how do you pronounce 'Ivalice'?

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10-12-2007, 10:03 AM
.:kerrod:.

how do you pronounce 'Ivalice'?

i've always said 'iv-al-iss', but i've heard 'iv-al-eye-ce' and 'eye-val-eye-ce'....just curious as to how you pronounce it? (sorry my 'sounding out' isn't very good :p)

EDIT: Dammit! i forgot i was in tactics advance :( this was supposed to go in 'Tactics'

EDIT 2: thanks for moving this :)
10-12-2007, 10:33 AM
Necronopticous

The correct pronounciation is "ē-vă-lēs."

It is said quite clearly numerous times in the voiced dialogue of Final Fantasy XII.
10-12-2007, 11:15 AM
Azalar

I pronounce it Eye-va-lice
10-12-2007, 11:38 AM
Lawr

I pronounced it Eye-va-lice, before I played FF12. My friend is worse though, he still pronounces it Ev-liss.
10-12-2007, 11:46 AM
Loony BoB

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necronopticous

The correct pronounciation is "ē-vă-lēs."

It is said quite clearly numerous times in the voiced dialogue of Final Fantasy XII.

Can you write that out in simple characters? I'm interested.

Right now I say it...

Iv, as in the word give.
a, as in bra.
lice, as in fleece.
10-12-2007, 11:49 AM
Selena_Akariko

I pronounce it 'ee-va-lis'
10-12-2007, 11:58 AM
Lawr

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loony BoB

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necronopticous

The correct pronounciation is "ē-vă-lēs."

It is said quite clearly numerous times in the voiced dialogue of Final Fantasy XII.

Can you write that out in simple characters? I'm interested.

Right now I say it...

Iv, as in the word give.
a, as in bra.
lice, as in fleece.

You got the 'a-lice', but the Iv is 'eev' like beef.
10-12-2007, 01:38 PM
.:kerrod:.

i haven't has a chance to play XII yet :S, i know, i know, i am ashamed, so yeah, i haven't heard it said correctly :p
10-12-2007, 07:30 PM
Necronopticous

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loony BoB

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necronopticous

The correct pronounciation is "ē-vă-lēs."

It is said quite clearly numerous times in the voiced dialogue of Final Fantasy XII.

Can you write that out in simple characters? I'm interested.

Right now I say it...

Iv, as in the word give.
a, as in bra.
lice, as in fleece.

That's as simple as it gets, man!

Essentially the way you have been saying it is all correct except for the first syllable. The first I produces the same long e sound as the second i, thus:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loony BoB

Iv, as in the word believe.
a, as in bra.
lice, as in fleece.
10-12-2007, 10:00 PM
Zeromus_X

イヴァリース

I used to pronounce it 'Iv-ah-liss', before I had ever heard it spoken before.
10-12-2007, 10:18 PM
BG-57

I've been pronouncing it correctly then. But it was by luck more than anything else.

Certainly better than the way I used to pronounce Mako.
10-13-2007, 12:02 AM
ReloadPsi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeromus_X

I used to pronounce it 'Iv-ah-liss', before I had ever heard it spoken before.

And I prefer this pronunciation too. The "correct" one sounds so damn poncy.
10-13-2007, 12:14 AM
oddler

I - Long i sound.
val - Short a sound.
is - Short i sound, hard s sound.

Accent on the 2nd syllable. :choc2:
10-13-2007, 01:18 AM
.:kerrod:.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeromus_X

I used to pronounce it 'Iv-ah-liss', before I had ever heard it spoken before.

yeah, that's the first 'sounding out' i was trying to get across at the start^^^, that's how i've always said it :D
10-14-2007, 10:43 PM
McLovin'

Eye-Val-Es
10-15-2007, 08:07 AM
.:kerrod:.

haha, turns out that Ovelia says it in the new Tactics anyway :p, but yeah, it's consistent with 12 as well 'ee-va-lee-ce
10-15-2007, 12:24 PM
Asch

Judging from the way that it's spelled, one would probably find it most logical to pronounce it Iv-al-iss, but then again, we're dealing with voice overs from Englishmen. It's just like the an old saying... You say ta-may-to, I say ta-mah-to.

Even though that's how it was pronounced in the trailer, I refuse to pronounce it that way. : p