How do you pronounce "Pokémon"?
 

It might be a bit of a weird thing to ask, but it just crossed my mind, and everyone pronounces it differently.

The OFFICIAL way is Poe-kay-mon because that's what the accent is for, but that's too much work for me. Poe-kee-mon sounds pretty stupid, like saying Mare-ee-oh for Mario. Poe-keh-mon sounds natural, and it's fast to say.

Like they do in the french anime :

in U.S.of.A its Pok-ki-mon

Poe-Kee-Mans.
Pokey-Men.
Garmented Creatures.



But really. It's a tie between Poe-Keh-Mon and Poe-Key-Mon.

I usually say "Poe-key-mon" when I pronounce it, but sometimes it comes out as "Poe-kAy-mon."

I say "Poe-keh-mon, gotta catch 'em all!"

I pronounce it in all three different ways depending on where it comes up in a sentence

For example. If I were to say the word Pokemon, it would be pronounced the 2nd way.
If I were to say, "I like to play pokemon," it would come out the first way.
However, in the the same position as the last one, if I were to say "Who's your favorite pokemon?" it would come out as the last one. It all depends on the context of which I say it.

All thanks to dialects!

It seems I pronounce it as Poe-kee-mon but I also say it as Poe-Kay-mon.

I say Poh-Keh-Mon. It's how I grew up with. Then overtime, I also say "Poh-Kee-Mon", although rare.

This ^
As a result of my French background, I always say it Poe-kay-mon. That's what the accent does to change to pronunciation of the "e" in French, so I just let my French pronunciation take over... I can tolerate when people say Poe-keh-mon, but I find myself unable to stand when they say Poe-kee-mon...

Finally! This question has been bothering me forever (though I have forgot about it over time but now it is back!). I am glad I am with the majority because that would have been a little confusing otherwise.

I've said Pokeymon all my life.
However.
I played and beat BandW and BandW2. Still hate Unova, but in Roxie's gym they play this catchy song.
P O K E M ON, POGAYMON!

So I had that in my head for a couple weeks and now I say pogaymon.

So who was the 1 person who put "other"? I'm just curious on how they say it. I say Pokeemon...kind of ignore the accent making it Pokaymon though :faec: Although I have been known to say ay or uh instead of ee from time to time, but it's rare.

Pokemon or Pokémon
 

When saying the word Pokemon, do you pronounce the e as poh-kee-mon or less tense or pok-e-mon.

In case you wondering why I'm doing this it's because I need to write a paper for linguistics so please post.

Could've sworn we already had a thread for pronunciation...

Pretty sure most if not all Pokémon players pronounce it as pok-e-mon

Anyone who doesn't play the game or has never seen it before most likely pronounces it as p o-kee-mon. (like my mom)

Then there's the rare instance of saying poh-kay-mon

I feel like the only time I've heard anyone call it "poe-KEY-mon" is in the "official" videos and stuff . . .

Anyway, I've caught myself calling it "polka-mon" a lot recently for some reason. Don't ask.

Yeah, I pronounce it "poh-key-mon." Seriously, how the heck can you say "poh-kay-mon" regularly? It doesn't sound right in English.

Wait, so...is Pokémon not pronounced Poh-kay-mon? What?


Has my entire life been a lie?

It is correctly pronounced "poh-kay-mohn," but it's not that easy to say while speaking English.

We do.
http://victoryroad.net/showthread.php?t=11103

The correct way is to stress the accent, po-kay-mon, but that doesn't roll off the tongue well in conversation. The way that feels most comfortable is Polka-mon or Pok-eh-mon. The incorrect way is to pretend that there is no accent , pok-ee-mon.

I pronounced it "pok-e-mon", but I usually spelled it "Pokemon".

It's easy to say it like po-kay-mon to me, I just feel like a big dork whenever I say it, it sounds so stupid. I usually say po-keh-mon or po-kee-mon, that's how I've always said it.

I have heard some people call pokemon "Pokeman" has anyone else heard people call them this.

That's just meant to be silly, it doesn't even end in -mon.

My grandma still insists it's pronounced "poh-kee-man"

Thanks to everyone who participated in the poll, I had just enough data to do my report.

For those of you who are reading this and didn't participate, SHAME ON YOU YOU ARE NOT MY REAL FRIEND!!!

Poe-keh-mon

It is very simple and easy to say. Like someone said previously, Poe-kee-mon is like saying Mar-eeh-oh for Mario. It was just how I said it and my friends who play it say it the same way. It's cool seeing how other people say it, though.