pronunctiation of "yuffie"

[Zeromus_X]

wow, i didnt expect this thread to get so many replies...

(i thought i spelled it wrong..oh well. )

yeah, i started playing KH for the first time, and i just about puked when i heard "i'm the great ninja 'yoo-fee'" and "me and 'tee-dus'..."

ew. but it doesnt really matter to me, ill probably get used to them. (i usually do when i find out how to pronounce something the correct way.)

but yeah, why couldnt they spell it so we'd be lead on to saying it the right way? i dunno...(im only a second year japanese student, so...)

so many kanji...though they do make my writing look better. (some of my gana suck. but i can write kana pretty well.)

ack, long reply. i type things as i think of them...i guess thats apparent by now

[DJZen]

The problem is, RKumono, how we pronounce those letters. I understand romanization has strict rules. But that's just straight romanization. They should then English-ize it. If you get my meaning. Not to mutilate the original word. But for pronunciation. Because I think pronunciation is more important than how close you spell it to its original language. Because as you can see, spelling it close is going to result in mispronunciation. If there was no writing, and everything was vocal. We would have never said her name wrong in the first place. So yeah, saying it right is better than spelling it right. They should focus on spelling it so it will be pronounced correctly.

I believe the word you were looking for there was anglicize, and they DID do that. In Japanese, a word spelled as yuffie would be pronounced "yoo-fee-eh". However, they didn't spell her name like that in Japanese. If you want to know how her name is meant to be pronounced, watch Advent Children. They clearly say "yoo-fee". Ooops! There goes your argument!

Also, Shakepeare did NOT write in old English. You don't even want to know what old English looks like. It would make you cry trying to read it.

[Vyk]

My argument didn't go anywhere @_@ Why are people confusing me so bad. Her name is pronounced "yoo-fee". So it should be spelled so that people pronounce it that way. "Yuffie" isn't getting pronounced that way. People don't realize the U is supposed to be long. So spell it a way that people realize that's how it's pronounced. If anglicize is the word I want, then it wasn't anglicized enough.

[Truth]

Vyk, it doesn't seem that everyone has been confused on the pronunciation as you have. Personally, I had always pronounced her name correctly, as well as that of chocobos, etc. Tidus I didn't, but that's because I was thinking of Greek influences. Point being, Yuffie's name has a beautiful grammatical form, and I think it should be left. Pronunciation wasn't difficult for at least some people, if not most, apparently (though one of my friends called chocobos co-co-bu-s... I have yet to understand that one.), and if pronunciation guidance is needed, it can be found.

I like Square's use of Romanji for the names, but it would be very helpful if Square-Enix put pronunications on their website or something.

Until then.... we use movies and sounds in games, and get ahold of some Japanese FF fans!

[Vyk]

Two of which weren't available when the game was released. It had no spoken text in the game, and the movie took 8 years. Who's gonna look up help in pronouncing "Yuffie"? It looks pretty easy to pronounce. I'm not really trying to argue, but I really don't believe most gamers were pronouncing it right. Maybe they should have made a practice of putting pronunciations next to their name in the manuals. And I'm not suggesting changing her name. I'm debating that it should have never been spelled that way to begin with. Then nobody would have ever gotten used to it being that way, so there'd be no getting mad about it being spelled different.

[Psychotic]

I don't care what Square-Enix say, Yuffie is Yuff-ee, Tidus is Tie-dus and Chocobo is pronounced Choc-o-bo, not cho-co-bow.

Agreed. I'm not bothered if it's "wrong", to be these all simply sound better and I'll continue to pronounce them this way. Even if I did want to pronounce them correctly, it'd be pretty hard to change after pronouncing them this way for so many years.

[chronic_Maniac]

uffe

thats my mistake, but I don't sit there and read to my friends what its saying. So I just make it up and continue my life. I beat the games faster that way.

[Ansem/Sephy]

YOU-fee . . . Sorry, but they did say it in KH . . .

[Paninipower123]

Yes they did, which tells us thats its pronounced YOU-FEE.

[nik0tine]

I pronounce it "yuff-ee" like "yucky". I refuse to pronounce it "yoofie" because that's just dumb. It's the same with Tidus. I refuse to call him "tee-dus". He's lame enough as it is. Give the poor guy a break.

[Light Mage]

I pronounce it "Yuff-ee" not "You-fee" like Aeris says in Kingdom Hearts.

Yuff-ee!

I also pronounce it "Choc-o-bo" too, as in 'short for chocolate hobo' not "Cho-ko-bo" as in 'short for choking bow'

Choc-o-bo!

apparently (though one of my friends called chocobos co-co-bu-s... I have yet to understand that one.)

Silent "H". Like the greek letter "Kho".

[more edit] Just imagine what the situation would have been like if they originally spelled it "Aerith" - it's the same kinda situation, they spelled Aeris with an "S" as that was how it was *supposed* to be pronounced!
So why didn't they spell Yuffie with just one "F"? Yufie

[The Man]

I refuse to call him "tee-dus". He's lame enough as it is. Give the poor guy a break.

This man has an incredibly valid point.

[Ansem/Sephy]

When did they say Tidus' name? I always thought it was TIE-dus . . . wow, that's sad . . .

[Light Mage]

Hmm... Tie-Fa, Tiff-a, Tee-Fa. Which is right?

[Ansem/Sephy]

It's Tee-FA . . . geez, that one is even in American society . . .