Somthing I've always wondered. How do you pronounce Ocarina?

See, there's another I'd have to contend, I wouldn't pronounce the 'Nar' bit at the end, just end it with a 'Na'

Bah, I have a lisp and carry my words along.

Your way is right.

Well if I came across as being in any way pushy there I do apologise, I'm just studying this kind of thing at Uni and felt I wanted to try and apply it to something others can see as well as me. I'm thinking if you have a lisp then it's an entirely different kettle of fish and please do not think I'm saying 'You are wrong' because of that.

I have always said it ah-ka-ree-na, and I will always say it that way. I suppose it changes among people, like toh-may-toh/toh-mah-toh (saying "tomato") and stuff like that.

I have always heard it pronounced "ah-kah-rin-ah. But that's just me.

Aye I dunno why, but I say ah-ka-reena, when I say Ocarina.

Don't forget people, that a lot of the different pronunciations will come down to local accents from the areas we are from (As stated earlier by AEF Link, sorry mate only just noticed), I notice a lot of 'ah-carina' coming from the Americas, whereas Brits seems to be sticking more to 'Oh-carina'

I used to pronounce it Oh-ka-re-na, then I remember hearing it said Ok-a-re-na on G4, so I started saying that instead. Ah well, tomato tomato.

(You were supposed to read that last line as toe-may-toe toe-mah-toe. If you didn't, it doesn't make any sense and just looks like a have a fascination with produce. Which I do, but that's neither here nor there.)

I've always said "ah-ka-re-na" of Time.

Originally Posted by Daphnes

"Deh ku" or "day ku" for another example.

See, I could see someone pronouncing Ocarina many different ways, but how is it hard to figure out how to pronounce Deku?

LOOK AT IT! It's obviously pronounced "Deh ku"

It's not 'obvious' by any means, potato, tomato and data, just to name a few, can be pronounced differently by different people, and each think themselves correct.

Originally Posted by NintendoTogepi

I've always said "ah-ka-re-na" of Time.



See, I could see someone pronouncing Ocarina many different ways, but how is it hard to figure out how to pronounce Deku?

LOOK AT IT! It's obviously pronounced "Deh ku"

I've always said 'Dee kew'.
It wasn't obvious to me.

Originally Posted by AEF Link

I rest my case ^_^

Yep, you win!

Originally Posted by NintendoTogepi

See, I could see someone pronouncing Ocarina many different ways, but how is it hard to figure out how to pronounce Deku?

LOOK AT IT! It's obviously pronounced "Deh ku"

I actually pronounced it Day-ku at first, but I misread it. Now I pronounce it Deh-ku.

i say dee-kew

and i think it's oh-ka-re-na, although i've always said ah-ka-re-na too.

I've always pronounced it [ock-ah-ree-nuh].

I have always said 'Ah-ka-re-na'

I always figured that is how, mostly because my friends older brother gets all angry when I miss pronounce words like that. Because he never corrected me, I never questioned it.

Debate over.

[ok-uh-ree-nuh]

Originally Posted by Count Cutflaik

Well, seriously, what other way could you pronounce it?

Depends. In Spanish, Ocarina means Ocarina. But it´s pronounced different

looks like we were right all along

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ock-a-ree-na

"Ah-kuh-ree-nuh." Long O at the beginning just sounds wrong to me.

Okaarina, in my language.
The first "a" is a long one.