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Kingdom Clasm

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I am confident that Namine is pronounced "Nu-mee-nay", but of course that is only my opinion.
Marluxia I am also confident is pronounced "Mar-looks(hard "oo")-zee-a(soft a)".
Larxene: Lar-kseen
Those are the names that I disagree with you guys on how to pronounce.
 
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I always pronounced Vexen like Vixen just because its easier and its funny. Girly bastard. And Namine I always say Na-Mean just because its hard to change once you start but now that I that I think about it Na-min-ay sounds good and and for some reason Ya-min-ay just sounds sexy.
 

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i think its na-mi-né

Yeah that's how its spelled. That is not how it is pronounced.

I am confident that Namine is pronounced "Nu-mee-nay", but of course that is only my opinion.
Larxene: Lark-seen
Those are the names that I disagree with you guys on how to pronounce.

o_O For one X is freaking pronounced as Z or X. It is NEVER pronounced as an S. So you're Larxene pronounciation is plain wrong.

And A does not sound like a U in any word. So Nu-mee-nay is freaking wrong. And it sounds...weird...
 

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X is usually like Z, when it's at the beggingin of a word .:KL:.

But when in the middle of a name, it traditionally makes a "cks" sound...

Larcks-een

Mar-lucks-ia

Vecks-en

Zecks-ion
 

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Well yes, there's the Namine issue--I'm not sure they would put that effort into showing the accent in CoM if it wasn't meant for a reason. I'm pretty sure we will be pronouncing her name "Nah-meen-ay", even though "Nah-meen" sounds just as pretty.

As for the Organization, I think the only disputable one right now is Marluxia. It could technically be "Mar-LUCKS-ee-ah" or "Mar-LOOKS-ee-ah". All the others are pretty darn self-explanatory.

Only thing is, Marluxia's kind of...*cough* dead, so it won't especially matter.
 

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X can be pronounced as Z, though in some languages [ like Spanish, har, I've been taking it for five days! doo-doo-doo ] as an S sound [I believe o__O], but that's not the case here. XD Anyhow, I think Muffin has the closest ways of pronouncing them, and as I'm bad at accents, I've been pronouncing Namin[insert accented e here] as simply

NA [as A is normally pronounced]
mIne, as in mind, but I understand this isn't correct.
 

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Just for the record; no letter (except for u in romanizations, etc.) in japanese is "silent".

Naminé's name is written ナミネ; na mi ne. Na is fully pronounced, as is Mi and Ne.
So pretty much every pronounciation of her name in this thread, except "na-meen" and "na-mean", are correct.
 

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I pronounce them like this.

Namine' = na - muh - nay
Marluxia = mar - loocks - zia
Larxene = larks - zene
Zexion = zex - e - on
Vexen = vex - in
Axel = axle
Lexeaus = lex -e/za - us
Demyx = de - mex/mix
Xaldin = zal - din
 

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Yay, I have good pronunciation!

BTW, Lordmune, I respect your thoughts, but I don't agree on your pronunciation...
 

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Themuffinman said:
BTW, Lordmune, I respect your thoughts, but I don't agree on your pronunciation...

Ah, but you see, they are not my thoughts- they are facts.
 

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But see, as you stated, nothing is silent in the japanese language beside the letter "U"

So, if Namine` was pronounced Na-mean, then that would mean that the e` is silent... you contradict yourself, no?
 

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Themuffinman said:
But see, as you stated, nothing is silent in the japanese language beside the letter "U"

So, if Namine` was pronounced Na-mean, then that would mean that the e` is silent... you contradict yourself, no?
No. ;)
LordMune said:
So pretty much every pronounciation of her name in this thread, except "na-meen" and "na-mean", are correct.
_________
 

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Oooooooo.........

Okay..... *hugs his polar bear from the "What bear are you gonna do" thread*
 

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.:KL:. said:
Yeah that's how its spelled. That is not how it is pronounced.



o_O For one X is freaking pronounced as Z or X. It is NEVER pronounced as an S. So you're Larxene pronounciation is plain wrong.

And A does not sound like a U in any word. So Nu-mee-nay is freaking wrong. And it sounds...weird...

"A" does actually sound like "uh" in some words, KL.
Also, about Larxene's pronuciation, I messed up on that. It was a typo. I will fix it if it is about to send you into a trauma.
The only reason my pronunciation sounds weird is because you are used to pronouncing Namine a different way. I think your pronunciation sounds weird as well because I am just used to saying Namine differently. Besides, it is just my opinion, as your pronunciation is yours.
I respect you, KL, as many people do, but don't overreact.
 

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Namine- Na as in na (short a), mi as in mee (long e), ne as in nee (long e).
Na-mee-nee
Marluxia- Mar like Mars (without s), lux as in loks (like wok), i as in ee (like bee), a as in ah.
Mar-loks-ee-ah
Vexen- Santa's reindeer!
Lexeaus- Lex like lexus (drop the us), e as in ee (like bee), aus as in us (like bus).
Lex-ee-us
Larxene- Lar like bar, x as in ecks (like pecks), e as in ee (like bee), ne as in nee (or me).
Lar-ecks-ee-nee
Demyx- De like demo (drop the mo, short e), myx as in mix (chex mix!)
De-mix
Diz- you should know
Now is it Xalidan or Xaldin?
 
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