Mahrio vs Mehrio

Odradek · 2015-08-20 13:11:03

How do you pronounce it?

Tachyon · 2015-08-20 13:23:00

'mar-yo', roughly

Tachyon · 2015-08-20 13:23:56

there is a short middle syllable in there but i think it would disappear if i used the name in a sentence

Tre · 2015-08-20 16:11:05

Mahrio, though it doesn't bother me when people say "mehrio"

Bee · 2015-08-20 17:27:27

Mario is probably an expert at pronouncing his own name and everyone else should follow suit.

I just realized his voice used to be a lot lower. It's gotten way more falsetto.

Tachyon · 2015-08-20 17:30:51

iirc when Martinet first auditioned for the role he put on a really gruff voice, and they asked him to make it more friendly and fun

anyway you're right, i've been saying it wrong, oops

Imipolex G · 2015-08-20 17:36:33

Mahrio always and forever

SpruceZeus · 2015-08-20 18:58:48

Odradek said:
How do you pronounce it?

Either way. It's a regional thing. Dialects. There's no 'right' or 'wrong' way to say it.

Imipolex G · 2015-08-20 19:00:52

of course, Nintendo itself hasn't been completely consistent on this

Odradek · 2015-08-20 19:06:24

SpruceZeus said:

Odradek said:
How do you pronounce it?
Either way. It's a regional thing. Dialects. There's no 'right' or 'wrong' way to say it.

I was saying How do YOU pronounce it, not HOW DO you pronounce it

glennmagusharvey · 2015-08-20 19:28:07

maaeerio twins

they look so damn same i say you want ice cream both of them say yes.

Bee · 2015-08-20 20:12:08

I pronounce it "MEEEEOOOOOOWWW"

To the furry convention!

LW · 2015-08-21 01:24:17

The Authoritative Mario Series Pronunciation Guide:
Mary-O
Louie G
Princess Petch
Don Keykong (The Don)
Yosh E
Bosur
Princess Dozzy
Toe Ad
Toe Adebt
Princess Rossielina
Ruma
Wary-O
Walouie G
Babby Mary-O
Babby Louie G
Babby Petch
Babby Dozzy
Babby Rossielina
Co-opa Tropa

Obā-san · 2015-08-21 01:28:46

i have never seen anyone pronounce it mehrio is this some sort of elaborate ruse

Calica · 2015-08-21 01:30:50

naney said:
i have never seen anyone pronounce it mehrio is this some sort of elaborate ruse

i have only seen the retsupurae guys pronounce it mehrio

Salix Babylonika · 2015-08-21 01:36:06

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Princess Alice · 2015-08-21 01:36:29

naney said:
i have never seen anyone pronounce it mehrio is this some sort of elaborate ruse

I've heard it before in videos, but never in person. I guess people don't say it like that in the Midwest. :P

Odradek · 2015-08-21 01:42:56

naney said:
i have never seen anyone pronounce it mehrio is this some sort of elaborate ruse

Mario Lemieux

Tachyon · 2015-08-21 01:47:08

i could swear i've heard it said like "mar-yo" somewhere before

i must have gotten that from somewhere

glennmagusharvey · 2015-08-21 01:58:59

LW said:
The Authoritative Mario Series Pronunciation Guide:
Mary-O
Louie G
Princess Petch
Don Keykong (The Don)
Yosh E
Bosur
Princess Dozzy
Toe Ad
Toe Adebt
Princess Rossielina
Ruma
Wary-O
Walouie G
Babby Mary-O
Babby Louie G
Babby Petch
Babby Dozzy
Babby Rossielina
Co-opa Tropa

Louie W and Louie G

Tachyon · 2015-08-21 02:00:35

thenamelesssamurai · 2015-08-21 03:01:23

naney said:
i have never seen anyone pronounce it mehrio is this some sort of elaborate ruse

I know of one British guy who say mehrio, but that's the only person I can think of off the top of my head.

Tachyon · 2015-08-21 03:10:32

where in Britain is he from, do you know?

thenamelesssamurai · 2015-08-21 03:25:25

Thame, if I remember correctly.

