Pronunciation?

[Quadricode]

How are the characters' names pronounced? Or how do you pronounce them?

Squall* Leonhart = SQUALL LEE - uhn - hart

Rinoa Heartilly* = REE - nuh HART - lee

Quistis Trepe* = KEE - stihs TREEP

Zell* Dincht = ZELL DINGKT

Selphie* Timmett* = SELL - fee TIM-meht

Irvine* Kinneas = ER - vihn KEE - neeh - ahs

Laguna* Loire = luh - GOO - nuh LOHWIRE (kind of like lawyer.)

Kiros Seagill* = KEY-rohs SEE-gill

Seifer* Almasy = SIGHFER - AL - muh - say

Edea* = EE - dee - uh

Raijin = RAH - jin

Fujin = FOO - jin


*The people with the asterisks do not need to be reiterated on how they are said. Unless I am wrong, or something. Otherwise, they are pretty obvious.

[rubah]

skwall lee'-un-hart
rih-no'-ah heart-lily xD (I just think it's cuter than heartilly xD)
kees'-tis trehp
irv'-in kin-e-as
self'-e til'-mit
zel dinshed
la-goon'-a lwair
si'-fer al-mass'-e

[Vyk]

You both pronounce Quistis that way. Its Kwistis to me. I thought that's what it was supposed to be u_u And what the heck? REE-nuh? =P I'm with Rubah on that one. Ri-no-a. I thought it was easy. But then, I got Quistis wrong. So who am I to judge ^_^

[Quadricode]

I think it is Rinoa. Correct me if I am wrong, but Japanese pronounce their words syllable by syllable (that probably doesn't make sense.), that is, the hiragana/katakana syllables.

Ri - no - a = Ree - noh' - ah

Is the correct pronunciation*, I think.

[Megalixir]

PLAYERS
skwall lee-on-hart
ruh-no-uh heart-ill-e
quiz tis trape
are-vine kin-eas (like east without the t)
self-e til-mit
zel dinsht
la-goon-uh lore
sigh-fur al-mass-e (or all-mass-e)
ky-rose see-gil (see gil)
e-duh
ray-jin (almost raging)
foo-jin

GFs
quaz-uh-cot-ul
she-vuh
eye-frit
buh-halm(silent L)-ut
cack-two-are
ton (rhymes with Don, not tone) berry (fruit)

PLACES
ball-umb
doll-it
gal-bad-e-uh (used to say gal-bade-e-uh)
dell-ing
trab-e-uh
s-thar
rag-nuh-rock

and..

seed like, you plant, ive heard people say see-d

[G SpOtZ]

Skwall Lee-on-hart
Rin-oh-uh Hart-ill-ee
Kwiss-tiss Treep
Err-vinn Kin-nee-iss
Sell-fee Till-mit
Zell Din-cht (lol)
Luh-goo-nuh Loh-eye-rr
See-ferr Al-muss-ee
Ray-jin

[Skyblade]

Squall (like the storm), Leon-Heart
Ri-no-uh Heart-illy (like silly, without the "s")
Irvine (like the city in Texas) Kinn-e-us
Kwis-tus Tre-pe (both e's are long a sounds)

[kikimm]

Sometimes I ignore the rules of the English language when I read the names.

Rin-o-ah Heart-tilly
See-fur Al-mazy
Squall Lee-un-hart
Ir-vyne Kin-eeus
Sel-fee Til-met
Zell Dingkt
Kwis-tus Trehp
La-guna Lawyer
Ray-jin
Foo-jin


:D

[Yuffie514]

1. [Rinoa Heartilly]
Rin-o-a Har-tilly
2. [Seifer Almasy]
Sigh-fer Al-ma-see
3. [Quistis Trepe]
Q-tis Treep
4. [Irvine Kinneas]
Er-vine Kin-nee-es
5. [Zell Dincht]
Zell Dink
6. [Selphie Tilmitt]
Sel-fee Til-mitt
7. [Edea Kramer]
E-da

[boys from the dwarf]

sq-all lee-on-hart

rin-o-a har-til-e

zell-din-ch-t

qui-stis -tre-pee

see-fer al-mas-ee til-met

sel-fee

er-vine kin-i-as

lag-una lor

war-d za-back

keer-os seagull

e-deer krame-er

cid krame-er

foo-jin

ra-jin.

[Skyblade]

Oh, one more.

Seifer=Cypher

[Kamrusepas]

Squall* Leonhart = SQUALL LEE - uhn - hart

Rinoa Heartilly* = REE - nuh HART - lee

Quistis Trepe* = KEE - stihs TREEP

Zell* Dincht = ZELL DINGKT

Selphie* Timmett* = SELL - fee TIM-meht

Irvine* Kinneas = ER - vihn KEE - neeh - ahs

Laguna* Loire = luh - GOO - nuh LOHWIRE (kind of like lawyer.)

