As somebody who grew up on the anime, it's Pok-A-mon. It's in the theme song!
How do you pronounce "Pokémon"? | |||
| Pok-A-mon (like in “pay” or “lay”) | 3 | 18.75% | |
| Pok-E-mon (like in “Igor” or “beat”) | 10 | 62.50% | |
| Other (comment below) | 3 | 18.75% | |
| Total: | 16 | ||


As somebody who grew up on the anime, it's Pok-A-mon. It's in the theme song!
| firebush03 said: As somebody who grew up on the anime, it's Pok-A-mon. It's in the theme song! |
By pokemon, you mean pok- eeeee- mon.
Right?
It think it's rare thing someone pronouncing it like that.
Maybe those who say Nai-kee (which in my surprise is the proper pronunciation) , instead of Ni-ke.
Last edited by tak13 - on 22 October 2026| 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
CourageTCD said:
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 |
What the heck?
Sounding almost like picasso.


CourageTCD said:
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.
tak13 said:
What the heck? Sounding almost like picasso. |
I like phonetics ![]()
firebush03 said:
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. |
You're telling me there are people who say Pok-/eɪ/-mon? LOL
firebush03 said:
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. |
So, a like a Greek epsilon.
While the letter a in english , which is alpha in greek, sounds mostly like the Greek epsilon and e has the same shape with ε (epsilon).
However, in many English words e sounds like an A.
Got perplexed with what I wrote, I need to go to bEd After that.
Last edited by tak13 - on 22 October 2026Poh-keh-mon
@firebush3
You should really put plain phonetic spelling in poll, for most languages A is Ah, and E is Eh.
Even in danish... the "eh" sound, here is more towards a E.
In english too, I think I have only heard it was a E.
It sounds like poke + "eeeeee" + mon, just said fast... right?
edit tried saying it a few times. I keep getting "eh" sounds.
I voted for E.