How do you pronounce "Pokemon"?

[DPKdebator]

How do you pronounce the word "Pokemon"? When I was younger, I pronounced it po-key-mon, but when I started taking French I learned that accent marks have special pronunciation, so I started to pronounce it with the (to me) more accurate po-kay-mon. Those two pronunciations are fine with me, but it really grinds my gears when I hear people pronounce it like po-kuh-mon (this is everywhere on YouTube videos); since it doesn't show up in official Pokemon media.

 

[Deleted member]

Po-kay-mon, which is the intended way to pronounce it because of the é.

My username "Kokonoe" has that same pronunciation on the e.

 

[finalark]

You see this thing? This thing right here? That "é" symbol?

In English that makes the "ay" sound. So it's pronounced "Po-kay-mon." That being said, Po-kuh-mon rolls off the tongue better.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I say Po Kee Mon

I dunno, I think it's just because I've heard it called that more than anything else

 

[Kneutronic]

I always pronounce it as "Po-kuh-mon," but its official pronunciation is "Po-kay-mon" due to the é.

 

[Zzuxon]

I feel I'm a little unusual.
My pronunciation is somewhere between ee and ay.
Poh-keh-mon.

 

[Deleted member]

Po-Kay-Mon I sometimes say Po-Kuh-Mon but the anime of all things taught me the right way to pounce it Po-Kay-Mon.

 

[Deleted member]

I pronounce it like "Po-kuh-mon", but that's just how I've said it all my life.
I do know that it's pronounced as "Po-kay-mon".
I even mispronounce most Pokémon ;;

 

[Aetheri]

Its proper pronunciation is po-kay-mon because of the accented é...

If I'm speaking fast it pretty much always comes out po-kuh-mon...

But I'm also the kind of person purposely mispronounces things for teh lulz...'pokeymanz'

 

[Darkpit54]

I've always said Po- Kee-Mon because I've been watching and playing pokemon since before I knew what the accent mark meant.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

At least no one here pronounces it like that Nintendo Europe guy who called them Pok-eh-mon.

 

[Dastardly Ridleylash]

It's definitely "po-kay-mon", because of the accented é.

If it was a normal e, it'd be either "po-kuh-mon" or "po-key-mon"; but that accent changes the entire pronunciation.

EDIT: This, of course, means PokéMarts are "po-kay-marts", too.