Do you still pronouce things wrong even though you KNOW?

I've found I do as I'm used to what I thought

I know that it's "Tee-dah" for example but when I read it I often find myself saying "Tide-uss" and I dunno why... The same goes for Cid I still pronounce it "Sid"

A strange one though is when I was younger and was reading stuff about FFVII (My first FF) and when I got it I kept say Midgar as it had soft "G"... Like "Midd-jar" or something.

Obviously I soon realixed it was wrong. But Even to day when I play FFVII on my on I somtimes say "Midd-jar"....:confused:

is cid not pronounced sid :confused:

It's supposed to be pronoucned "Seed" which sets up a joke in FFVIII. By all means still call him "Sid" if you want. After all - I do.

I always thought Cid was "sid". It just sounds blatantly incorrect any other way.

Same goes for Tidus. ("Teedus" sounds silly)

Cid will always be Sid to me and Tidus will always be tie-dus

If Cid is meant to refer to El Cid, it would come out El Seed in Mexican Spanish, El Theed in Castilian Spanish, and just El Sid in English.

Midgar was a slight mistranslation of Midgard. I'm not sure how the Norse said it, but I say it with a hard G sound.

I say Tidus as Tide-us, like the book of the Bible (Titus), but with a D.

Pronunciation isn't consistent, even within a given language. Look at regional accents. I say live and let live when it comes to saying names out loud.

Yeah, Tidus is tie-dus, Midgar and Cid never really bothered me though...
what I'm more preoccupied on is educating the world on the correct way of saying MANGA! *screams*

I pronounce Tidus as 'Tee-dus' like it should be, but thats only because I found out the true pronounciation way before I got the game. I've gotten used to it now and prefer it over 'Tie-dus'. Tie-dus is much too predictable being water and all. Midgar I've always pronounced like
Midget - 'Mij-er'. Cid is Sid for me aswell.
One name that I don't understand why people pronounce differently is Tifa. I thought it was pretty damn obvious when the game was first released that it was 'Teef-ah', mainly because of the lack of another 'F' to make the 'I' sound short. Even in Japanease the 'I' is pronounced as an 'E' sound. Countless people seem to call her 'Tiff-ah' like Tiffany.

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Countless people seem to call her 'Tiff-ah' like Tiffany.

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better than how they pronouce "You-fee" though isn't it?

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Cid will always be Sid to me and Tidus will always be tie-dus

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Ditto

Interesting to note.. I always pronounced it Tee-dus, even before I heard it spoken. Good guess, I suppose.

And the pronunciation of Cid as "seed" is news to me. Especially since Cid is a real English name.

For some reason I used to pronounce Chocabo Cocabo, still catch myself doing it time to time.

Pronounced Cid as "sid" isn't incorrect. The Japanese just have the Cid/SeeD joke going because they don't have short I-sounds.

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Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi

Pronounced Cid as "sid" isn't incorrect. The Japanese just have the Cid/SeeD joke going because they don't have short I-sounds.

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That's what I thought.

But in FFX I recall his name said as "Sihd" rather than "Seed"

Man brings back memories .. i used to say "choboco" and "shinra"...dunno why, i was young :tongue:

I always got them wrong. Not in FF, but it happens alot in Lord of the Rings, for some reason.

I prounounce things the way I want, whether it's correct or not.

I still pronounce Tidus, "Tie-dus" and Cid, "Sid", but I'm trying to start pronouncing them correctly.

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Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi

Pronounced Cid as "sid" isn't incorrect. The Japanese just have the Cid/SeeD joke going because they don't have short I-sounds.

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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I still haven't worked out how to pronounce Seifer's name, is it Saifer of Seefer? I use the first one but I bet its wrong.

I pronounce it with a long "I" like S-eye-fer

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Originally Posted by RaidenWeb17

I pronounce it with a long "I" like S-eye-fer

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So do I. Like Cypher from the Matrix.

i say sef-ee-roth

even though its sef-ee-ros

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Originally Posted by Slade

So do I. Like Cypher from the Matrix.

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That's how your ment to say it. But I've gotten used to "Seefer",

i pronouce chocobo cho-ca-bo, but everyone else pronounces it as ch-co-bo.

And its Say-fer.

To fix this problem, I just say it how I want the first time and ignore anyone how says otherwise. I'm always right anyway, so what's there to discuss?

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Originally Posted by MJN SEIFER

better than how they pronouce "You-fee" though isn't it?

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How is it?

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Originally Posted by dragoonknight_kain

How is it?

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Yuff-ee. Which sounds much better. You-fee sounds like some fugitive Clown that strayed from the circus.

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Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi

Pronounced Cid as "sid" isn't incorrect. The Japanese just have the Cid/SeeD joke going because they don't have short I-sounds.

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Similarly, they pronouce Aerith as "Aeris" hence the reason most people call her Aeris these days.

Same goes for Sephiroth -> Sephiros

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Originally Posted by Slade

Yuff-ee. Which sounds much better. You-fee sounds like some fugitive Clown that strayed from the circus.

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lol. I can't see the difference, coz I'm not american nor british:p. Anyway, I pronouce the way I read it, so Tidus is Tee-dus, coz 'i' in portuguese sounds like 'ee', but I do get many names wrong.

I just now learned that Cid was "seed" but I'm pronouncing it otherwise. Rinoa, I thought said Riona so that's how I pronounce it. and of course Tidus. I thought it was Tie- but now that I know otherwise I still pronounce it that way. But if you ask me either pronounciation is "silly"