The Pronunciation Thread.

[Uffe]

German is my second language. c:

Also, it helps that Zucker is literally "Sugar". So it makes more sense that way.

That's what I'm going for. Pretty much been interested in Germans since I was a kid. When I went to church, we'd have some German food and make bierocks twice a year and sell them. Every Christmas Eve we'd sing Stille Nacht. How long have you been speaking the language?

 

[goodra]

i haven't seen that many pronunciation threads, but it's definitely useful to have it all in one place!

idk how to say merengue's name in english so i just read it in spanish ahaha

i do the same for pietro and maybe other villagers, but i don't remember any

for moe and pekoe i use an 'oh' sound. i say pekoe like p-eh-k-oh (does that make sense?)

annnddd for beau, jambette and chevre i use the french pronunciation thing

 

[Teru]

When I see a French name, I pronounce it the French way; when I see a German name, I pronounce it the German way. I always say 'Volfguhng' no matter how silly it sounds

Probably the only French name I make an exception for is Croque, which I think the localisers intended for us to pronounce as 'croak', not 'croc'.

One name in my town that I actually had to check the pronunciation of was Deirdre, which is pronounced 'deer-druh' not 'deer-der'.

For Papi do you guys say 'pappy' or 'paypee'? Or it could even be 'puppy', if it's a European word...
For Cheri do you say 'cherry' or 'sheree'? Which syllable do you emphasise? I'm guessing 'cherry' might be out since there's an actual Cherry...
For Shari do you say 'sha-ree' or 'share-ree'?
For Olaf do you say 'oh-laff' or 'oh-laugh'? If you're in the US though, you probably don't know what I'm talking about :/
For Pango, it rhymes with 'mango', right?? Chuggaa really threw me off with that one.


P.S.
Great topic (which might actually become quite helpful provided we don't get carried away getting off-topic judging characters' ugliness...ahem). Poor opening post. We could do with less attitude and hypocrisy.

 

[Panduhh]

When I see a French name, I pronounce it the French way (like 'zh' for J and 'sh' for CH) and when it's German, I pronounce it the German way (like 'ts' for Z and 'v' for W). I always say 'Volfgung' no matter how silly it sounds

Probably the only French name I make an exception for is Croque, which I think the localisers intended for us to pronounce as 'croak', not 'croc'.

One name in my town that I actually had to check the pronunciation of was Deirdre, which is pronounced 'deer-druh' not 'deer-der'.

For Papi do you guys say 'pappy' or 'paypee'? Or it could even be 'puppy', if it's a European word...
For Cheri do you say 'cherry' or 'sheree'? Which syllable do you emphasise? I'm guessing 'cherry' might be out since there's an actual Cherry...
For Shari do you say 'sha-ree' or 'share-ree'?
For Olaf do you say 'oh-laff' or 'oh-laugh'? If you're in the US though, you probably don't know what I'm talking about :/
For Pango, it rhymes with 'mango', right?? Chuggaa really threw me off with that one.

My pronunciations
I've always said Wolfgang lexactly how it's spelled--- Wolf-gang.
Croque=croak. though my boyfriend likes to call him croke-kay.
Deirdre=deer-dray
papi= poppy
cheri-share-ree
Shari-share-ree
olaf= oh-loff
Pango rhymes with mango for me

 

[Brackets]

Threads about pronunciation are better than all those 'choose my villagers for me, lol' threads

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Oh, and I used to not be sure on how to pronounce 'Soleil' - is it Sol-ay?

 

[FallingStar]

I've never been able to say Pashmina correctly (or so I think, I've tried calling her through the megaphone but it always registered as someone else. I say it like Pash-mee-nah, is that right?

