Pronunciation of Tidus

[Dark Fantasy X]

i would pronounce his name Tie-dus

 

[Empra]

well iv always used tie-dus...i dnt think i could swap...meh teedus jst doesnt sound the same

 

[LustyxChan]

It's TEE-Dus.
But i like Tie-Dus better.

 

[SapphireShuriken]

I always thought it was tie-dus intil I saw that interview with James Arnold Taylor too. I hate it pronounced tee-dus, it sounds stupid. I still call him tie-dus no matter how it's pronounced.

 

[tyler6032]

Ive always said Tie-dus so im sticking with that!

 

[Sephire]

There is no wrong or right way of saying it, it's however you want to interpret it. James Arnold Taylor says Tee-dus in the bonus disc, yeah. But that might be something to do with his American accent, I don't know. Personally, I've always said Tie-dus, but like I said, it's how you want to say it. Because Tie-dus reminds me of tidal, and he's a blitzball player in water and thus I've always felt it suits more than Tee-dus.

 

[Lelouch Vi Britannia]

Tie-dus sounds much better.

 

[Davey Gaga]

But that might be something to do with his American accent, I don't know.

The person who plays Selphie is American

 

[Uncool]

I've always said tee-dus because it sounds easier to pronounce. Same go's for when American's pronounce I-raq instead of E-roq(I think some british lady said it this way).

 

[Roxas 101]

I pronounce it Tee-dus I don't know why really but saying it tee-dus instead of tie-dus just always sounded right to me. ^^

 

[Britalia]

I would actually go back and forth from pronouncing it Tie-dus to Tee-dus in the same sentence. XD Then eventually, I just started saying Tee-dus because it sounded better in my opinion.

 

[IBeatSephiroth]

Somtimes I call him Tie-dus, but I call him Tee-dus alot.. it dosn't matter to me =\

 

[Majere07]

I asked my Japanese teacher at school ( he is in his 70's, spent I think 6 years in America so far ) and he said the long i sound as in Tie-dus does not exist in the japanese language. So, from his point guess "correctly" it would be Tee-dus... but I still say Tie-dus

 

[Cecily]

I suppose "Tee-dus" is the correct way, and pretty much everyone I know pronounces it that way. However, I say "Tie-dus" in my head, because that's how I said it when I started playing the game. It's the same with Aerith. I know her name is supposed to be "Aerith," but I still write "Aeris" because it holds over from my FFVII days.

 

[Dark Tidus]

In japan there is no long I sound you cannot correctly pronounce it Tie-dus because in Japanese they're as already stated there is no ie sound so it is really pronouned tee-dus...

 

[Cecily]

How could that be sticking to the Japanese roots when his names in the Japense version is Tee-da. Nomura himself has explained where the name came from (Tiida means "sun"), and he even said the name as "Tee-da" in video interviews.

Yes, that makes sense. It with fit with the whole "Cloud," "Squall," and "Sora (sky)" pattern of naming the hero after sky things.

 

[Dark Fantasy X]

Well i was playing through KH2, Selphie said the name tidus as Tie-dus so i pretty sure that is how you pronouce the name

 

[Leki]

Tie-dus. That's how I've always said it, and that's how I first heard it sounded out as.

 

[Garnet]

Yeah my cousin who lives in Japan goes with the "tee-dus" pronunciation, but i just say "tie-dus". It just sounds a lot better and more natural to me! lol

 

[tenshi_chan]

I call him Tie-dus...but Tee-dus is also fine.

On KH1, i heard Wakka call him Tee-dus...I think.