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[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

I don't see any "u" in Lara, like at all. :\

 

[Sanctuary]

Zan-gee-ov
or Zan-jee-ev (or Zan-gee-ef)?

Neither. Although that didn't stop my friends from constantly saying "Zan-geef" either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lpXJxYB1rVI#t=183

Your third was the closest if you were pronoucning it like Zon-gee-ef (the g being hard).

 

[samurai1226]

We should ask Travolta how to pronounce these things

most of you can be happy to not hear how some germans pronounce the english titles... (not meant as an offense, I'm german)

 

[Valjean Lafitte]

Calling Ninja Gaiden "Ninja Gayden" bothers me. It's "guy den".

Also, pronouncing NES and SNES as "Ness" and "Sness" instead of "in-ee-ess" and "ess-in-ee-ess".

I've always just pronounced NES and SNES exactly like they are spelled (think "Ness" or "Sness")

DAMMIT

 

[Wasp]

I always pronounce Okami as 'oh-ka-me' even though on the press start screen a voice says it's 'oak-a-me'.

 

[mclem]

Wise
Eyes
Eese
Ease
Why Ess

Also, pronouncing NES and SNES as "Ness" and "Sness" instead of "in-ee-ess" and "ess-in-ee-ess".

I think that's a regional thing. In my childhood, Sness was more prevalent, although I was for a time a stalwart Essnesser until peer pressure drove me to change.

 

[Nome]

what is up with people (or americans)? it's pronounced the way it's spelled.

how the hell is ico pronounced eye-co? this isn't ipad or something. it irks me the same way people pronounce iraq as eye-raq or iran as eye-ran.

same thing with ryu. how does that become rahyoo? it's r-y-u. pronounce each letter individually then put them all together, simple. rrrr. yyyy. uuuuuu. ryu.

and how does anyone even mispronounce mario? seriously. ma-ri-o. how does that become mahreeyowww or mawreeeyowwh? it's ma-ri-o. hate it when people pronouce o as "ow" or "owh", it's "o" short letter. like fork. you don't go fowrk.

the soy sauce in my blood is boiling.

Spoiler

i'm asian

Ico: because in English, the I is often long.
Ryu: because it's often hard to distinguish syllable breaks. See below.
Mario: it's actually "mar-i-o". Very ironic

 

[Deimo5]

Tomb Raider 2013's executive producer Scot Amos called her Laura multiple times at VGX. So painful.

 

[Valjean Lafitte]

How do English speakers pronounce Lupin anyway? If I didn't know the right way of saying it I'd probably go for loo-pin.

I say "Lou-pahn" which is what the Geneon dub of Lupin III used. The other dubs all say Loo-pin, which is just irritating.

I laugh every time I hear an American say 'Call of Doody', I'm easily amused.

If everyone took the time to enunciate the "t" sound it would sound very strange.

I think that's a regional thing. In my childhood, Sness was more prevalent, although I
was for a time a stalwart Essnesser until peer pressure drove me to change.

"Essnesser" made me laugh more than it probably should have. I prefer to say "Super NES" in casual conversation with people I know, and if someone calls it "Sness" I give them a confused look.

Pizza sounds like "Peet Zah" over here (Australia). The "T" sound gets kinda mushy (i.e. it isn't a really hard sound) but it's definitely not "Pee Zah" or "Pih Zah".

That's...just the correct way to pronounce pizza.

what is up with people (or americans)? it's pronounced the way it's spelled.

how the hell is ico pronounced eye-co? this isn't ipad or something. it irks me the same way people pronounce iraq as eye-raq or iran as eye-ran.

same thing with ryu. how does that become rahyoo? it's r-y-u. pronounce each letter individually then put them all together, simple. rrrr. yyyy. uuuuuu. ryu.

and how does anyone even mispronounce mario? seriously. ma-ri-o. how does that become mahreeyowww or mawreeeyowwh? it's ma-ri-o. hate it when people pronouce o as "ow" or "owh", it's "o" short letter. like fork. you don't go fowrk.

the soy sauce in my blood is boiling.

Spoiler

i'm asian

Not all Americans pronounce Mario "maw-rio". But despite Mario himself saying "Ma-ri-o", other characters aren't as consistent. Listen to how Peach says it at the end of Super Mario 64, and then contrast that with "It's-ah-me, Ma-ri-o" from the same game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4NpBtAu79g

 

[DistortionOfReality]

Four-za or Fort-za

Im pretty sure only a verifiable psychopath would refer to it as fort-za.

Lara Croft or Laura Croft

Grrrrrrr

If everyone took the time to enunciate the "t" sound it would sound very strange.

Wut? Call of Dew-ty. Sounds pretty normal to me. 'T' tends to sounds like a 'T' rather than a 'D' in my experience.

 

[kikonawa]

Tet tris
Teetris

 

[Valjean Lafitte]

Tet tris
Teetris

There can't possibly be anyone who says "Tee-tris".

