Pronounce That Name

June 5, 2007, 9:43 PM

Inspired by the Zidane and Tidus pronounciation here is usually one thing that confuses me in a Final Fantasy game (Until recent entries) is how would most people pronounce some of those FF characters names. Here are some that I have been confused with and how I pronounce them.

Cecil - Se-seel (I've heard his name pronounced like 'Ces-ill' in the History of Final Fantasy.)

Rydia - Rid-ia (I have a feeling that this pronounciation is wrong and it is Rye-dia.)

Celes - Sel-ees (My brother pronounces it without a silent 'C' which if he says it fast it almost sounds like 'Cleese' as in John Cleese. )

Irvine - Ur-vin (I have heard his name pronounced like 'Ur-vine' but I say 'Ur-vin' since I have heard the name in general [Not related to FF] pronounced like that. Also there is a town outside Glasgow called Irvine which is pronounced 'Ur-vin'.

Zidane - Zi-dan (As I have posted in the thread, since I already knew about Zinedine Zidane by the time the game came out, that was the first thing that came to my head when I played FFIX. I began to hear people say 'Zi-dane' so I did look more into his Japanese name which is 'Jitan', I think that the 'Zi-dan' pronounciation fits closely so I stick with it.)

Tidus - Tid-us (I think we all know the pronounciation of this one but I hate both 'Teed-us' and 'Tye-dus' so I still resort to calling him 'Tid-us'.

June 5, 2007, 9:47 PM

i always pronounce them like this

cecil-see-sil
rydia-rid-ear
celes-see-lease
irvine-ur-vin
zidane-zid-an
tidus-ti-dus

June 5, 2007, 9:51 PM

Cecil- See-sill
Rydia- Rid-dee-uh

I don't see what's so confusing here.

June 5, 2007, 9:54 PM

Cecil - Se-Cill (Se as in the first sylable of celebration)
Rydia - Ri-dia
Celes - Se-les (Se as in the first sylable of celebration)
Irvine - Ir-vine
Zidane - Zid-ain
Tidus - Tie-dus
Also id like to add

Bahamut - My friend says it like Ba-Hu-Mat why he changes A for a U i dotn know

Chocobo - in FFX its pronounced like Choa-Co-Bo,while i always think it as Choc (like short for chocolate) -CO-BO,i dont think choak soudns right

June 5, 2007, 9:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ultimadream

Bahamut - My friend says it like Ba-Hu-Mat why he changes A for a U i dotn know

Chocobo - in FFX its pronounced like Choa-Co-Bo,while i always think it as Choc (like short for chocolate) -CO-BO,i dont think choak soudns right

I never thought of Bahamut being pronounced that way but I have heard 'Choa-co-bo' in FFX but I always say 'Choc-o-bo'.

EDIT: Also, another reason why I think Cecil is 'Se-seel' is that what it sounds like when Rosa says his name in the FFIV trailer.

June 5, 2007, 10:16 PM

Zidane ~ Zid-ain
Cecil ~ Seh-sill
Tidus ~ Tie-duss
Rydia ~ Rid-dee-ah
Celes ~ Seh-leez
Irvine ~ Er-vine
Chocobo ~ Cho-co-bo
Bahamut ~ Bah-hah-mutt

June 6, 2007, 3:47 AM

thnks for sharing i pronounced to of them wrong

Tidus and Cecil >:(

June 6, 2007, 11:56 AM

Ce-seel (in the FF history vid it's See-seel)
Reed-ja (just the way it's 'Lydia'.. I've always thought this name is mistranslated)
Ce-les (as is)
Ear-vin
Zee-dain (kinda confusing to me for never hearing this name before)
Tie-doos (I've thought it's like Titus in the bible.. but later found out it's Tee-dus)

June 6, 2007, 4:39 PM

Cecil - Sea-sill
Rydia - Ri-de-uh
Celes - Se-les
Irvine - Ur-Vine
zidane-zid-an
tidus-tie-dus

And let me add these

Tifa - Tee-Fa
Aerith/Aeris - Air-rees

its weird to type out how you pronounce them

June 6, 2007, 5:14 PM

Tifa ~ Tiff-ah

...

Just kidding

Tee-fah

Aerith ~ Ayr-ith (I find pronouncing the "s" in Aeris too harsh, so I prefer the softer "th")
Ifrit ~ Iff-ritt (Not If-reet, like Balthier)
Vivi ~ Viv-ee (Not Vee-Vee, like KH2)
Ramuh ~ Ra-moo
Eiko ~ Ee-ko
Quina ~ Qwin-ah
Seifer ~ Sigh-fer
Quistits ~ (OK, Quistis) ~ Qwis-tis