Howis the game Xevious pronounced?

[Virtualboy]

I usually say it like "zee-vose"? is that right?

[Sniderman]

Zee-Vee-Us.

[digitalpress]

ZEE-VEE-US

[Lady Jaye]

Like obvious, but with a "zee" sound instead of "ob".

[Sothy]

To pronounce it correctly I would have to remove your larynx.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Like the announcer on Starcade said, you'll have to be quick and devious if you're gonna succeed at Xevious. I rest my case.

[Captain Wrong]

Move to On Topic, b/c it is.

<fire main thrusters>

[TRM]

Zee vee us.

[Bluteg]

I have always said ZEE-VEE-US. I don't understand how annyone could get ZEE-VOSE because you'd would be completely leaving out the "i".

[delafro]

The Japanese kana is ゼビウス, zebiusu (pronounced in English more like zeh-bee-uh-su). That's one way katakana is more convenient than English, you never have to worry about the pronounciation.

Check out this sweet Xevious flash game too:

http://cat.s48.xrea.com/Xevious/XeviousB.html

Use arrow keys, z to shoot, and x to bomb

[Ernster]

I say Ex evious O_O

[soniko_karuto]

i've always called it kce-vee-us

i'm not sure how to pronounce the x, but for some kind of better comprehension of how i mean it, it would be the x like in texas, mexico, or texaco.

[Aussie2B]

The Japanese kana is ゼビウス, zebiusu (pronounced in English more like zeh-bee-uh-su). That's one way katakana is more convenient than English, you never have to worry about the pronounciation.

Check out this sweet Xevious flash game too:

http://cat.s48.xrea.com/Xevious/XeviousB.html

Use arrow keys, z to shoot, and x to bomb

The little lines (I always forget what they're called) on the "hi" can make it a "vi" as well as a "bi". The "v" sound is pretty new to katakana, so if you talk to stubborn old farts they won't use it and most won't know to pronounce something as a "v" sound unless they're familiar with the word. However, regardless, the developers intend for it to be "vi", not "bi".

In other cases, the "u" is used to as a "v" sound like in the katakana for Valkyrie Profile which normally would be U-a-ru-ki-ri- Pu-ro-fu-a-i-ru (too lazy to do actual Japanese input right now :P ).

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Alternate pronunciation in some parts of the world:

Harold.

[soniko_karuto]

Alternate pronunciation in some parts of the world:

Harold.

Now tis i like!

hey mate, i was just playing harold till i messed up and ended wanking it.

[Quintracker]

Alternate pronunciation in some parts of the world:

Harold.

I knew I had heard of this game before!

[digitalpress]

Well I'm REALLY glad you came here to check with us.

Because if you were pronouncing the game ZEE-VOUS or EX-EE-VEE-US before and someone found out you called yourself a "retrogamer", you'd be laughed right out of town. Fortunately this has been corrected in time and you can safely travel the halls of gaming.

Next we'll teach you "Ys".

[Gapporin]

Alternate pronunciation in some parts of the world:

Harold.

http://www.krma.org/britcom/images/rgn4.gif

[Sniderman]

Alternate pronunciation in some parts of the world:

Harold.
http://tinypic.com/28wp46

[Lady Jaye]

Tough choice! Which is the best Harold: Red Green's nephew or Harold Lloyd? I'll go for Harold Lloyd, whose physical comedy made him among the great silent slapstick comedians (along with Chaplin and Buster Keaton, IMO).

[Mr.Faxanadu]

I say Ex evious O_O

OH MAN !!! I own the arcade and I've been pronouncing it like this as well :embarrassed:

[DarkVegetto]

LOL this dude i know used to always call it "EX-CHA-VOUS", that always cracked me up LOL

[Lord Contaminous]

That leads me to go kinda off topic.

How do I pronounce the NES game

"XEYXZ" ???

[digitalpress]

That leads me to go kinda off topic.

How do I pronounce the NES game

"XEYXZ" ???

Step one is spelling it right :P

Step two: ZEK-SEEZ.

[Sniderman]

OK, here's one:
http://tinypic.com/296bs1

:eek 2:

[digitalpress]

OK, here's one:
http://tinypic.com/296bs1

:eek 2:

ZEE-ZIX. You could get away with ZY-ZIX here as well, but with all the Z's in the title the "Z" sound really needs to be emphasized.

PS you are welcome. :)

[Gapporin]

Alright, Joe, here's one for you. How do you pronounce Q-Bert's prototype name:

@!#$?!

[digitalpress]

Alright, Joe, here's one for you. How do you pronounce Q-Bert's prototype name:

@!#$?!

Well the whole point of that is that it's too naughty to actually "say".

This interpretation will have to suffice.

[Sniderman]

How do you pronounce this:

"Dhvg275jv}kj[p,,tyughu]] "?

/smashed face on keyboard at work





:D

[le geek]

How do you pronounce this:

"Dhvg275jv}kj[p,,tyughu]] "?

/smashed face on keyboard at work

:D

I dunno...

I R POOPIE PANTS??? :D

But I always thought it was X-E-V-us as well :(

And on another note, as a wee lad I thought Peripherals was pronunced "Prehaptables". I also drank creek water without wondering about the source...

Ben

[Poofta!]

And on another note, as a wee lad I thought Peripherals was pronunced "Prehaptables".

Ben


ME TOO!!!!

[rbudrick]

The Japanese kana is ゼビウス, zebiusu (pronounced in English more like zeh-bee-uh-su).

That would be oo, not uh.

Working on the chain, gang.

-Rob

[ubersaurus]

I always pronounced it "Zev-EE-us". Like the Lexx character.