Aeris or Aerieth

[AoiSora]

I'm certainly glad you guys cleared that up. It's a little pet peeve of mine when people try to say Aerith, as a "th" instead of an "s." Like I tried to tell my friends back home, it's the same pronounciation, regardless of the spelling.

Though I had the reasons behind it wrong. I had always heard that her name was Latin. And in Latin, "th" is pronounced "s." You guys ever listened to One Winged Angel? The choir pronouces it "Sephiross." But....it's a personal preference of mine to say Sephiroth (pronounced as spelled). I likes it.

[Yuffie514]

Aerith always sounded better anyway:jap: .

[Camanche]

Though I had the reasons behind it wrong. I had always heard that her name was Latin. And in Latin, "th" is pronounced "s." You guys ever listened to One Winged Angel? The choir pronouces it "Sephiross." But....it's a personal preference of mine to say Sephiroth (pronounced as spelled). I likes it.

I always wondered about the pronunciation of Sephiroth in the One Winged Angel song. Damn, no one makes such a fuss about that.

So, Sephiroth's name pronunciation suffers the same mistakes as Aeris/Aerith's? His 'th' at the end is pronounced as an 's'? I hope not, I prefer 'Sephiroth' the way I would sound it out in english.

[Squall of SeeD]

And in Latin, "th" is pronounced "s." You guys ever listened to One Winged Angel? The choir pronouces it "Sephiross." But....it's a personal preference of mine to say Sephiroth (pronounced as spelled).

"Aerith" isn't Latin and "th" is not pronounced with an "s" sound in Latin ("Aeris" is a Latin word, but considering the Katakana of Aerith's name is "Earisu," taking into account Japanese phoenetic values ("th" having an "su" sound), that "Erith" is the Hebrew word for "Flower," and Aerith's connection to flowers, "Erith" is much more likely the origin of her name). "Th" carries a sound similar to the "s" sound in Japanese ("su"), which is what you're likely confusing this with.

As for Sephiroth's name, the Japanese translations would have it as "Sephiros" or "Sefirosu," so the choir saying it as such is understandable. The name comes from the Kaballah of Jewish Mysticism, in which it is pronounced "Seh-fer-oth." I hope this helps.

[Camanche]

Ah, I see now. Kudos for all the help.
I want to learn about languages, so it's nice to understand the differences between these things.

[Big D]

Her real name is Aerith but when the game was translated to english they mistook ( the th in Japanese language sounds like a s )

It wasn't a mistake, it was a deliberate change. Western listeners liked the sound of "Aeris" better than "Aerith".
It's all about aesthetics, really.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Sony translated FFVII, not Square. If Square had translated it, she probably would have been called Aerith.

[Big D]

Unless Woolsey was re-hired to do the translation; in that case she'd probably have been called "Rabid Moose".

[amratis]

That could have worked

I'll continue to call her Aeris, its what I've always called her and its habit now. Interesting to read about the whole pronounciation thing though, I didnt know they were actually the same except just spelled differently

[AoiSora]

"Aerith" isn't Latin and "th" is not pronounced with an "s" sound in Latin

Sorry 'bout the mistake in the "th" = "s". I've never taken Latin. I was going on what I've heard from a few different places. I don't know much about the Japanese katakana though. But thanks for the info. It's nice to know the origins of the names.

[BackRoomKid]

*sigh*

Obviously, you have chosen to disregard my previous post. For this you must pay. *Straps you down to a chair and places tiny, little hooks on the insides of your eyelids, peeling them away from your eyeballs, forcing you to stare directly at the following text, taking in EVERY LAST WORD* "Aerith" isn't pronounce "Air-eeth" it is pronounced EXACTLY the same way "Aeris" is pronounced: "Heir-iss"

that was the most cruel and unusual punishment from a FF Fanatic I've ever had

[Luthien Rogue]

that was the most cruel and unusual punishment from a FF Fanatic I've ever had

Out of love, my friend... out of love...

[BackRoomKid]

lol "this will hurt me more than it hurts you" i getcha

well, now I know that the spelling never had anything to do with the pronunciatians...and plus, when AC says the name of Aeris/Aerith, this old debate will never be brought up again

[AkiraMakie]

....*squeak*(no)

I can uderstand why theyd be pronounced the same in Japan but not outside of it.

ok put it this way. Would your NAME be prounced any other way than it is intended to be pronounced.

I would understand where you were comming from if you were talking about a regular word. But this is a name. not just any old common word.

[fire_of_avalon]

In my master save, I call her Billy.