 

[Version 3.0]

Ness is a character, not a system. It's N. E. S. or just Nintendo.

By extension: Super N. E. S. or just Super Nintendo.

Sness is not a word.

I once knew a guy who called it - I shit you not - the "Sneeze". I have absolutely no idea where he is or what happened to him.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

I call it Ness and Sness.

Just because syllables.

 

[Valjean Lafitte]

I once knew a guy who called it - I shit you not - the "Sneeze". I have absolutely no idea where he is or what happened to him.

Society probably rooted him out.

I call it Ness and Sness.

Just because syllables.

Do you pronounce CIA "See ya"?

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Ness is a character, not a system. It's N. E. S. or just Nintendo.

By extension: Super N. E. S. or just Super Nintendo.

Sness is not a word.

When I was young I and everyone I knew said 'Nez' for the N.E.S/Famicom and 'Snez' for the S.N.E.S/Super Famicom.

I once knew a guy who called it - I shit you not - the "Sneeze". I have absolutely no idea where he is or what happened to him.

Let's be honest; he's buried under your patio!

I laugh every time I hear an American say 'Call of Doody', I'm easily amused.

If everyone took the time to enunciate the "t" sound it would sound very strange.

So rather than enunciate the T you prefer to add in an extraneous D? Logic be damned!

 

[Higgins113]

Why do Americans pronounce "Yosh-i" as "Yo-shi"?

 

[Deimo5]

Why do Americans pronounce "Yosh-i" as "Yo-shi"?

Isn't the second way correct, that would be how the japanese syllables are separated

 

[AdventureMike]

Mag-us (Mag like Magazine)

May-gus

Mag-us (Mag like Magic)

 

[DrunkDan]

Used to say Ubisoft as "You Be Soft", now say it as "Ooh Be Soft".

SNES has always been "SNEZ", like "Pez" over here.

Mario as "Mah Ree Oh", with the "Ma" said like "Far".

Forza as "Fort Za". It's just more fun to say.

Used to say Ico as "Eye Co", but I've been led to believe "Eee Co" is more correct.

Blast Corps as "Blast Corpse", which is probably wrong.

And for the love of god, Lara Croft's name is pronounced "Lah Rah", not "Lore Ah". We already have a name for the second option, and it's called "Laura".

UK?

Because this is precisely the same for me and I'm from London.

 

[Rizsparky]

I've heard these three different pronunciations:

lair-ah (This is what I think is correct, like how Marlon Brando pronounces it in Superman)

lah-rah (like rah rah sis boom bah)

and then finally, the Garnett Lee special:

Laura (most definitely wrong)

It's most definitely supposed to be prounounced La-rah.

 

[aeglorre]

neer or ni-jer...

 

[BumblebeeCody]

Arse-ee-us?
Ark-ee-us?

 

[Rizsparky]

Arse-ee-us?
Ark-ee-us?

I have always pronounced it Ar-kay-us, probably because it has a latin/greek looking name.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

Do you pronounce CIA "See ya"?

No one would know what I am talking about. Ness and Sness are in common enough use that it doesn't stop people from understanding it.

It may well be a regional thing since everyone I know refered to them the same way I do.

 

[matrix-cat]

Isn't the second way correct, that would be how the japanese syllables are separated

That's how the syllables are separated, but a Japanese 'yo' isn't a long 'oh' (as in 'slow') sound. 'Yosh-ee' is much more accurate than 'Yoh-shee'.

 

[AgentLampshade]

Before playing the game, because I'd never heard it spoken, I always called Raiden Ray-den.

 

[Necromanti]

Arse-ee-us?
Ark-ee-us?

Ar-seh-us.

neer or ni-jer...

Niger?

 

[Damigos]

I love this thread
Subscribed

 

[Link1110]

Calling Ninja Gaiden "Ninja Gayden" bothers me. It's "guy den".

I've taken Japanese since 1998. I've done some fan translations of games. I've gotten paid for teaching the language to others privately. My first teaching job (now my career) was as a TA and tutor in the Japanese department at my university. I have always said "gay-den" when speaking English and always will. It's been ingrained into me since I was 10 and its just part of the game to me.

 

[Damigos]

Ooh-be-soft or you-be -soft

Snez or es-en-ee-es

Mah-rio or maw-rio

Four-za or Fort-za

Eye-co or eek-o

Blast core or blast corpse



Fight!

Ooh-be-soft or you-be -soft

Snez or es-en-ee-es

Mah-rio or maw-rio

Four-za or Fort-za

Eye-co or eek-o

 

[Broder Salsa]

I fucking hate when people say Jiff. Don't care about the creator saying it like that, what does that asshole know?

 

[Necromanti]

I fucking hate when people say Jiff. Don't care about the creator saying it like that, what does that asshole know?

Everyone knows it's actually "yiff".

 

[Earthpainting]

I fucking hate when people say Jiff. Don't care about the creator saying it like that, what does that asshole know?

