How do you pronounce Eorzea?

Watching one of the recent videos, the speaker spoke of the land of Eorzea and called it "Air-ah-zee-a" Link which sounded quite odd to me.

In my mind it has always been "Ee-ore-zee-a" * a bit like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. I've also heard it pronounced

"Ee-ore-zay-a"
"Ee-ore-zay"
"Ay-ore-zay-a"

What about you?

I've been saying Eeyore method as well.

But Air-zee-ya sounds cooler.

Ee-Or-Z-Uh is how I've been pronouncing it...might be wrong though.

Ay-or-zay-uh

I would say Ay-or-zee-ah

Also just a question. He says in the world of Eorzea. Wouldn't it be the world of Hydaelyn and the land of Eorzea?

Ore-zay-a

I pronounce it as if the E was silent.

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Originally Posted by Rau

But Air-zee-ya sounds cooler.

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This is how I pronounce it. >.>

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Originally Posted by Norack

I would say Ay-or-zee-ah

Also just a question. He says in the world of Eorzea. Wouldn't it be the world of Hydaelyn and the land of Eorzea?

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They may be using it in a looser definition like how we say "First World" and "Third World." World can mean from a certain perspective given that we are limited to Eorzea.

URRMERGERRD ITS ERRZUH

Ya-Ro-Zea (I have a southern accent.. >_>)

It's special that he said Ero-zea ...

I feel the word should be on the back of Miqo'te panties now

I say it like this エオルゼア without the u in ru ... like OPs "Ee-ore-zee-a"

Oh. There is some one from PR pronounced guy pronoused diffent than what I think it is
I ttyhougght it was e-ros-ah

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Originally Posted by Niqote

I feel the word should be on the back of Miqo'te panties now

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If they are will I stop getting slapped for starring at them down there? Can say i'm trying to read what it says right? ^.^

"Ee-ore-zee-a" is correct. Just like in the word "Areola." The speaker in the PAX video just doesn't know how to say it. He's also not well informed, and poorly-spoken.

If it's taken from the percieved dialect they orignally used as the base language it's E-0r zee-a from orginal trailors.

Hopefully they say it in a voiced cutscene in 2.0, so we can finally settle this... as for me, I've always thought it was "Or-zay-uh"

Ee-orr-zee-a is how I pronounce it

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Originally Posted by Sephrick

Ay-or-zay-uh

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This is how it is pronounced by Japanese players.

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Originally Posted by Niqote

I say it like this エオルゼア without the u in ru ... like OPs "Ee-ore-zee-a"

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yeah when in doubt just look at the JP translation. It has all the syllables.

Ee-oru-ze-a
aka
E-or-ze-a in english

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Originally Posted by Mijin

The speaker in the PAX video just doesn't know how to say it. He's also not well informed, and poorly-spoken.

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I did notice he pronounced "Roegadyn" as "Row-garden". Dunno where he got the 'R' from

"Ee-ore-zee-a"

Ero-zea threw me off in the presentation...I was like:
http://static2.fjcdn.com/comments/an...7a72d19b01.png

Not the way that guy was pronouncing it (incorrectly by the way.)

It's pronounced "āŏŏrzĕä" or "eh-or-zay-ah" or 「エオルゼア」.

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Originally Posted by Niqote

It's special that he said Ero-zea ...

I feel the word should be on the back of Miqo'te panties now

I say it like this エオルゼア without the u in ru ... like OPs "Ee-ore-zee-a"

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That's Eh-Or-Zeh-Ah

ay-OR-zhah,
or for those who know IPA: /e'oɹʒʌ/

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Originally Posted by HiirNoivl

That's Eh-Or-Zeh-Ah

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This one's correct pretty much. Kinda like eh-or-zay-ah.

On another note, I cringed when I watched the PAX video and the guy said 'Rowgarden' instead of Roe-gay-den LOL.

Eh-Or-Zeh-Ah is how I've said it.

Ee-yor-zee-yah

E-or-ze-a
But as a german player I speak it maybe different than an english player

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Originally Posted by Zezlar

Ore-zay-a

I pronounce it as if the E was silent.

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E-ore-zay-a

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Originally Posted by Felis

E-or-ze-a
But as a german player I speak it maybe different than an english player

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yeah i think for us its more easier ,)

i speak it also in the german way E-or-ze-a

but the z very soft.

The correct way to say it would be as the Japanese do, "エオルゼア"
Like "ay-or-zay-uh."

Eh-or-zee-ah here, idc if its wrong :p

i'm gonna go with the e or zee ah (whole kinda eeyore thing but then again I like eeyore.... don't mind me....)

Hah. It's hilarious that everyone has different pronunciations of the place. The PR Rep, David Yang, threw me off too when I heard it.

I say it in my mind as "Ee-yor-zee", personally. Then again, the word's hard to say in normal conversation... though it's such a queer word to say, I actually haven't ever used it in a conversation...

"Or-Za" /10char

"eh-OR-zeh-ah"

Orz when I first started playing >.>

According to that SE presenter at pax, its AIR-UH-ZEE-UH.

I don't even try to pronounce it. It's almost like they smacked the keyboard a few times until they came across a combination of letters that someone in some country somewhere might be able to pronounce. Just not any of the ones we're in common contact with.

The same can be said for almost every other term in the game. Some of these words it's like they scoured an olde-english thesaurus for the most obscure terminology that also happen to be nearly impossible to pronounce. I'm a native English speaker with a decent vocabulary. It's not amazing, I don't know every word in the dictionary, but it gets me through War & Peace without needing a dictionary. But damned if I didn't have to look Pugilist up to figure out wtf it is. I still don't know how to pronounce it.

Someone shoulda told these people that, for the English version, after a word has been out of circulation for a few thousand years it's probably best not to dig it back up, and you should try and avoid any name with more vowels than consonants. We can't handle that sh*t.

http://i.imgur.com/ZiWQ1.jpg