Pok-A-mon or Pok-E-mon? How Do You Pronounce "Pokémon"?

[firebush03]

CourageTCD said:

firebush03 said:

As somebody who grew up on the anime, it's Pok-A-mon. It's in the theme song!

Is this "A" a schwa sound? Anyways, where I live, we  pronounce it with a /ɪ/ sound, like in kill, bill, etc. Also, we don't pronounce the /tʃ/ sound in the ch part of Pikachu like in the word cheese. Instead, we use the /ʃ/ sound, like in shower

The "A" is like how you would say the letter "A" in English. Not quite a schwa. It's like how you would say "Pay", "Day", "Gray", "Hey", etc.