ChuChu's Name Pronunciation

[Chiraku]

These jelly enemies were introduced in the windwaker, and have become rather popular, but one thing about them continually puzzles me. I know some Japanese words, and I am familiar with how they pronounce things, but, I don't know the true intentions of calling slime blobs ChuChus. I have heard Axle the beast call them "Choo-Choos", but I believe it is "shoo-shoo", because that's the Japanese word for the sound of squeaking, referring to the fact that they make squeaking noises, or that they're slime.

 

[Ember Incubus]

I thought these were obvious... Chew-chew, as in a Chew-Chew-Train. And TWW was the second game. MM was first. (My damn space bar is giving me a rough time writing this...)

 

[Phlegm]

Chew-Chew. Ya know, Shoo-Shoo doesn't really fit with a jelly creature...

 

[The Skull Kid]

yeah i always thoght it was "chew chew" because they reminded me of gum, which you chew, hence the name "chew chew"

 

[Aelic7]

Choo-choo. It only makes sense. Shoo-Shoo sounds...French.

 

[arkvoodle]

I pronounce it Choo Choo. Like the childish train noise, which sounds like Chew Chew.

 

[NorthApple]

Ahh, I see your thinking, and it does make sense. I mean, other things in the series have been named after Japanese onomatopoeic words (like Gorons, after the sounds a rolling boulder makes), so why not ChuChus as well? But have have to say though- if it was intended to be pronounced "Shoo Shoo", why not translate it as that? I mean, they do originate from WW, and by then Nintendo's translators were pretty much perfect... so I'm gonna stick with the "Choo Choo" pronunciation, since that's the way it's been translated for the Western audience- so I'd say is the way they intended us to pronounce it. I could be wrong though, but that's just what I think. :3

You make a great point though, it's cool you spotted this!

 

[Aultimaespada]

I know how to read in Japanese in two of their alphabets, Hiragana and Katakana. I have done some research and I have found out that chuchu is written チュチュ in japanese.
We read チ as "chi" and ユ as "yu", but the "yu" is smaller than the "chi", so it means we should contract the word, so instead of "chiyu", we read it "chu". I Japanese, there is only one possible way to read each symbol, so it means that the only possible way to read it is as "choo". If it was pronunced "shoo", it would be written シュ instead of チュ.

Making it short: the correct way to read it is "choo choo"

 

[SheikahWarrior]

Choo Choo. Like a kiddy train.

And they were first in Majora's Mask, not Wind Waker

 

[AwesomeLink86]

Choo-choo is how you say the name.

Shoo-shoo is what you say to get rid of them.

 

[figthersword]

Xhu Xhu that's how i pronounce it.

 

[Chiraku]

yeah i always thoght it was "chew chew" because they reminded me of gum, which you chew, hence the name "chew chew"

Lol, I never thought of that...

 

[figthersword]

Lol, I never thought of that...

Yeah me too i never think that in my mind :p

 

[Majora's Cat]

I also believe it's pronounced "choo-choos", although this may just be the English pronunciation.

 

[figthersword]

I believe that if you will check the wikipedia you will be determine the proper pronunciation of it