How do you pronounce...?

[Yourgingerestfan]

Thanks for that !!
Everyday i learn something new (never knew it was real word)

[mav]

Where is everyone getting Crono as Kraw-No?  I've never seen or heard it pronounced that way.
Crono = クロノ
Chrono Trigger = クロノ・トリガー

Check "chrono" on dictionary.com, click the pronunciation key...it's a crossbreed between KRAW and CROW.

[FouCapitan]

Where is everyone getting Crono as Kraw-No?  I've never seen or heard it pronounced that way.
Crono = クロノ
Chrono Trigger = クロノ・トリガー

Check "chrono" on dictionary.com, click the pronunciation key...it's a crossbreed between KRAW and CROW.

Better description would be pronouncing the O like Tron.

Something new anyways.  Even in words like Chronology I've always used a long O.  It just sounds better.

[Wii Owner 3.14]

As someone who first played the game about 3 months ago at 15, my first instincts (which I will stick to for the time being) are:

crow-know (like photo, which is also how I pronounce chrono)
luke-uh (only one i've heard of)
marl (just sounds right)
row-bow (pretty obvious)
frawg (like the little-used English term for a small amphibian)
eye-luh (just sounds right to me)
may-jus (mage + jus[t])
shaw-luh (just sounds right to me)
jan-uss (not quite janice, lol)
mel-key-oar (had no trouble; sounds right)
gas-par (I've heard this name before)
bell-thuh-zar (somewhere between the above two)
ep-uck (I'm pretty sure that's how it's intended; uck as in yuck)
gaw-toe (as in the Spanish word for cat)
gar-dee-uh (I'll stop the extraneous parenthesis)
zeel
eye-oh-kuh
law-vose
dahl-tun (as in roald, mind the schwa)
uh-trow-pohss (no idea if this is anywhere near right)
leen
yack-ruh
enn-haw-zuh
kuh-jar
speh-key-oh
troos
pore
kor-us
luh-roo-buh


I might add more later...

EDITS: Added words and corrected typos.

[Shee]

Most of these are covered by others already...I go with Shah-lah and Marlay like Harle and Mah-gus and I give Janus the hard J...like Jan-us.  Works for me.

But I just noticed something...I've been sub-consciously calling Melchior by the name of Mel-choir for the longest time, and I'm having problems adjusting.

[Wii Owner 3.14]

But I just noticed something...I've been sub-consciously calling Melchior by the name of Mel-choir for the longest time, and I'm having problems adjusting.

That happens. Everyone has those little moments of dyslexia that follow them as long as they remain uncorrected. I have had an insane number of those over the years, especially with Pokemon names. I also called Midna (secondary protagonist of Zelda: Twilight Princess, for those out of the loop) Minda for over a year because I was so used to the Pokemon called Spinda. Good times...

I'm sorry, where were we again?

[Mr Bekkler]

i agree with you on most of those, with some minor differences.

eye-luh

AY luh (like say or hey or pay)

may-jus (mage + jus[t])

MAH gus (like bag fuss)
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mel-key-oar

this one's actually the same, but i thought more recently that maybe it could be MEL quar or MELK yar.
this would more closely resemble the other two gurus pronunciations:

gas-par
bell-thuh-zar

ep-uck (I'm pretty sure that's how it's intended; uck as in yuck)

EP ock (like clock or sock)

gaw-toe (as in the Spanish word for cat)

GAY toe  or GAY doe (like plato or playdough)

kuh-jar

KAD jar (like bad czar)

pore

poor RAY (like a moray eel?)

it always fascinates me how different everybody hears these names. it's one of the most fundamental aspects of the game, what to call everything.

[mav]

it always fascinates me how different everybody hears these names. it's one of the most fundamental aspects of the game, what to call everything.

Aye, and now that there's a fandub around the corner it might be time to come up with some "canon" pronunciations...

[V_Translanka]

There already are, it's called the Japanese names. Have fun.

Did I already mention how much I hate these types of threads mostly because people don't know how to properly break down words phonetically?

[Mr Bekkler]

Yes, V. I think you mentioned it. But being improper is half the fun!


Besides, I'm American, so I don't care about Japan or Japanese pronunciation. XD Teeheehee.

[Acacia Sgt]

Japanese pronunciation is the easy for me. Writing it down following this language's rules of pronunciation, however, is not.

Which is why I usually don't post in these threads, since most of the time I'm not entirely sure in how to write it down.

[Delta Dragon]

Am I missing something here?  What exactly is he asking how you pronounce?

[teaflower]

Am I missing something here?  What exactly is he asking how you pronounce?

Originally it was Dalton, then it was Schala and generally everything. I've already stated how I pronounce things, in as close to phonetic terms as I can.

[mav]

I'll admit that he Japanese pronunciations are probably the best way to go, except not all names are the same in the different localizations. Mind you, not everyone cares, but it's still something that could be standardized. Eh, I don't really have a preference, but if I was listening to voice overs I'd expect some consistency.

[Wii Owner 3.14]

And then, of course, as soon as the fandub is out, Squeenix will release something that invalidates half of our pronunciations of those non-Japanese names...