Some people in AJ have pretty strange names. How do YOU pronounce them?

KRIS-tahf GAY-vin
KLAY-vee-ur
EM-ah (It looks kinda like EE-mah...)
Stage name: lah-mee-WAH (French way of saying it)
Real name: thah-LAH-sah GRAM-ah-ry
dah-RY-en
MAH-chee toh-BAY
VEE-rah MISH-um

Meraktis: mur-AHK-tis
Magnifi: MAG-nif-ee
LeTouse: leh-TOOS

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for the characters you listed...
kris-TOF
her japanese name is in katakana that says "ra-mi-ro-a", so I pronounce it lah-mee-ROY-ar. seems to make sense.
DAH-ry-en
is definitely MAH-kee, as suggested by his japanese name in katakana. his lastname in japanese is to-baa-yu, I have no idea how that should go in english..
i always thought was VER-ah...
Magnifi - i seem to pronounce it "Magnify" (as in the verb).... but maybe i'm just weird
LeTouse - leh-TOW-ss (as in car towing)

- Dah-rye-an
- Vay-rah
- Klah-veer, like the German.
- Lah-mee-wah

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apollo justice is pretty obvious tbqh
uh so is phoenix wright
kris-tof gav-in
win-stuh-n payn
shay-dee smif
olga or-lee (ok so it's supposed to be "oh really" but i don't care)

true-see
guy el-doon
plum ki-tah-kee
a-lee-ta tee-ah-la
eh-ma sky
klay-vee-uh
pal muh-rak-tis
win-stun (big wins)
woh-kee
wez-lee stik-la

roe-mayn le-toose
la-mee-rar
mah-kee toh-bah-ee
da-ree-uhn kres-end
vah-luh-nt grah-muh-ree

vear-uh mish-uhm (think "tear"... the water drop; but with a "v")
droo
spark bru-shl
zak
eh-nig-mar

i think that's all of them

no wait i forgot a couple

mag-nee-fee
tha-lah-sa

- Kris-Toff
- Klay-Vee-Ir
- Dar-Yan
- Vee-Rah

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KRIS-toff
GA-vin
Klah-vee-air
Dar-yan
Spark Bruh-shul or Broo-shul
Mag-nih-fee
Shay-dee
Val-int
Vear-uh
La-mee-roh-eer (I already explained why La-mee-wah doesn't make sense; you have to pronounce the consonant before a "oir" sound in French, and it's nigh-impossible to do that with "roir"; hence why they don't have any "roir"s in French - at least, none that I can think of).
Graa-mur-ee (at first I said Graa-mur-eye, but that's not right!)
Mah-chee Toh-bye

Note: put the accent and power into the syllable in CAPS. Double letters represent a letter sound that is pronounced for longer than normal. :)

Apollo Justice: ah - POL - lo JUHS - tiss
Kristoph Gavin: kris - TOFF GAV - inn
Trucy: TRUU - see
Klavier Gavin: klav - EE - er GAV - inn
Ema Skye: EMM - ah SKY
Shadi Smith: shay - DEE SMI - thh
Olga Orly: OLL - gar OH - REE - lee
Wocky Kitaki: WOK - kee kee - TAHK - ee
Alita Tiala: al - LEE - tah tee - AL - ah
Guy Eldoon: GYY el - DOO - nn
Plum Kitaki: PLL - umm kee - TAHK - ee
Pal Meraktis: PALL mer - AK - tiss
Winfred Kitaki: WINN - fr - ed kee - TAHK - ee
Wesley Stickler: wes - LEE sti - KK - lerr
Romein LeTouse: ro - MEY - nn lay - TOO - ss
Lamiroir: LAM - eer - wah - rr
Machi Tobaye: mah - CHEE toe - BYE - eh
Daryan Crescend: DARR - yan CRE - SS - sennd
Hickfield: HIK - fee - uld
Valant Gramarye: VAL - antt GRAMM - err - ee
Vera Misham: VEER - err MISS - amm
Drew Misham: DROO MISS - amm
Spark Brushel: SPARR - kk bru - SHH - ull
Zak Gramarye: ZAK GRAMM - err - ee
Magnifi Gramarye: mag - NIFF - ee GRAMM - err - ee
Thalassa Gramarye: thall - ASS - ah GRAMM - err - ee

Interesting note: notice that Lamiroir is the only word that requires more than three syllables to pronounce which is why it is so awkward to say and why it sounds especially exotic.

