Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26281589-20130831200528/@comment-4010415-20131003230759

72.130.171.67 wrote: It's pronounced like "Jean" in the show, not like "jaune". (At least the way I was taught it, "jaune" is pronounced with a phoenetically o-vowel; like...take the english word "own", and then add a soft j sound...like the z in azure). Well, it seems like the RWBY staff have decided that, since the countries that names like those originate from don't exist in Vytal, they'll pronounce the names how they look.

Yang Xiao Long should be pronounced more like Yahng Sh-ow Loh-ng, not Yay-ng Sh-ow Lawng.

Weiss should be pronounced Vice, not Why-ss.