>Xerneas, the mascot of Pokemon X
>pronounced Zerneas
>English """""language"""""
Eks is a completely worthless letter.
>>25558894
But then how would we have the X-men?
![250px-717Yveltal[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/PqeJYAa.png "250px-717Yveltal[1].png")
>Yveltal, the mascot of Pokemon Y
>pronounced Eeveltal
>English """"""language""""""
What else would expect from the serpent tongue of Perfidious Albion, the Eternal Anglo?
>>25558894
According to a theory, Eks and Psi letters were made in the Greek alphabet because ancient Greek words could only begin (or end?) with a k+s or p+s compound, otherwise it has to be a single consonant.
English butchers the X letter though
Why isn't it pronounced Kserneas, like it is around the world?
>He doesn't pronounce it "Eckserneas"
>He doesn't pronounce it "Whyveltal"
>>25558938
>this fucking post
>>25558933
I pronounce it Yuh-veltal
>>25558857
rai - kua - za
>>25558952
>he doesn't pronounce it Kserneas
>he doesn't pronounce it Yveltal, with "y" being the vowel in "rosEs"
>he doesn't pronounce Rayquaza as Ra-i-kwa-za
>he doesn't pronounce Meganium as Mega-nyum
>>25558988
No, your dumb amerifat
Remember that its the Japanese name, and in every language but yours, Y before a consonant because a regular "i" (and therefore the "ee" sound).
It's pronouced "evil-tahl"
The alphabet is weird.
Why have Q when "kw" can effectively replace "qu"? The word "queue" is the only word starting with that combination that's unusual, yet it's the only one that feels right.
I blame the Romans for the dumbass redundancies, but I suppose we can't have everything be phonetic.
>>25559013
This nigga knows whats up
>>25558857
>>25558894
At the beginning of a word it is sz sound, like xylophone and Xerox
>>25559041
Unless you have a different vowel for "y".
Slavs do. Greeks used to as well.
>>25559046
>Why have Q when "kw" can effectively replace "qu"?
That question should be not about the English language, but about the Latin language, and it's still valid. I have no idea why was "QVOD" wasn't spelled "CVOD".
>>25559046
Queue is a French word, and it's supposed to be pronounced "kuh"
>I blame the Romans for the dumbass redundancies
You better blame the Normans and the Plantagenets
The Romans had virtually no influence on the English language
>>25559097
>kuh
It's not supposed to be pronounced kuh, it's supposed to be pronounced kyuu.
>uh
>u + h
When will this fucking spelling be fixed? I'm fine with the serpent tongue of the perfidious Albion otherwise.
>>25559013
For Meganium, I am pretty sure that it is supposed to be a play on geranium which is absolutely not pronounced anything like that. (Ay nee uhm as opposed to ny-uhm.)
>>25559141
I just really hope it's the problem with the eternal Anglo language and not how Meganium is pronounced worldwide.
Wait, for fucks say, is geranium pronounced gerAYnium too?
Is literally every foreign word in English butchered?
>>25559111
>it's supposed to be pronounced kyuu.
Not in French
That's the bastardized English pronounciation
In French, "qu" = k and "eu(e)" = uh
>>25559171
Were we really talking about French?
>>25559159
>Is literally every foreign word in English butchered?
Pretty much
And given that 70% of their language is made of French and German words...
>>25559159
Yeah dude. I don't make the rules I just say the words man.
>>25559179
We were talking about the word "queue", so you guess...
>>25558857
You think English is bad, check out its bastardized spin off: Jamaican.
>>25559193
Germanic, not German
Which in this case means native to English, English was a Germanic language originally
>>25559199
>you meet all weird people and they all pronounce Geranium as Geranium, just with weird versions of r
>then years later comes the Anglo and says dgerAYneeyum
>my literal face when
>>25558946
because that sounds retarded
>>25559298
>pronouncing x as z isn't retarded
off you'reself, Anglo
>People here don't like English
Get used to it, fucking foreign shits.
>>25559298
>rendering letters redundant isn't retarded
English is the language of poetry in one hand and prose in the other. No other language can compare to the sheer choice of words and phrasing that English offers.
Are you sure that isn't just an American thing? I'd say "Ecks-erneas".
Xernias is pronounced Gsernias.
>>25558946
Other places pronounce it Kserneas? Even in Japanese it's pronounced Zerneas.
So it was originally pronounced in Japanese with a "z" sound, at which point they transliterated it into Xerneas so that English speakers would pronounce it correctly; then, everyone else started saying it wrong. Interesting.
What does it matter?
You're never going to leave the house, let alone ever need to communicate verbally.
When is the last time you physically spoke, /vp/?
Anyone who speaks English knows that its an absolutely retarded language
ITT: Autists pretending they know how to say words to people
>>25558933
I always pronounced it like that, since my aunt's name is Yvonne
>>25559041
>your dumb amerifat
>your dumb
>your
>>25558857
Japanese actually. They don't an X sound, so had to call it something they would know.
>>25558857
do retarded britfags call him zederneas?
