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Sorry i have no idea where to put this topic but how do you pronounce Suikoden actually? i was just wondering.
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SinaiBeach wrote:Sorry i have no idea where to put this topic but how do you pronounce Suikoden actually? i was just wondering.
Su-ee-koh-den


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i've been pronouncing it as
Soy-koh-den
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pesmerga786 wrote:i've been pronouncing it as
Soy-koh-den
Then you've been wrong :wink:

To pronounce it, it is as Komataguri said.Essentially, you pronounce each of the letters in the alphabet. So you seperate it into the Su - i - ko - de - n.
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Night wrote:
pesmerga786 wrote:i've been pronouncing it as
Soy-koh-den
Then you've been wrong :wink:

To pronounce it, it is as Komataguri said.Essentially, you pronounce each of the letters in the alphabet. So you seperate it into the Su - i - ko - de - n.
so it would be so-e-ko-den????
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This site has an interesting pronunciation guide, with sound files.
http://www.suikox.com/sound/index.php/

Look for "Suikoden".
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I looked for suikoden and i click on it but nothing happens.
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Same here, the Suikoden sound file is broken. Or do they have to be downloaded?
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haha... Su-i-ko-den...Sui when pronounce using english also sounds like "beautiful" in a China dialect language..
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Here in Bosnia and Herzegovina we have a rule: Read what is written, and how is written, and writte how you talk. So, it's totaly diferent from English, French, Italian,... In our language, every letter stands for one pronounce (does that word exists???). I guess that I always pronounced it exactly how it's suposed to. But then again, I don't know how to pronounce some names of the characters...
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Dont fell bad pesgerma before i started learning japanese i used to say it like:

su-ko-den never really pronounced the i now i do though lol.
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Hm...i read it Suikoden.
But lot of that depend of language you speak...so it would be pretty hard to explain how i read it. :)
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here in philippines,when im buying suikoden games,im pronouncing it as
su-ko-den,,silent ,i..but the people here agreed that it is the pronouncation of it..
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Komataguri wrote:
SinaiBeach wrote:Sorry i have no idea where to put this topic but how do you pronounce Suikoden actually? i was just wondering.
Su-ee-koh-den


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I'm pretty sure this is the correct pronounciation of it. Although everyone calls it "Su-ko-den" I believe that this is incorrect.

However, just like the food "gyros" pronouncing it correctly will probably create a misunderstanding as so many people butcher the pronounciation.
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I pronounce it more "Su-ee-kah-den" but that's due to my accent more than anything else. "Koh" takes that weensy bit more effort to say.

I remember when I first learnt to say it properly (after my friend was adamant it was pronounced Soo-ke-don) was during the fight with Psycho Mantis on MGS. "So you like Suikoden, eh?".
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