Tidus (Tie-dus) or Tidus (Tea-dus)

[Sefie1999AD]

I pronounce his name Tee-dus. Tie-dus just sounds plain weird to me. Doesn't James Arnold Taylor also pronounce his name Tee-dus?

[ama124]

I pronounce his name Tee-dus. Tie-dus just sounds plain weird to me. Doesn't James Arnold Taylor also pronounce his name Tee-dus?

yes he does. heres the video if anyone wants to hear it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3dPYlvmEao

[Zeromus_X]

Tida.

[Bart's Friend Milhouse]

lol I like these threads
Tedious>>>>Tie-dus>>>>Tea-dus

[bipper]

Tie-dus. like the book in teh bible.

[Vaincast]

Tie-dus

[Nominus Experse]

Correctly, apparently, it's meant to pronounced Tea-da or Tea-dus. However, I initially called him Tie-dus, and continue to do so since Tea-dus sounds, for lack of a better term, stupid.

[Darkwing Bahamut]

Tidus (Tea-dus).

[01 Rin]

I pronounce his name Tee-dus. Tie-dus just sounds plain weird to me. Doesn't James Arnold Taylor also pronounce his name Tee-dus?

yes he does. heres the video if anyone wants to hear it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3dPYlvmEao

Say, that's a good one. James Arnold Taylor sounds like Tidus using his own voice. Looks like Tidus and James Arnold Taylor sorta skipped puberty.

tee-dus. I understand why it can sound a little weird, sounds weird myself. but i've pronounced it that way ever since. and its been proved that tee-dus, or tee-da if your Japanese, is correct.
HOWEVER, pronounce it however you wish. no one's stopping you. whether you pronounce Tidus's name correct or not, it doesn't really matter.

[No.78]

Me and everyone I knew always called him TIE-DUS... Then this FFX interview disc came out and they reffered to him as teeedus... And then Kingdom Hearts...
So I gues he's menna be called Teedus, but I still find it easier to say Tiedus.

[aerithsloveslave]

I always pronounced it Tie-dus as in tidal which I thought his name was based upon. Hopefully, future installments will have ALL of the characters' names spoken in the game.

[farplaner]

I always pronounced it Tie-dus as in tidal which I thought his name was based upon. Hopefully, future installments will have ALL of the characters' names spoken in the game.

Only if they don't allow you to change the main character's name...or they figure out how to program pronunciation of all possible entries....

voice actors: "Where's our overtime pay?!"

[Nominus Experse]

I always pronounced it Tie-dus as in tidal which I thought his name was based upon...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidus#Character_design

For his part, Character Designer Tetsuya Nomura has expressed that — after designing serious and moody main characters for Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII — he wanted to give Tidus a cheerful attitude and appearance, which is reflected in the name Kazushige Nojima chose for him (Tiida is the Okinawan word for "sun"). He's also explained that he wanted his clothing and accessories to suggest a relationship with the sea. For example, his outfit bears a distinctive blue theme, and the symbol of Tidus' blitzball team — which appears on his clothing — is designed after a fishing hook, while also designed such that it's an amalgamation of the letters "J" and "T" (the first letters of Tidus' name and that of his father, Jecht).

And thus spoke Wikipedia, <cite class="book" style="font-style: normal;">Sam Kennedy and Gary Steinman Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine August, 2001 (in English) </cite>and Tetsuya Nomura 20s. FLAREgamer

So his appearence is reminscent of the sea, but his name's origins are rooted in the sun.

[Sefie1999AD]

I always pronounced it Tie-dus as in tidal which I thought his name was based upon...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidus#Character_design

For his part, Character Designer Tetsuya Nomura has expressed that — after designing serious and moody main characters for Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII — he wanted to give Tidus a cheerful attitude and appearance, which is reflected in the name Kazushige Nojima chose for him (Tiida is the Okinawan word for "sun"). He's also explained that he wanted his clothing and accessories to suggest a relationship with the sea. For example, his outfit bears a distinctive blue theme, and the symbol of Tidus' blitzball team — which appears on his clothing — is designed after a fishing hook, while also designed such that it's an amalgamation of the letters "J" and "T" (the first letters of Tidus' name and that of his father, Jecht).

And thus spoke Wikipedia, <cite class="book" style="font-style: normal;">Sam Kennedy and Gary Steinman Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine August, 2001 (in English) </cite>and Tetsuya Nomura 20s. FLAREgamer

So his appearence is reminscent of the sea, but his name's origins are rooted in the sun.

Oh, so his name was never even meant to be based on the word "tide"? That's an interesting find.

[aerithsloveslave]

I always pronounced it Tie-dus as in tidal which I thought his name was based upon. Hopefully, future installments will have ALL of the characters' names spoken in the game.

Only if they don't allow you to change the main character's name...or they figure out how to program pronunciation of all possible entries....

voice actors: "Where's our overtime pay?!"

I'm all for that. I don't mind if I am not able to change my character's name, especially if I am not able to change the rest of the party's names anyways. Oh, I wait for the day when they have pronounciation algorithm program that doesn't sound like a Speak N Spell.