How do you say "Suikoden"? And other game names?

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The only thing that bugs me more than saying "Suikoden" and knowing I am probably wrong, is hearing other people say it, because they really sound like crap when they say it.

Can someone tell me what the proper way to pronounce this word is? Possible pronunciations include:

1) SUE (Like the girl) kuh (rhymes with "duh") den
2) Swee (Like you're going to say "Sweet") kuh den (see above)
3) Sue - WEE kuh den (Like #2, but you sound like you're on the farm calling pigs)
4) sue KOE-den (emphasis on the KOE, which rhymes with "Toe")
and the one that I really think makes people sound like they have a mental deficiency...
5) Sue COY (Like that imposter with his buddy Vance on the Dukes of Hazzard for a year, rhymes with "toy") den
6) SOY (like the ninny milk-substitute) koe den

Those are just off the top of my head. I know there are other games that have given me a hard time in the past as well, feel free to post those as well. But does anyone actually know the correct way to pronounce this name?

Speaking of which - is it "Dis - guy - uh"
Or is it "Dis - Gee - uh"?
 
Dis guy uh

They pronounce it in the game.

And I think Suikoden is #4. At least that's how I've pronounced it forever.
 
How do you pronounce Ninja Gaiden, Panzeer Draoon Orta, and Ikaruga. I have heard multiple pronounciations of each of these, and I don't know which is correct.
 
Dis-gay-uh

Swee-koe-den

Gray-dee-us

Ehv-an-jeal-yun

Eye-co

Ee-kah-rue-gah

Zen-o-gears

Puh-rap-puh

La Poo-sell

Bawk-tie

Ninja Gay-den

All just phonetics, people. Edit: I say because someone is going to inevitably think I'm calling Ninja Gaiden gay.

How can you mispronounce Panzer Dragoon Orta?
Pan-zur Drag-eewn Or-tah

I can't see another way...unless someone misread Dragoon as Dragon maybe...
 
[quote name='Strell']Dis-gay-uh

Swee-koe-den

Gray-dee-us

Ehv-an-jeal-yun

Eye-co

Ee-kah-rue-gah

Zen-o-gears

Puh-rap-puh

La Poo-sell

Bawk-tie

Ninja Gay-den

All just phonetics, people.

How can you mispronounce Panzer Dragoon Orta?
Pan-zur Drag-eewn Or-tah

I can't see another way...unless someone misread Dragoon as Dragon maybe...[/quote]

It's funny because alot of those are wrong.
 
I don't mind being corrected.

I don't mind being wrong either.

Besides, I pronounce lots of those different ways. It's fun.
 
[quote name='Strell']Dis-gay-uh

Swee-koe-den

Gray-dee-us

Ehv-an-jeal-yun

Eye-co

Ee-kah-rue-gah

Zen-o-gears

Puh-rap-puh

La Poo-sell

Bawk-tie

Ninja Gay-den

All just phonetics, people.

How can you mispronounce Panzer Dragoon Orta?
Pan-zur Drag-eewn Or-tah

I can't see another way...unless someone misread Dragoon as Dragon maybe...[/quote]

Cool, I say all of these correcty, My fried tried to convince me that Ninja Gaiden was pronounced Ninja Guy-den, PDO was Panz-eer Drag-oun Ot-tah, and Ikaruga as Eek-ahr-ue-gah.
 
I've always said "Suh-koo-den." It's the most elegant, I think .. rolls off the tongue nicely. But I know it's wrong. Oh well.

I also pronounce "Sephiroth" wrong, too. I called him "Suh-fear-oth" for years until finally weening myself to "Sef-er-oth."
 
If "Suikoden" is Japanese, then it would be five phonetic characters, I think:

su - i - ko - de - n

each pronounced

sue - E - Ko - day - un

You wouldn't make a big emphasis on each syllable, though, and spoken quickly it wouldn't be quite such a mouthful as I am making it seem.
 
.. Oh yeah, just remembered. One of the guys at a gamestore once told me it was "Swick-oh-den," and you say it kind of fast. I never liked that one though.
 
[quote name='ananag112'][quote name='Strell']Dis-gay-uh

Swee-koe-den

Gray-dee-us

Ehv-an-jeal-yun

Eye-co

Ee-kah-rue-gah

Zen-o-gears

Puh-rap-puh

La Poo-sell

Bawk-tie

Ninja Gay-den

All just phonetics, people.

How can you mispronounce Panzer Dragoon Orta?
Pan-zur Drag-eewn Or-tah

I can't see another way...unless someone misread Dragoon as Dragon maybe...[/quote]

Cool, I say all of these correcty, My fried tried to convince me that Ninja Gaiden was pronounced Ninja Guy-den, PDO was Panz-eer Drag-oun Ot-tah, and Ikaruga as Eek-ahr-ue-gah.[/quote]
It is Ninja Guy-den. They've said Panzer Dragoon Orta a million times in the commercials so I don't know how anyone can mispronounce it. Panzer is easy. Dragoon is dra-goon. Orta is Or-Tah.
 
[quote name='henniger']If "Suikoden" is Japanese, then it would be five phonetic characters, I think:

su - i - ko - de - n

each pronounced

sue - E - Ko - day - un

You wouldn't make a big emphasis on each syllable, though, and spoken quickly it wouldn't be quite such a mouthful as I am making it seem.[/quote]

Correct, except for the pronounciation of 'de' (day) and 'n' (un). De is no different than 'te' in "ten" and 'n' is always sharp. Sue-E-ko-de-n. There is no soft E in KoE as I saw some people add.