 

[shayminskyforme88]

some of mine:
Beau: Byoo
Merengue: Me-rung
Crosteau: Cros-tow
Chevre: Che-ver
Pekoe: Pe-kow
Pietro: Pee-eh-tro
Avery: Ay-very
Blanche: Blan-chey
Caroline: Caro-leen
Charlise: Car-lie
Croque: Croak
Deirdre: Deer-dre
Eloise: E-lo-weese
Flo: Flow
Fuchsia: Foo-shia
Genji: Gen-ji
Hippeux: Hip-aw
Jacques: Zhock
Pancetti: Pan-che-ti
Portia: Por-sha
Soleil: So-lay

 

[SirFluffsALot]

I'm a little curious how you're supposed to say Tangy's name:
is it "Tayng-ee"?(like, "woah, that has a tangy flavor") Or is it supposed to be "tange-ee" (the "tange" part sounding like the beginning of the word "tangerine").
Either way may be correct, but I'm curious how most people say her name. ^.^

 

[Stalfos]

I'm a little curious how you're supposed to say Tangy's name:
is it "Tayng-ee"?(like, "woah, that has a tangy flavor") Or is it supposed to be "tange-ee" (the "tange" part sounding like the beginning of the word "tangerine").
Either way may be correct, but I'm curious how most people say her name. ^.^

I pronounce it Tan-djy. Might be completely wrong though.

 

[Shydragon]

I pronounce Jambette as "jam-bet".

Moe as "Mow" like mow the lawn. (also The Three Stooges-Larry, Moe and Curly.)

Pekoe as "pee-ko". Like, a silent 'e'.

Julian I pronounce as Joo-lee-ehn"

I've always pronounced Pekoe as peh-KWEE but now that I think about it that would be spelled Pekoui. peh-KOH sound most reasonable to me but pee-KO sounds reasonable too.

I pronounce it Tan-djy. Might be completely wrong though.

It's TANG-ee (hard g) because the word tangy describes sweetish sour things, like an orange.

 

[hanzy]

I used to pronounce Portia as por-tee-ah when I was younger and she was in my WW town :')
I still do though, since that's how I first read the name.

 

[Celes]

I used to call Pate like Pat?. Basically like "Pat - a" or like Patty with a "aie" replacing the Y. xD
Even though its just Pay - ate, which sounds much more boyish xD.

 

[Rika092]

Threads about pronunciation are better than all those 'choose my villagers for me, lol' threads

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Oh, and I used to not be sure on how to pronounce 'Soleil' - is it Sol-ay?

I go by the French pronunciation of 'so-lay', since it is actually the few words I still remember from my French class lol

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Also how do you pronounce 'Ankha'? I literally say it as in 'Ank-ha' ( both k& h are pronounced)

 

[Fairytale]

Merengue: me-ren-guh
Pekoe: Pee-koeh
Julian: Juu-lie-an
Soleil: So-lay / so-lel
Ankha: an-ka
Chevre: sjev-re
Papi: pappie
Olaf: O-laff (it's my brothers name)
Cheri: Cherry
Shari: Sja-rie
Wolfgang: wolf-gang
Genji- gen-jie
Croque: kro-ok
Pietro: Pjee-troo

 

[~Mae~]

Pee-trow - Pietro
Jam-bet - Jambette
Shev-air - Chevre
Mer-ang - Merengue
Bow - Beau
In Broccolo i roll the R
Ol-aff - Olaf
Deer-dree - Deirdre
Cherry - Cheri
Sha-ree - Shari
Hipp-ow - Hippaux
Pee-kow - Pekoe
Sol-ail - Soleil
Por-tee-ah - Portia
An-k-ha - Ankha

 

[Brackets]

How do people pronounce Maelle, and Jacques

 

[Fairytale]

Maa-elluh
Jak-kus

 

[woodlandmermaid]

I when I first got Tangy I pronounced her name like tange-ee (tange as in tangible) even though I realize it's probably tang-ee (like the flavor) and I'm not really sure why I did that

 

[cIementine]

I am sick of these already. So here is a thread to talk about ALL of them on. So stop making individual ones.

don't you make threads for the most ridiculous things though?

 

[Waluigi]

don't you make threads for the most ridiculous things though?

i was literally about to post this