I was just thinking, there are a lot of names in FFVIII that I'm not sure how to pronounce. How do you say:

-Quistis Trepe (I'm pretty sure I pronounce Quistis correctly. (what kind of name is that?!) But I have no idea about Trepe. I've been saying it like it rhymes with "tape".)

-Seifer (Safer? Seffer?)

-Dincht (Dinkt?)

-Edea (I've been saying it like the Spanish word "idea." Ee-DEY-uh. But I'm not really sure.)

-Irvine (like the name Irving?)

-Ultimecia (not sure where to put the accent)

I'm probably forgetting some names. Anyway, anyone know if I'm saying them right?

-Quistis Trepe -- Like Trekkie, but with a p instead of k

-Seifer -- Sifer

-Dincht -- Like Finch but with a D instead of F

-Edea -- Ee-dee-uh

-Irvine -- Irvining

-Ultimecia like Ul-ta-me-see-ah

Yeah I agree with you :D

I pronounce

Quistis like, (Quis ,then, tis)

Seifer like, (Si, then, fer)

Dincht like, (dinch)

Edea like, (idea but with an E!)

Irvine like, (er, then, vine)

Ultimecia like, (ul-ti-me-cia)

How do you pronunce.... Selphie, squall and Rinoa?

I say

Selphie like, (sel, then, fi)

Squall like, (Squ, then, Wall)

Rinoa like, (rI (say the I like a capital) then, noa)

u? :D

Deus, then how do you pronounce "Trepie"?

Rinoa, I pronounce your name "Rih (short "i" sound)-NO-ah." And your pronounciation of Squall has to be correct, because that's how you pronounce the real word "squall."

I still don't know where the stress goes in "Ultimecia." UltiMEcia? UltimeCIa?

I pronounce them like this;
Seifer-> Sigh|Fur
Quistis -> Quis|tiss
Edea -> ee|da
Dincht ->Din|ch
GFS
Quesicotl -> Ques|ee|cot|el
Shiva -> She|va
Ifrit -> If|rit
Siren -> Sigh|wren
Diablos -> Di|ab|los
Carbuncle -> Car|Bun|cul
Leviathan -> Lev|i|a|than
Pandemona -> Pan|duh|mo|ni|ah
Cerbrus -> sir|bur|rus
Alexander -> Alex|and|duh
Bahamut -> Bah|ha|mut
Cactuar -> Cak|turr
Eden -> ee|den

-Quistis Trepe -- Like Trekkie, but with a p instead of k

-Seifer -- Sifer

-Dincht -- Dincht (I love being dutch :p)

-Edea -- Ee-dee-uh

-Irvine -- Er vine :eye:

-Ultimecia like Ul-ti-me-see-ah

I agree mostly with Deus and his pronounciations.

as for Selphie Sel - phi (f)
Rinoa -- Ri no ah

I don't even want to Pronounce Squall his name :p

this is how i say

Quistis - Kis-tiss

Seifer - Sajfer

Dincht - Dincht

Edea - E-d-e-a

Irvine - Irvaijn

Ultimecia - Ulti-mekkia

On the subject of names, does the posse have last names? I was looking for a Fujin pic to use as an avatar in another forum (for some reason, this forum says the pic I ended up choosing isn't "a valid jpg or gif"), and I noticed a lot of people call her "Fujin Kazeno." They call Raijin "Raijin Hefty." When did they say their full names in FFVIII?

LAST NAME, HAVE? :confused:

And why do so many people spell my name... err, I mean her name, "Fuujin"?

I pronounce everything just about like every1 else 'cept i pronounce Seifer See-fur. And all my friends who have have played FF8 pronounce Ultimecia Ult-i-mess-ia, which sounds veeery strange to me.

Wow, I just found this topic in the archive and I'm just really interested in the pronunciations because they're like totally different from how I've gone through the game pronouncing them for the most part. Here's my pronunciations:

-Quistis Trepe

Quistis phonetically as it looks, and Trepe to rhyme with tape.

-Seifer
Seh-fur

-Dincht
Dinked

-Edea
Ee-day-uh

-Irvine (like the name Irving?)
Er-vine

-Ultimecia (not sure where to put the accent)
Stress on the third syllable.

Mine are a bit odd..

Squall- Sq-wall

Quistis- Qwi-stis

Zell- Zelll

Rinoa- Rin-oh-uh

Fuijin- Foo-jin

Raijin- Ray-jin

Irvine- Eye-er-veen (I know it's not right...it's my fun way of saying it! Don't flame me about it!)

Selphie- Sell-fee

Seifer- Ss-eye-fer

Edea- Ed-ee-uh

Laguna- Ll-uh-goon-uh

Yeah, i think all of Garnet's Lover's ones are right. Except Irvine of course.

i agree with most but i pronounce seifer as - see fer

Seifer - Sigh fer
Rinoa - Ri no ah
Edea - Ee Day Uh
Quistis - Quis Tis
Ultimecia - Ul ti me see ah
Irvine - Ir Vine

o_O

Trepe = trep-ay.
Trepie = trep-ee.
Rinoa = ri-nO-ah.
Ultimecia = ul-te-mis-ee-ah.

Some were added, so I'll respond:

Squall- Rhymed with wall

Zell- Rhymed with fell

Rinoa- Rin-oh-uh

Fuijin- Foo-jean

Raijin- Ray-jean

Selphie- Sell-fee

Laguna- Ll-uh-goon-uh

Trepie - Trape-ee

i pronounce like this

quistis- quiz|tiss

zell-zell

squall-sqwall

selphie-sell|fee

seifer-si|fer

irvine-er|vin

edea-ed|eea

laguna-lag|yuna

ultimecia-ul|time|see|uh

gf's

ifrit-if|rit

quesacotl-kweez|a|cotle

laviathan-lev|i|ath|on

bahamut-baha|mut

diablos-die|oblo

cactuar- cact|you|are

i'm pretty sure these are how you pronounce them-i donloaded answering machine messages by the cast and most names are spoken.

quistis- key-stise/kay-sute-tis-u(japanese)

rinoa- rin-noah

edea- edd-ear

laguna- lagune-ah/rag-une-a(japanese)

loire- lo-wahr

seifer- psy-fer

selphie- self-e/serif-u(japanese)

kiros- ki-rose

squall- skwall/sek-or-row(japanese)

cid- sid/shid-o(japanese)

elloen-elle-own/eru-own

I pronounce the names like this:

Rinoa: Re/No/A
Edea: Ee/da
Ceberus: Ce/bur/rus
Ultimicia: Ul/Ti/Mi/Cia
Elone: Like Alone but with an E

Well...for my tongue:

Squall Leonhart: Ss|quall Li|on|hart

Rinoa Heartilly: Ri|noa Heart|tilly

Laguna Loire: La|gu|na Loir

Ellone: E| lone

Ultimecia: Ul|ti|me|cia

Zell Dincth: Zell| Dinct

Quistis Trepe: Quis|tis Trip

Irvine Kinneas: R|vine Kin|neas

Selphie Tilmitt: Sell|fee Till|mit

oh! and myself

Edea Kramer: ii|dia cram|mer

Squall->like skouall
Rinoa->Rinoah
Zell->gel but z instead of g
Quistis->quiz(s instead of z) tis
Selphie->selfie
Irvine->Irvine like the F1 driver
Seifer->sayfer
Edea->Eedea

The one that i'm not sure is Squall any other ideas?
Damned Square, they could use voices so we could here them talking not just reading the lines:P.But would use more disks...

Why are you reviving two year old threads?