How do YOU pronounce it?

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08-05-2005, 01:25 AM
rcabronx

How do YOU pronounce it?

I always wondered how Quina was supposed to be pronounced, Is it:

QWINA
KINNA
KEENA

Thoughts?

Man, I'm bored.... :rolleyes2
08-05-2005, 01:33 AM
Karl

i always thought it was like

kweena

i always assumed everyone knew it was that but maybe im terribly wrong
08-05-2005, 01:37 AM
rcabronx

defnitely another possiblity....so now we have:

Qwina
Qweena
Kinna
Keena

........thanks for responding to this oh so pointless thread Karl! :lol:
08-05-2005, 01:43 AM
Karl

always happy to share a thought :D

anyway u didnt say, how have u been pronouncing it?
08-05-2005, 01:46 AM
rcabronx

Keena. it makes sense to me that way, i guess cuz i'm hispanic, so QU is K in spanish.... I's are usually lie eeeee's.....so Keena. ;)
08-05-2005, 02:04 AM
Karl

interesting, i wonder why we are the only 2 so far to reply to this...
08-05-2005, 02:06 AM
rcabronx

:lol: I have no choice, it's my thread! :lol:

you're just nice! :)
08-05-2005, 02:09 AM
Karl

maybe there's just no 1 on :p
08-05-2005, 02:12 AM
rcabronx

again, nice! :lol:

meh, it's cool... i wasn't expecting a blowout party for my little thread of boredom.... i do think it's an interesting question tho.... meh... :rolleyes2 :love:
08-05-2005, 03:50 AM
Prancing Mad

kweena for a certainty
08-05-2005, 03:56 AM
SoftReset

Quina = Kwin - ah.

I think so anyway.
08-05-2005, 03:58 AM
Shoeberto

I always just said Kweena.
08-05-2005, 07:14 AM
Slade

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoftReset

Quina = Kwin - ah.

I think so anyway.

You are not alone.......
08-05-2005, 09:12 AM
karlabaines

Ive always pronouced it as kw in a but i named her CLOWN in the game couse she scares me.
08-05-2005, 10:49 AM
boys from the dwarf

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slade

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoftReset

Quina = Kwin - ah.

I think so anyway.

You are not alone.......

your definetly not alone :cool: .
08-05-2005, 12:24 PM
liamo

quin-ahh least thats how i been saying it
08-05-2005, 12:30 PM
Big D

Kweena for me, too.
I pronounce the various Qu names thus:
Kweena
Kwaan
Kwaaluh

That last one is how I pronounce Quale's name. In the case of both Brahne and Quale, I sound the final 'e' like it would be in a Germanic language. Some people prefer to make it a silent, English-style 'e'.
08-05-2005, 04:34 PM
* White Aeris *

Kweena for me.
08-08-2005, 03:48 AM
Megalixir

Kwin-ah or Qwina

like the name Quinn.. then Uh

then again i called Tidus 'Tie-Dis'
08-08-2005, 03:59 AM
G SpOtZ

hmm... Kwinnuh

i named her/him Chef anyway lol.
08-08-2005, 06:21 AM
abrojtm

Queen - Uh
08-08-2005, 11:59 AM
Aidan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slade

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoftReset

Quina = Kwin - ah.

I think so anyway.

You are not alone.......

definately kwin-ah

or quinn-ah

or qwin-ah
08-08-2005, 12:22 PM
Dreddz

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoftReset

Quina = Kwin - ah.

I think so anyway.

yep...
08-08-2005, 02:18 PM
Thorn

Quote:

Originally Posted by gibbi8

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoftReset

Quina = Kwin - ah.

I think so anyway.

yep...

Me three.

How did you guys pronounce "Vivi".

