with it. Same with like Pikachu as "pickachu" when you should have heard them saying it out loud hundreds or thousands of times.
Okay this one is different. The way they pronounce Ra's Al Ghul in the Arkham games vs how they say it in the Nolan movies.
Automata isn't hard to pronounce wtf
I feel like a lot of americans struggle to pronunciate japanese names. By mispronouncing the vocals, but what I find strange is that I don't see australians nor british get it as wrong as americans do. I'm not raining on anyone's parade but it's very interesting to me why this happens
I feel like a lot of americans struggle to pronunciate japanese names. By mispronouncing the vocals, but what I find strange is that I don't see australians nor british get it as wrong as americans do. I'm not raining on anyone's parade but it's very interesting to me why this happens
Wario as "war-ee-oh"
grinds my gears more than any other. He frequently speaks his name out loud, and yet people get it wrong.
Make wah, not war.
grinds my gears more than any other. He frequently speaks his name out loud, and yet people get it wrong.
Make wah, not war.
Nah it definitely happens in Oceania a lot. Intentionally mispronouncing things from other cultures just seems like a particularly immature mindset of believing your own language or culture to be superior maybe.
more strange is that it was a decision on the JP end of things despite saying the names different in the JP dub :T
It's been said already in this thread, multiple times, but for me it's very much "Laura" Croft.
Why? Her name is clearly spelled and pronounced in the games themselves, there's no U pronounced or written anywhere.
Also Lara is a pretty common name anyway, do they struggle with this in real life?
Other than that, every time I hear an english pronunciation of Ryu I die a little. Even I struggle to pronounce it properly though, so I try not to say his name out loud to often..
It's one syllable.
Why? Her name is clearly spelled and pronounced in the games themselves, there's no U pronounced or written anywhere.
Also Lara is a pretty common name anyway, do they struggle with this in real life?
Other than that, every time I hear an english pronunciation of Ryu I die a little. Even I struggle to pronounce it properly though, so I try not to say his name out loud to often..
It's one syllable.
they sound like someone poked them with a pencil in the middle of saying Kojima
This is more anime related, but considering I still hear people say it when ever they talk the games he appears in...
How in the world do people still pronounce Naruto as "na-roo-DOH". Why are you making a "doh" sound when there's not even a "d" in Naruto?!
& I don't even like the series, but even when Jump Force came out, people still say it wrong.
How in the world do people still pronounce Naruto as "na-roo-DOH". Why are you making a "doh" sound when there's not even a "d" in Naruto?!
& I don't even like the series, but even when Jump Force came out, people still say it wrong.
The biggest one for me has to be Tidus. It's thoroughly well documented at this point that it is and has always been Tee-dus, not Tai-dus, though I know the original Kingdom Hearts' erroneous dub of that one Selphie line is part of the reason there was confusion about this in the first place.
So I get not knowing some of these -- and I've almost certainly messed up more than a few myself! -- for a variety of reasons, including that the name is written down but never read aloud at any point during a game.
I do not know why so many people pronounce Lara as Laura. Especially with the name itself having been said enough times at this point.
I do not know why so many people pronounce Lara as Laura. Especially with the name itself having been said enough times at this point.
I think it's because the way they say it in the game is extremely uncommon in America, while "Laura" is instead really common. Personally speaking, I've never heard anyone in real life be called "Lara".
Even now I still think of her as "Laura". I know it's wrong but I don't think I can reprogram my brain to accept the actual pronunciation of her name. It just... sounds better to me?
I don't see anyone calling Yennefer from The Witcher series Jennefer
That's a difference in consonants, which are more obvious.
Look at this thread. Basically every example on here is a mispronunciation of vowel sounds.
Jerald and Jennifer
Kratos (God of War) and Kratos (Tales of Symphonia) being pronounced opposite ways, Kraytos and Kraahtos. I was used to the Tales way so even if GOW is the right one it always sounds weird to me. Same for Raiden and Raiden.
Kratos (God of War) and Kratos (Tales of Symphonia) being pronounced opposite ways, Kraytos and Kraahtos. I was used to the Tales way so even if GOW is the right one it always sounds weird to me. Same for Raiden and Raiden.
Ryu and Zangief. The games have been pronouncing them exactly one way for decades, and I think it took a really long time for many to finally pronounce Ryu correctly (where half, or more still pronounce it as "Rye-U"), but I have yet to hear anyone pronounce Zangief with three syllables. It's not "Zan-Geef". Not really widespread, but there used to be this person in the arcade that would pronounce Guile as "Gwee-lay" that I thought was ridiculous.
Also, the Ninja Gaiden games getting pronounced as "Gay-Den".
I just recently watched a cool video about the lie that helped Nintendo, but the narrator kept saying "Nez" and "Snez". Ugh, just fucking no. In my area, everyone just called them the "Nintendo" and "Super Nintendo".
Only technically, but the actual god he was inspired by is not pronounced that way. What do you want to bet that Ed Boon just kept pronouncing it incorrectly to the point in which it stuck?
Also, the Ninja Gaiden games getting pronounced as "Gay-Den".
I just recently watched a cool video about the lie that helped Nintendo, but the narrator kept saying "Nez" and "Snez". Ugh, just fucking no. In my area, everyone just called them the "Nintendo" and "Super Nintendo".
Only technically, but the actual god he was inspired by is not pronounced that way. What do you want to bet that Ed Boon just kept pronouncing it incorrectly to the point in which it stuck?
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As a Midwestern American, I think I've met exactly one person named "Lara" in my life. "Laura" is far more common over here.
Surely the name Laura being common would mean that people are familiar with it, so when they see the different spelling they should know it is pronounced differently too?