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Lion Rafale

Discussion in 'Lion' started by JDubb55, Apr 1, 2008.

  1. JDubb55

    JDubb55 New Member

    I feel like becuz he's french his name pronunciaton is different. so i want to know how to pronounce his name. dumb question i know but im just curious
     
  2. Cadger

    Cadger Member

    Its pronounced as if his name was Leon. I have no clue why they spell it that way.
     
  3. Jaytech

    Jaytech Well-Known Member

    it's pronounced french.
     
  4. Jemun

    Jemun Well-Known Member

    PSN:
    Double-Jemun
    Pronounce it Lion Rafal. French never say 'e' or 's' if it's at the end of a word.
     
  5. Myke

    Myke Administrator Staff Member Content Manager Kage

    PSN:
    Myke623
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    Myke623
    Pronounced as Leon Rah-fahl

    It's spelt as Li and not Le because in Japanese "Le" makes it sound like "layon". "Li" in Japanese sounds like "lee".

    It's not meant to be pronounced as Lion as in the animal, but if you do people will still know who you're talking about.
     
  6. Cuz

    Cuz Well-Known Member

    Actually I think it is meant to be pronounced like the animal, just not in english /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
     
  7. DaBadSeed

    DaBadSeed Well-Known Member

    i say it like the animal
     
  8. SDS_Overfiend1

    SDS_Overfiend1 Well-Known Member

    That shit say Lion and thats that. I tell you half of you dudes swear you fucking Japanese or something now that ya'll played VF lol!

    Lion = Lion
    Leon = Leon

    Just to get on somebody's nerves
    Jean Reno + Professional = Leon (Lee-On)
     
  9. Cozby

    Cozby OMG Custom Title! W00T!

    PSN:
    CozzyHendrixx
    XBL:
    Stn Cozby
    haha i actually say both it depends where the sun is
     
  10. Truesonic2k

    Truesonic2k Well-Known Member

    Until I heard the announcers on the game say "Leon" I had always called him "Lion"
     
  11. Manjimaru

    Manjimaru Grumpy old man

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    Luckily, the finnish way to pronounce 'Lion' is the same way as french pronounce 'Leon' ;). And thats the way I have pronunced it, although we finns would pronounce Leon also differently..
     
  12. Vortigar

    Vortigar Well-Known Member

    To cut it short:

    In French
    Lion = Lee-on
    Leon = Lay-on

    Everybody got that? Okay then.
     
  13. Auvii

    Auvii Well-Known Member

    XBL:
    Auvii
    This topic is so annoying. Its the same as the damn Kage pronunciation topic. I cant count how many times I have ran into people from other countries who screw up my name or other words. I speak English, thusly I am going to pronounce it the way its spelled, if they can do it, I can do it!
     
  14. Vortigar

    Vortigar Well-Known Member

    Auvii:
    I prefer to pronounce stuff the proper way, exactly because of that sentiment you just described. It's annoying when people mess up your name, so I make it a point to try and not to do it to others.

    I do notice that some people don't care about it too much, or don't want to bother other by bringing it up. We've had some people from India over at work, and when I asked if I was pronouncing their name correctly they just mumbled over to another topic.

    Maybe its because a lot of people mess up my name no matter where I go. I've got a Dutch first name and a French last name. Its a great recipe for hilarity though. Whenever I meet someone that's reading names up from cards its always a surprise what they're going to make of it.

    aside:
    And I'm a bit of a language freak. Not the best learner but word deriving, old language, poetry and such is something I find strangely interesting.
     
  15. Gernburgs

    Gernburgs Well-Known Member

    It's supposed to be Lee-on but that's no fun... I say it like Leon, the french city because it sounds so cultured /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
     
  16. Vortigar

    Vortigar Well-Known Member

    Not to be a kill-joy but, erm, the city is called Lyon or Lyons, and its pronounced exactly like Lion in Fench. So it should still be Lee-on phoenetically...
     
  17. Seidon

    Seidon The God of Battle walks alongside me! Content Mgr El Blaze

    PSN:
    SeidonVFDC
    XBL:
    SeidonVFDC
    I've always called him Bill...
     
  18. kevinrafale

    kevinrafale Well-Known Member

    Lol, I when I was much younger, I called him Lion, and I'd pit him up against Wolf, just so I'd have some weird animal-named battle lol

    But yeah, now I know it's pronounced Leon =)
     
  19. raspyrateur

    raspyrateur Member

    I think Lion it's a mistake, for many raisons :

    The "correct french way" to write "rafale" (with the e or ending the word)
    The commentator says clearly Leon
    etc etc

    But Leon is so old dated name for french people, that I understand Leon change his name into Lion lol.
     

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