How is Suikoden pronounced?

Deleted User 1 · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 12:40 am Post subject: How is Suikoden pronounced?

This has been haunting me for years and I was wondering if anyone knew how Suikoden is pronounced.

Vextor · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 12:58 am Post subject:

You can actuall hear how it is pronunced in this site's pronounciation archive.

Kyun Mcdohl · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 1:04 am Post subject:

Ive always said it right. YAY
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Deleted User 1 · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 1:07 am Post subject:

Thanks, it has just been something I never knew, but now I do.

Eggith Cyrene · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 5:58 pm Post subject:

Since 96 when i first heard the intro i always pronounced it as "sue-code-en" a year or two ago i was corrected, but i dont give a flying fudge I have been calling it that for 8 years and i am not going to stop referring to it as such. swee-kod-en just doesent sound right to me.
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Sualtam Lugh · Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject:

I pronounce is Sue - wee - Ko - den.

I know it's Swee - Ko - den.

Do I feel like saying Swee? Nope.

EZ_Rabbit · Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 2:24 am Post subject:

Swee is just the japanese accent.

It would phonetically be Su wee ko Den

Like in the 12 Kingdoms anime where they use Sui in several words.

Or like saying mahnga, instead of mAnga.

or ahhnime instead of anime.

If yer an english speaking person, there is no reason to pronounce it Swee.

Thats like using the rolling R every time you say burrito.
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adrich · Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 2:57 am Post subject:

It's called a diphthong.

kuwaizair · Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 10:18 am Post subject:

hehe I want to call somone a diphthong........

I have problems prouncing my s's and sh's I got anoyed when I was looking for S2, somone said "what is the game you are looking for? Sher-ee-kan?

no shooo-co-den!
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Sophita · Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 11:56 am Post subject:

I always thought it was sue-e-co-den, but i didn't get that confirmed until the ninja in Metal Gear Solid asked me if I liked Suikoden. (I think.)
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Edge Riou · Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 12:16 pm Post subject:

I always pronounced it sue-co-den. I probably will still call it sue-co-den even if it is wrong. I have just always said it that way.
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Swedish Ninja Pirate · Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 12:31 pm Post subject:

I have always pronounced it Su-i-kå-den =). Its very easy for us from sweden beacuse out pronounciation of the regular letters resembles the Japanese way very much.
And we got three more letters then you. haha Ã…Ã„Ã–. I'm specially found of Ã–.
To bad we are mistaken for Switzerland all the time.

Doesnt really matter how you pronounce it. Still the best game serie ever. Thats what counts.
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Sun_Quan · Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 2:03 pm Post subject:

Su-wee-ko-den is how I pronounced it after talking to someone about it, and he pronounced it like that. So I decided that's how I'd pronounce it as well.
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Sualtam Lugh · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:53 am Post subject:

The Ninja didn't ask you if you liked Suikoden.

Psycho mantis did, when he was reading your mind aka your memory card, as the fifth boss in the game.

-Pyro

Kobold · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:58 pm Post subject:

I believe the race of a person actually affects how they would pronounce it...

Generally, asians should be able to pronounce it as swee-ko-den.

Westerners would either pronounce the i seperately, or change it to su

Of course, non japanese asians wouldn't be able to grasp the exact accent needed to pronounce it really accurately...
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