This is something I've wondered about for a while here on Pure. When I was younger, I'd say it like, "Geh-rudo", but for some reason I switched to the other way in the last few years. Maybe it's just easier to say that way? So how do you say it? I've heard it both ways. Way 1 is more in line with English phonetics, while way 2 is more in line with the Japanese pronunciation.
Gerudo, or Gerudo?
#1
Posted 07 February 2017 - 08:36 PM
#2
Posted 07 February 2017 - 08:39 PM
I think it's supposed to be the first, but I've always said it with a "J" sound at the beginning.
Random note, the Geldman enemies from A Link to the Past (as well as the more-unknown Geldarm from The Adventure of Link) begin with "Gerudo" in the Japanese pronunciations.
#3
Posted 07 February 2017 - 09:01 PM
I can see it. Yeah, I think the "J" way is the 'correct' way too, since it was made by Japanese people.
#4
Posted 07 February 2017 - 10:00 PM
I've always said it with a hard G, and I believe that's how it's supposed to be pronounced. Jerudo just sounds kinda goofy to me when I hear it. Also it looks like there's some Gerudo settlement in the latest BotW trailer, so unless that game has Morrowind-level voice acting discrepancies, this age-old arguement should be settled in just a few weeks.
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#5
Posted 07 February 2017 - 10:14 PM
Number Top Option for me. It's how I've always said it, and I have questioned it's accuracy at times. I would have to agree that Letter Bottom Option is the correct way to say it.
#6
Posted 07 February 2017 - 10:21 PM
... huh. Did poll options switch at some point? I swore the second option was for hard G, not J... Well I edited my first post to fix that mistake.
#7
Posted 07 February 2017 - 10:29 PM
... huh. Did poll options switch at some point? I swore the second option was for hard G, not J... Well I edited my first post to fix that mistake.
I did switch them after about two minutes of the poll being up cause I got them mixed up in my first post, and thought it was easier to edit the poll than the post.
#8
Posted 07 February 2017 - 10:41 PM
Actually, G in Japanese only has one pronounciation: "geh". if it's "jeh" as in "jelly", it's always with a J. that's why the transliteration of the japanese pronounciation of "G" is "jii", not "gii"- the latter would be hard GEH sound. So, it's "GEH-roo-doh"
that's more because of how the japanese language works. you can't just end on a consonant other than N, because every character ends in a vowel (except "n" alone). It's why "Ronald", or "Donald" in japan, is pronounced "Donarudo", which could be transliterated as "Donaldo", instead of "Donald". Also why it's "ru" instead of just "r" right before the "do". It's PROBABLY just a coincidence that all three start with "Gerudo"...or maybe not. We may never know unless we ask the devs. lol
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#9
Posted 07 February 2017 - 10:47 PM
I've always pronounced it with the hard G. Only once have I ever met someone who pronounces it with a J.
Now...About the word "deku"...
/runs
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#10
Posted 07 February 2017 - 10:48 PM
Um, it's J in the japanese version and hard G in the English translation?
*runs*
I prefer to think of it as Grrr + rude + o
Edited by Cukeman, 08 April 2017 - 01:52 AM.
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#11
Posted 08 February 2017 - 12:57 AM
The japanese wikipedia page spells it as ゲルド, which is closest to GAY-ROO-DOUGH.
So you're all wrong.
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#12
Posted 08 February 2017 - 02:06 AM
I have always pronounced it as "ger-rude-do". I can't be the only one who pronounces the name like that.
Edited by FireSeraphim, 08 February 2017 - 02:06 AM.
#13
Posted 08 February 2017 - 04:38 PM
I always say it whit "GE" ( pronunced like GE-neral ) "RU" ( pronunced like RU-in) "do" ( pronunced like DO-ne )
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#14
Posted 08 February 2017 - 08:50 PM
GAY-
ROO-ROUX-DOUGH.
That's my food porn name.
Interesting results though. I was under the impression I was in the minority, but I guess not lol. And on the subject of Japanese pronunciation, they call me "Ah-Rek-Su" at work.
#15
Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:47 PM
"Go-ah-ooh-ld" "Gwah-rud-oo." And vallety is pronounced "Valeigh"/"Vuh-Lay" in their case.
Nahh, actually I've always guessed option 1. But I wasn't sure what the official pronunciation was myself.
Edited by Mitsukara, 10 February 2017 - 01:49 PM.
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