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    Registered User How do YOU pronounce... Aadria's Avatar
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    How do YOU pronounce...

    Been having some debates with friends lately on how we think some names in FF (mainly II/IV and IX) are pronounced. Just wondering what your guys' takes on them were.
    Such as...

    -Asura - I say ah-sur-uh
    -Baigan - bi-gahn
    -Cecil - I randomly switch between cee-cihl and ceh-cihl, just depending on how I read it.
    -Rydia - rhi-dee-uh
    -Amarant - ah-mahr-aunt
    -Vivi - I say vee-vee, but a friend constantly argues that it's vih-vee
    -Freya - fray-uh
    -Conde Petie - I use French pronunciation, don't know how to spell it out, though.
    -Eiko - i-koh
    -Quina - kee-nuh

    Feel free to add more, these are just the ones that keep coming up between my friends and I.
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    #LOCKE4GOD How do YOU pronounce... Alpha's Avatar
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    Re: How do YOU pronounce...

    -Asura - ah-sur-uh
    -Baigan - bi-gahnn
    -Cecil - ceh-cihl
    -Rydia - rhi-dee-uh
    -Amarant - ama-rant
    -Vivi - vih-vee
    -Freya - fray-uh
    -Conde Petie - cond-ee pet-e (small e)
    -Eiko - e-koh
    -Quina - kwi-nuh


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    Re: How do YOU pronounce...

    -Asura - ah-sur-uh
    -Baigan - bye-gen
    -Cecil - see-sil
    -Rydia - rih-dee-ya
    -Amarant - am-mer-ant
    -Vivi - vee-vee
    -Freya - fray-uh
    -Conde Petie - cond-ay pee-tee
    -Eiko - ee-ko
    -Quina - kwin-a

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    Re: How do YOU pronounce...

    -Asura - ah-sur-uh
    -Baigan - bye-gen
    -Cecil - seh-sil
    -Rydia - rih-dee-ya
    -Amarant - am-mer-ant
    -Vivi - vee-vee
    -Freya - fray-uh
    -Conde Petie - cond-ay peh-tie
    -Eiko - ee-ko
    -Quina - key-na

    AND

    Quistis - Key-Stis
    Tidus - Tee-dus

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    艶かしき安息、躊躇いに微笑み How do YOU pronounce... ZantetsukeN's Avatar
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    Re: How do YOU pronounce...

    -Asura - Ah-sur-ra
    -Baigan - By-garn
    -Cecil - Seh-sill
    -Rydia - Ry-dee-ah
    -Amarant - Ah-muh-rarnt
    -Vivi - Viv-ee
    -Freya - Fray-ah
    -Conde Petie - Conda-Pee-tee
    -Eiko - Ee-ko
    -Quina - Kwee-na
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    Re: How do YOU pronounce...

    I had a big talk with a friend about stuff like this.

    Ifrit: Eye-frit
    Rydia: Rye-dee-uh
    Freya: Fray-yah
    Vivi: Vee-Vee
    Quina: Quinn-nah
    Tidus: Tye-dis (I refuse TEE-dis!!!)



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    Re: How do YOU pronounce...

    -Asura - a-shur-a
    -Baigan - "bye"-gen
    -Cecil - se-sil
    -Rydia - ri-dee-u
    -Amarant - au-ma-rant
    -Vivi - vee-vee
    -Freya - frey-a
    -Conde Petie - con-de-pe-tee
    -Eiko - I-ko
    -Quina - quee-na
    -Quistis - "quiz"-tiz (stupid name, by the way)
    -Tidus - tee-dus (based off of habit from Dissidia, I prefer "tie"-dus)
    -Ifrit - ee-freet
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    Re: How do YOU pronounce...

    Asura - AH-shu-rah (as in Ashura)
    Baigan - BUY-gahn
    Cecil - SEH-sill. Mostly because that's they way I've usually heard it, whether it's the actual "Cecil" or the more common "Cecilia".
    Rydia - RHI-diah. Because it could sound like "Lydia"
    Amarant - ah-mah-RAN. Silent T.
    Vivi - VEE-vee. Again, the closest thing would be "Vivian".
    Freya - FRAY-ah. Though, for all you know, you could call her "Freyja" as the Nords would do.
    Conde Petie - COND pe-TEE. Like the French pronunciation.
    Eiko - EI-koh. It's a Japanese name, and Spanish pronunciation is remarkably close to Japanese, hence it feels most natural.
    Quina - KEE-nah. Another bring-out from Spanish; "qui" and "ki" are both pronounced as you'd pronounce ki. It's somehow different from Italian in that regard.
    Quistis - KISS-tiss. Similar to Latin pronunciation of "qui"
    Tidus - Ambivalent. It can be TEE-dus or TIE-dus, don't really care.

    Lemme see which others...
    Sabin - sah-BEEN. It makes a bit more sense when you pronounce his full English name, "sah-BEEN re-NEH"
    Figaro - usually pronounce it fi-GAH-roh, even though the proper version should be "FEE-gah-roh" (as the character from "The Barber of Seville")
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    Re: How do YOU pronounce...

    -Asura - ah-su-uh
    -Baigan - bye-gan
    -Cecil - seh-sil
    -Rydia - ri-de-ya
    -Amarant - au-ma-rant
    -Vivi - vee-vee
    -Freya - frey-a
    -Conde Petie - con-de-pe-tee
    -Eiko - I-ko
    -Quina - kee-nah
    -Quistis - kee-stis
    -Tidus - tyh-dus
    -Ifrit - ee-freet

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