Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
yeah the pronounce it t-eee-dus it should be t-ie-dus
yeah the pronounce it t-eee-dus it should be t-ie-dus
I think the creators would know more about how to pronounce the name they made than we would.
TheAbominatrix is completely correct; there's a reason that Tidus' name is as such, and this reason lends iteslf necessarily to that pronunciation. Tidus means "sun" in the Okinawan dialect of Japanese; clearly, this helps establish Tidus as the main character, as well as giving him a more obvious link to the Sun Crest and Sigil. Moreover, the game's very setting was based on Okinawa. The actual word is pronounced tee-dus, and, given its significance here, obviously retains that pronunciation.
Yeah, nowhere is it said "Tie-dus" -- they never say his name in the game, right? Everywhere I've heard it said "officially" -- Kingdom Hearts, FF Dear Friends concert, and I think maybe FFX: Another Story (not sure though -- if they do, they say it in Japanese, since it's subtitled) -- it has been "Tee-dus."
It's just that the American tendency is to pronounce it with the long "i" sound, so everyone gets used to hearing that. Just like everyone says "Sephiroth" with a th at the end, not an s.
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