How do Japanese pronounce Pokemon?
In Japan? Then it’s Po-keh-mon, with a slight accent on the “keh-mon”. It’s an abbreviation of Pocket Monster, or poketto-monnsuta, so pokeh-mon. Japanese folks say Pokémon the same way that English speakers do.
How do you pronounce Pokemon?
The true pronunciation is po-KAY-mon, or po-KAH-mon, both propagated by the cartoon, which is available on Netflix just in case you need a refresher. Admittedly, he’s close (a lot closer than Siri gets it), but close isn’t good enough.
Why do people pronounce Pokemon wrong?
Oftentimes people purposely mispronounce Pokémon to mock it– the main reason being, they see Pokémon as something childish. Other people may purposefully mispronounce it because it feels more comfortable to say it wrong— perhaps they’ve always said it wrong and don’t want to change their ways.