AC Pronuncing Challenge!

[saramew]

Oh btw Sara, you have Cyrano on your list twice

Yeah, I didn't make the list! My post is the 2nd link!

 

[mapleshine]

Going back to the Merengue bit, I say Mer-ang, like a lot of others. It's like the dessert, not the Spanish dance

 

[saramew]

I will try Archaeopteryx...

arch-ayop-ties

At least I tried...

I had a hard time with that one too, I'm sure you could tell.. ;A;

 

[mapleshine]

Archaeopteryx-(how I say it) ar-kee-op-ter-ix
This is fun ^_^

 

[Sena]

Oh, I have one I've been curious about for a while - How do you guys pronounce "Cheri," as in the peppy cub villager Cheri?

Ever since GC I've been saying it like "cherry," the fruit. I thought it fit because she is red like a cherry. But with the release of New Leaf and the introduction of Cherry the dog villager, I am wondering if they intended her name to be said like "sherry," rather than "cherry."

I really prefer her name to be said like "cherry" and I still catch myself doing it all the time.

Edit: I originally wrote that her default shirt in GC was the cherry shirt, but then realized that wasn't true, my mistake.

 

[saramew]

Oh, I have one I've been curious about for a while - How do you guys pronounce "Cheri," as in the peppy cub villager Cheri?

Ever since GC I've been saying it like "cherry," the fruit. I thought it fit because she is red like a cherry. But with the release of New Leaf and the introduction of Cherry the dog villager, I am wondering if they intended her name to be said like "sherry," rather than "cherry."

I really prefer her name to be said like "cherry" and I still catch myself doing it all the time.

Edit: I originally wrote that her default shirt in GC was the cherry shirt, but then realized that wasn't true, my mistake.

Good observation... I say it like cherry, but now you have me thinking otherwise.

 

[mistakenolive]

Oh, I have one I've been curious about for a while - How do you guys pronounce "Cheri," as in the peppy cub villager Cheri?

Ever since GC I've been saying it like "cherry," the fruit. I thought it fit because she is red like a cherry. But with the release of New Leaf and the introduction of Cherry the dog villager, I am wondering if they intended her name to be said like "sherry," rather than "cherry."

I really prefer her name to be said like "cherry" and I still catch myself doing it all the time.

Edit: I originally wrote that her default shirt in GC was the cherry shirt, but then realized that wasn't true, my mistake.

I think it's supposed to be like "ma cherie" / "mon cheri" (male version). I swear though I've heard cherie/cheri pronounced with the 'ch' sound and 'sh' sound mixed together/in between rather than the straight up 'sh' sound. Any fran?ais/francophiles want to confirm?

 

[Azzie]

I can't record, so I wrote it up!

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Olaf: OLE-off
Merengue: Mer-ENG
Pietro: PYET-row
Freya: FRAY-uh
Baabara: BAW-bra
Zucker: ZUCK-er
Hippeux: Hip-EUH (rhymes with the 'oo' in foot)
Julian: JOO-lee-un
Soleil: So-LAY
Ankha: ANK-a
Pascal: Pas-CAL
Gulliver: GULL-iv-er
Mabel: MAY-bul
Sable: SAY-bul
L?abelle: La-BELL
Leif: LEAF
Celeste: Suh-LEST
Resetti: Re-SET-ee
Chevre: SHEV-ruh
Portia: POR-sha
Beau: BO
Cranston: CRAN-stun
Ceasar: SEE-zur
Cyrano: Sigh-RAN-owe (sometimes SIGH-ran-owe)
Kapp?n: CAP-n (also sometimes more like CAT-n)
Leilani: Lay-LAW-nee
Leila: LAY-luh
Croque: CROAK
Cousteau: Coo-STOW
Beardo: BEER-doh
Klaus: CLOSS (like 'boss')
Friga: FREE-guh
Gala: GAL-uh
Canberra: Can-BEAR-uh

Cicada: Sick-AY-duh
Cyclommatus stag: Sike-low-MAT-us stag
Horned dynastid: Horned die-NAS-tid
Miyama stag: Mee-AW-muh stag
Scarab beetle: SCARE-ub BEE-tul
Arapaima: Air-a-PIE-muh
Arowana: Air-owe-ON-a
Coelacanth: COH-la-canth
Saddled Bichir: SAD-ulled bish-EER
Abalone: AB-a-low-nee
Chambered nautilus: CHAYM-bird NOT-ill-us
Giant isopod: JY-ant ICE-o-pod
Sea anemone: SEE a-nem-o-nee

