Pronunciation

[PhoenixAsh]

I hate the way you're meant to say Tidus. I mean the game revolves around water, Tide-us makes sense! Tee-dus just...ugh.

I think I actually pronounce chocobo strangely, like chuh-kobbo.

So how do you all pronounce other things? Like Tifa, Sephiroth, Yuffie and Nanaki?

[Del Murder]

'Yoofie' is how they say it in KH so I guess it is correct, even though, like 'Tideus', 'Yuhffie' seems more obvious. I just say them how I want since it's not like the game developers are going to come beat me up over it (I could probably take em regardless). So...

'Tee-fa'
'Sef-ih-roth'
'Naw-naw-kee'

[Rostum]

I pronounce Tifa as "Tee-fa", Sephiroth as "Sef-ee-roth", Yuffie as "Yoo-fy", and Nanaki as "Nana-key". Yup.

[PhoenixAsh]

Naw-naw-ki? Never thought of pronouncing it like that. I always used nana-key as well, though I'm starting to think nana-kye (as in sky, buy, die etc) might sound cooler.

[ShadyMilkman]

What about Zidane and Quina from FFIX? Do you put the stress of Zidane on the first or second syllable? And do you make the "I" long or short? And Quina.... is it Kee-na, or literally Kwi-nah. I always thought short I in Zidane with stress on the Dane part. and Kee-nah for Quina. I never pronounced Tifa Tee-fa... I always pronounced the I like in "Tiffany" Sephiroth was always Sef-uh-roth, adn Nanaki naw-naw-kee. Now the real question, how do you pronounce cloud???? hmmm.....

[zacks_clone]

you-fee=yuffie
seph-ah-roth-(ah=short a/ roth like broth)=sephiroth
na-na-kee=nanaki
tif-a=tifa(...)
Zye-dane=zidane
bear-it=barret
air-es=aeris
cha-co-bo-chocobo
co-jah-kuja

[SomethingBig]

you-fee=yuffie
seph-ah-roth-(ah=short a/ roth like broth)=sephiroth
na-na-kee=nanaki
tif-a=tifa(...)
Zye-dane=zidane
bear-it=barret
air-es=aeris
cha-co-bo-chocobo
co-jah-kuja

You've a weird way of pronouncing those names, IMO. :riiight:
Sephiroth - Se-fir-oth
Tifa - Tee-fa
Zidane - Zuh-dane
Barret - Ba-rit
Chocobo - Cho-ko-bo(Don't see how you could pronounce it any other way )
Kuja - Koo-ja

[ForeverZeroUltima]

i always thought it was:

Aeris= "AIR-ee-us"
Yuffie: "Yuff-ee"
Tifa: "Tee-fuh"

[Del Murder]

This has turned into a general ff question. Plus I would like to see how people pronounce things like Quistis (Kees-tiss) and Rydia (Rid-ee-uh).

[Strider]

Quistis = kwiss-tus
Rydia = rye-dee-ah
Aeris = ehr-is (kinda like "heiress")
Sephiroth = seff-err-oth
Red XIII = nah-nah-kee
Zidane = zih-dayne
Chocobo = choh-coh-boh
Barret = bare-it

[skatehippie]

oo this is fun ^_^

other names i'm somewhat confused on...IRVINE, SEIFER

in cartoons i've heard Irvine as "Err - vine" as in vines...but that sounds so dumb! i always see it as "Err - vin" like the american name.

and seifer, i pronounce as "Sye - fer" like in the word 'scythe"

Other names:
Seph = Sef - err - awth
Tidus = Tide - us
Tifa = Tee - fuh (though tif-uh sounds pretty ^^)
Zidane = Zid - ayne
Quina = Key - nah
Quistis = Kwi - stis (though key-stis sounds cooler ^^)
Nanaki = Nah - nah - key
Aeris = Air - is (though it would sound nice as Aye-ris too)

Ragnarok = Rag - nah - rock
Ramuh = Rah - muh

And how do you guys prounce "esuna"?
I say it as "E - sue - nuh" with a long E
my bro says it as "Eh - soon - ah"

[zacks_clone]

yeah.i tend to add letters that arnt there to the names...-.-;;

qw-ist-tus=quistis
q-na-Quina(q= like you were saying the letter,when you were reciting the alphabet)
ees-sune-ah=esuna

[SomethingBig]

Rufus - Roo-fus
Cecil - Ses-il
Bahamut - Buh-ha-mut

[escobert]

I've always pronounced it 'cho-ko-bo'.

yup.

[ForeverZeroUltima]

Bahamut - Buh-ha-mut

my brother always says "Bah-hah-mutt" -_- (Bah! Humbug!)(Hah!)(Stupid Mutt!)