Me - Ve-Ve

My mate calls him Viv-e. Though I could be silly one who pronounces it wrong.
08-08-2005, 02:27 PM
Craig

Qwin uh and Vee Vee.
08-08-2005, 03:10 PM
* White Aeris *

i call Vivi = ve ve too. it just seems right to me.
08-08-2005, 04:30 PM
rcabronx

yeah.... veevee. :love:
08-08-2005, 10:53 PM
Buster Sword Strike

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoftReset

Quina = Kwin - ah.

I think so anyway.
08-09-2005, 03:05 AM
Vyk

Quote:

Originally Posted by abrojtm

Queen - Uh

That was my take on it too. But I'm pretty sure that's what they're trying to say with "Kweena"

I can understand people doing the quin-a thing, but I would think proper english would dictate that another "n" be present before the addition of a vowel if pronounced that way. "Quinna" Like Dr Quinn Medicine Woman? Except with an "a" at the end... Same with that "Viv-e" Like... Vivvy? I'm with the "Veevee" people. Though I can understand how linguistics and knowlege in other languages and such would tend to alter your pronunciation. So "Keena" makes sense too. But I'm an American-English bum ^_^
08-09-2005, 03:13 AM
Karl

that was quite explanitory :D
08-09-2005, 03:45 AM
MagusBoy

Quote:

that was quite explanitory

yes. yes it was. I always said mah-li-ssah I called her/him melissa after this girl in one of my classes. Have any of you ever just used really off the wall names to name your caracters?
08-09-2005, 03:48 AM
Karl

holy crap i named mine melissa cuz if someone in a class of mine O_o
08-09-2005, 03:56 AM
rcabronx

:shifty: do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do :shifty:
08-09-2005, 05:14 AM
Big D

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vyk

Same with that "Viv-e" Like... Vivvy? I'm with the "Veevee" people.

I'm a "Vivvy" guy; that's how I always pronounced his name. "Veevee" is perfectly logical, though.
08-09-2005, 05:16 AM
Rengori

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slade

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoftReset

Quina = Kwin - ah.

I think so anyway.

You are not alone.......
08-09-2005, 05:49 AM
SoftReset

^ Eternal Legend? What's your username?

About Vivi, I pronounce it "Viv - E", although just looking at how it's spelled I think it's wrong.
08-10-2005, 10:16 PM
Aidan

i pronounce vivi "vee vee"

garnet i pronounce "gar net"

freya "fray uh"

zidane "z eye dane"

amarant "am uh rant"

steiner "stiner"

quina "kwin ah"

eiko "eekoh"

thats how io pronounce everyones name. how bout you guys?
08-17-2005, 07:47 AM
Kittay

I must just be weird.

I, too, pronounce Quina as Keena. I'm not hispanic, but I speak a fair amount of Spanish. Maybe that explains it.

Vivi is Vee Vee.

Zidane is Zih-Dain.

Eiko is Eye-koh.

That's the only differences I have with the person above me, I think.

Hey, how about other ones like Baku? I say Bah-koo, but I guess it could be Back-oo or Bake-oo. And Qu, as in Qu's Marsh? I'm a retard, I fluctuate between Kyoo and Koo. Ok, last one. Iifa tree. If-uh? Eef-uh?

I think too much about this stuff.
08-17-2005, 09:45 AM
Mercen-X

Qu

Qu-ina

Qu . e . na

About Zidane . . . Zirane, Zrane, Slane, Slain. *beep*
08-17-2005, 02:41 PM
The Jamie Star Scenario

Like quim but spelt quina.
08-17-2005, 06:36 PM
Old Manus

It's pronounced 'Quina'. Duh.
08-17-2005, 06:38 PM
rcabronx

:rolleyes2
08-18-2005, 12:12 AM
Yuffie514

jus some of mine's...