Ammonite: AM-a-night
Archaeopteryx: Ark-ay-op-TAIR-icks
Coprolite: COP-row-light
Ankylosaurus: ANK-ill-owe-SORE-us
Apatosaurus: a-PAT-owe-SORE-us
Archelon: ARCH-ell-on
Dimetrodon: Die-MET-row-don
Diplodocus: Dip-LAW-dough-cuss
Ichthyosaurus: Ick-thee-owe-SORE-us
Iguanodon: Igg-WAN-owe-don
Megacerops: MEGG-uh-sir-ops
Pachysaurid: Pack-ee-SORE-id

 

[Zanessa]

I can confirm Hippeux is Hip-ew.
Why?
Because he's so ew.

 

[nammie]

Oh, I have one I've been curious about for a while - How do you guys pronounce "Cheri," as in the peppy cub villager Cheri?

Ever since GC I've been saying it like "cherry," the fruit. I thought it fit because she is red like a cherry. But with the release of New Leaf and the introduction of Cherry the dog villager, I am wondering if they intended her name to be said like "sherry," rather than "cherry."

I really prefer her name to be said like "cherry" and I still catch myself doing it all the time.

Edit: I originally wrote that her default shirt in GC was the cherry shirt, but then realized that wasn't true, my mistake.

Oh I always thought it was pronounced like cherry but now you make me wonder if it's pronounced otherwise too... O:
though I have her in my town, and she does respond to being called "cherry" so idk...

then again it seems like quite a few villagers have names that could be pronounced a variety of ways lol

 

[Neli]

I don't have a tumblr, so I'll post my pronunciations of them here.

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Word to the left, my pronunciation on the right
Olaf - Oh-lahff
Merengue - Mer-ang (I know it's probably mer-en-gay, but I'm from around Detroit and we have lazy accents.)
Pietro - Pee-ay-tro
Freya - Fray-uh
Baabara - Bah-bruh
Zucker - Zuck-urr
Hippeux - Hipp-oh
Julian - Jew-lee-en
Soleil - Soh-lay
Ankha - Ang-kah
Pascal - Pass-cal
Gulliver - Gull-ih-vurr
Mabel - May-ble
Sable - Say-ble
L’abelle - Luh-bell
Leif - Leef
Celeste - Sell-est
Resetti - Rih-zetti
Chevre - Shev-ray
Portia - Por-shuh
Beau - Bee-oo (I know it's suppose to be pronounced like 'Bow' but.. I like 'Bee-oo.' It's cuter and sounds like a name to me lol)
Cranston - Cran-stin
Ceasar - See-zhur
Cyrano - Sigh-ran-oh
Kapp’n - Capp'm
Leilani - Lay-lah-nee
Leila - Lay-la
Croque - Croh-kay (lol I know it's suppose to be like 'croak')
Cousteau - Co-stoh (I have always pronounced it this way, since ACCF, but now I've realized it's probably pronounced like Kew-stow)
Beardo - Beer-doh
Klaus - Clow-ss
Friga - Frih-guh
Gala - Gah-la
Canberra - Can-bare-uh

Cicada - Sih-kay-duh
Cyclommatus Stag - Sigh-klo-matt-uss Stag
Horned dynastid - Horned-Dy-nahs-tid
Miyama stag - Mee-yah-mah Stag
Scarab beetle - Scar-ab Beetle
Arapaima - Air-uh-pay-muh
Arowana - Air-oh-wah-nuh
Coelacanth - Cole-uh-canth (I know it's 'say-luh-canth' though..)
Saddled Bichir - Saddled Bur-chur (I know there's no 'r' after the 'Bi' though..)
Abalone - Ab-uh-lone
Chambered Nautilus - Chambered Nuh-taw-less
Giant Isopod - Giant Ice-oh-pod
Sea Anemone - Sea Ann-en-o-me

Ammonite - Ahm-en-ite
Archaeopteryx - Ar-kay-opt-a-rix
Coprolite - Copro-lite
Ankylosaurus -Ang-kle-o-sore-us
Apatosaurus - Uh-pat-o-sore-us
Archelon - Arch-eh-lon
Dimetrodon - Dih-meh-truh-don
Diplodocus - Dip-loh-doh-kuss
Ichthyosaurus - It-ty-chi-o-sore-us
Iguanodon - Ih-gua-no-don
Megacerops - Mega-sare-ops
Pachysaurid - Patchy-sore-id

