Post by: MaryJane on January 03, 2007, 11:06:35 AM
Epona - E (as in saying the vowel itself) po (like the poet edgar allen) and na (like nah)
Hyrule Hy(high) rule(how else do you say rule?)
Hylia Hy(as in his) li (as in the martial artist bruce) and a(like saying the word not the vowel itself)
Goron - Gor (as in the politician who couldn't beat bush to get elected) on (like the opposite of off)
those were the big four we argued about, the others were trivial, and i can't even remember them.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on January 03, 2007, 11:09:32 AM
Post by: Kairon on January 03, 2007, 11:11:09 AM
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Hylia Hy(as in his) li (as in the martial artist bruce) and a(like saying the word not the vowel itself)
hill-ee-ah?!?!?! HILL-EE-AH?!?!?! *huff* *puff*
I say 'High-lee-ah, as if the name of the lake was a derivative of Hyrule. Same for the Hylian people. (Hill-ee-an?!?! ARGH! KAIRON SMASH!)
But then again, I can't be too much of a pronounciation Nazi on this. I insist on pronouncing Chocobo Co-co-'bow when I'm told it's supposed to be 'chaw-co-bow... bah.
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
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Post by: Kairon on January 03, 2007, 11:11:43 AM
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Originally posted by: Professional 666
Epona - Eh (as in 'shine gEHt!') pona.
I think both pronounciations of Epona are acceptable actually...
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: Ian Sane on January 03, 2007, 11:20:31 AM
hill-ee-ah
ee-poan-ah
goar-on
high-rool
High-lee-ah makes sense but I honestly find it awkward to pronounce that. Don't know why. I think I just get used to however I pronouce a word for a the first time, even if it's wrong. It's like how I have a good idea how to pronounce "Shigeru Miyamoto" but I often say "shig-er-oo migh-ah-moh-toh" because "sheeg-air-oo mee-ah-moh-toh" sounds weird to me. Hell sometimes I initially read a word wrong and pronounce it as such for years before one day I realize that lowercase 'l' was an uppercase 'I' the whole time and I've been saying a totally made-up word the whole time.
I'm sure I pronounce "Link" and "Zelda" correctly.
Post by: Smoke39 on January 03, 2007, 11:33:36 AM
I feel like I'm in preschool.
Post by: Ian Sane on January 03, 2007, 11:40:59 AM
Post by: Requiem on January 03, 2007, 11:41:40 AM
So you see, they all correspond to each other:
High-rule, High-lee-a, High-lee-an
Post by: Louieturkey on January 03, 2007, 11:41:54 AM
I go for EE-poh-nah for the horse's name.
To each their own though since there is nobody in the game actually saying them. It's just like in books where some people pronounce different words differently from others who read the same book. I don't think it really matters.
Post by: Ian Sane on January 03, 2007, 11:45:45 AM
Post by: Smoke39 on January 03, 2007, 11:50:12 AM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on January 03, 2007, 11:53:08 AM
Hyrule - like Pyro. We've all seen the cartoon, so that stays.
Hylian - like Transylvania. CUZ WE HAVE A FREAKING "L" NOW, NOT AN "R". HYRULIAN WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.
GET THIS, WORDS THAT START WITH "C" AND ARE FOLLOWED BY "a" OR "o" OR "u" HAVE THE HARD "k" CONSONANT SOUND.
"CAT"
BUT WORDS THAT START WITH "C" AND ARE FOLLOWED BY "i" OR "e" HAVE THE "s" SOUND.
"CENTER"
EAT THAT, SUPER MARY-OH BRUTHERS.
Post by: Nick DiMola on January 03, 2007, 11:58:49 AM
Post by: JonLeung on January 03, 2007, 12:01:35 PM
Nayru: is it Neigh-Rue or Ny-Rue?
Farore: is it Fah-Roar, Fah-Roar-Eh, or Ferrari?
Similarly, the provinces...
