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Poll: Lack-ih-too or Lah-kee-too

Lack-ih-too
14 60.87%
Lah-kee-too
9 39.13%

Voters: 23

1. Madny said on January 9, 2012, 05:48:24 PM (-08:00)

Servine
56 posts

So after playing Mario Kart 7 in a call with friends, I realized that people pronounce Lakitu different. My reaction was "Whaaaat? I've never heard it that way before. I think you're saying it wrong." Then everyone was saying Lakitu the way that I think is wrong. Only one of my friends agreed with my pronunciation. So I what I want to know is, do you pronounce it Lack-ih-too or Lah-kee-too? Me personally, I say Lah-kee-too.

2. Quadcentruo said on January 9, 2012, 05:52:10 PM (-08:00)

Giratina
3,684 posts

I'm different than both of those pronunciations actually.
I pronounce it Lu-ka-too actually. Yes, I know there's no "U" in Lakitu, so shush before you say anything.

3. ThePokeMan said on January 10, 2012, 12:58:55 PM (-08:00)

Volcarona
512 posts

Huh. I always thought it was spelled, "Latiku" (pronounced Lah-tee-koo). Now that I know how it's really spelled, though, I think I'll go with either Lack-i-too or Lake-i-too, as those pronunciations seem to come more naturally.

4. Silverlands said on January 10, 2012, 01:17:17 PM (-08:00)

Floatzel
157 posts

Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePokeMan View Post
Huh. I always thought it was spelled, "Latiku" (pronounced Lah-tee-koo).
same!

5. Reuniclus said on January 10, 2012, 03:08:42 PM (-08:00)

Moderator
3,268 posts

I pronounce it Lah-ke-too. I don't put a lot of stress on the "e" in "ke".

6. Squirtle102 said on January 10, 2012, 05:19:56 PM (-08:00)

Kyurem
2,262 posts

(Lah-kee-too) That's how I say it.

Likes 1 – Madny

7. SilverX said on January 11, 2012, 04:11:34 AM (-08:00)

Floatzel
175 posts

I pronounce it Lak-'ih'-too. I give it an 'ih' sound in the middle.

8. Ningamer said on January 11, 2012, 08:22:27 AM (-08:00)

Giratina
3,415 posts

I'm the same as silver, "Lah-kit-oo"

9. 20Hz-Howitzer said on January 14, 2012, 05:01:13 PM (-08:00)

Magikarp
4 posts

it's pretty tempting to just pronounce it like lackehtoo because aremican english tends to favor those sorts of pronunciations, but it looks like a pronoun of japanese origin, so i pronounce it the way it was intended to be pronounced: lah-kee-too

10. Madny said on January 16, 2012, 10:48:43 AM (-08:00)

Servine
56 posts

Quote:
Originally Posted by 20Hz-Howitzer View Post
it's pretty tempting to just pronounce it like lackehtoo because aremican english tends to favor those sorts of pronunciations, but it looks like a pronoun of japanese origin, so i pronounce it the way it was intended to be pronounced: lah-kee-too
I thought it was of Japanese origin too but it turns out there is a different Japanese name for that character.

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