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I hope this topic isn't regarded as spam-esque, but there was a similar topic on the pronounciation of Kefka's name. I'm not continuing in that thread because someone complained of going off topic... so... I'm really interested in this even though it doesn't really have much to do with the gameplay or whatever.

Anyway, I've found that everyone seems to have a different way of pronouncing the characters' names, and it's odd because once I've pronounced them a certain way, hearing it another way is like hearing about a foreign character. Here's how *I* pronounce all of their names:

Kefka - "KEFF-kuh"
Sabin- "Suh-BIN"
Cyan- "Sye-ANN"
Celes- "Suh-LESS"
Umaro- "OOH-muh-ro"
Locke- just like the word "lock"
Strago- "STRAY-go"
Banon- rhymes with "cannon"
Tritoch- "TRY-tock"
Ragnarok- "RAG-nuh-rock"
Thamasa- "Tuh-MAH-suh"

Do those seem weird to any of you?


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Here are the ones that I pronounce differently. I think it's mostly because I'm Canadian, and heard what my Canadian friends called certain places and people before hearing Americans.

Sabin- "SAY-bin"
Cyan- "SEE-in"
Strago- "STRAW-go" (I've been trained more towards STRAY-go, now)
Tritoch- "TRY-toch" (ch like checkers)

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I had an old signature. Now I've changed it.

Hey, your canadien, Elena? That's really cool!
Anyway...
Terra- Tear-A (rymes with fear)
Locke- LOW-key
Kefka- KEF-ka
Sabin- Sah-BIN
Cyan- Kye-enne (And I didnt even know that that's hs de-Woolseyed name when I started that! ;P)
Celes- Cell-EASE
Strago- Straa-GO
Relm- Rel. Now I do it RelM though- in my first run through the game, I accidentally deleted the M without noticing.
Kirin-KEY-rinn
Tritoch- rhymes with Drydock
Maduin- Ma-DO-een
Gehstalh- GESS-tall
Phunbaba- FUN-ba-ba
Final Kefka- That-no-good-lousy-son-of-a-*****-that-just-wont-die



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Uwao. aooh! I'm Gau!
I'm your friend!
Let's travel together!

locke - how it is in the original japanese verison.. lock the e is silent.

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Sabin - Sah-bin
Celes- Sell-eez (Cell-ease)
Umaro - Oo-ma-row (oo as in noose)

All the rest are the same.

http://www.cavesofnarshe.com/forums/ipb/in...t=0&#entry10523

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Another old topic like this:
http://www.cavesofnarshe.com/forums/ipb/in...l=pronunciation

This post has been edited by Zephir on 5th July 2004 21:49

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I did a search on this topic and neither one of those threads even showed up. Otherwise I wouldn't have started a new one.

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I searched for "pronunciation", as you can see by the link name. =P

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~Status Report~

* Completed... Dragon's Head
* Completed... Soldiers of the Empire: Disciples (release pending)
* In Progress/Undecided... Of Love and Betrayal
* Planning/Assembly... Where it all Began

Neither of those other threads are as general (or weren't, until they went off topic). Let's just keep to this one from now and merge future duplicates into it.

Also: let's actually talk about pronunciation from now on instead of past threads.

I always pronounced Thamasa, Ta-Ma-Sa, and Phunbaba, Foon-Baba. I also pronoucned Gehstalh, Gesh-Tal, but I supose I got the places of the s & h mixed up.

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Well, this isnt from FFVI, per se, but it IS from Square Games that I have had trouble with..
Cyrus- KY-russ
Marle- MAR-ell
Lucca- Loo-ka
Ayla- EYE-la
Lavos - Lay-A-VOs
Virage - VIR-a-GEE
Tidus - TEE-dus

Moderator Edit

That's all well and good, but why would you post it here KNOWING it can not possibly have anything to do with the topic? -R51

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I simply thought that creating a 'general' topic about char pronounciation would be too similar to this one, and either be combined or deleted. Just trying to save you a bit of trouble, R51. And it is somewhat related- they ARE haracter Name Pronounciations....

This post has been edited by Wind God Gau on 6th July 2004 22:33

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I'm your friend!
Let's travel together!

Quote (minerva @ 5th July 2004 15:32)

Kefka - "KEFF-kuh"
Sabin- "Suh-BIN"
Cyan- "Sye-ANN"
Celes- "Suh-LESS"
Umaro- "OOH-muh-ro"
Locke- just like the word "lock"
Strago- "STRAY-go"
Banon- rhymes with "cannon"
Tritoch- "TRY-tock"
Ragnarok- "RAG-nuh-rock"
Thamasa- "Tuh-MAH-suh"

Do those seem weird to any of you?

Kefka, Locke, Banon, Tritoch and Ragnarok I agree with you for.