In regards to other posts, I always laugh when I hear people say Ninja "Gayden". heh. It's closer to Guy (Ga, as is GaGa and E... GaE-den).

The more pressing question is... how do you pronounce his name Ryu? RaEYou? RYou, ReeYou? :) Ever since Ninja Gaiden (NES) and the SF2 days, the name Ryu has been Ra-E-You to me, though that's wrong. $10 says most others pronounce it RaEYou too!
 
[quote name='Strell']I will say this - I used to get annoyed to hell by people saying "pokey-man."[/quote]

Then you need to stay far far away from my mom! The queen of Pokeyman for sure... When my little bro was infatuated with Pokemon, she would always ask me what Pokeyman stuff she should get for him :)

She also pronounces Robot as Rowbutt. heh.
 
[quote name='HYDE']

The more pressing question is... how do you pronounce his name Ryu? RaEYou? RYou, ReeYou? :) Ever since Ninja Gaiden (NES) and the SF2 days, the name Ryu has been Ra-E-You to me, though that's wrong. $10 says most others pronounce it RaEYou too![/quote]

I think Ryu is like RYou (one syllable) since it's Japanese, like Ryo (which is RYoh, one syllable) in Shenmue, which was said in the game a bazillion times. I remember back in the SF2 days everyone pronounced it Rai-yu.

Okay, how do you guys say Baten Kaitos? (I haven't played the game yet, so maybe they say it in the game?)

(Edited for slight clarification)
 
This will help you

In japanese

A is pronounced: ah (ah choo)
I is pronounced: E (as in Easter)
U is pronounced: oo (as in Noodle)
E is pronounced: eh (as in Leggo my Eggo)
O is pronounced: oh (as in oh, I crapped my pants)

I think thats right...im rusty as hell.
 
[quote name='CheapyD']This will help you

In japanese

A is pronounced: ah (ah choo)
I is pronounced: E (as in Easter)
U is pronounced: oo (as in Noodle)
E is pronounced: eh (as in Leggo my Eggo)
O is pronounced: oh (as in oh, I crapped my pants)

I think thats right...im rusty as hell.[/quote]

Yeah, that's right.
 
[quote name='Strell']
Ehv-an-jeal-yun
[/quote]

If that's for Evangelion, I think it's phonetic a la Japanese... meaning it's more like eh-van-geh-lee-on.
 
Ryu from Street Fighter is pronounced as:

Ree-you

They say his name in the anime series and such. That is how I have always pronounced Ryu's name in Ninja Gaiden as well...
 
[quote name='dafoomie'][quote name='ananag112'][quote name='Strell']Dis-gay-uh

Swee-koe-den

Gray-dee-us

Ehv-an-jeal-yun

Eye-co

Ee-kah-rue-gah

Zen-o-gears

Puh-rap-puh

La Poo-sell

Bawk-tie

Ninja Gay-den

All just phonetics, people.

How can you mispronounce Panzer Dragoon Orta?
Pan-zur Drag-eewn Or-tah

I can't see another way...unless someone misread Dragoon as Dragon maybe...[/quote]

Cool, I say all of these correcty, My fried tried to convince me that Ninja Gaiden was pronounced Ninja Guy-den, PDO was Panz-eer Drag-oun Ot-tah, and Ikaruga as Eek-ahr-ue-gah.[/quote]
It is Ninja Guy-den. They've said Panzer Dragoon Orta a million times in the commercials so I don't know how anyone can mispronounce it. Panzer is easy. Dragoon is dra-goon. Orta is Or-Tah.[/quote]

Thanks for the help dafoomie. Also thank you for that quick Japanese lesson CheapyD.
 
[quote name='evilmax17']
I still say Rye-you even though i know its Ryou.[/quote]

ditto, I dunno if I will ever get that pronunciation out of my system.
 
[quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='Nirvanaguy777'][quote name='Trakan']SWEE KOE DEN[/quote]

Ka-me-ha-me-ha[/quote]

Gun-Dam?
:lol:[/quote]

Gundam - Gundum its like one.
 
[quote name='StealthySeal']mar-E-O[/quote]

Maybe for the Japanese, but as an Italian, the mar is pronounced as in the beginning maverick, not the word mar.
 
[quote name='ananag112'][quote name='dafoomie'][quote name='ananag112'][quote name='Strell']Dis-gay-uh

Swee-koe-den

Gray-dee-us

Ehv-an-jeal-yun

Eye-co

Ee-kah-rue-gah

Zen-o-gears

Puh-rap-puh

La Poo-sell

Bawk-tie

Ninja Gay-den

All just phonetics, people.

How can you mispronounce Panzer Dragoon Orta?
Pan-zur Drag-eewn Or-tah

I can't see another way...unless someone misread Dragoon as Dragon maybe...[/quote]

Cool, I say all of these correcty, My fried tried to convince me that Ninja Gaiden was pronounced Ninja Guy-den, PDO was Panz-eer Drag-oun Ot-tah, and Ikaruga as Eek-ahr-ue-gah.[/quote]
It is Ninja Guy-den. They've said Panzer Dragoon Orta a million times in the commercials so I don't know how anyone can mispronounce it. Panzer is easy. Dragoon is dra-goon. Orta is Or-Tah.[/quote]

Thanks for the help dafoomie. Also thank you for that quick Japanese lesson CheapyD.[/quote]

Ico is Ee-ko, not Eye-co.
 
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