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Inspired by the Mako thread in the VII forum.
Which is it for you? It's one of those things that has bugged me since watching the bonus disc. The name Titus is not pronounced Teetus so why Tidus?
This has bugged me for years, I need resolution:D
OMG I'm such a fool I spelt the polls wrong:|
Can mods edit it please? or if not it doesn't matter you get the point.
Such a fool lol.
Tye dus. So Tietus, I guess.
I hate the way the game pronounces it. I put it on mute.
Tye Dus definitely.
The reason it's pronounced as Teedus is because that's how it's pronounced in Japanese. I agree that Teedus sounds dumb and prefer Tiedus though.
I always pronounced it the former when I see the name.
At first I thought it was Tyedus, but now I use the correct pronounciation whenever it was that we found out. Was it Kingdom Hearts?
Both, Tiedus is better, Teedus is right.
For the same reason you don't pass red lights. It is defined to be wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
Kingdom Hearts pronounced it Tee-dus. Kingdom Hearts II pronounced it Tye-dus. So, yeah, even the games can't keep it straight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Depression Moon
Always Tye-dus for me. It sounds better. Although, actually, I always rename him, so it doesn't matter.
Cept in the new audio drama after x-2 they say teedus.
Its tie-dus and always will be.
Teed us is correct. Get your act together, people! The Japanese don't use "ti" normally, so if they go through all the effort to put a sound combination not native to their language, they deserve it smurfing pronounced.
Tidus, though Tee-dus is unfortunately canon.
Teedus comes naturally to me in my language, so that's what I say. That's also what you get when you pronounce "i" like "i", not lie "ai". Silly english.
Based on my experience in X and X-2, his name is clearly "boy", "him", and "you". I can imagine Jecht naming him one of those things. I often do rename him as boy, though.
Teedus sounds stupid. And Tidus is stupid. So, though I had previously pronounced it incorrectly, and continue to do so whenever I see the name, I'm completely comfortable with his name being pronounced stupidly. Because I hate him :)
I call him Tyedus, cause I want to.
Whelp, I now know what I must do when I get the HD remake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scotty_ffgamer
So you say eet and een do you? And you say my language is silly? >.>Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirage
Hello eenkeeper, ee would like air conditioning een my room, do you have eet? xD
Tyedus FTW!
Personally I think i should be pronounced differently based the word you are using, there shouldn't be a definite way to pronounce 1 letter in cases like this.
In an ideal language, one phoneme has one equivalent grapheme and everyone is happy. English doesn't have that due to the weird way it evolved. Mostly due to French influence. If you look into the history of English, you'll see that Old English is pretty straightforward in that regard, it's in Middle English where things start to get messed up (keep in mind neither Old English or Middle English refers to what most people refer to as "Old English", as then they usually mean Shakespearean English, which is actually Early Contemporary English).
That said, Tidus's name is not of English origin, therefore, English phono tactic rules do not apply. You don't pronounce Czech as "see-zek".
Neither is Mika but the game pronounces it Myka... once it gets translated to English the pronunciation should be of that language as well, I could list a whole load of other examples, like Seifer, the e in japanese should be pronounced like the e in hey, but isn't... go figure.Quote:
Originally Posted by The White Wizard of Fynn
Can't argue with Mika, but Seifer was meant to be Germanic-ish, so here the Japanese got it "wrong".
Tye-dus:
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Tee-dus:
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Tie-dus. Fixed your poll/thread title! :)
Since Teedus (albeit with short "ee", so more like Ti-dus) is the natural way to pronounce it in my language, I've been saying that since forever.
Why don't we all agree to call him Meg Ryan?
No because I don't use those words in my language. And that's a problem with english. There's so little consistency in how letters are pronounced. Instead of using different letters for certain sounds you just make tons of arbitrary rules like "in this specific case c is actually pronounced like "durp" and y is pronounced "i am numbskull"".Quote:
Originally Posted by Carl the LlamaSo you say eet and een do you? And you say my language is silly? >.>Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirage
Hello eenkeeper, ee would like air conditioning een my room, do you have eet? xD
Tyedus FTW!
