I guarantee everyone in this thread that's ragging on the english names will be singing a different tune in a year. We've all grown attached to the Japanese names. But really, I'd rather have a name I know I can pronounce correctly rather than have to guess. With that said, my opinions on the names talked about thus far:
Bidoof is a funny name, I like it
Doesn't mean he still doesn't suck eggs though >:O
Chatot rant go
In the Chatot episode, the characters pronounced Chatot as either "chad-ut" or "chah-tot". Since the etymology of Chatot is chat + parrot, I'm inclined to think that the "chad-ut" pronunciation would be correct. It's like saying the word parrot. Listen to the last syllable, when you pronounce the "ot" part. Now put the word chat in front of it and there you go. chad-ut. =D
You don't say pare-ot when you say parrot, so why should chah-tot be correct? I don't know either. But the chah-tot pronunciation - Saying the word chat,
pronouncing the t, and put an "ot" sound at the end - seems to be the official pronunciation.
We'll find out when Battle Revolution comes out.
Chatot rant stop
Shinx is just plain fun to say. How could anyone dislike it?
Electivire, an Electric Mojanbo? I don't see the similarity. If you had no idea what Mojanbo was and you saw the name "Electivire," would you think "Tangela's evo" or "Electabuzz's evo" given a choice between the two?
Turtwig sounds kind of silly, but it's the perfect name. It makes absolute perfect sense.
Chimchar is really the only name I don't particularly agree with. I don't hate it, but I don't like saying it. It doesn't roll off the tongue well. Here's hoping his evolutions' names are cool.
I rather like Piplup's name. It reminds me of water, kind of. Like...a plip plop sound? Or a drip + a p maybe? It's good.
And about Happiny being too happy a name... there's no such thing when you eventually evolve into
Blissey, the
Happiness Pokémon. It's happy, it's mini, and it has the y ending for Chansey and Blissey. I challenge you to find a name with more synergy with its evolutions.
Glameow I never would have guessed. I guess it works. Kinda makes me wonder what the fat cat will be called. Mime Jr. I suppose is another good name. Kinda bland though, but eh. What can you do, right?
And finally, Cherrim: I suppose chair + imm would be correct. But Cherrim's JP name is Cherimu. The name wasn't changed, just romanized. That would make me want to pronunce it as "chair eem". I suppose we'll know for sure once Battle Revolution comes out.