Lanayru: is it La-Neigh-Rue or La-Ny-Rue?
Faron: is it Fah-Ron or Fair-On?
And seeing as how both my Animal Crossing towns are named Kakariko, it'd be embarrassing if I pronounced that wrong.
Kakaraiko: is it Kack-A-Reek-O (the way that I pronounce it), Kah-Kah-Reek-O, Kah-Kar-Ick-O, Kack-Ahr-Ick-O, or what?
Post by: k_bukie on January 03, 2007, 12:43:22 PM
Hylian -> Hill-ee-an
Kakariko -> Ka - kuh - reek' - oh
Gerudo -> Jer - oo' - doh
Hyrule -> High' - rule
Epona -> Ee - pown' - a
Goron -> Gore' - uhn
Nayru -> Nay' - roo
Farore -> Fah - row' - ray
Post by: MaryJane on January 03, 2007, 01:34:04 PM
I agree with Ian on most of his pronunciation points, except that I'm learning japanese so i always force myself to say japanese names the correct way especially names since the general consist of a lot syllables.
i'm sticking with my pronuciations except i'm changing to Fah - row' - ray that seems to make more sense
Post by: Shecky on January 03, 2007, 02:10:22 PM
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Originally posted by: Professional 666
HIGHLEEAN sounds AWFUL.
Hyrule - like Pyro. We've all seen the cartoon, so that stays.
Hylian - like Transylvania. CUZ WE HAVE A FREAKING "L" NOW, NOT AN "R". HYRULIAN WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.
Hyrulian is real.
Hyrule ("high"-"rule") - City
Hyrulian ("high"-"rule"-long E-an) - An inhabitant of the city of Hyrule
Hylian ("hill"-long E-an) - A **RACE** of humanoids, as opposed to zoras or gorons, etc.
Post by: KnowsNothing on January 03, 2007, 02:49:37 PM
Hylian: HIGH-lee-an
Hylia: HIGH-lee-uh
Hyrule: HIGH-rule
Epona: eh-PON-uh
Goron: GOAR-on
Nayru: NAY-ru
Farore: fa-ROAR-ray (yes, BOTH Rs wtf)
Lanayru: lan-AY-roo (as in land-hay-roo)
Faron: FAH-ron
Kakaraiko: Kak-uh-REEK-oh
Ganondorf: Gan-NON-quack
On the subject, where do you goons put the emphasis in "Deku." Is it "DEK-oo" or "dek-OO"?
Post by: Hostile Creation on January 03, 2007, 02:50:28 PM
For info
I can't find any specific pronunciation key, though.
I pronounce them the way Ian and Pro seem to. We don't call French people Francians. I don't what it would be, linguistically, but hill-ee-uhn doesn't sound like arse.
Actually, my pronunciation is closer to heel-ee-uhn, long e sound.
(See now IGN was right voice acting would resolve all this)
Post by: IceCold on January 03, 2007, 02:50:32 PM
Post by: Caliban on January 03, 2007, 02:57:19 PM
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(See now IGN was right voice acting would resolve all this)
Or make it worse. Just one little change in a Zelda game and there are many of us stupidly arguing about nonsense.
Post by: Artimus on January 03, 2007, 03:12:38 PM
We don't call French people Francians, no, but we pronounce the 'fr' in French and France the same way. And they call themselves francois in their own language and they pronounce it exactly like France. So that example does nothing ton help the very wrong case of "hill-ee-an."
Post by: JonLeung on January 03, 2007, 03:36:17 PM
There's a dinosaur that used to live around here, Edmonton, called Edmontosaurus, and it's Ed-MON-TO-saur-us, not Ed-MUN-TUH-saurus as in Ed-MUN-TUHN. Similarly, we live in the province of Alberta, Al-bert-AH, but we're Albertans, Al-bert-UHNS, not Al-bert-AHNS.
Like mentioned earlier, it could be "hill" like in Transylvania. Tran-sill-vain-e-a. It's not Tran-sighl-vain-e-a.
