Pronunciation of all things Zelda

[YIGAhim]

Hey guys! I've been thinking lately, and I was wondering how you all pronounce certain things in Zelda. There's always the fie vs fee, and the mowblin vs mawblin, and all of that good stuff. So, in this thread, please post how you pronounce any Zelda related names/items/things, and compare with everyone else. This is how I pronounce certain things:

Fi= Fie
Ghirahim= Gear uh him
Moblin= Mob Lin
Bokoblin= Bah kah blin (Said fast)
Lorule= Law rule
Yiga= Ye guh
Anything I'm forgetting? (I'm sure there are LOADS of things I didn't put on my list)

 

[Fraxinus]

We've had a few pronunciation threads lately, but it's been quite awhile since we've had a general pronunciation thread. I'll bite.

Agahnim // ag uh nim
Bokoblin // boh koh blin [OR] buh kah blin (inconsistent back and forth depending)
Deku // day koo
Farore // fah roar [OR] fah roh ray
Fi // fee (I know it's wrong; I don't care)
Gerudo // gur oo doh
Ghini // genie
Ghirahim // gear uh heem
Gyorg // g'ee org
Kokiri // koh kee ree
Lorule // low rule
Mido // my doe
Moblin // mob lin
Sahasrahla // sah hash rah lah
Sheikah // sheek ah
Skulltula // skull chool uh
Twili // twigh ligh
Vaati // vat eye
Yiga // yee gah
Zant // zahnt [OR] zant

And, now for a comprehensive breakdown on how I pronounce all of the sheikah shrines--

 

[DekuNut]

Fi: Fie
Moblin: Maw-blin
Deku: Dee-koo
Twili: Twi-lee
Farore: Fuh-roar
Nayru: Nay-roo
Gohma: Gaw-muh
Gerudo: Gr-oo-doe

 

[YIGAhim]

As you can see, there are a lot of difference. Here are a few more of mine:

Deku= dee coo
Twili= Twi lie
Mido= Me doh
Vaati= Vah tea

 

[AncientPoe]

Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule = Daff-ness No-han(d)-sen(d) Hyrule
Kokiri = koh-kee-ree
Deku = honestly it changes but I think I say Deeku most of the time, it's another one that got grandfathered into my "pre knowing japanese pronunciations" word
Koholint = KOHholint (as opposed to emphasis being koHOHlint)
Moblin = mob lin
Bokoblin = boh-cob-lin
Yiga = Yee-gah
Farore = unbiased mineral deposits
Fi = fee
Girahim = Geer-ah-heem
Faron = almost comes out more like Fehrun, but it's mostly just the lack of emphasis (as opposed to how some people i've heard say FAY-ron)
Gyorg = A hard 'g' (like 'get') on both ends, all one syllable, no emphasis
Gohma = go mah


That's all I can think of at the moment.

 

[Castle]

Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule = Daf-nees (hard e, like in "cheese") No-han (hard a, like in ham or "look ma! no hands!") sen (as in "sensei") Hyrule
Kokiri = Koh (hard o, like in "coke) Kee-Ree (like cheese), sometimes expedite the last syllables Coke-iri
Deku = I alternate between hard and soft ee, Dee-koo or Dek-oo but I settle on the latter
Mido = My-doh or Mee-doh but I figure it's My-doh
Bokoblin = I alternate between Boh-cob-lin and Boko-blin
Moblin with a hard Oh -blin but it's probably Mob (as in "lynch mob") -lin
Girahim = Gear-ra-him but I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be 'heem'
Kakariko = Kak-ah-ree-koh because Ka-ka-riko sounds like a poop joke
Sheikah = Sheek-ah or She-kah but I've always put an emphasis on the I, She-ik-ah
Darunia = Dah-Roon-ee-ah or Dar-oon-ee-ah
Saria = I've pronounced this four different ways. The difference is a hard or soft I and whether or not the emphasis is on the R
Rauru = I don't know if it's Rah-oo-roo or Rawr-ooh, be interesting to know how others pronounce this