As for Cheri, I say 'Share-ee' and for Cherry I pronounce it like 'Chair-ee'.
Also, some ones I added myself,:

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Kabuki - Kuh-boo-kee
Genji - Gen-gee
Jacques - Jah-keese
Lucha - Loo-kuh
Blanche - Blawn-shh
Deirdre - Deer-dray
Lyman - Lee-mon
Marina - Muh-ree-nuh
Pekoe - Pee-koh

 

[mizukitty]

i'll post it here in a spoiler tag as well ^-^

by the way, k.k. slider needs to record ponponpon pronto :3

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Olaf - oh-loff
Merengue - mer-ang
Pietro - pee-ay-tro
Freya - fray-uh
Baabara - baa-burra
Zucker - like sucker, with a z
Hippeux - hippo
Julian - jewel-ee-in
Soleil - sole-ay
Ankha - ahn-kuh
Pascal - pas-kul
Gulliver - gul-liver
Mabel - like maple, with a b
Sable - say-bull
L’abelle - luh-belle
Leif - leaf
Celeste - sull-est
Resetti - rez-etti
Chevre - shev-urr (i use the megaphone to call her name out this way and it works!)
Portia - pour-sha
Beau - bow
Cranston - cran-stin
Ceasar - caesar
Cyrano - sigh-rain-o
Kapp’n - cap'n
Leilani - lay-lan-ee
Leila - lay-luh
Croque - crow-kay
Cousteau - coo-stow
Beardo - beard-o
Klaus - clow-ss
Friga - free-ga
Gala - gal-uh
Canberra - can-burra
Catchables
Cicada - sih-kay-duh
Cyclommatus stag - sigh-clo-mat-is stag
Horned dynastid - die-nast-id
Miyama stag - me-yah-muh
Scarab beetle - scare-ub
Arapaima - air-uh-pay-ma
Arowana - arrow-on-uh
Coelacanth - co-ella-canth
Saddled Bichir - bih-sure
Abalone - ab-ah-lone-ee
Chambered nautilus - naw-til-iss
Giant isopod - eye-so-pod
Sea anemone - uh-neh-mo-nee
Fossils
Ammonite - amma-night
Archaeopteryx - ark-ay-oh-pter-ix
Coprolite - co-pruh-light
Ankylosaurus - anne-ky-low-soar-iss
Apatosaurus - uh-pay-toe-soar-iss
Archelon - ark-uh-lon
Dimetrodon - die-metro-don
Diplodocus - dip-low-dough-kiss
Ichthyosaurus - ick-thigh-oh-soar-iss
Iguanodon - igg-juan-oh-don
Megacerops - mega-sehr-ops
Pachysaurid - pack-ee-soar-id

man i probably butcher at least half of those.. but i never looked any up and i've always said them this way lolol

 

[Batossi]

Eureka!

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Olaf - Oh-lof
Merengue - Mur-rang, like the pie
Cheri - Cher-ee (the French var)
Pietro - Pee - ay -tro
Freya - Fray-ah
Baabara - Baa (sheep sound) bara
Hippeux - Hippo (though prefer “Hippew" now)
Soleil - So - lay
Ankha - Onk-ah
Pascal - Pas - cawl
Leif - Lee- f (leaf)
Celeste - Cell-lest
Resetti (<3 because yes) - Reset - ee
Chevre (x) - Shev (like the cheese)
Portia (x) - Por-sha
Beau (x) - Boh
Ceasar (x) - See-czar
Cyrano (x) - Sear-rah- no
Kapp’n (x) - Cap - n
Leilani (x) - Lay - lah- nee
Leila (x) - Lay - lah
Croque - Croak
Cousteau - Coo - stow ( same as Jacques Cousteau)
Beardo - Beard - oh
Klaus - Klouse (blouse with a K)
Friga - Free - gah
Gala - Ga - lah
Canberra (x) - Can - bear - ah
Insects:
Cicada -Sick- cayda
Cyclommatus stag - Sigh - cloh - mat - us stag
Horned dynastid - Horned die-nah-stid
Miyama stag - Me- yama (as in Spanish for my name is)
Scarab beetle - Scare-rab
Arapaima - Aira - pay-ma
Arowana - Aero - wanna
Coelacanth - Sea - lah - canth
Saddled Bichir - Saddled Bik-kear
Abalone - Ah-baloney
Chambered nautilus - chambered Naw-tah-lus
Giant isopod - Giant Eye-so-pod
Sea anemone (nemo hehe) - Sea ah-nem-moh-nee
Fossils:
Ammonite - Am- mah- nite (or Ammo-nite)
Archaeopteryx - ar-key-op-trix
Coprolite - Cop - pro-lite
Ankylosaurus - Ank(as in yank) e-low-saw-rus
Apatosaurus - Ah-pat-oh-saw-rus
Archelon -Ark-eh-lon
Dimetrodon - Die - metro-don
Diplodocus - Dip-low-dock-us
Ichthyosaurus - Ick-theo-saw-rus
Iguanodon - Ig-gwan-no-don
Megacerops - Meh-ga-sair-ops
Pachysauri -Pack-ee-saw-eye