The G in GIF stands for "Graphics", so it would only make perfect sense that you pronounce it with the same G as it. Jiff makes me think of "Jraphics", which sounds stupid and doesn't sit right with me. Actually that's not true, it makes me think of "Giraffics" and the idea of a low polygon giraffe making animated GIFs, sits extremely right with me. It gives me great happiness. Jiff it is, I guess!

 

[Valjean Lafitte]

When I was young I and everyone I knew said 'Nez' for the N.E.S/Famicom and 'Snez' for the S.N.E.S/Super Famicom.



Let's be honest; he's buried under your patio!





So rather than enunciate the T you prefer to add in an extraneous D? Logic be damned!

Saying the T sound fast often makes it sound like a D; its why when you hear someone pronounce "beta" in the middle of a sentence what they're saying is a lot closer to "bay-duh" (with a soft D sound) or "bay-da" than "bay-tuh (Commercial for the Sony Betamax VCR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ruJW56rP0vE#t=10)". I have literally never heard anyone say "Call of Dew-tee". Listen to how this IGN reviewer says it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leseAJDyK4o&feature=player_detailpage#t=17

Does that not sound more like Dew-dee than Dew-tee? The T sound is muddled and unclear, almost like a D sound. Logic be damned or not, that's just how the English language is spoken. And this conflating "T" with "D" is not peculiar to American English, either. There are British accents that mangle words in the exact same way.

Why do Americans pronounce "Yosh-i" as "Yo-shi"?

Because that's the correct way of pronouncing that name? Because that's the way Yoshi himself says it in the games? Because there's a stage in Yoshi's story where some guy raps Yoshi's name in the BGM and says it that exact way?

I've taken Japanese since 1998. I've done some fan translations of games. I've gotten paid for teaching the language to others privately. My first teaching job (now my career) was as a TA and tutor in the Japanese department at my university. I have always said "gay-den" when speaking English and always will. It's been ingrained into me since I was 10 and its just part of the game to me.

Tomonobu Itagaki even says "Guy-den".

 

[Sephiroth_VII]

The one negative to learning Japanese: it becomes really annoying to listen to people pronounce things wrong.

It's ee-co, not eye-co.

Awesome thing number 247 about Japanese: You can't pronounce it too wrong if you know how to read it. :-D

 

[_hekk05]

I fucking hate when people say Jiff. Don't care about the creator saying it like that, what does that asshole know?

ok then...

 

[Adam_Roman]

When I was like, 6 or 7 years old and playing the original Rayman, I remember pronouncing Ubisoft as you-bee-eye-soft. Now I just say you-bee-soft.

 

[Danlord]

For me, it's Yakuza. I have a bit of debate with my friend about how it's pronounced.

I say "ya-kooza"

he says "yaku-za"...

I do think it's how he says it, I just won't let him know Anyone?

 

[Hypron]

I say "Lou-pahn" which is what the Geneon dub of Lupin III used. The other dubs all say Loo-pin, which is just irritating.

Ha yep. It's not quite the actual way of pronouncing the noun. But it's one of those words that I wouldn't and shouldn't expect native English speakers to pronounce properly because both the 'u' and the 'in' correspond to sounds that are not used in the English language.

On the other hand, Jeanne being pronounced as "jean-ne" instead of "jahnne" in Bayonetta is pretty irritating.

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

Do you pronounce CIA "See ya"?

For what it's worth, the word scuba was originated from "SCUBA", an acronym. So when some people pronounce SNES like an actual word, please understand.

 

[Valjean Lafitte]

For what it's worth, the word scuba was originated from "SCUBA", an acronym. So when some people pronounce SNES like an actual word, please understand.

Interesting. What is SCUBA an acronym for?

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

Interesting. What is SCUBA an acronym for?

Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.

 

[Majine]

Basically, there was no problem until americans began pronouncing everything the way they wanted.

Mear-io? Get outta hear.

 

[_hekk05]

Well, laser is 'light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation',
radar is 'radio detection and ranging',
PIN is 'Personal Identification Number',
and aids is 'acquired immunodeficiency syndrome'

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

Also, am I the only one who pronounce CBOAT as "see boat"? I guess not.

 

[Danlord]

Also, am I the only one who pronounce CBOAT as "see boat"? I guess not.

I add a few clicks in the pronunciation too, as well as some complex hand movements whilst whistling. That's how you pronounce it

 

[Hypron]

Also, am I the only one who pronounce CBOAT as "see boat"? I guess not.

Yeah I'm with you, fuck pronouncing it see bee oh aye tee.

 

[CyanideFuse]

Also, am I the only one who pronounce CBOAT as "see boat"? I guess not.

I do this too.

When I was young I would always pronounce Taito as tey-ee-toe

And I would say the first 3 letters of Ubisoft: U.B.I Soft

 

[Valjean Lafitte]

Basically, there was no problem until americans began pronouncing everything the way they wanted.

Mear-io? Get outta hear.

Who says Mear-io?