# QotD: Any pokemon you refuse to call the correct name? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** qotd\ **Created:** [October 21, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-any-pokemon-you-refuse-to-call-the-correct-name/58882 "2025-10-21T11:43:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Quuador](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/quuador/32/237215_2.png) [@Quuador](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Quuador)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-any-pokemon-you-refuse-to-call-the-correct-name/58882/8 "2025-10-21T14:27:35Z")
Went over all Pokémon I pronounce wrong for gens 1-3: - **Psyduck**. Correctly pronounced with a silent P, like similar words (e.g. psychic, psychiatrist, psychology, pterodactyl, pneumonia, etc.), but since English isn’t my native language, I always pronounce both those words and this Pokémon including the P, so psy-duck. 🤷 (Even though I do correctly pronounce other silent letters in other Pokémon names, like the W in Poliwrath or Y in Gyarados. 🙃 ) - **Growlithe**. I always pronounce it as grau-light due to that trailing E, instead of grau-lith. - **Ariados**. For some reason, I still keep pronouncing the A’s for this Pokémon as I’d do with Dutch words: àh-ri-àh-dos instead of ai-ria-dos (‘ai’ like in the word air), even though I don’t do that (anymore) for the majority of other Pokémon names, like its pre-evolved form Spinarak ironically enough. - **Wobbuffet**. Despite the double B, I always pronounce it as Wó-buf-fet (like the second O in the word domino) instead of wohb-buf-fet. - **Breloom**. I pronounce it as brea-loom (like the ‘brea’ in the word break), as apposed to breh-loom (like the ‘bre’ in the word umbrella). - **Slaking**. Again pronouncing it like the Dutch A, because I see the Dutch word ‘sla’ (lettuce in English). So I pronounce it as sláh-king instead of slay-king. - **Nincada**. Also a Dutch A. Although this one is a bit harder to explain, since the official prouncation already uses two different sounds for the two A’s. The correct pronunciation is nin-kah-duh (where the ‘kah’ is similar as the “hard A” in father). But the Dutch pronunciation would be nin-ká-dá (where both the ‘ká’ and ‘dá’ doesn’t really have good English examples.. I guess kinda like you might say ‘kaaah’ and ‘daaah’, perhaps.. Anyway, [you can listen to how I pronounce it at the left here](https://translate.google.com/?sl=nl&tl=en&text=nin-kada&op=translate) (ignore the right section).) - **Mawile**. I’ve always pronounced it as mah-will instead of mah-while. Kinda like Marill, but with a W instead of R. 😅 Not sure why I’ve always pronounced it like that tbh. Only just now it occurred to me that it’s wrong, haha. - **Aron**. Since Aron is a normal Dutch name, I always pronounce it like that: aah-ron, instead of ay-ron. (Lairon I do pronounce correct however, and I only now realize Aron and Lairon are pronounced exactly the same, except for the added L-prefix. 🤔 ) - **Vibrava**. I pronounce it as vee-brava (like ‘vee’ in Eevee) instead of vy-brava (like the Y in sky - or, you know, the I in vibrate 🤣 ). - **Whiscash**. I pronounce it as wish-cash instead of wis-cash (like ‘wis’ in wisdom). Funny to see that basically all the gen 1 Pokémon [I’ve previously mispronounced in a similar thread back in March](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/your-most-controversial-pokemon-pronunciation-hill-to-die-on/54704/65) I currently pronounce correctly. So I guess once I realize they’re wrong, I correct them in my head over time. 😃 And forgot about this one for a moment, haha: > [@Your most controversial Pokemon pronunciation hill to die on](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/your-most-controversial-pokemon-pronunciation-hill-to-die-on/54704/66): > > Dig-le-di (Diglett) - Ok, this one I do know how to pronounce, but it’s just more fun to say it like [this](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ie7m88w4JaE) (the old one - that new one sounds f-ed up 🤣 ) Greetz, Quuador --- _[View the full topic](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-any-pokemon-you-refuse-to-call-the-correct-name/58882)._