Comment by greatgib
1 day ago
I never noticed but indeed in France the official name is "Pokémon" and not "Pokemon". So that the pronunciation in French is correct.
Is it the case in another country to have a localized name for that?
1 day ago
I never noticed but indeed in France the official name is "Pokémon" and not "Pokemon". So that the pronunciation in French is correct.
Is it the case in another country to have a localized name for that?
In Spanish, it's there but it's a bit wrong/redundant. The phonic/prosodic accent would've been on the "e" regardless because of the "n" ending, so it's a bit wrong to add it graphically as if it would've been elsewhere.
Bit curious what the pronunciation difference would've been in French.
On another note, looking at the Wikipedia article:
> When the franchise was released internationally, the short form of the title was used, with an acute accent (´) over the e to aid in pronunciation.
I'm realizing that didn't do anything for English since the syllable stressed in English is "Po".
Pokémon is the trademark (see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon). Pokemon is common spelling in countries where keyboards don't have é and/or where people aren't used to inputting é.
It is common for brands to localize their names. E.g. Axe (the deodorant) in some countries is branded as Lynx.
Pokémon has an accent in all languages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon