how do you pronounce merengue?

[Nunnafinga]

I think it's perfectly acceptable to pronounce her name either way.Nintendo might have been trying to be clever by basing Merengue's design on the dessert but spelling her name like the dance/music.I used to call her Merengoo as a joke.

 

[stiney]

i've always pronounced it mer-en-gay like the dance because they're spelled the same way, but i've heard some people call her meringue (mer-ang). i never said mer-ang because the food is spelled meringue in english, not merengue (which is how the dance is spelled)

I voted other, because I pronounce her like the food, but I don't think the food is pronounced "mer-ang." "Muh-rehng" is how I've heard the food pronounced. She looks like food so I assumed it was the food reference.

 

[yosie1511]

mer-en-guu with the dutch way of pronouncing G

 

[Lady Sugarsaurus]

I get why people pronounce it like the dessert, since she is pastry based, but I always felt like merengue was too fabulous to not to have a fabulous sounding name, and I think Mer-en-gay sounds more fabulous than Mer-anng.

 

[thisisausername]

in my head I say “mer-en-gay” and I’m pretty sure it’s pronounced “mer-ang” but I’m too far gone so I’ll continue saying the first way lol

 

[toenuki]

i diagnose you with merengay

underrated comment

 

[Sloom]

in my head I say “mer-en-gay” and I’m pretty sure it’s pronounced “mer-ang” but I’m too far gone so I’ll continue saying the first way lol

haha yeah, I don't know where y'all are getting the gay from, but when I was much younger I just thought the rhino and food are both pronounced mer-eng and I have tried so hard to shake the habit but I just can't. it's a part of who I am now. there's no going back

 

[axo]

haha yeah, I don't know where y'all are getting the gay from

i think i was probably born with it

 

[Sloom]

i think i was probably born with it

i think i caught mine from emma watson

 

[LuchaSloth]

She is literally named after the dessert...so, I pronounce it the same as I pronounce "meringue".

Which would be "rang"...like ringing a bell.

 

[voltairenism]

i pronounce it like i do in my mother tongue, which is a dish
it's me like in "medusa"
ren, with a strong r like in japanese or spanish (i dont think this sound exists in english)
and the ge, like gheto but if the e had the sound of ee like in "glee"
you know what, just put on google translator merengue in portuguese

 

[samsquared]

I know nothing about Spanish dances but I do know something about pastries, lol, so I have definitely been pronouncing it mer-aang.

 

[Alicia]

I pronounce it Mer-ang because she's based on meringue.

 

[buny]

voted for other

i pronounce it Mer-eeng which sounds cuter to me anyway

 

[Bioness]

mə-RANG is how the dessert is pronounced not "mər-ANG".

I assumed this was a mistake on the OPs part so selected mer-ang.

 

[Arckaniel]

If I were still a kid, I would pronounce her name mer-en-gay (no offense to those who picked this option tho lol) but now that I'm older, I already know the right pronounciation for that word is mer-ang lol

 

[buny]

mə-RANG is how the dessert is pronounced not "mər-ANG".

I assumed this was a mistake on the OPs part so selected mer-ang.

what's the difference? a non-native english speaker here

 

[JKDOS]

Same as you would in Lemon Meringue Pie

 

[Bioness]

what's the difference? a non-native english speaker here

The stressed "R" sound is supposed to be on the second syllable not the first.

People frequently speak without annunciating each sound and will often slur syllables and words together. Hence why I think even many native speakers wouldn't notice.

Try saying it out loud with a pause between syllables.

Mer______AANG
Muh_____RANG

 

[ellienoise]

I speak spanish and I never EVER questioned how to pronounce her name until today. Now i'm trying to figure out the way you guys pronounce it and it sounds sooo weird!
mereeng WHAT

if you press the speaker button you can hear how it is in spanish.