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    ...Named "S'ulless."

    But she pronounced it the same way people pronounce Celes, most of the time. Although I hear "SELL-ez" a lot, too.

    But since we have a Locke thread, let's have a Celes thread, as well.

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    What is the more common pronunciation?
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    Well.

    I first looked at it and said "SAY-lez."

    My friend Robbie said it was "SELL-ez."

    But later, my sister said it looked like "Sell-ESS" to her, as though it implied "Celestial."

    But a cold reading of the kana is "Sell-EESSE."

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    More like sell-less in my case and I didn't realise there was alternate pronunciations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jiro View Post
    More like sell-less in my case
    But which syllable is stressed?

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    Sure, let's dedicate an entire thread to the treacherous bimbo. >:[



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    I've just realized that VeloZero was asking me which one I thought was most common.

    I was under the impression that "Sell-LESS" was the most common pronunciation, due to it being a parallel with "Terra."

    Celestial <-> Terra Firma

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spooniest View Post
    But later, my sister said it looked like "Sell-ESS" to her, as though it implied "Celestial."
    This is how I've always pronounced it.
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    I always figured it was like Celest (an actual girl's name) with out the "T" sound at the end.

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    GeneralCeles.PNG

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    I pronounce it "seals" and there's not a thing you can do to stop me
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spooniest View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Jiro View Post
    More like sell-less in my case
    But which syllable is stressed?
    I don't really stress either syllable.

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    Something like "sillys"

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    I pronounce it as if it were part of a longer name, like Celeste. This method is not foolproof, though, as Final Fantasy games sometimes have their own take on their character names even when the name is a real name, like Cecil (pronounced in-game as SES-ul).
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