...How do you pronounce "Laike"?

Rimmie · Post by **Rimmie** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:33 pm

That's one word/name I have absolutely no clue about.

Post by **GhaleonOne** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:45 pm

I've always pronounced it like the word "lake", but come to think of it, I don't think his name is mentioned in any voice acting. Not sure there is a correct way.

Agawa · Post by **Agawa** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:22 pm

GhaleonOne wrote:I've always pronounced it like the word "lake", but come to think of it, I don't think his name is mentioned in any voice acting. Not sure there is a correct way.

Yeah, neither am I, but I always pronounced it differently: Lye-ke.

PrettyGirlJean · Post by **PrettyGirlJean** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:47 pm

Hmm, well I'm thinking that the Japanese would pronounce it "lai-keh" as their "e" is prounced like "eh" and "a" like "ah". Or maybe even "Lay-kuu"... I really have no clue either... but I've always said "lake" myself.

AlexofBurg · Post by **AlexofBurg** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:48 pm

I've always pronounced it Lake-y.
I'm fairly certain it's wrong, but I've been saying it since I was 7, so no reason to change now.

Blue_Sycro · Post by **Blue_Sycro** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:27 pm

I'm thinking that the Japanese would pronounce it "lai-keh" as their "e" is prounced like "eh" and "a" like "ah"

That makes a lot of sense, but I feel like an anglicized version would be like saying "lake" (which is how I've always pronounced it).

I could see it being something else though.

Post by **GhaleonOne** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:51 pm

Just curious, and Kiz can probably answer this question better than anyone when he gets back, but perhaps UbiSoft was fairly accurate in their translation of Laike as Luc. I'd be interested to know if Laike is an exact translation of the name or if it's like Quark, sounds better, but isn't close to the original name.

exigence · Post by **exigence** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:14 am

i always pronunced it lye-ack-e

Post by **Alunissage** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:30 am

It's romanized as "Laeik" in the artbooks. Copy/paste from my character name spreadsheet:

レイク・ボダード Laeik [Bogard] reiku 레이크

(I don't know the pronunciation of the Korean name or whether it's even correct, as I don't remember where I got it from. Probably some very painful searching through the manual.)

Given the katakana, I imagine that "lake" as a pronunciation probably is reasonable. Are there any scenes in which it's said? I happen to have my Japanese Lunar PC movies on my laptop... though the only one I can think of it beling likely is his introduction in the Weird Woods. The animechecks in the SSSC guide would probably tell us.

Post by **GhaleonOne** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:32 am

Just checked the guide. Nope, he doesn't say his name in the cutscene. I can't think of another scene where he'd say it either.

exigence · Post by **exigence** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:49 am

thats really strange i had never really thought about the way i was pronouncing it i just figured that i had heard it in a cutscene somwhere and that it was right, now that i think about it i really have no clue about how it was actually intended to be pronounced

phyco126 · Post by **phyco126** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:17 am

I've always pronounced it as Laike.

Perhapes the Making of has a mention of the name?

Dark · Post by **Dark** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:42 pm

I pronounced it like "lake".

Post by **Sonic#** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:43 pm

phyco126 wrote:I've always pronounced it as Laike.

... um... that doesn't explain much.

I alternate in between 'Lake' and 'Like'. It depends on how I treat the middle two vowels... but the end is always silent for me. Otherwise it gets inordinately lengthier to say, something not fitting for a man who originally had a short name.

phyco126 · Post by **phyco126** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:04 pm

Sonic# wrote:
phyco126 wrote:I've always pronounced it as Laike.

... um... that doesn't explain much.

Whoops. ^^; I meant I've always pronounced it at Lake. See what happens to your mind after you play Lunar for too long?! Names get so embedded into your brain that you can't spell their name any differently!

YoshiMars · Post by **YoshiMars** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:11 pm

I'm with most of you as I've always pronounced it "Lake" believing the "i" to be silent, as I would have no clue how to say it if both vowels were pronnounced. (and I know I would butcher that no problem!)

Post by **Kizyr** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:25 am

It's supposed to be pronounced like the English word "Lake". The Japanese katakana name is the same as the Japanicized version of the word lake. KF

exigence · Post by **exigence** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:56 am

ya kiz comes back and saves the day.

Rimmie · Post by **Rimmie** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:48 am

Hey, thanks. =) MN

Dragonmaster Dyne · Post by **Dragonmaster Dyne** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:21 pm

I always pronounced it as Lie-Ack

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