Give me the proper Romanization for Elsydeon, please

[Tanith]

The Romanization of magic names got me thinking about this. Specifically, for you kanji/katakana/hiragana wizards out there, could you give me the syllable breakdown of Elsydeon, please? I always thought the name of the sword was terribly awkward and probably something butchered through translation, but I won't know until someone sets the record straight.

(And I'm aware of the supposed Elysian Plains symbolism. No need to mention it.)

[Wing-0]

Hmmm... Now that you mention it, I've never known the japanese version of the name.

[Black Sword]

My google-fu revealed this.

エルシディオン

Babelfish tells me this is: Erushideion

Given the lack of l and r in Japanese, it seems Elsydeon is accurate.

[Tanith]

Darn. Never been a fan of "elsydeon" and was hoping it would come out as something else, maybe closer to "obsidian." Oh well.

[meteor9]

While we're on the subject, how do most of you pronounce it, anyway?

Once I actually figured out a way to say it, I've been sticking with "El-sih-DAY-uhn" which sounds somewhat mythically, so I kinda like it.

I think it pops up in PSU (maybe PSO) as Ely Sion or something, doesn't it? Although in PSU it looks like some sort of terrible Neudaizian modern art piece. Yeugh.

[Tanith]

That's actually a lot better than the way I pronounce it, which is really embarrassing: ell-SIGH-dee-on. It sounds like some science term based on a Greek mathematician or something. "All right, class, who can tell me about Elsydeon's rule of fifths?"

[LegoMuskCat]

"Erushideion" is what I got when I did a rough translation. Yay katakana!

@meteor9: I always pronounced Elsydeon pretty much the same as that. ^_^

[meteor9]

That's actually a lot better than the way I pronounce it, which is really embarrassing: ell-SIGH-dee-on. It sounds like some science term based on a Greek mathematician or something. "All right, class, who can tell me about Elsydeon's rule of fifths?"

And THAT in turn reminds me of how I always used to pronounce Xardion (old SNES sorta-okay robot game Gainax had a hand in) as "eck-ZAR-dee-ohn". Granted, what I say now is just the same thing minus the "eck", but...

Wait, hold on, I think there was a point here.


Nope, never mind! Carry on.

[BenoitRen]

*wonders where the others got those weird pronounciations*

I say "El-see-dee-on".

[Black Sword]

I've been pronouncing it El-sih-dee-uhn all these years.

[Wing-0]

Mine is El-see-deh-on

[yumpoptart]

El-see-dion! My best guess~ :B

[BenoitRen]

ZOMG! yumpoptart, you're alive!

[Wing-0]

And still stuck in 2 digit post numbers!

Post more!

[yumpoptart]

Benoit: Yes! I am :B Mwahahahahaha~

Wing-0: Yessir! Before the great purge of '09 I was up to a whopping 41 posts, I'll have you know!