Older Pokemon Go players share ’embarrassing’ monster mispronunciation stories
The Pokemon CompanyOlder members of the Pokemon Go community have taken to social media to share some ’embarrassing’ stories surrounding monster name mispronunciations.
As many Pokemon fans likely remember, the mobile spinoff title Pokemon Go became a phenomenon after it was released in the Summer of 2016.
As such, many trainers who hadn’t played the games or engaged with the franchise at all steadily became fans through Pokemon Go. Of course, Pokemon had changed a lot in the years before the game’s 2016 and older players had likely encountered monsters they’d never heard of before.
Considering the breadth of Pokemon, it’s no wonder some fans have trouble keeping up let alone remembering all of their names. Now, trainers have shared some of their most ’embarrassing’ Pokemon mispronunciation and the community loved it.
Pokemon Go fans share ’embarrassing’ name mispronunciation stories
A post on the Pokemon Go subreddit sparked a discussion among the community after one older player shared a thread titled, “I’m an embarrassment.”
The OP said, “So my family ((Husband, sister, and sons (big TCG fans) 19 and 21)) went to the big mall and had a Pokéday today and did a Ho-Oh raid. As I do not know the lore and have never actually talked about Pokémon out loud, my 19 year old is constantly correcting my mispronunciation of Pokémon names, and Ho-Oh is no different.”
According to their son, ‘Ho-Oh‘ shouldn’t be pronounced with a pause in the middle of the name.
“I’ve taken it a step further and have started referring to the one he caught as his hoe. He is overwhelmingly unimpressed with me,” the trainer said.
Many players in the comments related to the OP, and shared their own mispronunciation stories.
“Wife calls Larvitar…..Liziturd lol,” said one trainer, while another said, “It’s ok, when my girls were younger, one of them loved [Tapu Koko]. I always referred to it as Tapioca.”
Another trainer recounted, “Where I play there is a gang of elder women that go around and do raids. Prob aged 65+. You have no idea how wild the pronunciations get with them.”
Others shared that their first and only exposure to the series was Pokemon Go. “This is me…I never watched Pokémon or did the cards or anything…I’ve just played Pokémon Go. My younger friends are always correcting my mispronunciation.”
Another trainer shared how their grandma referred to the franchise. “My grandma has always called it ‘pokemans,’ and from my mom’s view, every Pokemon is either Charizard or Pikachu,” they said. “The way I view it, I love and appreciate that they put any effort into my interests, they might not be correct, but they try and that all that really matters/left an impression on me.
Considering Pokemon is a game and franchise meant for all ages, it’s always nice to see players from across the spectrum getting involved.
