Melee

[Eizweir]

It's always sounded like 'mee-lay' to me.

[Macawmoses]

Maylay. Proper Engrish ftw!

[Depster]

Now, the big question is, American pronunciation of Mario or how those crazy canadians pronounce it XD

[Doodle]

Now, the big question is, American pronunciation of Mario or how those crazy canadians pronounce it XD

Mar-ee-oh.
Mary-oh.

Those are the only two pronunciations of Mario I know. And I'm pretty sure it's the first one. :P

[tollhouse2006]

Tibar's friend pronounces him Mary-oh and we love to make fun of him for it.  It's mean but it sounds so stupid

[Depster]

K, Mar-ee-oh it is XD  those silly canadians and their darn mary-oh

[Gamree]

I've always pronounced it May-lee, because that's what it sounds like the announcer says to me and that pronounciation just looks right with the spelling, imo.

And it is, without a doubt, Mar-ee-oh.  That's not even a question.

[Zero]

You people are seriously stupid.

The word itself is pronounced May-lay. Dictionaries only list one pronunciation for the word.

The only ones I see pronouncing it the retarded way are like 10 years old.

[Captain Justice]

the proper pronunciation is Maylay

thread is over

[Gamree]

...and a thread about how you pronounce it. :O
So, yeah. We were talking about Smash today at school, just randomly. Somebody brought up Melee and said "May-Lee." Me and a few other people I know say "May-Lay."
So, how do you pronounce it? Which is the right way?

By the look and sound of it, half of the point of this thread is how people choose to pronounce it, not how it is supposed to be pronounced.  No need to hate and jump to conclusions, people. :-\

[Zero]

...and a thread about how you pronounce it. :O
So, yeah. We were talking about Smash today at school, just randomly. Somebody brought up Melee and said "May-Lee." Me and a few other people I know say "May-Lay."
So, how do you pronounce it? Which is the right way?

By the look and sound of it, half of the point of this thread is how people choose to pronounce it, not how it is supposed to be pronounced.  No need to hate and jump to conclusions, people. :-\

Proper pronunciation is proper

I prefer not to speak like an idiot k thx

[The Baron]

the proper pronunciation is Maylay

thread is over

QFT

i didn't know there was an alternate pronounciation.  i say may-lay accept that announcer pronounces samus's name wrong so you don't trust him.

I don't necessarily think it's a wrong pronunciation; just the American pronunciation.  Then again, I haven't really played very many Metroid games so I wouldn't know :'D  I just know that the Japanese pronunciation is "Samasu", or "Sah-mah-sue".  Sorta like how Lucas is "Ryuka" or "Ryoo-kah" in Japanese, yet we pronounce it as "Loo-kihs" by default.

[Java]

I've always pronounced it "mee-lee", but whatever.

[Depster]

I've always pronounced it "mee-lee", but whatever.

THEN YOU'RE WROOOONGGG

lol

[Red Alert]

hey guys, melee is a french word. So, like, we pronounce it like the french would