EDIT: Bah, missed out Trucy. XD

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Mine are pretty strange.. I dont really look at the letters but rather how I WANT them to sound..lol
Tru-see
Kris-tolf-er (I like Christopher better lol) Gal-vin(like galvanize)
Klav-vear Gal-vin
Ma-she Toe-bay-e or sometimes Ma-she-chi (dunno why)
Eh-ma Sky
Ol-ya O-rly (The Russian name Olya is spelt Olga)
Dare-en Cres-end(I know its not Daren, but I think it should be lol)
Lamirior- Loe-mir(dunno why, lol)

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Ema Skye = NIH - pulz

As for "roir" sounds... terroir is a French word meaning "soil."

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Wow...all this time I've been pronouncing the Germans like "GAH-VIN" and "Klavier" like "Cavier", cept with an L. xD God, I feel stupid.

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Ma-KI TO-BAI

First name's pronounced the Italian way.

Da-ri-en Cre-shend. Like Crescendo.

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Hmm...
Kris-TOFF GAH-vin
KLAH-veer GAH-vin
TRUE-see
EH-mah (like the same way you'd pronounce 'emma' or the 'em' in 'emily')
Lah-mee-ROIR (sorta like 'rwar' - as I said in another thread, like the French 'la miroir' even though technically it would be 'le miroir'. - Am I missing something?)
DARR-yen CRESS-end
MAH-kee Toh-BAH-yeh (sort of like a Japanese 'e', or 'ye' even though that doesn't exist [as far as I know].)
VEE-rah MIH-shahm
Merr-AHK-tiss
MAG-nee-fee GRAH-marr-ee
Roh-MAYN le-TOOS

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I was affected too much by the Chinese translation...some times I just ignore the names if they seems hard to spell=_=

Kris-TO-fo (I know it's incorrect...) GA-ven

KLA-vee-ar
La-mi-RO-yah
DAR-an
Ma-chi TO-ba-you

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You can call me whatever you want:3

Hm... looking at this makes me feel like I'm pronouncing all of their names wrong. When in doubt, I automatically use French phonetics, so yeah...

Kristoph Gavin - Krist-off Gahv-en
Klavier - Klahv-ee-yay (My Canadian logic: Klavier = Clavier, which is French for keyboard)
Ema - Ehm-uh (the same way you'd pronounce Emma)
Olga Orly - Oll-guh Or-lee (her name is a reference to ORLY, but since it's Orly I pronounce it normally. Plus it fits better with her first name)
Romein LeTouse - Rohm-mayn Luh-tooss (Romaine Lettuce, but I pronounce his last name the French way)
Lamiroir - Lah Meer-rwar (in my head, at least. When I try to say it out loud it comes out as 'lammy wahr')
Machi Tobaye - Mah-shee Toh-by-yay
Daryan Crescend - Dahr-yan Kres-shend
Valant Gramarye - Vah-lant Grah-mahr-yee or Grah-mahr-yay
Vera Misham - Vee-ruh Mish-um

And because I have time to waste, let's see how Microsoft Sam pronounces them:

Kristoph Gavin - Kris-toff Gah-vune ('une' like the French word)
Klavier - Klah-vaye-er (rhymes with 'fire')
Ema - Ay-muh
Olga Orly - All-guh Or-lee
Romein LeTouse - Rom-in Lee-towse
Lamiroir - Lah Meer-wahr
Machi Tobaye - Mack-aye Toh-bay (um...)
Daryan Crescend - Dayr-ee-yen Kreh-send
Valant Gramarye - Vahl-int Grah-mahr-ee
Vera Misham - Vee-ruh May-son (... wot?)

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Lawl, I love Microsoft Sam. xDD
Oh yeah, forgot one. In my head, Valant = VAH-lahnt usually, or sometimes Vah-LANT. (As in a French pronounciation. Valant would roughly translate to something like "worth", am I right?)
I sometimes think "Klah-vee-AY" in my head too, since that's how I pronounced it when I first saw it.

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I'm actually not a fluent speaker of French...

But as far as I know 'valant' isn't a French word (though it sounds like it should be). You're probably thinking of 'valeur' (value) or 'valoir' (to be worth...). You do bring up a good point, though. Even if it isn't a word in French it probably is a similar-meaning word in another language. Could be useful for his bio page on the main CR site.

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Hmm...are you sure? I'm preeeettty sure it's a word...you could say, for example..."Un diamant valant 2 millions de dollars" ; "A diamond worth 2 million dollars". That would make sense...I think? (I've been in french immersion for about 8.5 years...plus the online translator translates it as "being worth" =P) I wonder if that actually has anything to do with his name, though?

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lol then why did you even have to ask?

