Current Events > I had a friend who pronounced Hoothoot as Hooth-oot

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I cant understand this...

To be fair, we had stuff like the anime to go by, too. Hoothoot literally looks nothing like an actual owl until it becomes Noctowl, so it's not necessarily as clear as it appears, so assuming "Oh, it's an owl, so it's Hoot-hoot" isn't necessarily as obvious as it seems. I don't know if I would have known it was Hoot-hoot as a child or not, because the first time I ever saw the thing was literally when the "Who's that Pokemon?!" revealed it and said the name. If I had seen it in-game first, I might have plausibly been unsure, since it doesn't look like an owl, and nothing says it's an owl, initially.

EDIT: I guess the Pokedex does call Hoothoot the "owl Pokemon," but then again, it also calls Sandshrew the "mouse Pokemon," so...

It's "Tied-us" and you can fuck off with this bullshit.

Yeah, Arcanine was the big one for me. I expected "Ar-cane-ine"/"Ar-canine." Finding out it's actually "Ar-cuh-nine" blew my mind.

Hard disagree. Hoothoot is the poster child for "chonky baby owl". That was clear in the game (which also gave the sound effect), and even more clear in the show.

It has a perfect sense of time. Whatever happens, it keeps rhythm by precisely tilting its head in time.

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These literally look nothing like Hoothoot. We only think Hoothoot looks like an owl because we were told to.

Give me even one example of an actual owl looking like Hoothoot.

I know people that are over 30 and still can't understand that Tidus is pronouced "Tee-dus"

Do you pronounce wiki "why-kai"?

The only time you ever hear an ee pronunciation is at the end of a borrowed word like taxi or when its followed by an e.

It's "Tee-dus", cope.

https://www.birdsandblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/17_GailHall_BBfm21.jpg

These literally look nothing like Hoothoot. We only think Hoothoot looks like an owl because we were told to.

Give me even one example of an actual owl looking like Hoothoot.

I know people that are over 30 and still can't understand that Tidus is pronouced "Tee-dus"

Are you in the realm that Teedus is the canon pronunciation because of the voice acted dialogue in Kingdom Hearts?

FF Wiki says his name was also pronounced Teedus in Dissidia, World of Final Fantasy, and the audio drama Final Fantasy X -Will-.

his named is derived from the Okinawan word "tida", which means sun.

There's a difference between canon and not-stupid

There's a difference between canon and not-stupid though.

I could make a video game with a guy named Kyle in it, then later reveal that his name is supposed to be pronounced "kee-lay" but that would clearly be stupid in spite of being canon.

I still say Ar - see - us. I also say Wiv - vern because Why - vern sounds dumb

Also this is just me, but when I was younger, I thought Giratina was spelled Girantina, so I still pronounce it that way. I just didn't look at the name closely enough.

Also this is just me, but when I was younger, I thought Giratina was spelled Girantina, so I still pronounce it that way. I just didn't look at the name closely enough.

I think it canonically was Ar-see-us at one point tho and they changed it bc it kinda sounded like "arse"

Lee from Tekken has a move called Michigan Kick, which was my very favorite move when I used to choose one move and spam it repeatedly as a kid.

Except...

It's actually "Machinegun Kick." My brain still refuses to correct this.

But it isn't stupid. If young me knew it was "tee-dus" way before I ever heard it voiced, why is it so damn difficult for others.

It is stupid.

It is stupid.

Not correcting your pronunciation after learning the correct one is stupid.

Why do you think this? Elaborate.

Again, explain. Why does it sound stupid?

his named is derived from the Okinawan word "tida", which means sun.

For the third time.