General Classic OH-carina or OK-arina?

[bds1110]

I've always said it as it looks... aw-kuh-ree-nuh, but I heard some people at E3 and such say it oke-uh-ree-nuh, but I still think that it's the first one.

However, Nintendo repeatedly pronounces it Oh-carina during press conferences.
Remember that Zelda is fictional and a word could pronounced differently in a fictional world.
I've always pronounced it Oh-carina.




(Sorry, I don't know how to get the quote thing up..)

Yes, but there may be a similar case like on the Final Fantasy remake for the DS.. There is a man named Cecil in this game. Say that word aloud. Cecil. But in the DS version they had voice acting, and they pronounced it "sess-ell" This is most likely due to the Japanese mistranslation, and I think that's the same case with Nintendo saying "Oh-kah-ree-nah."

 

[wideyedwanderer]

I prefer Awk-ka-rai-na. I always thought Oak-a-rai-na sounded weird.

 

[Emera]

Haha me and my friends always argue about this. I've always said it like OH carina. I think it is actually supposed to be Aw carina though... Just can't get out of the habit of saying it like oh carina...

 

[TheWakerofWinds]

I used to pronounce it oak-a-ri-na (Like NintendoCapriSun says it) but now I say Awk-A-Ri-Na xD or the 'official' way to pronounce it.

 

[penguinboy82]

I had a friend that pronounced it oh, and I was like, "Dude, did you REALLY just say that?"

 

[Tyeforce]

It's OCK-arina, not OH-carina. People probably started mispronouncing it as OH-carina because they thought it should be pronounced like a Japanese word, but ocarina isn't a Japanese word.

 

[DuckNoises]

I've always pronounced it something like "oh-cah-ray-na." I suppose I've never said "ock-ah-ray-na" because "ock" sounds like an unpleasant noise that your throat would make when you have a cold. >.<

 

[PhantomTriforce]

I pronounce it as oak-uh-reena.

 

[honeyrocks81]

OCK-UH-REE-NUH is how I pronounce it It's also funky when people pronounce "Majora"

 

[Faxanadu]

i made 1 in high school n its pronounced ock-uh-ree-nah say it w me now ocarina lol sadly *pout* mine didnt work

 

[00steven]

Oc-arina for sure, Just sounds better.

 

[Phlegm]

I pronounce it both ways actually! When I say nothing before it, I say OKarina, but if I say 'The Legend of Zelda' before it, I say OHcarina.

OKarina is officially correct, but it doesn't really matter which one you say.

 

[Smew]

It's definately ock-ah-ree-nah - Oh-kareena sounds VERY american (specifiically californian) to a British ear.

 

[Ice6661]

i used to say oh-carina when i was younger
im trying to train myself to say it ok-arina
i still miz it up sometimes tho

 

[figthersword]

Guys do you think the proper pronunciation of ocarina is O KA RINA?