I just watched Adam' s appearance on UK TV and suddenly became interested in how different people pronounce the name of this website. To me it sounds like Adam says " Keezo" :)

Me? I say kick - is - oh

oh no, not me! i cant pronounce anything right...well this is my way:

Kil - lis - e- cho

what? their is no ' L' in Kikizo!......maybe i could be wrong, adam what does it mean?

I just used to say KiKi-Zow. Good question though, what on earth does Kikizo the word mean?

I say it as Ki (" Kiss" ) Ki (" Key" ) Zo (" Zone" ) but I suppose Ki(ss) Ki(ss) Zo(ne) is actually more logical.

Having said that I have heard KIZIKO - Ki(ss) Zi(p) Ko - way too many times! And perhaps the most irritating is kiki-ZOO!

So, now you know.

As for what Kikizo means, the answer is " quite obviously the best videogames site around" , which is the direct Japanese translation.

Actually, that' s a lie, it doesn' t mean anything (and we checked, that includes in Japanese, altough perhaps in some other language it means " dickwad" or something charming like that).

When we chose the name for the site, we wanted a dot com and since the concept was " entartainment" and " information" , two pretty awkward words, and since every possible domain you could ever think of is already LONG gone, we thought why not just make up a word and give ourselves the challenge if MAKING it mean something one day!

We wanted it to be easy to type and catchy sounding but to date I think 30% of people in the industry who discuss it with us say it wrong so perhaps we messed up there. Still, I like it, so that' s good enough for me ;-) There are really popular sites out there that still don' t even have a proper domain name which proves it is all about the content, although I would also like for Kikizo to become a strong brand as well.

...well i still think the way i pronounce it sounds the coolist....

One advantage that " kikizo" has is that it stands out. Too many game sites have the word " game" in them. I don' t know the difference between Gamespot, Gamesquirt, Gamepro, etc. They all sound the same to me.

I always thought it was pronounced (kee-kee-zoh)...just sounds natural that way.

but I suppose Ki(ss) Ki(ss) Zo(ne) is actually more logical.

that is how i say it

Ki as in Kite, Ki as in Keys, and Zo with the long O.

Mine was the futherist way from the right way of pronouceing it, Where is my medal?

Hmm I say it like

Ki as in Caught
Ki as in Kite
Zo as in Zoe.

Sounds like you are almost trying to pronounce " caucasian" . Racist! J/K

Hahaha

Sounds like you are almost trying to pronounce " caucasian" . Racist! J/K

Just like Joe to try and start something...

LOL!!!

I pronounce it " orrery"