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Pokémon Pronunciations

My friend pronounces Eevee evolutions strangely to me:

Him:
Vaporeon: Vay-por-on
Flareon: Flar-en
Jolteon: Johl-ten

Me:
Vaporeon: Vay-pore-e-on
Flareon: Flare-e-on
Jolteon: Jol-tee-on
 
I say swee-koon as well
Arceus - Ark-see-us
Rayquaza - Ray-kwaa-zuh
Gyarados - Gar-uh-dose (gar like the start of 'Gary')
Giratina - Gear-uh-teen-ah
Bonsly - Bons-lee
Pidgeot - Pidge-ee-ot
Raikou - Rye-koo
Ratatta - Rat-tat-taa
I have the feeling that I pronounce most of these wrong.
 
I hate when my little brother's friend pronounces Sceptile Skep-tile.

I pronounce Arceus Ars-eeus
Until Gible was introduced in the anime I pronounced it Gie-bul
 
I tend to trust an animé pronounciation for a controversially spoken word less and instead look to real word parallels.

For example:

* Miss-maj-e-us (not, Miss-mag-e-us)

* Patch-i-ri-su (not Pack-ir-i-su)

I also say:

* Rí-koo (not ray-ko)
* Ar-see-us (not Ark-ee-us)
* Swee-koon
* Pi-ge-ot
* Tro-pee-us (not Trow-pee-us)
* Bon-slee
 
Rattata- I always say Ratta ta (ta rhyming with bar). Some people say Rat tat tah.
Pidgeot- I say Pid gee ott. Not Pidgit.
Ponyta- In Pokemon Stadium they say Ponee tah. I say Pony ta (ta rhyming with bar)
Arcanine- I say Arc ah nine. In Pokemon stadium they say Arc+Canine (canines as in dogs and wolves)
Pokemon- I say Po kuh mon. Some people say Po kee mon or even Pock eh mon.
 
I don't really see the reason behind pronouncing Arceus "Ar-see-us" (That's what my little brother says), I've always thought of it as "Arc-ee-us". For the life of me I can't remember how they said it in the Jewel of Life... /=[

I would say go with the anime pronunciation, unless they're obviously wrong (Ry-koo and Pidge-it).
 
I'm going to think of all the Pokemon I can think of. This is how I pronounce them.

Dialga = Dee-Al-Ga
Arceus = Ar-See-Us
Giratina = Gear-Ra-Tina
Pidgeot = Pidge-Ee-Ott Video Proof
Gyarados = Gear-Ra-Dos
Rayquaza = Ray-Kwa-Za
Groudon = Grow (Ow as in like OW!)-Don Video Proof
Suicune = Swee-Koon Video Proof
Entei = En-Tay
Raikou = Rai-Koo
Lugia: Loo-Gee-A (This is how they say it in the movie, I don't know where the J sound came from) Video Proof
Kyogre: Kai-Oh-Ger
Jirachi: Jer-Ra-Chee
Deoxys: Dee-Ox-Sis
Cresselia: Kress-Sell-Lee-A
Darkrai: Dark-Rai
 
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