how do you pronounce pokémon

[Sheep]

ok i am still seeing 50/50 on pronouncing it as po-kee-mon or po-kay-mon/po-kuh-mon. the latter is usually the official pronunciation, but that doesn't mean the former is entirely wrong either. how do you say it? how do your friends/family say it (if they know about it, of course)?

 

[Caite-chan]

Poe-kay-mon is usually how I say it. How my Grandma would say it Poke-men or Poker-men. xD

 

[Nah]

po-kuh-mon is basically how I pronounce it

my mother always says it the po-kee-mon way

 

[colours]

80% po-kuh-mon
20% po-key-mon

 

[Percy]

personally alternating between po-kee-mon and po-kay-mon. But I think I pronounce it po-kee-mon mostly

 

[Reyzadren]

With international phonetic alphabet (IPA): /'poukeimɔn/
With English pronunciation guides: poke + kay + mon

 

[Roni]

po-kuh-mon for me. Rolls off the tongue easier and a lot faster to say than emphasizing the ee sound.

 

[BH]

Being in poland, we pronounce it Poh-keh-mohn, like it's spelled in japanese (ポケモン)

 

[Palamon]

Alternates between Po-kee-mon and Po-kay-mon a lot. When I was younger, I said the first pronunciation a lot more than the second, though? Yeah.

 

[LegendaryZacian]

I have always used Poh-kee-mon, but I know a lot of people who say poh-kuh-mon(almost like they don't really pronounce the second syllable).

 

[Kuzehiko]

When speaking english I pronounce po-kay-mon. When speaking my language I pronounce po-keh-mon.

 

[Zeostar]

Poe-Key-Mon.

I've pronounced it that way for as long as I can remember.

 

[Soaring Sid]

I used to pronounce it as Poh-key-mon back in second grade, but since fifth grade it's always been Poh-Kay-Mon. My sister pronounces it that way too.
Oh, but my parents always pronounce it as Poh-Key-Man XD

 

[icycatelf]

I pronounced it Poh-kee-mon for the longest time. Now I quickly say "Poke 'em On," which I honestly can't tell if sounds more like Poh-keh-mon or Poh-kuh-mon. I think Poh-kay-mon would technically be more correct, É generally making an "ay" sound (café, fiancée), but I feel weird pronouncing the forced accent.

 

[Ninetales]

Poe-kuh-mon or Poe-key-mon. I say both pronunciations interchangeably.

 

[Mab]

poe-kuh-mon 100%

 

[DragonKing48]

Isn't it officially pokèmon? With the accented E? Pretty sure I've always seen it spelt that way lol.

 

[icycatelf]

Isn't it officially pokèmon? With the accented E? Pretty sure I've always seen it spelt that way lol.

The accent it reversed, but I think Pokèmon would've been truer to the Japanese pronunciation (though, given the pronunciation of protégé, the ruling might be different for mid-word accents.)

 

[moon]

In Sweden, we all say "pokkuh-mon". That's usually how I pronounce it when speaking English too.

 

[Taemin]

Pokaymon. Probably because I got used to how my Japanese friend said it before I heard the dub.

That also got people to poke fun at me for saying it the Japanese way, and not "Pok-uh-mon" like the dub. sdfsdf

^ That was years ago before the Pokaymon pronunciation was more common, though.