How Do You Pronounce Race/Location Names?

[:Zelda:Druggie:]

I never really questioned the way I pronounced many words in the Zelda universe, however after watching AxleTheBeast's last Mailbag, I realized I'm sure there are a lot of different ways to pronounce things I never thought of. These are the few words I want to focus on:

Gerudo: I pronounce it as jer-oo-do, basically as it's spelled but with a j sound instead of a hard g.
Deku: I pronounce it as dee-ku.
Faron: Basically I pronounce it as far-un, instead of farOn.

So, am I wrong? Does anyone else have different ways of pronouncing these names? Is there some official pronouncing of words source I'm missing!? Feel free to tell other words and how you pronounce them as well!

 

[Reaca]

Here's how I pronounce things:
Deku-= Deh-koo.
Faron= fair-un.
Grerudo= ger-oo=doo
Zora= zor-ah
Kokiri= koh-keer-ee

 

[NaviSword]

Wow. I've heard of it being pronouced that way, but I do mines differently

I say, for
Gerudo: grrr-oo-dough
Deku: Deh-ku
Faron: Fair-on
Farore(one of the goddesses): Fa-roar-re
Kokiri: Coh-ky-ree

 

[Deniro]

Here's how I pronounce things:
Deku-= Deh-koo.
Faron= far-on.
farore= fa-roar
Grerudo= ger-oo=do ( dunno how to write how i say this, because the sounds I use aren't used in english )
Zora= zor-ah (same goes for this)
Kokiri= koh-keer-ee

 

[Forlong]

I have yet to hear any official pronunciation. I only correct it if it's horribly wrong. Such as pronouncing "Deku" as "doo-koo". No, that's a Star Wars villain.

 

[Ronin]

Gerudo - Ger-oo-doh
Farore - Fah-roar
Deku - Day-koo
Zora - Zor-ah
Kokiri - Koh-kee-ree
Faron - Fair-run

 

[Storm]

Gerudo - Gir-ooh-dough
Farore - Fah-roar-ray
Deku - D-koo
Zora - Zor-ah
Kokiri - Koh-k-ree
Faron - For-rahn
Goron-Gore-Run
Vaati- Vah-Tea
that is how I pronounce things

 

[:Zelda:Druggie:]

I forgot to mention I always hear the Goddesses names pronounced differently as well . . . mine are:
Nayru - Nai-ru (with an i sound)
Farore - Farore . . . (I know some people say far-or-ay)
Din - Din

 

[zeldahuman]

Navi -- Nav-ee
Kokiri -- Ko-Keer-ee
Deku -- Deck-oo
Ocarina -- Oh-ka-reen-ah
Farore -- Fa-roar
Nayru -- Neigh-roo
Din -- Din


Those are all I got.

 

[WW IsDa Bombchu]

Gerudo- Guh-roo-dough
Deku- Day-koo
Zora- Zohr-ah
Kokiri- Koh-kee-ree
Goron- Goh-rahn
Faron- Fah-rohn
Farore-Fah-roar
Yep, that's about it. I pronounce stuff based upon how I first see it. (Ie- Tetra=Terta)

 

[biggoron_sword]

I pronounce things like-

Hylian - Hill-ee-in
Kaepora Gaebora - Kuh-pora Guh-bora
Farore - Fair-roar
Ocarina - Ok-a-reen-a
Faron - Fair-on
Kokiri - Koh-kir-ee

I pronounce stuff based upon how I first see it.

Same here. I had trouble even getting sound out for Nayru and Lanayru the first time I saw it.

 

[ZeldaHunter]

Deku - Deck-oo
Gerudo - Grrr-ooo-dough
Ocarina - Oh-Kah-Rean-Ah

 

[:Zelda:Druggie:]

I feel like it's weird when you finally say these words out loud . . . xD

 

[blubb]

Oh, there are already several threads about pronunciations, like
http://zeldadungeon.net/forum/showthread.php?16974-Pronunciation
http://zeldadungeon.net/forum/showthread.php?10950-Pronounciations
where I already posted lots of my pronunciations so I won't repeat them here. I think that anyone can pronounce stuff like they want to, but I do think that "Gerudo" is supposed to be pronounced with a real "g" (as in "get") and not "dzh" because the Japanese spelling makes it clear: It's ゲルド and not ジェルド.

 

[Ventus]

I pronounce the following:

• Hyrule: High-Rule
• Termina: Ter-me-na
• Goron: Gore-on
• Deku: Dee-koo (makes me SO mad when people say "deh-koo".
• Zora: as it is spelt.
• Gerudo: Geh-ru-doh
• Holodrom: Hoe-luh-drum
• Labrynna: La-brin-nuh