Aerith or Aeris?

I think Aerith sounds nicer when you say it, but it looks silly when wrote.

[fosterkid]

arith

[Gackt]

Well I know where the name Aerith came from. It's quite obvious really. They were merely trying to mess with Germans and their inability to pronounce the "th" sound. Soon the name Aeris developed.......okay not really.

Cain was right with his proof...for all I know at least.

it's aerith. in japanese th becomes su. so beth would be besu.
aerith = aerisu

Aerith sounds like you have a lisp when said. And I like Aeris better...I guess because it was the one I first knew her by.

I think I've never heard Aerith before I read this topic, but I began to like it immediately. (Did I spell it right? "Immediately"?)

[SeEd capt.9]

I like Aerith better because that is what she is called in Kingdom Hearts.

[MasterPioltVII]

Have to go with the way that it was spelt on the game. it doesnt realy matter to me though how you spell it since i understand that 1) they are the same person and 2) that its pronounced the same

[Kinney]

Aerith? Hm, I always call her Aeris, then, when I was watching the movie they started calling her Aerith which was really weird and then I was all confused. I still call her Aeris

[Killer Cloud255]

i personally prefer aeris for 2 reasons
1: Aeris sounds a lot better and nicer
2: i played the western version and im used to aeris

Is there someone here that can send me sound records of the correct Japanese pronounciation of most of the special words in FF7? (That is, names.)

Or am I asking for too much?

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I usually use Aeris, but because I'm too lazy to remember proper rules for grammar in possesive cases when the name ends in an "s", I usually use "Aerith's" when talking about Aeris in relation to something/someone.

[i heart sodapop]

I was always used to saying "Aeris".

Everytime someone says "Aerith", I try not to freak out. It makes me sound like I have something wrong with my speech, it's quite depressing. Then of course, there's the "Lockheart" vs. "Lockhart" problem. -__-;; That also gets me testy. It's all quite confusing.

But bottom line for me: Aeris.

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Also with the "th" being pronounced as an "s" you can hear it in the music when fighting Sephiroth at the end of the game.

The choir sing "Sephiros" which I imagine is because they're pronouncing it using Japanese language rules.

"Sefirosu", "Earisu", "Kuraudo".

According to wikipedia.