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Pokemon whose names you always mispronounced

Missingno.Fan

Well-Known Member
I remember I used to think that Chimecho was pronounced chime-choe. I seriously didn't know that it was Chime + Echo until I saw it on the anime.
 

Hejiru

Rev up those fryers
I remember I used to think that Chimecho was pronounced chime-choe. I seriously didn't know that it was Chime + Echo until I saw it on the anime.

EXACT same thing for me!

I used to (and often still say out of habit) Ray-quah-zuh instead of Ray-quay-zuh.

Oh, and Gible. I pronounced it like it rhymed with Bible, lol.
 

Magcargo96

I love this avvy
I'm always saying Ar-cuus instead of Ar-ki-us or something.
It still confuses me lol.
 

catgowoof

Member
According to the anime Bidoof is Bideew, so I mispronounce that. Also it's not a pokemon but when talking about evolution and pokemon I always pronounce it as eh-vol-sion for some reason. But I also found out the other day some of my friends do that as well. And I always pronounce MAMOSWINE in capital letters.
 
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Baton Passer

Bzzzzzzzzzzt!
I always used to correct people who did that.

still do XD
 

allaboutthecute

When I grow up
I remember I used to think that Chimecho was pronounced chime-choe.
Me too!

I thought that celebi was pronounced cel-eh-beye.

I didn't know if it was pronounced bun-eer-y or bun-air-y.

Of course i made the common mistake of calling Arceus Ar-see-us, but i stopped doing that after i read the real pronounciation in the mailbag.

I thought Lugia was pronounced loo-jee-uh, and while i pronounce it correctly now, i still think that sounds better.
 

Cazzah

Why Is The Rum Gone?
There are quite a few I've done wrong, but the ones I remeber:

Chim-e-cho.
GrouNdon
Rayquahzah
I can never seem to say Exeggcute or Exeggcutor right :|
I used to say Pillow-swine :')
Oh, and UnKNown instead of Unown.

&& I seem to remeber saying Suicune wrong, for a while until I got the gen 2 pokedex book thing, that had the correct prounucuation in.

And I still dont know if its Arc-ee-us, Ars-ee-us, Ar-Kay-us or what :|
 

Xx Flare xX

Well-Known Member
Kyogre is Pronounced "Kye-Oh-Grr"
I Pronounce it as "Kye-Oh-Gree"

Arceus is (i think) pronounced as "Ar-Kuus" or something like that
I pronounce it as "Ar-see-us"
 
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Tommi

Well-Known Member
I pronoun a lot of the names wrongly. :(

It's only the first 151 Pokemon I can pronoun easily and a few easy ones like Torchic. xD I just fail at speech.
 

Alder

Come at me bro
Suicune, I never pronounce it right...I don't even remember how I say it.

Seviper was SEE viper for a while.

Illumise was IlluMEEZ for the longest time

RayQUAHza, GROOdon, Kyogre I always got right.

Arceus is ARSeeus forever.

Hippopotas was HippoPOEtas, just different syllable stress.

SKEPtile instead of Sceptile, that's a popular one.

There's plenty more, I'm sure, I just don't remember them.
 

yukamina

Well-Known Member
I stopped watching the show early into the Johto series, so I'm probably pronouncing a lot of names wrong, since I only read them in the games now.
 

Quagsire1

Quagsire Fan
I pronounced:
Meowth as Meow-with
Electabuzz as Electrabuzz
Pinsir as Pincher
Chinchou as Chinchoh
Scizor as Skizor
Phanpy as Phanfy
Raikou as Raikoo
Grovyle as Grahvule lol
Sceptile as Skeptile
Plusle as Plooslee
Whiscash as Wishcash
Chimecho as Chime-choh (seems to be a common mispronunciation)
Latias as La(a as in apple) tee-iss
Kyogre as Kyoh-ger (not Kaiohger)
Groudon as Groodon
Rayquaza as Rayquahza
Stunky as Skunky
Spiritomb as Spirih-tohm
And lastly, Uxie as Ook-see not Yuxie

I still don't know the right way to pronounce Tangela.
And I call Skarmory as Steelix by accident a lot.
Phew, long list haha
 

Arzana

Internet Squirrel
Suicune: Suh-coon
Raikou: Rock-ooo
spiritomb: spirit-om
facade: fack-aid
rayquaza: Ra-sha
sceptile: Skep-tile
Arceus: Ar-key-us
Extrasensory: Extraction-ory
 

Miror

De-le-le wooooooooooop
Staff member
Moderator
I'm probably pronouncing Rayquaza, Groudon (gr-OW-don), Arceus, and Caterpie
 

AzukanAsimbu

Petal Paladin
Potion- Potton
Will alwyas call it Ray-quah-za
Will always call it Ar-see-us
 

Cryptic Blaze

Blinded by the light
I used to pronounce Kyogre as Ky-rogue for some odd reason.
I also used to mispronounce Rayquaza and Chimecho.
 
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