 

[Bea]

Merengue is most definitely mer-en-gay because of its spelling. Archaeopteryx.... I don't even say it in my head when I read it. It's just -blank space- and then the rest of the sentence. Too much going on in that word for my little dyslexic brain. x.x

 

[Zanessa]

I think Hippeux is one of the hardest to pronounce. It has multiple ways to pronounce that, and that is annoying.

 

[Feraligator]

Oh-laugh
Meh-rang
Pie-eh-tro
Fray-ya
Bar-bra
Zuck-er
Hippo
Ju-li-un

I'll edit the rest later.

 

[WeiMoote]

Here's my attempt...

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0l1RS0Wftws

 

[JellyBeans]

Here's mine

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Olaf Oh-laf
Merengue Muh-rang
Pietro Pee-tro
Freya Fray-ah
Baabara Baa-ba-ra.
Zucker Zuck-er
Hippeux Hip-euh-x.
Julian Joo-li-an
Soleil So-le-el.
Ankha An-ka
Pascal Pas-cal
Gulliver Gul-i-ver
Mabel May-bell
Sable Say-bell
Labelle Lab-elle
Leif Leaf
Celeste Suh-leste
Resetti Ree-set-ee
Chevre (x) Shev-rey
Portia (x) Pour-sha
Beau (x) Byoo
Cranston (x) Cran-ston
Ceasar (x) See-zer
Cyrano (x) See-rah-no
Kapp’n (x) Cap-pn
Leilani (x) Ley-lah-ni
Leila (x) Ley-lah
Croque Cro-ke/Croak
Cyrano Cuh-rah-no
Cousteau Cus-stu
Beardo Beer-doh
Klaus Clause/Claws
Friga Free-gah
Gala Gah-la
Canberra (x) Can-berr-a
Catchables Catch-a-balls
Cicada Sih-ca-da
Cyclommatus stag Si-clo-mat-us stag
Horned dynastid Horned dy-na-stid
Miyama stag My-ama stag
Scarab beetle Sca-rab beetle
Arapaima Ah-rah-paima
Arowana Arrow-anna
Coelacanth Co-el-a-canth
Saddled Bichir Saddled bir-chir
Abalone Ah-ba-lone
Chambered nautilus Chame-ber-ed nawt-ih-lus
Giant isopod Giant i-so-pod
Sea anemone See ah-nem-oh-nee
Fossils Fos-ill-s
Ammonite Am-o-nite
Archaeopteryx Arch-ay-oh-ter-ix (never thought about that )
Coprolite Cop-row-light
Ankylosaurus Ank-lio-sawr-us
Apatosaurus App-at-oh-sawr-us
Archelon Arch-ee-lon
Dimetrodon Dim-ee-tro-don
Diplodocus Dip-low-doh-cus
Ichthyosaurus Ic-thy-oh-sawr-us
Iguanodon Igg-you-ano-don
Megacerops Meg-ah-ceh-rops
Pachysaurid Patch-ee-sawr-id

Also, just wondering, how do you guys pronounce Mira? I say it mirror or mii-rah.

- - - Post Merge - - -

Oops, I spelt out fossils and catchables >.<
Oh well. Can't be bothered to edit it.

 

[Bon]

I think Hippeux is one of the hardest to pronounce. It has multiple ways to pronounce that, and that is annoying.

Isn't it Hip-you?

I always had problems with pronouncing Deirdre. Embarassing considering she's my favorite villager ///

 

[Zanessa]

Isn't it Hip-you?

I always had problems with pronouncing Deirdre. Embarassing considering she's my favorite villager ///

You could say
Hippo
Hip-oo
Hip-ux
Hipp-you

.-.