sega saturn x Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 XYBOTS Is it Zybots, X Y Bots or eckseebots? I always say the second For whatever strange reason X takes the sound of Z when it's the first letter. Which is xorn is pronounced zorn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 (edited) Ones I don't quite know: Xonox Xevious Ones I do know: Combat -- KOM bat Mortal Kombat 4 -- More tall KOM bat FOR Karateka -- *blip* Cait Sith -- Ket Shee Along the lines of Stargate, here's another pet peeve of mine... Super GT is pronounced SCUD RACE :x :x :x :x :x Edited August 3, 2006 by shadow460 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 (edited) I pronounce Galaga "gal-a-guh". That's how it's *always* been pronounced, not just by me. If someone tells you it's pronounced different, they're being revisionist. The "gala" comes from "galaxy"; and you don't pronounce "galaxy" as "g'lAxy", do you? As for any Japanese titles or names, here's a quick and dirty lesson in Japanese pronunciation that should get you through any situation. They have the same vowels we do. But they are always, ALWAYS pronounced similar to this: a - "ah" i - "ee" u - "oo" e - "eh" o - "oh" When you put these vowels together, you still pronounce them that same way. You just sort of roll one into the other. Thus, Taito becomes "Tie-toe" if you represent it in English, because it's really "tah-ee-toh". Same with Gaiden, which is "gah-ee-dehn". Say it fast enough and it's "guyden". Japanese is a basically phonetic language, meaning every word is pronounced the way it's spelled (unless it's kanji, but kanji words can all be represented by kana, the phonetic alphabets). So if you just remember the pronunciations of the vowels, you will be able to properly pronounce any Japanese name with only a little bit of practice. Well, ok, you still won't get the "r" sounds right. But that's for another day. Oh, and as for things like "Cait Sith"... yeah, there are purists that will insist it's supposed to be pronounced "Ket Shee" (I'm not sure, but I'm betting it really should be "keiito shiisu" or possibly it is "keeto shii"). But that's wrong; it's assuming it's a Japanese name to begin with, which it isn't. (These are the same people that insist Aeris should be both spelled and pronounced "Aerith" when there is no such spelling or pronunciation possible in Japanese. At most, if you're a purist it should be spelled "Aerith" and pronounced "Aeris", but this makes no sense in English.) In fact, that's kind of like us pronouncing "Taito" as "tey-toe". It's the closest they can really get to pronouncing a name like "Cait Sith" in Japanese with their phonetic alphabet, but it isn't a Japanese name. So the proper pronunciation of that name is "Kate Sith", just like it looks in English. The fact that they don't pronounce it properly doesn't mean we shouldn't. But we *can* attempt to pronounce Japanese names properly in English; we don't have a phonetic alphabet, and we can have more than one pronunciation for a given spelling. We don't have to follow exactly how it looks like something should be pronounced in English, as the Japanese have to do with English words in Japanese. btw, I forgot to add that the name "Cait Sith" is partly a Star Wars reference, just like Biggs and Wedge in all the FF games. You don't call Darth Vader a "Shee Lord", do you? Edited August 3, 2006 by spacecadet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 The speech system on my Mac pronounces them this way. Galaga - GULL-"a"-guh Gaiden - Gay-den Gradius - Grade-"e"-us Karateka - Kara-TEE-ka Taito - TIE-doo Qix - Kiss Gif - Guy(ph) Pleiads - Ply-"E"-ids Seiko - See-EYE-ko Xonox - "Zone"-us Xevious - Sev-"e"-iss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Dammit, didn't anyone take astronomy? Pleiades is pronounced "PLAY-id-ease" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 What About Giyga? How do we pronounce that? I Think its GUY-GUH is that right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 The speech system on my Mac pronounces them this way. Pleiads - Ply-"E"-ids Dammit, didn't anyone take astronomy? Pleiades is pronounced "PLAY-id-ease" It might help to remember that the second "e" is not silent if you don't forget to put it in in the first place. Though I'm not sure how much difference it will make to Sly's Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 What About Giyga? How do we pronounce that? I Think its GUY-GUH is that right? My guess would be GEE-GUH (both "G"s plosive, as in "girl"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 (edited) It might help to remember that the second "e" is not silent if you don't forget to put it in in the first place. Though I'm not sure how much difference it will make to Sly's Mac. Not much, but spelled correctly, it says Plea-uh-dees. For Giyga, it says Guy-guh. Edited August 14, 2006 by Christophero Sly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 So, is "Linux" Line-ux or Lin-ux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 (edited) So, is "Linux" Line-ux or Lin-ux? No. Closer to "Lean-ooks". How to pronounce Linux This page has .WAV, .AU, and .MP3 files of Linus Torvalds himself demonstrating the pronunciation. Edited August 14, 2006 by A.J. Franzman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I didn't even imagine that one; you learn something every day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIVER Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 What about Malagai? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 So, is "Linux" Line-ux or Lin-ux? Feh DOOR uh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Retronauts (the podcast) likes to pronouce Xevious as ZEH-vee-us which I suppose makes sense, if it were a Japanese word e - "eh" But I don't think it is ... at least not in my little American-centric mind. It's dangerous, it's devious, it's XEVIOUS (ZEE-vee-us) right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Retronauts (the podcast) likes to pronouce Xevious as ZEH-vee-us which I suppose makes sense, if it were a Japanese word But I don't think it is ... at least not in my little American-centric mind. It's dangerous, it's devious, it's XEVIOUS (ZEE-vee-us) right? Don't make me read stuff I wrote 12 years ago! I'm pretty sure "Xevious" is an American title and should be pronounced "Zee-vee-us". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Zee-vee-iss Gal-uh-guh Gray-dee-iss Tie-toe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Don't make me read stuff I wrote 12 years ago! I'm pretty sure "Xevious" is an American title and should be pronounced "Zee-vee-us". Thank you! I shall compose a sternly worded letter to Retronauts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 (edited) lol- this reminds me of the whole 'enn-eee-ess' versus 'ness' debate. i'm also unreasonably irritated when someone calls it Super Mario Bros versus Super Mario Brothers. Edited October 29, 2018 by digdugnate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 I was surprised when I learned that "Kage" in the Legend of Kage is pronounced "Kah-gi" and not "Cage." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 lol- this reminds me of the whole 'enn-eee-ess' versus 'ness' debate. i'm also unreasonably irritated when someone calls it Super Mario Bros versus Super Mario Brothers. Bros, rhymes with hose? I'm flipping the table in rage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Gala-ga. Not Ga-laga. Zee-vee-us. En-Ee-Ess and Ess-En-Ee-Ess. One I've never understood is the different ways people pronounce Sega. At the beginning of MANY Genesis games, it actually says "Say-guh!" But so many people pronounce it "Sea-Guh" or even "Seg-uh". Am I just hearing it different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 SEE-guh? Those people are not your friends. The second one could be the "Sega Scream?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 The "Say-guh" and "Seg-uh" are pretty similar and may come down to accents... but the "See-guh"? That could also be an accent thing because I mostly hear it from Australians or Europeans... but still. Do PAL region games say it different at the beginning of the game? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Chris from Classic Gaming Quarterly says "Ga-laga" and mentioned his pronunciation in one of his videos... as far as why he says it that way... I don't remember his reasoning, but it's always sounded wrong to me because I've always said it the other way. /shrug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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