Sabin - SAY-bin
Cyan - Like the colour, SYE-an.
Celes - SELL-eese
Umaro - ooh-MARR-ooh (long A, like the word mar)
Strago - STRAH-go
Thamasa - ta-ma-sa (No particular emphasis on any syllable)

Also:

Terra - TEH-ruh
Gehstahl - GESS-tarl
Gogo - GO-go
Gau - Like "Ow!" with a hard G at the front (Not soft like J)
Mog - short O, rhymes with fog.

Terra- Ter-ra (like terra firma)
Locke- Lock (like on a door)
Kefka- Kef-ka (like everyone else i know)
Sabin- Sa-bin (exactly as it's written
Cyan- Ci-an (like the color)
Celes- Cer-as (Like in the anime Hellsing)
Strago- Stray-go
Relm- Relm
Tritoch- Tri-tosh
Maduin- Ma-do-in
Gehstalh- Ges-tall
Phunbaba- Fun-ba-ba




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Terra- Tear-ra (tear as in to tear apart paper).
Locke- Lock (my grandfather's name was Locke, which was pronounced 'lock', like a lock on a door).
Kefka- Kef-ka
Sabin- Sa-bin
Cyan- Ci-an
Celes- Depends. Either 'Cell-ease' or 'Cel-es', like in 'celestial'.
Strago- Strah-go
Relm- Realm

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Terra: TAIR-uh
Celes: SEE-liss
Sabin: SA-bin ("short" A)
Gau: GO
Narshe: NARSH (or NAR-shay, if I'm thinking about it)
Thamasa: thuh-MASS-suh
Kefka: KEFF-kuh
Gestahl: GESH-tall
Maduin: MA-doo-ween ("short" A)

I'm just waiting for someone toqcome along and post the authentic, perfect, real, true, wonderful, elitist Japanese pronounciations that I'm sure everyone has seenesomewhere and few people reallyqgive a damn about. Anyejoker who can read katakana can tell you what they are, myself includedm but there's only one person around here who really cares.

This post has been edited by karasuman on 7th July 2004 17:17

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I always figured the root of "celes" was the word "celestiul", which is why I pronounced it t|e way I do.

This post has been edited by minerva on 7th July 2004 21:22

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This is pretty interesting the different mixes and matches of how people say the different names, I don't think I have come across one person with the same exact pronunciations, well here goes:
Terra - Tear-uh
Locke - Lock on a door
Edgar - Edger, as opposed to EdgAR
Sabin - rhymes with cabin
Gau - Like Ow with a hard G, not a J.
Celes - Cell + es/is. I don't know how to explain...... oh , duh "Celestial," but with the pronunciation of cell. Sorry if that is hard to understand haha.
Kefka - Kef-kuh
Cyan - Sigh + and minus the d
Relm - Realm
Strago - Stray-go
Umaro - You-muh-row
Geshtal - Guest-all
Maduin - Mad-oo-in
Tritoch - Tritoch
Narshe - Narsh
Figaro - Fig-uh-row
Phunbaba - Foon-ba-buh

Most of the towns mess me up though, so I don't really have a set way of pronouncing. It is really good that I know the real way of representing the pronunciation symbols, huh?

Locke: LOW-CK (The "CK" is the last part of "uck")
Terra: TAIR-UH (Tair rhymes with hair)
Cyan: SAI-UN
Edgar: ADD-GAR (Gar rhymes with car)
Celes: SELL-IS
Sabin: (Rhymes with cabin)
Kefka: KAF-KUH (Kaf has the a the same sound as cap or at)

Japanese names:
Lock:
Tina: TEEN-UH
Cayene: KA-YAN (Ka like in Kamehameha and yan like Yen for currency in Japan)
Mash: The same way you say mashed potatoes except its just mash.
Cefca: SAF-KUH (Saf should sound like the a in sap)

Do you ever explain WHY you open up ancient threads, NED?

Terra: "TAIR-uh", like the (American) trillions prefix, trochee
Celes: "Sell-ESS", like in the word celestial, iamb
Locke: "LOCK", like the philosopher
Edgar: well, it's a common first name, so I pronounce it like it's supposed to be
Sabin: "SABE-in", like the philosopher, trochee
Shadow: no explanation necessary
Gau: "GAO", like Mao or wow
Cyan: "SAI-ann", like the color, trochee with a soft S
Kefka: "KEFF-kuh", trochee, upside-down e thing
Gestahl: "GUESS-TALL", like the two spelled in my pronouciation key, spondee
Setzer: "SET-zur", trochee
Mog: "MOG", hard O sound
Relm: "RELM", like realm
Strago: "STRAY-GO", like the two words spelledi n my pronouciation key, spondee
Umaro: "oo-MAH-roe", rhymes with "screw-pa-joe" (I don't like PSU). I don't know what that metrical unit is called.
Gogo: "GO-GO", hard O, spondee

