>Po-key-mon >not Po-kay-mon

>>25039843
>retarded

>not fucking retarded

>>25039843

Kay is wrong too.

In languages with non-retarded writing kay would be represented as 'kei' and key as 'ki'.

Pokemon is pronounced po-ke-mon, but this is an uncommon sound in english it's the """A""" in care or air. These true Es are paired with an I/Y or an R but rarely by themselves. The closest native english speakers can get is using the E in bed and get which is similar but classified as its own sound under the IPA.

>>25039843
Po-ke-mo-n~

>>25039843
>not Pough-kai-mawn

>>25039937
Oh, and here's another thing about the way english actually sounds.

You're adding an extra vowel without realizing it.

Poukiman (American) Poukimon (British)

a= ah
i= ee
u=oo

The 'long' O is actually a diphthong of O + U, and if you ever learn a language cut your O short before it reaches that U. There is a short O but varies on the dialect.

Most American dialects lack this sound and just replace it with Ah / A and so they pronounce caught exactly like cot. However, like the example with E, the short O shows up for every English speaker when paired with certain consonants. In this case it's L and R. The examples would be Or and Old. If you listen carefully it sounds different from the diphthong of go which is a 'long' O.


TL;DR you're not speaking a language that pronounces anything normally in comparison to other major languages. So it doesn't matter.

>Ignoring the accented e

Good job.

>>25040316
Accented E in English is just an approximation of an actual E but this approximation is an EI diphthong. In shitty Spanish or French classes they will teach you to use the diphthong for this sound but it's actually a singular vowel without the I and native speakers of those languages can hear the difference along with the time it takes to pronounce two vowels instead of one.

>>25039843
>short for Pocket Monsters
>not pronouncing it Pock-eh-mon

>>25039843
Why

>>25039843
>>25039937
Actually it's pok-eh-mon as in pock-eht monsters

>not Poe-kuh-mon

does anyone else in the UK remember that FRLG advert where the narrator's like POCK-UH-MON FIRE RED & LEAF GREEN! we all flipped our fucking shit in year 6. outrageous.

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>>25039843
I say Poe-ka-mon.

poh

kee

men

The Great Vowel Shift was a mistake.

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Poke-ayyyyyyyyyyyyyy-mon