Kiros Seagill* = KEY-rohs SEE-gill

Seifer* Almasy = SIGHFER - AL - muh - say

Edea* = EE - dee - uh

Raijin = RAH - jin

Fujin = FOO - jin



I agree on Squall, no problem there.

But Rinoa... I've always pronounced her name just like ree-'no-a. And her last name just Heartilly.

I've been wondering why most people seem to say kee-stis. I've always used kwee-stis. And Trepe for the last name.

I'm not quite following on the Dincht here. Why the k? :p

That's pretty much how I pronounce Selphie too, but her last name's Tilmitt, no? :)

Irvine, about the same.

About Loire, I've always said it the French-kinda way, probably because I took some French in school and Loire just sounds like a very French word for some reason :p (like lu-aar)

Agree on Kiros...

Ah, my dear Seifer. I've pronounced his name like cypher, and last name like al-may-see.

Edea, same.

I've said Raijin like ray-jin, but yours is probably the more "accurate" way :p

And Fujin, about the same :)

[ShivaBlizzard8]

Rinoa: Rin-no-uh Har-till-lee

Quistis: Keys-tis
(her name is French, so the Qui=key)

Dincht: Dingtit

Irvine: er-vine
(like the town in CA)

Laguna: La-goo-nah
(with the new crappy TV series Laguna Beach, nobody should wonder about that one anymore)

Kiros: Key-rows

[G SpOtZ]

Rinoa: Rin-no-uh Har-till-lee

Quistis: Keys-tis
(her name is French, so the Qui=key)

Dincht: Dingtit

Irvine: er-vine
(like the town in CA)

Laguna: La-goo-nah
(with the new crappy TV series Laguna Beach, nobody should wonder about that one anymore)

Kiros: Key-rows
i didn't know there were french people in the woorld of ffvii. they must have all come from earth? XD
Dincht= Dingtit? DING - TIT?! were you just kidding or something?
... and yeah. Laguna beach does suck, i agree.

[FFVIII Fan]

mine were:
skwall le-on-hart
zell ding-t
rin-o-a heart-illy
ir-vine kin-ne-as
sigh-fur al-mas-ie
quis-tis tr-epe
cell-fie till-mitt
e-dee-a

also

qu-ease-i-cot-al
quezicotl

[Megalixir]

war-d za-back



what the fuck?

war-d?

like, war dee? not war a, b, or c, but d?




hah. at least youve reminded me of ali g. but seriously.

[Kirobaito]

Skwall Le-uhn-hart
Rih-know-uh Heart-il-ee
Kwis-tis Treep
Sel-fee Till-mitt
Err-vine Kin-ee-us
Uh-day-uh
Sigh-fer All-mus-ee
Foo-jin
Rye-jin
Luh-goo-na Loy-ruh
Kee-rose

[Shoden]

Squall Leonhart = Skawll Le-un-hart
Rinoa Heartly = Rih-no-a Hart lee
Quistis Trepe = kee-yu-stis treep
Irvine Kinneas = Ur-vine kin ees
Laguna Loire = Lah goo na - luh-war
Seifer Almasy = say-fer al-mus-see
Selphie Tilmitt = Sel- fee Till-mit
Rai-jin
few-jin
Kiros = kee-ross

[Kamrusepas]

Seriously? I'm the only one who uses Al-may-see?
....it just seems like the most reasonable way to pronounce the word :D

[Snow Lionheart]

Here's how I think their names are pronounced:

Squall Leonhart = Skwall Le-on-hart
(Japanese pronounciation: Su-koo-ru Re-o-n-haa-to)

Rinoa Heartilly = Re-no-ah Har-tilly

Quistis Trepe = Kwes-tes Treep
(Qui from the way we pronounce the word quick)

Seifer Almasy = Say-fur Al-muh-se

Zell Dincht = Zell Din-cht

Selphie Tilmitt = Sell-fe Till-mit

Irvine Kinneas = Er-vin Ke-nay-*as
(* a as in apple)

Laguna Loire = Lah-goo-nah Low-are
(Japanese pronounciation: Ra-ku-na Re-u-ii-ru)

Raijin = Rye-jin

Fujin = Foo-jin

Ultimecia = Ul-te-may-se-uh
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I've only got the Japanese pronounciations for Squall and Laguna, 'cause I haven't seen any pics with the other character's names on them...

I can read katakana somewhat, but not kanji.
But because the FFVIII character names are "foreign" (except Raijin and Fujin and a couple of other side characters in the game...) they're names are written in katakana.

[Pinkerton]

Seifer is a play on the word cipher, meaning non-entity, which is the explanation behind his name, so it's pronounced the same way.