Tachyon · 2015-08-21 03:29:54

Hm. Don't think it's a question of accents, then.

thenamelesssamurai · 2015-08-21 03:34:11

Well, he says it's because his grandfather's family was from Italy and that's how they pronounce it there, but since I have never been to italy, I can't really say whether that has any truth to it whatsoever.

Sex Grips · 2015-08-22 02:38:40

It's an Italian name, and Italian treats all "a"s as "soft" "a"s. "Mary oh" is a mispronunciation.

If there's some English-speaking accent that has no soft A sound, then perhaps you can consider it a fault of accent, of course.

Tachyon · 2015-08-22 02:43:58

"Mary oh" is not the same thing as "mehrio"

the first vowel sound is different

this is beside the point maybe

Sex Grips · 2015-08-22 02:46:36

Even Snake and the Colonel pronounce it right.
I like Bowser's file.

Princess Alice · 2015-08-22 02:48:19

Tachyon said:
"Mary oh" is not the same thing as "mehrio"

the first vowel sound is different

this is beside the point maybe

...I almost said they're the same in my accent, but no, not quite. There's a very sliiiight difference.

Tachyon · 2015-08-22 02:50:36

there are places where Mary, merry and marry are merged, but elsewhere they are definitely distinct.

Tachyon · 2015-08-22 02:55:45

Snake and the Colonel's pronunciation sounds like 'mar-yo' to me

there is a middle syllable there, but it's very short

Odradek · 2015-08-22 02:55:53

Sex Grips said:
Even Snake and the Colonel pronounce it right.
I like Bowser's file.

Before I knew what MGS really was, I thought it was a super-serious realistic series of espionage games.

I was very wrong.

Princess Alice · 2015-08-22 02:57:14

Merry, Mary, and marry are the same to me, but the "h" in "Mehrio" makes a difference in the way I read it, somehow :V

Tachyon · 2015-08-22 02:57:34

what's the la li lu le lo thing?

Odradek · 2015-08-22 03:02:16

Tachyon said:
what's the la li lu le lo thing?

In Metal Gear Solid, the United States has been secretly ruled by a secret organization lead by AIs since the 1970s.

To help prevent their identify from getting out, they implanted nanomachines in people who know their true name, which make them say "La Li Lu Le Lo" every time they try to say the true name of the organization.

Tachyon · 2015-08-22 03:04:40

cool

i'm surprised they said 'fart' in a smash bros game

Odradek · 2015-08-22 03:06:05

In Metal Gear Solid 2, the Colonel is replaced by an AI doppelganger. The "La Li Lu Le Lo" chant in the video is presumably a joke about this being the doppelganger rather than the real thing.

Tachyon · 2015-08-22 03:07:16

ah, that makes sense

also the Samus part explains why BitF portrayed Snake the way they did

Imipolex G · 2015-08-22 03:10:56

Myrio

glennmagusharvey · 2015-08-22 03:14:16

Muriel Bowser, Mayor of the District of Columbia

LW · 2015-08-22 03:40:38

Tachyon said:
cool

i'm surprised they said 'fart' in a smash bros game

Well, that is one of Wario's main attacks...

On that note, if you would like to read an in depth two part discussion/analysis entitled "Why Does Wario Fart?," there is this. I would recommend it, actually. I thought it was pretty interesting, especially in how it sheds light on some ways that Wario has been portrayed differently in different parts of the world.

glennmagusharvey said:
Muriel Bowser, Mayor of the District of Columbia

Doug Bowser, Vice President of Sales, Nintendo of America

glennmagusharvey · 2015-08-22 05:22:19

LW said:

glennmagusharvey said:
Muriel Bowser, Mayor of the District of Columbia
Doug Bowser, Vice President of Sales, Nintendo of America

But "Doug" doesn't sound like "Mario"!

Imipolex G · 2015-08-22 05:55:22

it depends on how you pronounce Mario.

Bee · 2015-08-22 06:12:18

i'm surprised they said 'fart' in a smash bros game

Obā-san · 2015-08-22 06:52:10

Bee · 2015-08-22 07:04:11

And the Lord shall say

WELCOME NEW GALAXY!

lee4hmz · 2015-08-22 09:19:13

(considering that it's Revelation being quoted, you sure it shouldn't be "Congratulations"? XD)

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