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    Default Bafsk?

    How the hell do you pronounce this smurfer without sounding like Rain Man?



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    Just sneeze at the end.

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    Say "bath" like a two-year-old getting punched.

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    Might help to practice with a slightly less difficult word like Bamf first.

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    Oh yeah, you see the trick with pronouncing names like these is that you don't. Or you can give them your own nicknames like snuggle-gummies or something.
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    He was just aptly named. Let us leave it at that.

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    Say bath while pinching your own tongue

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    The same way most names are pronounced:

    By mumbling incoherently.

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    I think it's one of life's mysteries. That's why SE will never remake this with voice actors. If only we knew how to say that damn word....
    When we dance, it looks just like Fire.

    When we sing, it sounds the same tone.

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    According to the Japanese original name バフスク (Bafusuku) it should be pronounced "Bufh-sk".

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    Should've just stuck with Bafusuku.

    FFII's town names are strange at best...Paloom, Poft, Fynn, they have a strange onomatopoeic quality.

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    Baa-f-sk
    ...

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    Learn Polish.

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    Just start with saying baf, then quickly say sk. It'll sound like bafsk.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gyrus View Post
    Learn Polish.
    That is... Actually, pretty much true "-fsk" in the final position poses no problem, according to our phonotactics

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