General Classic OH-carina or OK-arina?

[Austin]

I've heard it pronounced both ways. Anyone know which is correct?

 

[Pocket Asian]

It should be OK-arina. Well, that's what I think. That's how I pronounce it.

 

[Icetomeetyou]

It depends on where you're from I think. In some places they might say it OK-arina but in other places they might say it OH-karina. There's not really think there's a "correct" way to say it.

 

[TreeHuggerPanda]

I've always pronounced it Oc-car-rin-a.
(*blows fifty away by playing random notes on the ocarina*)

 

[Smuds]

I've said Oh-carina my whole life.
Ok-arina just kind of sounds wierd.
It feels like Oh-carina just rolls off the tounge better XD.

 

[DeletedUser9]

OCK-UH-REE-NUH is the correct one.

Remember, this is not a made up word or term. Ocarinas are real instruments. If you want to hear it for yourself, then listen to the audio pronunciation on a dictionary website that has that feature.

 

[Austin]

OCK-UH-REE-NUH is the correct one.

Remember, this is not a made up word or term. Ocarinas are real instruments. If you want to hear it for yourself, then listen to the audio pronunciation on a dictionary website that has that feature.

Just did that. Unfortunately, you're right . I've been pronouncing it OH-KUH-REE-NA since I got the game about 10 years ago.... it's going to be a hard habit to break. I suspected I was wrong but heard someone pronounce it my way in the IGN review for Twilight Princess, and I had burst of hope. Ah well

 

[athenian200]

I'm pretty sure it's "Oak Arena."

The instrument may be called something else, but I'm pretty sure that's the pronunciation in reference to the game.

 

[DeletedUser9]

I'm pretty sure it's "Oak Arena."

The instrument may be called something else, but I'm pretty sure that's the pronunciation in reference to the game.

Then if that's true, the official sources are pronouncing it wrong. The instrument in real life is identical to the one in the game, so it's not like it's a fictional object with the same spelling for it's name. It's the same name, so there is a correct pronunciation.

The word, officially, is pronounced "OCK-UH-REE-NUH".

 

[yann]

Surely that's purely down to the accent that you have in certain parts of the world.
Personally, whenever I hear someone prononce it Oh-carina, it sounds very American, I don't know why it just does.
I pronounce it Oc-arina, if I tried pronouncing it Oh-carina it wouldn't sound right.

 

[irishfire]

I've allways pronounced it like axle the beast said, ock-uh-ree-nuh, to me it just didnt really make any sence any other way.

 

[zeldim]

I've always pronounced in OC-arina, because that's the way I heard it first. I've only heard one guy pronounce it OH-carina and that's the AVGN

 

[jbkarate9]

If your talking about the insterment is AH-carina. But the game is OH-carina

 

[February Eve]

Here's dictionary.com's pronunciation of ocarina. As you can see, their pronunciation is "ok-uh-ree-nuh."

To be fair, word pronunciation can change depending on the language. Try typing "ocarina" into this Japanese-English dictionary (I don't think I can link to the individual word like dictionary.com). The katakana used is オカリナ(o-ka-ri-na). In Japanese, the "o" is a long "o" sound and the "a" is a short "a" sound. So its pronunciation is "oh-kah-ree-nah." If you do look the word up, there is a audio link next to it as well.

I pronounce it with the English pronunciation, though, since as Axel the Beast says, it is an actual instrument.

(Random side note: Wikipedia tells me that "The word ocarina, in the Bolognese dialect of the Emiliano-Romagnolo language, means 'little goose'." How cute!)

 

[43ForceGems]

Ok-uh-ree-nah is the correct pronunciation, but I've always said, and will always say oh-kuh-ree-nah....