Cid is NOT proununced "Sid"

[rubah]

I still don't see seefer.

Sheik can be pronounced as 'shAk' according to merriam webster, and alternate spellings for skein are skeane and skean. And the sample provided sounds clearly like 'skane'

So if we're following the rules of english, seifer should then be say-fer.

If we consult a dictionary, there are about five cei words. Using cei, because of the similarity in the soft c sound. We have ceiba, ceil, ceiling, ceilometer, and ceinture. the ceil* words have the 'see' sound, whereas ceiba and ceinture have an 'say' sound. Obviously English hardly follows rules. Let's skip over to sei.
There's 26 words, most of them to do with seigneur. much more than half of those have the 'say' sound. the exceptions are seize, seismo*, seidel, and Seidlitz, which is a proper noun

So really, you can't be absolutely sure that seefer is correct Safer is just as logical, following the 'rules' of English, and cypher sounds better than both, imho

[Slade]

This is how I pronounce all of the names mentioned. They may not be right, but I am entitled to interpret the written word as I please. So I have.

Cid = Sid
Tifa = Tee-fah
Tidus = Tye-dus
Sephiroth = Seff-ih-roth
Seifer = Sy-fer
Aeris = Air-rees

Same here except for Tidus. I pronounce him with TEE not TY. I used to think it was lame but now i prefer the proper pronounciation.
Your the only other person i know who calls Aeris AIR REES like the zodiac sign.

BTW thanx RedCydranth for the comment about my name. Its actually from a cartoon i enjoy called Teen Titans....Slades one of the main badguys. Thats him in my avatar.

[MJN SEIFER]

You are a Tee "duh'.

LOL! :chuckle:

Seifer

I've heard else where that this is wrong but i've always said "Seefer"

OT is it true that "Seifer" actually means "Zero/Nothing"?

If it did it would fit his storyline abit.

(NOT A FLAME!!)

[velvet.fireball]

how embaressed am i!?!

i used to say sep-a-roth, and choca-bo (like chocolate) and i also called tifa tif-fa, and tee-das (the reason being i heard james arnold taylor say it on the dvd so i assumed it must be right).......but the most embaressing thing is that i used to pronounce regan as ray-gan (like the president) but my cousin prounounced it ree-gan. thankfully a good friend of mine was gracious enough to let me know that it was prounounced re-gen like regenerate - silly me!

ok so don't hold this against me, i just live in a part of the uk where people weren't taught how to talk properly and i didnt know many ff fans to correct me.

[Alexander]

I say the way I wanna say \o\ Even if it isn't the proper way XD

[rubah]

*shrugs* I still say regen as reagan.

Ree-jin just sounds so lame.

[Flamethrower]

I agree. I pronounce it "Regain" since it slowly let's you regain heath. I know Regen is short for regenerate, but regain sounds better.

[Slade]

Ive always said Regen as REG-IN (pronouncing a G not a J and IN instead of an en or even gain).....it sounds more like a magic.

[RedCydranth]

i used to say choca-bo (like chocolate)

It IS Chocobo like chocolate. I was saying I chocobo improperly. I'm aware of my error but out of habit, won't change.

[ljkkjlcm9]

I always pronounced Tidus like Tide-us. Tee-dus sounds dumb. I always thought it was Tee-fa not tiff-ah.

There are people who call Sephiroth Sepa-roth in my area. I want to punch them.

I know I'm wrong but I've always pronounced Chocobo like koko-bo not Choko-bo. I like the sound koko-bo better than choko-bo. Its like the sea animal Conch is pronounced kahnk NOT konch. the CH is a K sound like in Chord. But by far the worst pronounciation od chocobo is Choco-bo (like chololate, but where theres a late you place bo. Choco-bo | choco-late).

With exception of FFX and X-2 any name can be pronounced how you veiw it. Tidus is the exception cuz his name is never spoken in X or X-2.

Let's see, I agree with you, Cid as Sid, Tifa as tee-fa, Tidus as Ti-dus, and Chocobo as koko-bo. That's how I pronounced all of them originally.

oh and for he who asked, I pronounce Sephiroth, as Seph-i-roth. What happened to phonetics in english?!?!?

[rubah]

it's chocobo like chocolate if you say chocolate 'choke-a-let'

I tend to say it 'chah-kuh-let' though

[RedCydranth]

Chocobo = Choh-koh-boh

Chocolate = chawk-lit.

I said its the same as chocolate because of the ch sound, not the K sound.

I say chocobo wrong, and I'm aware of its incorrectness.

I say: Ko-Ko-Bo

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Ill say them the way I want as follows.

Cid:Sid , its not seed like V111 like ( seed owns seed at balamb garden)

Tidus:Tide-us, tide like his element water

Tifa:Tif-uh, by habbit I dont call it teef, tif is fine

Chocobo: Choke-uh-bow like suffocate not dark candy.

Aeris: Air-iss because I like it that way

Steiner: Stain-er even though its like a poop mark in your pants

Sephiroth: Sef-ih-roth, I hate when people say sephi-roath

Ill post when I think of more

[Cid]

:(:(:(

[Flamethrower]

Steiner: Stain-er even though its like a poop mark in your pant

I'm 99% sure that Steiner is pronounced "Stine-er", not sure how you got "Stainer" out of that.