Your most controversial Pokemon pronunciation hill to die on

Considering the Japanese pronunciation origin I’d argue its Pok-EH-Mon :rofl:

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Im not even going to lie, I pronounce it as “Rat-tuh-tuh” because its just easier for me. Not saying youre wrong, Im just lazy I guess.

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Sai - zor

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Disgusting…

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Rat-ta-tat

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I cant see rattata anymore without thinking of that fufu lame shit gratata vine :weary_face: so thats sadly how it’s pronounced in my head forever now

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That’s a weird way to spell po-keh-mon

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Here’s my list:

Ruh-tayhtuh
Rat-eh-kate
Muh-chop, Muh-choke, Muh-champ (some people say MAH-… and emphasize the MAH)
Weeping-bell (some people say weepin-bell)
Gain-gar (some people say gehn-gar)
Mayeg-mar (some people say ayg like bat)
Chin-chow (some people say chin-cho, with cho sounding like show)
Miss-dreee-vis (some people say misdrevis without the dreee held out)
Siz-or (some people say size-or)
Houn-doer (some people say houn-dower)
I used to say Rai-ku (ku like cool), but now I say Rai-koh
Swee-coon (some people say suey-coon)
Sell-eh-bee (some people say sell-EH-be, like celebrity)
Brie-loom like the cheese (some people say breh-loom, like “eh”)
Cray-dily (some people say crayh-dily, like crab)
Melotic like melodic (some people say my-low-dik)
Kai-meck-o (some people say chime-cho)
Meta-gross like you are disgusted (some people say meta-grahss like boss)
I go back and forth between regi-ice and reg-ice
Kai-owg-er (some people say key-owg-er)
Ray-qwah-za (some people say ray-kway-za like way)

Seeing how long this list is already, I gave up at Gen 4. Will consider doing more if this is helpful for anyone. :laughing:

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Pissy-duck

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I’ve corrected myself so I say everything correctly now but when I was 7 I didn’t even look at the letters for some of them.

Meganium: I said “Mega-ree-dium” ??

Kyogre: I said “Kay-orge”

You don’t need to say anything. I know.

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RAY-QUAZ-A

IT’S RAY-QUA-ZA. GET. IT.RIGHT.

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Blue version menu… “Item”… it-ehm. Was young and quickly realized I was pronouncing it wrong, but even today I still say it in my head.

Yveltal as yah-VET-ell to annoy people during regions back around 2017 or so lol

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Tan-jell-ah
Zap-doss
Go-lem (rather than goll-um)
Oh-man-ih-tee
Oh-mah-star

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The more and more I read, the more I realize the pokerap is either right, or Ive committed alot of sin pronounciation wise.

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Ratta-tatta
Ray-qwa-za
Eggsecutor
Nahtu
Zahtu
Houndoor
Fortress
Swin nub
Pillow swine
Rye koo
Swee cune
En tay
Zigzag Goon
Lin noon
illu meez
Mylo tic
Reggie ice
Ground don
Bibre al
Basta don
Arseus
Rain queless
Minefoo
Drew di gon
Hydre gen
Meleotta
Florgeez
Dragalagg
Comfy
Puke o muku
Delmeez

K im done lol

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Unown = you known

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I’ve actually always said Mill-ah-tic

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Pikachu for marill was a fun time in 2000

Chimecho

Chimmy-show

I’m so sorry.

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