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    i am electro boy .:kerrod:.'s Avatar
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    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 )

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

    EDIT 2: thanks for moving this
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    The correct pronounciation is "ē-vă-lēs."

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

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    I pronounce it Eye-va-lice


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    I pronounced it Eye-va-lice, before I played FF12. My friend is worse though, he still pronounces it Ev-liss.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Necronopticous View Post
    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.
    Bow before the mighty Javoo!

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    I pronounce it 'ee-va-lis'


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    Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Necronopticous View Post
    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.
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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Necronopticous View Post
    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 View Post
    Iv, as in the word believe.
    a, as in bra.
    lice, as in fleece.

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    イヴァリース

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

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeromus_X View Post
    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.

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

    Accent on the 2nd syllable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeromus_X View Post
    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

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    Eye-Val-Es

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