Name Pronunciation

[Thorn]

I had difficult with a couple of the names.

-Tseng
-Heidegger
-Sephiroth
-Bugenhagen
-Elmyra

I pronounce them this way.

T-sang
Hey-degger
Sep-e-rof
Boo-gan-har-gan
L-ma-rar

One of my friends today disputed me on the pronounciation of Sephiroth. So I need some help here.

How you guys pronounce these names? Or others that you struggled with?

[Topcat]

I pronouce them the same way you do, how does your friend pronouce sephiroth? i can't think of many variations to the name.

[Thorn]

He says "Seth-i-rof".

[Twilight Edge]

Seng
Hey-Degger
Se-phi-rof
Boo-gen-hae-gen
El-mi-ra

[Dell]

Seng
Hai-Dagger
Se-Phi-Rot
Boo-Gen-Ha-Gen
El-My-Ra

My (Pronounciation is the same as 'My').

[Aralith]

I'm pretty sure Tseng is pronounced Shi-own actually. It's a Chinese name, and as such, the pronunciations are a little strange. That and, they pronounce it Shi-own in Advent Children, so I'm pretty sure that's how it's pronounced. My question is, why are you pronouncing the end of Sephiroth with an "f" sound? Shouldn't it be a "th" sound?

[Rokk]

Teh-Seng (ya i know it's Seng, but i like calling him this way)
Hi-degger
Seth-e-roth
Bew-guhn-hay-guhn
el-me-rah

[f f freak]

Seng (Actually in the film they call him sung or somehting that sounds like that)
Hi-digger
Sef-er-oth
Boo-gan-har-gen
Elm-eye-ra

[Xurts]

Sung
Hi-digg-er
Sef-i-roth
Bu-gen-hagen, exactly how it's spelt.
El-my-ra, exactly how it's spelt.

I don't know how anyone would have trouble pronouncing the last three, they're so obvious.

[Mr. Lawl]

Ha this is a funny thread.

Sayng - with a soft 'T' sound at the beginning
High-deg-er
Se-fi-ros (ross) - Japanese pronunciation
Bug-en-hay-gen
El-my-ra

--A bit off topic--
What about places?
Wutai -- Woo-ty
Niblehiem (sp?) -- Nybul-heem

MrLawl

[Zeromus_X]

-Tseng = Tseng.
-Heidegger = Hi-degger
-Sephiroth= Sefiroth
-Bugenhagen= Bugenhagen
-Elmyra= Elmyra

They aren't really hard to pronounce, at least for me.


Se-fi-ros

It's still a 'th' sound at the end there. They use the 's' and 'th' sound interchangeably.

[Ryushikaze]

-Tseng- Zeng
-Heidegger- Hai- de-gar
-Sephiroth- Se-fee-roth
-Bugenhagen- Boo-gen-hah-gen
-Elmyra-El-mai-ra

[Mr. Lawl]

It's still a 'th' sound at the end there. They use the 's' and 'th' sound interchangeably.

I knew I was going to catch beef for that, ha.
Zeromus, trust me, I'm aware of that :p

Mr. Lawl

[Zeromus_X]

Yeah, that's okay. Sometimes I can't help it. :p

[Human Devil]

When I first watched the game when I was little we called
Sephiroth:Sath-eroth
I didnt pay much attention to the others but I thought Seng was Ta-seng.

[Dr. Acula]

Tseng: Ten-seng (i don't know why, it's just the way i've always pronounced it, probably coz a guy named Tzeng-pronounced that way- climbed Mt.Everest...)
Heidegger: Hi-degger
Sephiroth: Sep-e-roth, or Sef-e-roth
Bugenhagen: Bew-ghen-hay-ghen
Elmyra: El-my-ra

Nibelheim (I always have problems with this): Nib-EL-heim, or Nibbly-ham (depending on my mood)

[Thorn]

Wutai is easy, "Wu-thai".

But Nibelheim is definatley a tricky one. I just say "Nibble-Ham" lol.

[Xurts]

Woo-tie
Nibble-high-m / Nibel-high-m