OT: Will the National be Pokemon free?

[JollyElm]

At a show recently, this 'old' guy kept referring to the cards as the 'Pokey stuff,' and it still makes me laugh.

[ALBB]

Also hear sometimes - PokeyMan

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by ALBB

Also hear sometimes - PokeyMan

I've been hearing that pronunciation for years. For some inexplicable reason, it truly irks me.

On another note, here's something about which not many others would care:

There's an acute accent diacritical mark over the letter "e" in Pokémon. The accent is on the second syllable.

Nearly everyone I've heard pronounces the word with the accent on the first syllable.

No matter how one pronounces that e with the little accent mark, this sound should get center stage.

po-KAY-mon

po-KEE-mon

po-KUH-mon

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Eric72

po-KAY-mon

po-KEE-mon

po-KUH-mon

I believe the literal translation is "shiny shit".

[sacentaur]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

At a show recently, this 'old' guy kept referring to the cards as the 'Pokey stuff,' and it still makes me laugh.

Pokey

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

At a show recently, this 'old' guy kept referring to the cards as the 'Pokey stuff,' and it still makes me laugh.

It's the same old story. Whatever kids love but adults deride as junk so ends up being pitched in large numbers ends up highly prized as the kids "mature" and start looking back at the treasures of their formative years. The same thing has happened to My Little Pony; junk 35 years ago but a treasure today.

If though something is an "instant collectible", it's hoarded at issue and stays worthless.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

At a show recently, this 'old' guy kept referring to the cards as the 'Pokey stuff,' and it still makes me laugh.

Way back I asked my cousins kid which one was the slowest. That way i knew which one I had the best chance of catching.

Boy did he get mad.....