I'm in my eighth year of core French, but I only decided that I was serious about learning it last year I'd never survive immersion.

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...I say some of them weird.

Kris-toff (ok that one's normal)
Klay-vee-ir

Vera: Veh-ra
Lamiroir: Lam-i-ror
Machi Tobaye: Ma-ki (sometimes Ma-chi though) To-ba-yeh

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I have many yaoi OTPs which overlap... And most of which involve the Gavins.
I do write/support yuri and het from time to time though.

I think my pronunciation is funky sometimes... D:

Klavier- KLAH-VIYARE (like Javier <---Spanish Name) Ga (short A sound) vin
Kristoph- KRISTOFF :D
Ema- Eh-mah
Lamiroir- Lah- me - RWAH (my head can't make me pronounce this well D:)
Thalassa Gramerye- Thuh-Lah-Suh Grah (short A) Mer Rye (like rye bread)
Daryan- Dare-e-ehn (like from dubbed Sailor Moon xD) Creh-shend (like crescendo)
Machi- Mah-chi either : TOH-bay or TOH-BYE-YAY ... I don't even know
Vera- Veer-uh Me-sham
Meraktis- Pal Mur Ack Tihs
Magnifi- Mag-nih-fee (this sounds dumb :D)
LeTouse- ROH-MAIN LEH-TOOCE
Valant- Va (short A) Lant (also short A) ... kind of like Valiant without the "I"

Some of my main (strange) pronunciations are:
Klavier: Klah-vee-AYR
Lamiroir: Lam-er-AHR (Ok, this one's weird)
Valant: VAL-ant (not very original)
Gramarye: Gram-AHR-ee
Vera Misham: VER-ah MEE-shem
Machi Tobaye: Mah-KEE Toh-BYE

Kay, my turn :D

Kristoph Gavin: kris-toff gah-vin
Klavier: kla-veer or kla-vee-air
Olga Orly: ol-gah or-lee
Wocky Kitaki: wok-kee kee-ta-kee
Alita Tiala: a-lee-tah tee-a-lah
Eldoon: el-doo-n
Meraktis: mer-ack-tis
Wesley Stickler: wes-lee stick-lerr
Romein LeTouse: ro-meyn le-toos
Lamiroir: lam-i-rawr (Yeah, weird, ain't it....)
Machi Tobaye: mah-chee toh-bah-yay (Yay! XD)
Daryan Crescend: dar-yan cres-end
Valant Gramarye: val-ant grah-mar-ray
Vera Misham: veh-rah mis-ham
Brushel: brush-ull
Magnifi: mag-ni-fi
Thalassa: tha-lass-sah

...and I'm curious. How do you guys pronounce the German words Klavier says? Like Herr and Fraulein.

.....and my brother has the most messed up pronunciations on the whole planet. Please, let's not go there.... He pronounces Gumshoe as gush-moor.... I think he just reads things wrong...

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Daryan- Dare-ee-ann
Klavier- Clay-vee-er
Machi Tobaye- Ma-chi Too-bye
Ema- Eh-ma
Vera- Veere-uh
Lamiroir- lam- war (not war, waar)
Valant- Val-ent
Apollo- Uh-pol-oh
Kristoph- Chris-tof
Trucy- Truce-ey
Gramarye- gram-are-ye

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These are by Rini Mazaki. Thanks.
I have been gone for a while right?
It feels good to be back in the game.

It's always interesting to see how different people pronounce names. A few of mine...

Trucy: Tru-cee
Ema: Em- ah
Klavier: Clay-v-ier
Kristoph: Chris- stoph

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Thanks Vicki for the lovely sig/av
Fanfics Updated-9/16

- aPOLLo
- TRUUsi
- FIIniX
- KlavJER
- KHRistof
- SPAAk BRAShel
- GAI elDUUN
- AliTA TI-Ala
- DRYuu MissHAM
- Woki kiTAki
- VEEra missHAM (.....wait a minute....miss Ham....creepy....)
- MaHI TO-Pei / MaKHI ToBAI
- E-ma
- Olga Orli
- RHOMEin LeTUUs
- DArAIAn KresKend
- VisLi STIKler
- Va-LANT GRAImaar
- lhamiROIR

Some of them....I add something more later...

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ja mine are really wierd...



