How do you pronounce....

[Sagacious Sundi]

Zar-kuh-bard
Buy-ack-oh
Hay-date
Coat
Kwa-dove or Kay-dove (Depends on my mood.)
Byoo-seed-in
ottergone or at-err-gone (or gin)
Byoo-dix
Boss-stone-ee-oh ob-lee-ix
Kirr (as in rhymes with "durr")-in
Oo-lay-goo-ronned range
ugg-uh-lep-ay
kick-eern (Qiqirn) (Sometimes "kee-kee-urn".)
Poor-oag-oh or Poor-ahg-oh (Poroggo)
so-ex-ja (Pso'xja)
Al as in "Al Bundi"-tay as in "Partay"-You as in "In Soviet Russia, Sea says lolYOU"
You-got (Yughott Grotto)
San-door-eea
Gesh-oh or Guess-oh (Gessho)
Kay-dar-vuh
Zay-olm
Zee-vall
Shan-to-to (Shan-tot-oh hurts my tongue.)
Ah-jee-doh Mah-roo-jee-doh (Ajido-Marujido) Sometimes I say "doo" instead of "doh".
Koo-fum or koo-fin
delk-foot
fay-yin
too-lee-uh (I don't say lee-uh quickly)
roo-lood gardens
roo-anne gardens
hoo-ex-moit
Pal-bore-oh
Pash-how (or pass-how)
Soar-roo (or ruh)-moodge cham-pain
Castle oz-tro (or trah)-jah
Guy-giss
midge-in gah-cure (Mijin Gakure)
Meck-yo soo-sho or shee-sho (Meikyo Shisui)
Wah-jah-woah+m
Baff-law
Ah-dee-wah
A-zuh-dal
Tav-naze-zee-uh
Win-durst
Bah-stock
Jew-no
yuh-tongue-guh
your-tour
I say taurus plural "tour-ree" instead of "tour-eye"
ron-fur or ron-fur
tem-neigh-moas (Temenos)
ap-pol-lee-on (Apollyon)
Say-roo (Seiryu) or say-ree-oo
ool-lay-koo-mee
Ran out of things.

Anyway, most of the things I say are pronounced oddly because they're easier on my tongue.

[MayorBee]

Anything that starts with "Beau" is pronounced as "bo" or "bow" as in bow and arrow. It's French for beautiful. Also anything ending with -aux such as "faux" is pronounced /ˈfoʊ/, like "foe" it's a French word for false or fake. A lot of the places in the game are inspired by French culture, especially San d'Oria and the naming convention they use.

[Gerkin]

What's most obnoxious to me is when people pronounce the job abrvs. like acronyms, e.g. "Dee Arr Kay."

I have done this repeatedly on accident on ventrilo but i always correct myself. The reason for it is what you think when you type it in game. When i type im saying words in my head as i type. And if i thought "Dark knight" and typed "DRK" id get confused. So i just think D R K. When i say it on vent it just slips out, and ill say "err... dark knight lol"

I really dont mind hearing most said wrong unless its obvious that they havent even looked at the word and tried to break it down. Like... Byakko's haidate. Fine, if its High- dot- ay, i say high-dot, and im sure it doesnt bother anyone. But when someone says stuff like "Lets go get you some High Dates" i do shake my head.

I just got corrected the other day when i said "OH YOU-ZOO-CANE Body get!!" and an ls member goes "Gah, you mean YOU-Zoo-Con-Aye?" Meh, i americanized it

[Ezhno]

I just got corrected the other day when i said "OH YOU-ZOO-CANE Body get!!" and an ls member goes "Gah, you mean YOU-Zoo-Con-Aye?" Meh, i americanized it

That's ok, you're both wrong.

It's ooo-sue-ka-nay.

[Nattack]

zar-kah-bard
bya-koh
Wah-Jay-ome
Sour-oh-mewg
Al-Tay-oh
Bew-seh-deen
bead-oh
so-jah
Key-rin
See-reye-uu
Fie-yin
Zay-olm
Eye-ner-jar ( i know this is wrong .. i think.. maybe)
Moh-noh-mee
(sanctuary of) Zee-tah
Gar-lay-idge
El-dee-emm

[kalcia]

French kind of words or japanese kinds of words should be pronounced the way originally would be in those languages ^^;
fe. eau = o
beaudaux = boh doh
beaucedine = boh ceh din
garlaige = gahr leh j (or edge kind of)
jeuno = jeh noh
fauregandi = fah reh gandee
bostaunieux oubliette = bos toh nyeeh oo blee eht
Lufaise = loo feh z
byakko = beeah kho
einherjar = aeen hehr jahr (more like german 'ein')

gah, it's kind of hard to write it in english, since it's not my first language ^^;
I actually really like how french sounding words are used in FFXI

[Kaia]

Chocobo...

is it Ko-Ko-Bo, or Cho-ko-bo? (this will settle a years-old dispute...)

Etoile = etWAHL? or eh-toil

[kalcia]

choh koh boh! like chocolate! WTH! how can you even say kokobo ? O_O

etoil = eh too ahl (or eh too wahl XD)

[Lahan]

1st I will say I am american and english/american is about the worst language for pronunciation ever. Don't believe me then here pronounce this; ghoti.

gh as in tough
o as in women
ti and in the sufex tion

ghoti = fish.

oubliette = oubliette - definition of oubliette by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

Here is one that really only applies to my server. several people have debated on how to pronounce my name. Some will remember my name from Xenogears. But in my memory I confused Lacan ( Lacan - definition of Lacan by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. ) with the first village, Lahan.
Yea so I'm a village. But how do you pronounce it?

