Aerith/Aeris

[ReloadPsi]

Useless Fact: Her character model is called "EARISU" in the game's data folders.

[blackmage_nuke]

Aeris both looks and sounds better but like Tie-dus thats just not how things are meant to be.

Also when I think about it Sephiros would be easier to pronounce and doesnt sound too bad. Its not as nice to look at though.

[Garnie]

As i pointed out in Clouds Modern Life, the name will always be Aeris to me! I just cant get along with Aerith, it annoys me! -__-

[Elly]

well actualy it is pronounced Aeris but its propper romanized spelling is Aerith, unfortunately the KH Voice Actors didn't know this little fact and thus pronounced it with the lispy "th" sound... and Tidus is supposed to be pronounced with the Tea sound as opposed to Tie, cause his name is a referance to the sun, not the water...

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

well actualy it is pronounced Aeris but its propper romanized spelling is Aerith, unfortunately the KH Voice Actors didn't know this little fact and thus pronounced it with the lispy "th" sound...

No, Aerith is meant to be pronounced with a "th." It just wouldn't come through in Japanese because that language doesn't account for such a thing, so it's substituted with an S.

[G13]

I'm pretty sure Tidus is a reference to water. He doesn't wield a "sun sword".

[Unbreakable Will]

I agree with Guardian, i mean, TIDE-us, but perhaps i just think that because of pronunciation.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

I'm pretty sure Tidus is a reference to water. He doesn't wield a "sun sword".

In Japan, Tidus is pronounced Tida (even though it's still Romanized "Tidus"; yes, it's weird). Tida is an Okinawan word meaning "sun." Likewise, Yuna is "moon."

[G13]

In Latin Tidus is water and he uses a water sword. I'm sure it could be a double reference since there that and his Ultimate Weapon has a Sun Sigil and Crescent in it.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Tidus isn't Latin for water.

[G13]

Are you sure about that? I heard it was from someone on this site.

Edit: You're right. None of the engines I checked even come close to water.

[Ouch!]

Yet Square had an earlier chance to fix up the translation: FFVII for the PC. They fixed tons of dialogue errors throughout the game, and, to my knowledge, the Aeris/Aerith one was the only one left in. Odd, isn't it?

As I recall, Eidos was the one who published FFVII for the PC. I'm not sure Square had much of a hand in the translation changes at all.

[Meat Puppet]

[Q=TheSpoonyBard]Would you say you prefer Sephiros because Sephiroth makes it sound as though you have a lisp?[/Q]
Affirmative.

[Zerokku]

I prefer Aeris over Aerith, because Aerith just sounds retarded out loud.

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I've always disliked this argument. Suppose they had improperly translated Sefirosu to Sephiros. Would you say you prefer Sephiros because Sephiroth makes it sound as though you have a lisp?

Two problems with that "rebuttal".

1. Sephiroth sounds considerably more natural to pronounce in english then Aerith.

2. Sephiroth is an actual word. It's from a practice of jewish mysticism known as the kabbalah. Aerith, not so much.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

1. Sephiroth sounds considerably more natural to pronounce in english then Aerith.

"Rith" isn't any more unnatural to pronounce than "roth." You're just judging based on what you happen to be used to.