Skynstein Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Basically, this. When I got Awakening I pronounced it "Fall-key-on", but Rey in his LP of the game pronounced it as "Fall-shee-on". In Japanese it's "Farushion", but things get adapted, so... "Fall-shee-on" feel so weird to me, but I actually believe it's the right one. I thought it had to do with birds (an adaptation of "falcon", of course), but it's probably wrong as it's linked to dragons instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Last I heard, it's "FALL-kee-in." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediocreLee Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) According to Google, it's pronounced "fal-chin". And a falchion is actually just a type of sword, from European origin if I can remember my random trivia correctly. Fire Emblem, among other games, glorified it to be a special weapon. Probably because the way the word looks is pretty cool. xP Edited June 26, 2017 by MediocreLee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezzy Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 1 minute ago, MediocreLee said: According to Google, it's pronounced "fal-chin". And a falchion is actually just a type of sword, from European origin if I can remember my random trivia correctly. Fire Emblem, among other games, glorified it to be a special weapon. Probably because the way the word looks is pretty cool. xP The funny thing is that Falchion doesn't even look like a falchion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediocreLee Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, Rezzy said: The funny thing is that Falchion doesn't even look like a falchion. Not at all. Way to misrepresent IS!! xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KadenTheKitsune Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 I used to think that it was pronounced "Fal-chi-on", and that's the way I pronounced it until I played Echoes, where they pronounced it "Fal-chion." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 In Echoes it's pronounced "Fall-chin" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Branniglenn Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Fall-chin is both the real life and in-universe pronunciation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 ...Yeah, Dictionary.com says what the two posts above do. Which is strange, because I could swear that I heard "FALL-key-in" somewhere in the FE series. But I guess that was incorrect either way. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron the Shining Blade Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 The OVA gives us {fall`-shee-on}, then we have Echoes giving us {fall`-shin}. Prior to watching the OVA, I pronounced it {fâl`-shin}. I'm good with that or the latter. I don't like {fâl`-key-on}, though. Makes it sound like a keyblade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetragrammaton Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Isn't it a French word? Maybe the French have another pronunciation compare to the English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ycine Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 In French Falchion is either pronounced "Fal-chion" or "Fal-kyon". It depends of where you are. Fal-chion, the "ch" is basically the same as a "sh" sound. The end "ion" is the same sound you can find in "attention" be careful though it's the french "attention" not the english version. Fal-kyon, it's the same as before but we replace the "sh" sound with a "k" (or q) wich gives "kion" (or "qion"). That's a little bit confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-raptor Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Echoes pronounced it as "Fall-chin". End of story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gradivus. Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) Fal-chee-on Edited June 26, 2017 by Gradivus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelman Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Phal-shee-on (Phal like in "phallic") That's how I say it, at least. English is stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darros Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 I pronounce it fal-KEE-on (fal as in pal) but given everything in Archanea I've pronounced wrong so far I wouldn't be surprised if that was incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron the Shining Blade Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 While we're on the subject of Archanea-related pronunciations, I'm rather pleased to see the official pronunciation of "Archanea" itself follow that of its old fan name "Akaneia" by being pronounced {R-kuh-NAY`-uh} rather than something like {R-KAY`-nee-uh}. I've pronounced it like the former ever since the OVA, the only real difference is that the first syllable is now "Ar" instead of "Ack". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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