Din = Din

 

[el :BeoWolf:]

Fi= Fee
Ghirahim= Gear Ra Him
Moblin - Mob Lin
Bokoblin - Bo Kah Blin
Lorule - Low Rule
Yiga - Yee Gah
Deku - Deck oo
Mido - My doh
Saria - Sar ee a (I use to pronounce it Sar eye a when I was younger)
Gyorg - Gai org (Though we joke that it's George)
Twili - Twi Lie
Malon - Ma lon (similar to the Disney movie)

 

[Alita the Pun]

Malon=M-ah-lon

Spoiler

Get off Mah-Lon!

 

[AncientPoe]

(hard a, like in ham or "look ma! no hands!")

Actually I believe that's what is referred to as a 'flat a'. A hard a sounds like the letter itself, like 'grape' or 'hate'.

 

[YIGAhim]

I think Castle has got the most similar pronunciations to me atm.

SARIA: I say sar (Like stair but no t) e uh (Whenever I say uh, it makes the a sound, like in amazing)

 

[Dio]

Rauru = I don't know if it's Rah-oo-roo or Rawr-ooh, be interesting to know how others pronounce this

Rau (Rhymes with Cow) ru (Rhymes with poo)


Ghirahim- Gira-heem
Bokoblin- Boko(Rhymes with Loco)-blin
Zant- Rhymes with Ant
Yiga- Yee-Ga
Daphnes- Daph (Rhymes with chaff) neese (Rhymes with knees)
Gerudo - Ger-roo-do
Fi - Rhymes with eye
Kokiri = Ko-keeri
Gyorg - Guy-org
Farore - Fah-roray
Hinox = Hi (Rhymes eye)-nox

 

[Fraxinus]

I'll add some more since I was watching some videos and people say things differently than me

Argorok // arr gar rock
Akkala // ah cowl lah
Daphnes // daff ness
Dinraal // din rahl
Faron // fair on
Farosh // far oh-sh
Gohdan // go dan
Hateno // hah tay noh
Hinox // hee nocks
Kakariko // kack uh reekoh
Molgera // mole jeer ah
Naydra // nay druh
Rauru // raw roo
Saria // sair eeyah
Sidon // sid (like the dude from toy story) ohn

 

[Azure Sage]

Gerudo = Jerudo (the other version sounds so laaaaame i will never accept it you can't make me nintendo!)
Deku = Deh-koo
Fi = Fie (used to be "fee" but i finally accepted the canon pronunciation)
Ghirahim = Gear-ah-heem
Akkala = Ack-uh-luh
Hateno = Hah-teh-noh
Kakariko = Kah-kah-ree-koh
Saria = Sarh-ee-uh
Kokiri = Koh-kee-ree
Yiga = Yie-gah
Vaati = Vah-tee
Lorule = Low-rool
Bokoblin = Boh-koh-blin
Gyorg = Jye-org
Zant = Zahnt
Farore = Fah-roar-ay
Faron = Fair-uhn
Farosh = Fair-osh
Nayru = Nay-roo
Lanayru = Luh-nay-roo
Naydra = Nay-druh
Dinraal = Din-rahl
Mido = Mie-doh
Agahnim = Aag-uh-nim
Sahashrala = Sah-hahs-rahl-ah
Koholint = Koh-hoh-lint
Daphnes = Daff-niss
Necluda = Neh-cloo-duh
Hinox = Hee-knocks
Molgera = Mowl-gher-uh
*Molduga = Mowl-doo-guh

*i had to fix this because i have just learned that ive been misreading molduga as "molguda" this entire time whoops

 

[YIGAhim]

I didn't realize so many people pronounced Fi as fee, and Ghirahim as gear uh heem.

 

[Fraxinus]

Molguda = Mowl-goo-duh

wtf it's molguda? I've been reading it as molduga this entire time. Flashbacks to Hetsu ending up actually being Hestu. I'm gonna have an existential crisis over this too.