Lahan

La like lay down baby!
La like La la la laaaa
La like lick (see the Lacan link above)
han like ouch my hand!
han like I'm Han Solo!

I have always used, La (lay) han (solo)

oh well great thread it just made me think of everyone in vent trying to say my name lol

[Taruchyaan]

Chocobo...

is it Ko-Ko-Bo, or Cho-ko-bo? (this will settle a years-old dispute...)

Etoile = etWAHL? or eh-toil

cho-ko-bo! YouTube - Hyadain - Rap de Chocobo!!! (English Subtitles) Rap de Chocobo go!

[lazarius]

Xarcabard- Xar ka bar

Byakko- Bee ha ko

Pso'Xja- Pso-ja

Beadeaux- Bo-Do

garlaige citadel- garbage shitadel

AlTaieu- Alli-tai-euh

Bostonieux oubliette - (im french so its easyli pronouncable) boss-to-ni-eu ou-bli-ette
uggalepih - ugg ha leuh pi

[Mayareira]

Pronunciation of some of the Turkish items w/ their translations.

Yigit(Brave): Yih-it or Yeet.
Pogaca(Type of a salty cookie): Poh-a-cha.
Sis: Shish.
Ayran: I-run.
Istiridye(Clam): ees-tree-dee-yeh.
Dil: Deel
*.baligi: There is no i-without-dot in English so its very difficult to pronounce this one. Could just go with Bahl-eee I guess.
Kaplumbaga(Turtle): Cap(as in Hecatomb Cap)-loom-bah.
Denizanasi(Jellyfish - Seamother): Deh-neez-a-nah-see.
Hamsi(Anchovy): Ham-see.
Istakoz(Lobster): ee-s-tah-kohs.
Istavrit(horse mackerel): ee-s-tahv-reet
Kalamar(Kalamari): Calamar.
Kalkan(baligi)(Shieldfish): Kahl-kahn - see "baligi" above.
Karni Yarik: Kahr-nee Yah-reek.
Akbaba(Vulture - Whitefather): Ack-bah-bah.
Amir(Commander): Ah-meer.
Yayla Corbas(Plateau Soup)i: Yailah Chor-bass-ee.
Ic Pilav: Eech Peel-aff(Pilaf).
Uskumru(Mackerel): ooo-s-koom-roo.
Simit: sea-meet.


I'll add more as I come across stuff.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

The nursery rhyme that the npc is teaching to the new Cardians in Windurst had me wondering about how to pronounce La Theine Plateau.

"The rain in La Theine comes mainly in the plains... " something like that.

Also the emphasis on dynamis. Wonder if it is Die-NAH-mis or Dienah-MIS or Die-nuh-mis with no emphasis on any part of the pronunciation.

[NikeahOrazu]

Byakko- Kitty

Pso'Xja- that level capped place under the glacier

Beadeaux- Quadav area

garlaige citadel- The shitadel

AlTaieu- sea

Bostonieux oubliette - the dungeon...under sandy...you know!

uggalepih - that spot...where you get thiefs knife and crap

[ArtemBismarck]

Bostaunieux Oubliette is probably the name I hear get mangled most often.

[MoogleAura]

Xarcabard- (Zah,ka,bahd)

Byakko- (Biya,ko) There's a glottal stop for the double 'k' sound as pronounced in Japanese. Listen to how you pronounce the ck in checker when you say it. The same is applied for Byakko.

Pso'Xja- (Soh-jah)

Beadeaux- (Beh,doe)

garlaige citadel- (Gah,layj Sit,ah,del)

AlTaieu- (Al,tai,oo)

Leviathan - (leh,vai,ah,fan)

Behemoth - (Beh,hee,moth)

Apart from Byakko, Leviathan & Behemoth which I'm 100% certain the others are just how I pronounce them.

[Darus Grey]

The actual "Correct" answer is that there is no correct pronunciation for any of these things because we're talking about a fictional universe with no guide to it's orthography or the sound inventories of it's inhabitants(because they never speak...).

So pronounce however the hell you want to, you're as correct as everyone else saying they're correct.

There isn't even such a thing as correct pronunciation IRL where we do have those things, because like all things language, there's no one with actual authority, and the same words are pronounced differently between dialects of the same language, and are all "correct".

lol prescription.

[Plow]

qwuh fhim

you gah leh pie

[Vigilia]

French kind of words or japanese kinds of words should be pronounced the way originally would be in those languages ^^;

...

einherjar = aeen hehr jahr (more like german 'ein')

gah, it's kind of hard to write it in english, since it's not my first language ^^;
I actually really like how french sounding words are used in FFXI

^ This. I try to follow French/Japanese/English(ish) pronounciations depending on where the word originates or what it looks like.

Einherjar and most of the mobs there take their names from old Norse mythology so they follow Swedish/Norwegian/Danish kinda pronounciation. The good old Aegishjalmr, Fafnir, Nidhogg, Jormungand etc. etc. are from the same source too.

[Mayareira]

YouTube - Valkyrie Profile 2 - Einherjar Chpt.1 - 07

Einherjar pronunciation at 0:21-0:27. There aren't any major spoilers in the video about the game.