PheeNicks

May AH

GOOdot

LAY nah

TRU sea

AH poll OH

Chris toef

Klav ARR

Gum sho

MAGG ee

FUR row ee

LAH ry BUHss

GROSE burge (heh like "eww this is a gross burger!" xD)

DARE RAIN

:maki: MACK ee TOWN bay

WOW key key tac ee

:payne hair: PAY neh

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-- Ah-Pah-low ..Justice
-- Fee-nicks Right
--True-C Right
--Klah-V-air Gah-ven
--Dare-E-en Creh-send
--Mah-key Toe-bah-yeh [like japanese 'to' 'ba' and 'ye']
-- Chris-toff Gah-ven
-- Wah-key Key-tah-key [like japanese 'ki' 'ta' and 'ki]
-- Lah-me-lah me lah me x'D [JOKE...I never say her real name, I just say Lamilamilami]

lol sounding out words is fun

KLAY vee ir GAH vin

KRIS toff

MAG ni fie

MA chee to BAI yea

VER uh MII sham

LAHM uh roar (Completely wrong, I know. Dx )

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just thinking of this today.
'oir' is pronounced like "waar"
so I pronounce her name is Lamr-mwar

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uhnn tiss yeah.

Kla-VEE-air Gah-vin
Kriss-toff GAY-vin
(I can't help ut pronounce Kristoph's last name that way. XD *shot*)
MAG-nih-fee Grah-mah-ree
DROO Mish-um
WAHK-ee Kee-TAHK-ee
DARE-ee-an Kress-end
MAH-chii Toh-BA-yay
Eh-MAH Skai
Vehr-ah Mish-um
VAHL-ant Grah-mah-ree
Lah-mih-raw/ Thuh-lahs-uh Grah-mah-ree
Row-MAIN Leh-TOOS

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For some reason I keep thinking of 'Lamiroir' as 'Larimoir'.
Even though I speak French. (sort of more or less a bit maybe)

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Klah-veer (German, german.) Gah-vin

Kriss-toff Gah-vin (But I'll say Gay-vin now too xDD)

Truh-cee

Ah-pollo Jus-tiss

Spah-rk Brush-ell

Woh-ky Kee-takee

Lamee-roaa

Eh-ma Ska-ee

Dah-yan

Veh-rah Mee-sham (Not VIRA, VERA, German Vera.)


My problem is the silent 'h' after I say a word with r. It's Austrian, we always say it like Verha (siilent h.)

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I'm not using CR anymore.

Ap-ol-lo Jus-tise.
Klay-vee-air Gav-in.

Too lazy to list more than that. >_>

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Lamiroir was from northern Europe, was she not? And if I recall correctly, some picture had something looking like Cyrillic letters, so I thought some French-like pronounciation was out, and I went with the simplest, just splitting up the written syllabels: La-mi-ro-ir



In German, äu is is prnounced like "oy" I believe, so that's Froylin (With the R like in German, not like in English).

Ja is simpel, "ya".

The "ch" in Achtung is prnounced like J is in Spanish, if that helps. "tung" is something like "toong".

- Maa-Key Toe-Bii-E ( I know I'm weird please don't hurt me )
- Simple. Ho-Bo. (AHHAHA. Not Funny.)
Kl-A-vier (The german way) GAA-vin
Vee-rah Mish-Ham
Lam-ih-RAWR/Th-Lass-a
Va-Lant Grammar-yae
Mag-nii-fii

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I'm pretty sure its Mee-Sham
Ver-ah (verify) Mee-Sham (my sham) (Since she is the real forger)
Drew Mee-sham (As in "drew my sham" since he is supposed to be a forger)
As for the others, I'm pretty much the same as everyone else, but for
I've always pronounced it Klav-i-air.
Also this isn't listed as a name joke for Kristof on the characters page...

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... Dude, they shoulda put a second 'm' in Ema. I've been pronouncing it Ee-mah. And now it feels weird to call her Emma.

Also,my input for now.
Vee-rah Mih-sham,
Klah-vee-yair Gah-vin.

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Well, I'm only up to 4-3, but I do think that Vera would be pronounced "VAIR-uh". Like "very", but with an "a" instead of a "y".

As for Klavier, I always thought it'd be "KLAY-vee-ur". But apparently it's a German word or something, and I know jack about German pronunciation, so I'm probably wrong.

I'm conflicted on Lamiroir, but I'd say "LAM-ih-roar" or "LAM-ee-roar".

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O-Pollo Juss-Tiss

Fee-Nix Write

Troo-See Write

Klav-ee-eir Gav-In

Kris-toff Gav-In

Lamby-Roar

Val-Ant Gram-arr-'ey

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For Lamiroir, I call her "La-Me-Rohr" on some occasions, but honestly, I sometimes call her "Celes" from Final Fantasy IV (III on the SNES) because Lamiroir's singing reminds me of Celes' song in the Opera House.

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