Quina:
queen-a/kina

Brahne:
brawn

Garnet:
garnette

Eiko:
a-ko

Steiner:
stiner
08-18-2005, 01:51 AM
Daryl

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcabronx

Keena. it makes sense to me that way, i guess cuz i'm hispanic, so QU is K in spanish.... I's are usually lie eeeee's.....so Keena. ;)

I'm not hispanic, but, I pronounce Quina "Keena" for the reason stated above.
08-18-2005, 05:32 AM
eestlinc

queen-uh
viv-ee
eye-koh
zih-dain
08-18-2005, 05:42 AM
DJZen

Quee-Na
Zhi-Dahn
Vee-Vee
A-Ko
Bah-Koo
Brahn

English rules and common sense regarding loan words, people.
08-18-2005, 05:46 AM
eestlinc

eiko is so clearly eye-koh
08-18-2005, 05:52 AM
G SpOtZ

Quina=kwin-uh
Zidane= Zih-day-n
Steiner= St-eye-n-er
Vivi= vee-vee
Freya= Fray-uh
Garnet= Gar-net (lol)
Eiko=ey-ko
Amarant= Am-uh-rahnt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kittay

Iifa tree. If-uh? Eef-uh?

i thought it was the Lifa tree, for some reason... i always felt like it should have been called that at least, cuz you can pronounce it as the
Life-uh tree.
i think it would make sense because it gives life to monsters (with the mist from the roots)
08-24-2005, 03:32 AM
Rengori

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoftReset

^ Eternal Legend? What's your username?

About Vivi, I pronounce it "Viv - E", although just looking at how it's spelled I think it's wrong.

Hey, I just noticed this! I'm blackmagerulz.
08-24-2005, 04:21 AM
SoftReset

:O

I'm Pale Dim!
08-24-2005, 04:33 AM
Rengori

Quote:

Originally Posted by eestlinc

eiko is so clearly eye-koh

It's EEE-koh. GAWD!
08-24-2005, 04:40 AM
SoftReset

From what I've been told its "Aye-Koh".
08-24-2005, 04:42 AM
Rengori

And from what I've been told, it's ee-koh.
08-24-2005, 04:47 AM
SoftReset

Well then, it look like we'll have to fight to the death with flaming logs as our weapons now, won't we?
08-24-2005, 04:50 AM
Rengori

*Climbhazards with Flaming Log*
08-24-2005, 10:12 AM
Old Manus

SHUT UP OR I WILL HAVE TO GRAHND LEE-THAHL YOU
08-24-2005, 02:45 PM
FluroChoco

Steiner: Ru-STYYYY

I cant believe this thread is over 1 page long :eek:
08-25-2005, 07:12 PM
rcabronx

Quote:

Originally Posted by FluroChoco

Steiner: Ru-STYYYY

I cant believe this thread is over 1 page long :eek:

its becuz of good citizens like urself that this thread has gone over a page long. If you still can't bleev it, well.... :rolleyes2
08-25-2005, 09:32 PM
eestlinc

FF games use a lot of German names, and Eiko would be pronounced Eye-Koh in German. Also, ee-koh sounds dumb. It might be AY-koh, though. Maybe.
08-25-2005, 10:11 PM
Rengori

Quote:

Originally Posted by eestlinc

FF games use a lot of German names, and Eiko would be pronounced Eye-Koh in German. Also, ee-koh sounds dumb. It might be AY-koh, though. Maybe.

Eye-koh sounds pretty dumb too.
09-01-2005, 06:15 AM
FFX_fanatiq

QWINA
09-05-2005, 01:14 AM
Shoden

Kwei-na for me.
09-16-2005, 08:21 PM
Anniexo

vivi "ve ve"

garnet "gar net" --It is also stone so it's not hard to say

freya "fray ya"

zidane "z in deen"

amarant "am a rant"

steiner --not sure

quina --not sure

eiko "eco"
09-18-2005, 12:53 AM
crashNUMBERS

I pronounce it "Kweeh-NUH"...
09-18-2005, 01:44 AM
G SpOtZ

kwin-uh
Zid-ayn
Gar-net
s-tie-nerr
ey-koh
am-uh-ront
fray-uh
09-18-2005, 02:21 AM
Shoden

(I just played FF9 again but disc 4 crashed)

Zi-dayn
Kwain-a
Gar-nit
Sti-na
I-co
Am-ah-rant
Fray-a

I say them strangely mainly because of my accent.