Personal preference, I guess. I don't think "Highlia" sounds dumb, I'm just not used to it.
Post by: Shecky on January 03, 2007, 03:40:18 PM
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Originally posted by: Artimus
Hylian is just like Hyrule. And it doesn't sound stupid.
We don't call French people Francians, no, but we pronounce the 'fr' in French and France the same way. And they call themselves francois in their own language and they pronounce it exactly like France. So that example does nothing ton help the very wrong case of "hill-ee-an."
Since when do the same letters force pronunciation to be the same?
Hi, my name is Shecky, I am a _human_ who lives in the great state of Hullberry. I'm proud to be a Hullberrian.
Anyways, I was just pointing out that Hylian and Hyrulian both exist in the fictional world of LoZ. Bickering on the correct pronunciation is kind of crazy. Just imagine that there are multiple dialects in the LoZ universe and some of its inhabitants say hill-E-an and some say high-lee-an. Problem solved.
--
Hi, my name is Link, I am a hylian who recently saved Hyrulians from a great evil and all I got was a statue erected in the middle of Hyrule castle.
Post by: Kairon on January 03, 2007, 04:29:45 PM
Besides, I originally pronounced Harry Potter's Hermione as Her-mee-own, and thought that Her-my-oh-knee was weird... but *eh* I got used to it, and now my original pronounciation sounds weird instead.
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: Requiem on January 03, 2007, 04:36:51 PM
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Originally posted by: KnowsNothing
On the subject, where do you goons put the emphasis in "Deku." Is it "DEK-oo" or "dek-OO"?
Wait, am I the only one that pronounces "Deku", "DEE-ku"?
I thought both vowels take the long form.
Post by: Kairon on January 03, 2007, 05:05:04 PM
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: KDR_11k on January 03, 2007, 11:03:20 PM
Post by: JonLeung on January 04, 2007, 02:11:50 AM
I'm glad most of my pronounciations are how the majority here say them, and am amused or intrigued by the other pronounciations, but in the end it doesn't matter much.
In Pokémon, I kept saying "Rayquaza" like Ray-Kwaz-Za but then they pronounced it Ray-Kwayz-Za in the seventh Pokémon movie. Considering there's one z and it looks like Pig Latin for "Quazar", they're probably right. But considering they say "Poke-Uh-Mon" as well as "Poke-Ay-Mon" when anybody can see the accent (é) that really should make it the latter, an official source could be confused or downright mistaken as well - so even if they pronounced them in the game or other Zelda material there would still be debates.
Similarly, in Star Wars you have "Haahn Solo", but Lando, his pal, says "Hann Solo".
Post by: ryancoke on January 04, 2007, 02:21:17 AM
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Post by: ThePerm on January 04, 2007, 03:52:00 AM
http://theperm.tetrametrics.com/Video/zeruda.mp3
Post by: ThePerm on January 04, 2007, 04:11:11 AM
Post by: Nick DiMola on January 04, 2007, 04:21:46 AM
Oh, and how about Malon. I have heard many other people say may-lon, I personally pronounce it Mal-In (Mal, pronounced like the name of the captain in Firefly).
This is exactly why voice acting would suck. Everyone has their own way of saying all of these words. If Nintendo were to step in and mess with that, everytime a word was said differently than how you originally pronounced it, it would be a detractor from the game and it would fail to immerse you in the same way it always has.
Post by: MaryJane on January 04, 2007, 04:29:10 AM
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Originally posted by: Kairon
I willingly mispronounce Chocobo when I've been told the proper pronouciation is otherwise, so I tend to be tolerant of different ways of pronouncing things.Besides, I originally pronounced Harry Potter's Hermione as Her-mee-own, and thought that Her-my-oh-knee was weird... but *eh* I got used to it, and now my original pronounciation sounds weird instead.~Carmine "Cai" M. RedKairon@aol.com
Is your real name Viktor krum?
