How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?

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How do you pronounce "Ghidorah"?

GHEE-drah (GHIDRAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER)
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9%
GHEE-dur-uh (Other American dubs)
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11%
Gih-DOOR-uh (All international dubs)
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Other
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5%
 
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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.
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If the second or third one covers "ghee-dor-ah", that's me.

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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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I pronounce it as Ghi-DOOR-Ah.
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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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For the past few years I've pronounced it "Gih-DOOR-uh". Before that, though, I pronounced it "GHEE-drah".
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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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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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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.

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King Ghi-door-rah pretty much. Although sometimes I call the showa one Ghee-drah.

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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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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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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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I just simply use Ghee-drah for the Showa version only, and Ghidorah for Heisei forward.
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GEE-do-ra
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I think it should be pronounced the way the man in the soundcar says it in the GTTHM english dub ;)
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Ghi (as in "gift") - druh.
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