Tidus Pronunciation

[CommanderEpic]

The word it comes from is the japanese word Tida, which means sun (because Yuna's means moon and he's got lots of references to the sun). As far as I can tell it's pronounced both ways, but I could be wrong, that's from like 10 minutes of research. The way I pronounce it has nothing to do with where I'm from (well, it probably does in a world view sense) and I only made that post after looking up where it came from (I assumed originally that it was a mispelling/change of Titus, which is pronounced Tie-tuss).

Honestly the fact that it resembles Tide has occured to me before, but had nothing to do with the way I say it, infact it was the way I say it that inspired the thought.

So you're saying Tida can be pronounced as "Tie" or "Tee?" Interesting.

[Cookies]

So you're saying Tida can be pronounced as "Tie" or "Tee?" Interesting.

As far as I can tell, because I've heard both, but an actual Japanese person would have to confirm it either way.

[Kraid]

Tie-dus. They can say Teedus is the right way all they want but the word is comes from isn't pronounced like that.

Tear and Tear.

[Mirsa]

It's actually Ku-ra-do not krowdo...-_- the ra/i/o/u/e is how they get their L sound. Just saying...back to the crybaby. Teedus is obviously correct, tiedus does sound better, not to mention manlier...not much manlier but still...manlier. Teedo would've been better flat out...

[Nexus_Nocturnal]

The Japanese i makes the e sound, so that is why you would want to pronounce Tidus and Tifa as Teedus and Teefa, but if you're an English speaker it is perfectly fine to pronounce the names with an i sound if you so desire. It depends if you want to be politically correct or not

[CommanderEpic]

The Japanese i makes the e sound, so that is why you would want to pronounce Tidus and Tifa as Teedus and Teefa, but if you're an English speaker it is perfectly fine to pronounce the names with an i sound if you so desire. It depends if you want to be politically correct or not

That's what I thought. Japanese and Vietnamese share that trait I think.

[kewldude475]

It's actually Ku-ra-do not krowdo...-_- the ra/i/o/u/e is how they get their L sound. Just saying...back to the crybaby. Teedus is obviously correct, tiedus does sound better, not to mention manlier...not much manlier but still...manlier. Teedo would've been better flat out...

Actually it's "Kuraudo".

[Cookies]

It depends if you want to be politically correct or not a reasonable human being

Fix'd for you.

[Teoskaven]

Teedus. I hate it when people call him Tiedus.

Then again I don't really care for him so...

Heck, if Ti made a Tie sound, then wouldn't Tifa be Tiefa?

This ^

Tie-dus. They can say Teedus is the right way all they want but the word is comes from isn't pronounced like that.

If you put in that way, it should be read as "Tee-doos", wich is what italians do, like me; in italian grammar language, an "i" means an "i", and an "u" mean an "u", not "ai" and "a". So basically, the name can change structure if it can adapt to the specific grammar. But since the official/canonic name is "Tee-dus", it should be stay that way.

[Cookies]

If you put in that way, it should be read as "Tee-doos", wich is what italians do, like me; in italian grammar language, an "i" means an "i", and an "u" mean an "u", not "ai" and "a". So basically, the name can change structure if it can adapt to the specific grammar. But since the official/canonic name is "Tee-dus", it should be stay that way.

That's not even remotely what I was talking about.