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### It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us - Page 1

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#### It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: fivex
Date: 2009-10-22 02:08:04
Personally, I prefer ark-ee-us, so this makes me happy.

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: Zowayix
Date: 2009-10-22 03:20:03
It's Ar-see-us, actually. Games are more canon than promotional material.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=o7KM0HwlrJ4 (skip to about 2:20)
I couldn't actually find any evidence of the incorrect pronunciation on pokemon.com, anyway

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: Angrysmurf
Date: 2009-10-22 12:56:17
I've also heard ar-kay-us (like Po-kay-mon)
I personally use ar-see-us, though.

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: Guy
Date: 2009-10-22 15:08:18
Staying true to the name origin, Ar-kay-us makes the most sense.

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: Ketsuban
Date: 2009-10-22 16:35:09
Uh, is there an H in Arceus?
No.
Therefore, the official pronunciation stands.

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: Missing? NO!
Date: 2009-10-22 17:21:29
I always call it, Ar-cuk-es.

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: fivex
Date: 2009-10-22 18:20:59

> I always call it, Ar-cuk-es.

I'm sorry, but WTF

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: Missing? NO!
Date: 2009-10-22 21:08:17

> > I always call it, Ar-cuk-es.

> I'm sorry, but WTF

That's me, I'm weird.

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: ccbtimewiz
Date: 2009-10-22 23:13:41
It's pronounced "Are Seuss" (like Dr. Seuss).

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: Wa
Date: 2009-10-23 10:01:26

> Staying true to the name origin, Ar-kay-us makes the most sense.

I agree with Tombstoner. "Arceus" is in fact directly taken from Latin (from "arc[h]", a common root which I'm not entirely certain about, and "deus", meaning "god") and there are no soft letters in that language.

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: Missing? NO!
Date: 2009-10-23 16:06:40

> > Staying true to the name origin, Ar-kay-us makes the most sense.

> I agree with Tombstoner. "Arceus" is in fact directly taken from Latin (from "arc[h]", a common root which I'm not entirely certain about, and "deus", meaning "god") and there are no soft letters in that language.

I thought it was taken from Greek.

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: Guy
Date: 2009-10-23 23:08:55

> > > Staying true to the name origin, Ar-kay-us makes the most sense.

> > I agree with Tombstoner. "Arceus" is in fact directly taken from Latin (from "arc[h]", a common root which I'm not entirely certain about, and "deus", meaning "god") and there are no soft letters in that language.

> I thought it was taken from Greek.

It's unlikely they'd take it from "Zeus", as it is a name. I'm guessing ccbtimewiz was taking it from that.

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: Wa
Date: 2009-10-24 00:26:51

> > > > Staying true to the name origin, Ar-kay-us makes the most sense.

> > > I agree with Tombstoner. "Arceus" is in fact directly taken from Latin (from "arc[h]", a common root which I'm not entirely certain about, and "deus", meaning "god") and there are no soft letters in that language.

> > I thought it was taken from Greek.

> It's unlikely they'd take it from "Zeus", as it is a name. I'm guessing ccbtimewiz was taking it from that.

I think that he was referring to the "Arc" part of "Arceus", which is in fact from the Greek prefix archi. Still, the fact that archi is Greek does open up the pronounciation to debate, as there is no rule saying that proper names can't be used for Pokemon names. *coughcough* Hitmonlee (Jet Li or whatever) and Hitmonchan (Jackie Chan)*coughcough* I take back my previous statement.
New idea: When pronounced "ar-kay-us", "Arceus" sounds a lot like "archaic", meaning ancient. The root of "archaic" is the Greek archaîos, which in turn comes from archi. Do I see a common theme? Ha, fan speculation is too fun. It's a shame that it's all false ^_^

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: Ratipharos
Date: 2009-10-24 12:10:49

> > > > Staying true to the name origin, Ar-kay-us makes the most sense.

> > > I agree with Tombstoner. "Arceus" is in fact directly taken from Latin (from "arc[h]", a common root which I'm not entirely certain about, and "deus", meaning "god") and there are no soft letters in that language.

> > I thought it was taken from Greek.

> It's unlikely they'd take it from "Zeus", as it is a name. I'm guessing ccbtimewiz was taking it from that.

He was saying that the Greek letter 'chi' (ch/kh) for Ar-khay-us.
Wow, Wa. I was thinking the exact same thing about archaic. IT ISN'T FALSE.
And Noctowl comes from Latin from Greek. Oh yeah.

#### Re: It's not ar-see-us, it's ark-ee-us

Posted by: Abwayax
Date: 2009-10-24 12:41:15
He was probably basing it on the pronunciation of the original Japanese name, which is approximately romanized as aruseusu, which isn't as ambiguous.
This doesn't mean that's how it should be pronounced, it's simply how it is pronounced.
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