How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
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How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
Forgive me if this has already been done. I couldn't find a similar thread after a quick search, but it's very possible I've missed one. After all, I think it's odd that this apparently hasn't come up before.
I was inspired by the "How do you pronounce 'Biollante'" thread. However, I think there's a greater chance for discussion here since there are at least three different pronunciations in various films.
"GHEE-drah" is the original American name, of course. I like it, and as a kid I'd alternate between this one and the next.
"GHEE-dur-uh" is the closest to the Japanese (GHEE-doe-rah) and was used in the US dubs for MONSTER ZERO and DESTROY ALL MONSTERS. This is how I say it, mostly because it's the way I've heard it for nearly twenty years.
"Gih-DOOR-uh" is probably the most prevalent, but I think it sounds dumb. I'm not sure if this is Toho's official pronunciation (or if they even care), but it's interesting that this is the one that's been used in every single international dub.
I was inspired by the "How do you pronounce 'Biollante'" thread. However, I think there's a greater chance for discussion here since there are at least three different pronunciations in various films.
"GHEE-drah" is the original American name, of course. I like it, and as a kid I'd alternate between this one and the next.
"GHEE-dur-uh" is the closest to the Japanese (GHEE-doe-rah) and was used in the US dubs for MONSTER ZERO and DESTROY ALL MONSTERS. This is how I say it, mostly because it's the way I've heard it for nearly twenty years.
"Gih-DOOR-uh" is probably the most prevalent, but I think it sounds dumb. I'm not sure if this is Toho's official pronunciation (or if they even care), but it's interesting that this is the one that's been used in every single international dub.
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
If the second or third one covers "ghee-dor-ah", that's me.
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
The third option. While I think 'Ghi-druh' sounds a bit more alien and sinister somehow, I've been hearing/using 'Ghi-DOOR-uh' too long to stop now.
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
When I was little, I said "GHEE-drah". After I saw GvsKG'91, I started saying "Ghee-DOOR-ah". Now I switch between that and "GHEE-dur-ah".
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
For the past few years I've pronounced it "Gih-DOOR-uh". Before that, though, I pronounced it "GHEE-drah".
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
Same.Mr. X wrote:For the past few years I've pronounced it "Gih-DOOR-uh". Before that, though, I pronounced it "GHEE-drah".
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
I pronounced it "Gheedrah" when I was a kid. I still say it like that when saying the title "Ghidrah, the three headed monster", though I say Ghi-door-ah when mentioning titles such as GvKG and GMK. Other than that, I just switch between the three pronunciations.
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
The one with the door in it.
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
Ghid-door-ah for me. As a kid I called him Monster Zero, as that was my only exposure to the monster other than a brief stock footage sequence in TOMG. Started calling him Ghidorah after DAMM came out.
"Gheedrah" always just sounded silly to me.
"Gheedrah" always just sounded silly to me.
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
King Ghi-door-rah pretty much. Although sometimes I call the showa one Ghee-drah.
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
I prefer the first and 2nd pronunciations.
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I've been using the pronunciation Gih-DOOR-uh for the whole time I've been a fan, which is since Kindergarten.
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
Well as a kid a pronounced it like the first one. My brother still says it like that. IMO it suits the character more. Now a days I say it like in the heisei series but I still refer to the Showa one as geedra. I've also heard something like ghid-rah but that one just sounds weird to me. Honestlty the showa one is geedra and all the rest are ghid-or-ah
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
Some times I use Ghidrah in either reference to the original film or to differentiate it from the Heisei or millennium versions.
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
I just simply use Ghee-drah for the Showa version only, and Ghidorah for Heisei forward.
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
GEE-do-ra
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
I think it should be pronounced the way the man in the soundcar says it in the GTTHM english dub
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Re: How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?
Ghi (as in "gift") - druh.