Pokémon or Pokemon?

[Bolt the Cat]

I always assumed that the accent was there to indicate that the "correct" pronunciation is supposed to be "poh-keh-mon" instead of "pok-ee-mon." I don't actually know if that's the reason, though.

Doubtful. Accents are pretty much meaningless in English.

 

[Crimson Penguin]

^That's true. Maybe it's just one of those "stylistic" things, then. ; )

 

[Grin]

Pokémon... Because my Samsung auto corrects

 

[Blazeing Man]

i type Pokemon because i do not have the ' over e key on my computer. But if i did i would say pok'emon.

 

[ForgottenPearl]

In Microsoft Word, I have it set up so that "Pokemon" auto-corrects to "Pokémon." However, when I'm on video game forums, I usually don't put the accent.

 

[LiepardTrainer]

Sometimes I used the accente e - é, sometimes I don't, just depends whether I want to use it or not.
I have to use the alt code for é (which is number keypad 0233). 60% of time I don't use the accent.

 

[Stardastarly]

I always use the accented 'e' when typing Pokémon. It doesn't take long, and my keyboard has two different shortcuts I can use. I can either do alt, E, E and get é, or I can hold down E and then press the '2' key and it gives me é. Nice and easy~ In RL it's just habit to put the accent on top of the e. Convenient how I can also do and accented capital 'e': É

 

[Rex Kamex]

I always assumed that the accent was there to indicate that the "correct" pronunciation is supposed to be "poh-keh-mon" instead of "pok-ee-mon." I don't actually know if that's the reason, though.

I think it's because they didn't want there to be the spread of the two-syllable pronunciation "poke mon" since the familiar word "poke" is in "Pokemon." Putting in that mark would show that the "e" can't be silent.

 

[The Head Honchkrow]

Pokémon, because on my keyboard (UK, if you're wondering), you can easily access the 'é' by pressing 'e' with the 'alt gr' button.

*goes to try it* Huh...Well, you learn something new everyday

~The Head Honchkrow~

 

[*~Silver*~]

I would put the accent, but I'm way to lazy to add it in, so on MS Word I use the accent, but online I usually just put Pokemon out of sheer laziness.

 

[Razor Leafeon]

I normally type it without the accent, but I absolutely HATE it when people say it without it.
It's Pokémon, not PokEEEmon.

 

[Dragonicwari]

Pokemon because I didn't know Icould put on te accent until I became to lazy to care

 

[Ultimate Champion]

Pokémon. The "é" can be easily typed by holding Alt while typing either "130" or "233", depending on the computer being used.

 

[emogirl]

Pokemon, because it's easier. Accents are a pain, and I only use them when doing formal foreign language papers/writings. I totally pronounce it with the accent though. And because I don't feel the need to be a damn hipster about everything because half the reason English-speakers use it is because they think it's cool

 

[Crimson Penguin]

I think it's because they didn't want there to be the spread of the two-syllable pronunciation "poke mon" since the familiar word "poke" is in "Pokemon." Putting in that mark would show that the "e" can't be silent.

Oh, that makes much more sense. Good thinking.

 

[Kutie Pie]

Ever since I figured out how to get the accented "e" years ago, I've been spelling it Pokémon since. It comes pretty naturally now.

 

[John Wallrein]

Always just go with Pokemon because I have no idea how to use the other 'e' without C+P.

 

[Espeon20]

Can someone tell me how to do the special e??

 

[Aquarelle]

When I write it by hand, I use the accent.
When I type it, no accent.
I type it more often, so I voted Pokemon, no accent.

 

Pokemon, altrough you can use Alt-130 to write é