Anywho it really is each to his own 'Since there isn't any voice acting unleSS someone Can get a Sound clip of a Nintendo personality saying the names but then you have to worry about accents
Post by: JonLeung on January 04, 2007, 04:38:25 AM
Oh, man, what if the Hylian accent turned out to be actually really HAWT? o_0 You know, like French or Australian...heck, any foreign accent? I'd watch any scenes where Zelda speaks over and over and over and over... *drool* Or if it was really that hot, any of the females, really.
Post by: couchmonkey on January 04, 2007, 04:39:50 AM
Post by: ThePerm on January 04, 2007, 04:46:43 AM
Post by: Ian Sane on January 04, 2007, 05:33:26 AM
Pony is "poh-nee", thus "ee-poh-nah". Using my logic it would only be "eh-poh-nah" if pony was "poh-nay".
"Regarding Deku, am I the only one who pronounces it Day-Koo. Myself and my friends have always pronounced it in this fashion."
I do too. Though sometimes I say "dee-koo" as well. I think I originally said one and my brother said the other so we both flip-flop between both.
I pronounce Malon phonetically.
Originally in A Link to the Past I read "Kakariko" as "Karkariko" and thus pronounce it REALLY wrong half the time. "Kack-ah-ree-koh" or "care-care-ee-koh" if I'm in dumbass mode.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on January 04, 2007, 05:44:24 AM
TIP EHT FO MOTTOB
Post by: JonLeung on January 04, 2007, 05:55:25 AM
Post by: ThePerm on January 04, 2007, 06:02:31 AM
also 99% of us pronounce nintendo wrong. its not Nin Ten Doh its
Neen Teyn Doh. I will however continue to say it wrong, and attribute its mispronunciation as the proper way to say it in English.
Post by: Ian Sane on January 04, 2007, 06:12:41 AM
Neen Teyn Doh. I will however continue to say it wrong, and attribute its mispronunciation as the proper way to say it in English."
Doesn't NOA pronounce it "Nin Ten Doh"? I always hear that in ads so I'd say it's the proper way to say it in English.
I also call id Software "eye dee software", which is wrong, but I always pronounce Pokemon correctly even if I'm too lazy to but in the accent in my spelling.
Post by: ThePerm on January 04, 2007, 06:17:24 AM
Post by: decoyman on January 04, 2007, 06:39:38 AM
Hylian = High-lee-en (like Hyrule, jeez, get with the program guys!)
Malon = Mal-on
Malo = Mal-oh (like the last part of marshmallow)
Post by: KnowsNothing on January 04, 2007, 07:14:58 AM
Post by: TrueNerd on January 04, 2007, 08:35:25 AM
Post by: Bill Aurion on January 04, 2007, 08:45:28 AM
The only word I think is arguable is "Hylian," which could either be "High-lee-en" or "Hih-lee-en"...I personally find the latter to sound better...
Post by: Kairon on January 04, 2007, 08:54:11 AM
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: JonLeung on January 04, 2007, 08:54:36 AM
Until this topic I had never even considered that Gerudo could be pronounced with a "J" sound but the Japanese pronounciation might clear things up.
Post by: Dirk Temporo on January 04, 2007, 10:44:37 AM
Post by: ThePerm on January 04, 2007, 01:14:32 PM
hyrule is most definitely hai-rule, but i dont see Hylia onthe map...yet
and death mountain is named Goron mountain
Post by: MaryJane on January 04, 2007, 02:27:21 PM
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We're only arguing in this thread because we can no longer argue about which side of Hyrule is west or east and where things should be on the map. We made an even more pointless argument because, nintendo fanboys that we are, we're not used to having so little to complain about.
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Actually I just wanted to know if I was wrong for berrating my friend and saying he needed to learn english (since I'm the one who started the thread). I still say my pronunciations are right, and my English professor (who doesn't play Zelda) pronounced the names the same way I did, so I'm going to stick with them.