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Terra - Tair-rah
Locke - Lock
Sabin - Sab-in
Gau - Gow [Hard 'G']
Cyan - Sye-ann
Setzer - Setz-ur
Kefka - Keff-kah
Celes - Suh-less
Strago - Strayg-oh
Tritoch - Trit-ock
Gestahl - Geh-stall
Ifrit - If-reet
Shiva - Sheev-a
Ramuh - Rah-muh
Thamasa - Ta-ma-sa
Jidoor - Jid-or
Maduin - Mada-win
Phunbaba - Fun-bobba


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Burning the candle at both ends
I’m gripping at the walls around me
Don’t complicate it
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I’ll be your token of attention
All my lies come down to this
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hmm...

maduin~mad-win
ifrit~e-freet
umaro~you-mar-oh(think humor, oh)
ramuh~ra-moo



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TERR-ah or TERR-uh
LOCK
SAY-bin
sigh-ANN (but cah-YENN for the Japanese version)
GOW
SEE-lees
STRAY-go
uu-MAHR-oh (rhymes with "do car go")
GO-go
BAN-nun OR bah-NON (undecided)

KEF-kah (but CHEF-kah or SHEF-kah for the Japanese version)
gesh-TAUL (I unintentionally and automatically made it sound German)

trih-TOCK or trih-TOCH (with the "CH" as in "loCH" of "Loch Ness")
mah-DUU-in (rhymes with "a true pin")
IF-frit (both short I sounds)
SHEE-va
RAH-muh

NAHR-shee
FIG-ah-roh
tah-MAH-sah
jee-DOOR

foon-BAH-bah

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I have always pronounced them this way.

terra - Tair-a
locke - lockea
sabin - sah-bin
narshe - nar-shea
cyan - Kai-yin
kefka - kef-ka
celes - cells
setzer - setsir
umaro - uu-maru
gau - Gow
strago - straygo
mog - mog
gogo - go go
relm - relm
kappa - Crappuh!
chocobo - chuck-a-boo
edger - ed-grr
shadow - shadow

Thats all i have for ya.

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Terra - as in terra firma. I had a friend named Terra, actually, so this one I can vouch for.
Locke - LOCK-ee. Probably wrong, since John Locke has a silent E.
Edgar - real name
Sabin - SA-bin. a as in apple
Banon - rhymes with Shannon
Cyan - sigh-ann. Means teal, roughly. On a side note, between II and III, I invented a character named Cyan who was a rough combination of Cecil and Yang (I was 9, this wasn't thought out)
Gau - rhymes with POW
Celes - SEAL-ese. I think I'm the only one who says it like this. It just looks like it should work like Ceres (Roman goddess/asteroid)
Setzer - like Seltzer
Mog - Mawg
Strago - Strah-go
Relm - Realm

Places:
Narshe - NARSH-ee (rhymes with marshy)
Thamasa - Thah-mass-ah



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That's it, you people have stood in my way long enough! I'm going to clown college!

Kefka - "KEFF-kuh" - I pronouce it more 'Kaf', but yours is probably more 'correct'.
Sabin- "Suh-BIN" - Thats seems odd to me, I think it's 'Say-bin', personally.
Celes- "Suh-LESS" - Ok that seems very weird to me. 'Sell-eas'. Eas as in 'Easter'.
Locke- "lock" - I actually pronouce it 'Low-Key' for some reason.
Tritoch- "TRY-tock" - For me its more 'tosh' at the end.
Thamasa- "Tuh-MAH-suh" - I say it as written, 'tham' rather than 'tuh'.

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Hehe, let's see...

Terra - Ter-ra (as it's written)
Sabin - Say-bin
Kefka - Kef-kah
Celes - Seh-less. As in the goddess Ceres.
Tritoch - Try-tok

Also...

Chocobo - cho-ko-bo!!! How could it possibly say anthing else?

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Chocobo - cho-ko-bo!!! How could it possibly say anthing else?

I think part of the deal with pronunciation is with which syllable(s) are accented. I don't think anyone would dispute that pronunciation with you, but I have heard people call them choCObos, even though I myself say CHOcobos.

I've noticed that a good deal of people here don't actually indicate their syllable emphases in their pronunciations, so it's not just your problem.

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Here's how I say certain things:

Tritoch: TRY totch (ch as in chair)
Sabin: SAH binn
Cyan: sigh ANN (it's a color, any other pronunciation is clearly wrong)
Cactuar: CACK twar
Narshe: rhymes with marsh
Merton: MER tawn
Celes: SELL iss
Strago: STRAY go
Locke: LOCK (I can't believe this one came up)

And while we're on the subject of pronunciation, it's TIE-dus, not TEE-dus.

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I use the Japanese names, but meh.

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And while we're on the subject of pronunciation, it's TIE-dus, not TEE-dus.

Actually it's 'Tida'.


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