Water Pokémon Master said:
But I think TPCi screwed that up when they dubbed it, so it probably should be "Ar-see-iss" as that is how it is pronounced in Japanese.
nope. not really.
if they pronounce it as "Ar-kee-us" in the English dub, then that's how its supposed to be pronounced in English.
its the same thing with King Dedede (Kirby character, for those who live in a cave). in Japan its pronounced "Day-day-day", but in English its "Dee-dee-dee".
just because a word is pronounced a certain way in one language, doesn't mean its the "official" pronunciation in the rest of the world. the way things are pronounced differ between languages, even if they have the same spelling.
i just don't get what's with people always having an obsession with "how the Japanese do something, its the "OFFICIAL" way". reminds me of when there is Engrish writing for character names in books/comics (oh, "manga", ahem), and people who adhere to those misspellings when there is more accurate and obvious spellings for those names. "zomg! the (Japanese) author (who doesn't know a lick of English) wrote it like that! its must be the OFFICIAL SPELLING!!111"