Personally I think i should be pronounced differently based the word you are using, there shouldn't be a definite way to pronounce 1 letter in cases like this.
I have done this in my current playthrough!Quote:
Originally Posted by The White Wizard of Fynn
Why is everyone excusing the pronounciation because that's what the Japanese want it to be that way? I don't care!
>>> For me is Tee-doos or tea-doos, thats how you spell "Tidus" in my language (english phonetics are smurfed up)..:luca:
Actually it is pronounced "tedious"
>>> Some people say "tie-dust", those are the worst..:luca:
Titty-uss? TAR-dus? The possibilities are endless!
Also, when you say Tied us, it sounds like his name is "Titus". Which it isn't.
If ppl actually watch the trailer for the game it says "a young man named (teed us)"
I'm more offended by Square's official pronunciation of chocobo than I am of Teedus, though I think my defences are slowly being worn down.
Is the "official" version different from the FFX version? If not, how do you pronounce it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
Oh not this again. It's definitely Teedus, however I personally think the pronunciation of Tiedus makes more sense and is more appealing.
I say Tie-dus because that's how I began saying it and it just sounds better to me, even though I think I remember James Arnold Taylor, his voice actor, saying it's officially pronounced Teedus, as others have said.
This. It's the pronunciation that Square told people it was before the game even came out.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Man
And I disagree with many people. Both sound stupid, but Tideus sounds significantly more stupid to me.
Because Tidus is derived from an actual Japanese word meaning Sun. That and English speaking folks butchering words in other languages tends to get a bit old after a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
Don't care. I pronounce it according to my region. My name is pronounced differently in different accents and regions, so Tidus will have to accept the same fate.
I don't understand why people think "tee-dus" sounds dumb and "tie-dus" sounds better. It's much of a muchness in my opinion. "Tie-dus" sounds too much like an Australian saying "tight arse" (esp. if you say it with Wakka's accent) so I say the former.
I can understand wanting to stick with a regional pronunciation that feels comfortable though. Like I said in the Mako thread, I usually go with the official but "mahko" feels way too dry.
It is not pronounced Teedus in Japanese, but Teeda (Te-i-da), still "Tidus" (with "Teedus" as pronounciation, can also be seen in the Japanese Dissdia for example) is supposed to be the actual translated version of his name, just like "Za-kku-su" is not supposed to be "Zaks" but "Zack" (can be seen in the Japanese Crisis Core for example). It kind of depends. Golbez would be Golbeza, Firion would be Frioniel, et cetera.
FFX is official. I say it choc as in chocolate.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkybladeIs the "official" version different from the FFX version? If not, how do you pronounce it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
Ain't it cho as in choke-abo though?
Yes, and that's vile.
I thought so too when I first heard it -- I literally said "ugh that's gross" before realising nobody else was around to hear me -- but it has grown on me somewhat. I think drawn out vowel sounds are pretty common in an Australian accent (esp. Queensland; we are sister states with Texas for a reason) but chocobo is still my preferred.
Related: Moogle is a smurfing horrible word either way so I just say mog. Like mop but flipped round. Mog. Easy. (oh god I guess Moomba ties into this. smurf I am gonna quit while I'm... somewhere.)
I can't help but feel that Jiro has personal reasons for preferring the name with an "ee" sound rather than an "I" sound. ;)
Don't you smurfing start me, Loony BoB!
Tidus is a name created by a Japanese company. Jiro is a Japanese name that I am wearing.
I can do what I want. And I let you do what you want with your chronic mispronunciations to the point where it almost sounds okay you limey kiwi.
EDIT: I forgot some kind of smiley to show this is light hearted. Um. :greenie:?
Well the change the spelling on things all the time when they translate. If they were wanting it to be pronounced as teedus for the English region they should have spelled it in a way the pronunciation would come out as teedus. Or just said it originally.
Tie-dus. Always has been. I see that the 'proper' pronunciation is actually Tee-dus, but that just seems so freaking strange to me. I can't change it now.
I say choke uhh bo and gyro. Sorry, my dear!