To all video gamers out there: How is "ocarina" pronounced?

Oka-rina.

Can be either depending on where you live.

Oak-a-rina

Though tended to call it "Leirgauk" when growing up.

I mean if it's a little like Japanese the o isn't aw. More like the o in chose or oak I suppose. I don't know Spanish though :P

I always said ohkahreenah but that's because it makes more sense in my language that way. In google translate set to Spanish it sounds like an o from oak. I'm sorry man, I think that's just the way it is.

I imagine in Japan it is "oh-kah-ree-nah" but I am not positive about that.

In the US I usually hear it "ah-kah-ree-nah" but the "ah" is pretty soft; it's not like someone yelling "Ahhh!! you scared me" it's halfway between an "oh" and "ah".

Awk.

I have never heard it pronounced the other way. From Ontario Canada.

Maybe they say Oak in Quebec or Newfoundland LOL

The real instrument is pronounced with an Awww sound.

It's one of the oldest instruments discovered, dating back over 12,000 years.

Versions of Ocarinas have been found in both ancient Asian Cultures as well as the ancient aztecs and Mayans

Ock Arena

@KungfuKitten: No worries! I'm just trying to get a concrete answer here. I didn't know if it was a special way Nintendo pronounced it, where they specifically call it "awk•a•reena" as their own fictional instrument, kinda like how "Pirates of the Caribbean" is said funny because Walt Disney pronounced "Caribbean" as "care•uh•bee•an".

oc as in "block" and arina as in "arena"

Coyote I believe is supposed to be "ki yote" but thanks to cartoon with wile e coyote people say "ki yo tee"

For years, I actually was pronouncing it "orc-a-reena" because for some reason, my dyslexic ass kept putting an extra R in there.

The first one, though as a kid I pronounced it 'oh-car-inna'. I can remember thinking that they made it up just for the game as well. I didn't realise it was an actual instrument.

Does no-one read the rules these days?

This is OT, where we CANT talk about games.

In English a Vowel-Consonant-Vowel should make the "O" sound like "oh", so in English it would be "Oak-Arena" but it's a Spanish word, so I think the Awk way is right. Tomato tomawwto.... Long vowels are a general rule when it's a V-C-V but there's obvious exceptions.

i always thought it was ah-ka-ree-nuh

Neither, it's ok-uh-ree-nah.

Has a hard O sound unlike in oak or awk.

Ököriinu

I always pronounced the "oc" part similar to October or Octopus. So Aw-kuh-ree-nuh....

oh-KAH-ree-nah

Oak-rainy-a