Quina is easier to say than Quistis
09-18-2005, 02:46 AM
crashNUMBERS

Zy-DAYne
Gar-Neht
Steih-nner
VEE-VEE
EE-Koh
Am-MAH-Rahnt
Frehy-yAH
09-18-2005, 05:58 AM
I gots a latta moe info!!

who cares? it's all in print
09-18-2005, 02:26 PM
crashNUMBERS

I don't get it??
09-18-2005, 05:32 PM
So-Luna

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maiyo_Yoem

steiner --not sure

I called him Kronk.
09-18-2005, 07:18 PM
Anniexo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shoden

I say them strangely mainly because of my accent.

why where do you come from?
09-18-2005, 07:25 PM
Fate Fatale

Vivi "Vee - vee"

Garnet "gar - net"

Freya "Fray - uh"

Zidane "Z - (short I) - dane"

Amarant "Am - arrr - ant"

Steiner "St - i - ner"

Quina "Queen - uh"

Eiko "Eek - oh"
09-21-2005, 06:38 AM
krayziesaiko

I've always pronounced them:
Quina - Queen-A
Vivi- Vee Vee
Eiko- Eh EE ko (dunno why, but I pronounce it as if it were written in Japanese. Faster it sounds more like Ayko)
09-25-2005, 08:34 PM
Kirobaito

Zeye-dane (long i).
Viv-ee.
Bah-ku.
Kweena.
Eh-ko.
Braun.
09-25-2005, 09:14 PM
I gots a latta moe info!!

Again, why would you care?!?!?!?
name 'em in ways you can pronounce
09-26-2005, 12:50 AM
Vaprice

Quote:

Originally Posted by So-Luna

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maiyo_Yoem

steiner --not sure

I called him Kronk.

...oh my....

I pronounced it as...

"Japanese person who was high while making the character"
09-26-2005, 06:36 PM
rcabronx

Quote:

Originally Posted by I gots a latta moe info!!

Again, why would you care?!?!?!?
name 'em in ways you can pronounce

OY! it's a time wasting question to think about when you've gots nuttin else to think on, guy! jeez. if YOU dont care, stop asking others why THEY would care and leave it alone! GAHD. :love: :love: :love:
10-03-2005, 12:29 AM
xox LiNdZ

Here's how I pronounce everyone's name.

Zidane- Zih dane (short i)
Vivi- Veve
Steiner- St eye ner
Garnet- Gar net
Freya- Fray uh
Amarant- Am uh rahnt
Quina- Queena
Eiko- Sometimes I say Ay ko, adn sometimes I say Eye ko.
10-03-2005, 05:12 PM
Quindiana Jones

Zidane Tribal - Zi dan Try bul
Adelbert (i think) Steiner - Ad el bert Sty ner
Vivi Orunitia - V v Or roo nish e a
Garnet - Gar net
Quina Quen - Kwee Nuh Kwen
Eiko - eye ko
Amarant Coral - Am a rant cor ral
Freya - Frey a
Brahne - Braarn
Cid - Sid

and i cant remember anymore now...
10-04-2005, 10:15 AM
nik0tine

Quote:

Originally Posted by boys from the dwarf

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slade

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoftReset

Quina = Kwin - ah.

I think so anyway.

You are not alone.......

your definetly not alone :cool: .

You're not alone.
10-04-2005, 02:31 PM
Crossblades

Definitly Kweena
10-04-2005, 04:40 PM
Shooting Star

Kwin - ah. That what i've always said it just sounds right to me!
10-04-2005, 06:13 PM
Rengori

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shooting Star

Kwin - ah. That what i've always said it just sounds right to me!

THANK YOU FOR FINALLY PRONOUNCING IT RIGHT!

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