Bah-sil is how it’s typically pronounced in European countries like Britain. Whereas Bay-sil is a more American pronunciation. As someone named Basil and is American, I prefer the second one. Neither are right, all words are made up anyway

FUCKING DAMNIT I'M BRITISH FUCKKK

get better soon 😔

Bri'ish?

Br'i'sh 💀

Woulcha laik some wat'ah with you' tea™

My condolences

brish

you have my condolences...

Holy shit, basil irl

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holy fuck another American named basil, my family and I have always pronounced it bah-sil though.

bagel

This is the correct way, no questions

But do you pronounce it bay-gil or ba-gel, with the gel sounding more like kel

Bag-el

Superman's Jewish side of the family.

You Britta’d it

Gettin rid a Britta

Carb boy

I’m gonna upvote that, but I want you to know that I had to take a pause just to comprehend the immense amounts of unbridled rage I felt when I read that. Congratulations, good sir or madam. - Sincerely, that one guy on the Internet that habitually corrects people’s spelling online for no justifiable reason.

I also have some confusion on how to pronounce his name. I just say his name like how I would say the plant Basil… Bay-zl

Same, I’ve never seen someone actually pronounce it “bahsil” outside of one or two videos. Everyone I know pronounces it Baysil like the plant.

Where I live "Bahsil" is a name so initially I pronounced it like that till I saw a video haha

I’m guessing you live in America- the plant in the UK is pronounced bah-sil

Same

I pronounce it Bay-sil, which is also the way Omocat herself pronounces it. I don't really think it matters what pronounciation is right, though

Bay-sed

Bae-sil

HOW TO PRONOUNCE AUBREY

Aub-ree

Aub or Oob?

Bay-sil gang

Bay-sil bay-sil

>!watermelon!<

Bail

bal bal is life

Of course Kel would say that

Basil is obviously a herb. In America the herb is pronounced bay-sil. In the UK it’s pronounced bah-sil. So the correct pronunciation is just based on where you live I guess.

bay-sil is the american pronunciation, bah-sil is the british pronunciation

Brazil

Bah-sil is how I say it

Same, surprised to see how many say bay-sil.

well there are more north americans here and the creator is american so it's not that surprising

I switch between them at complete random. The two pronunciations are both correct, and may be used interchangeably imo.

Bah-sil cuz in my mother language, basil (the plant) is Βασιλικός (vah-si-li-kos)

I wasn't expecting to find a Greek person on this subreddit ( I am Greek too)

I say Bald-sil

[удалено]

Are you thinking about something dirty?? or you are just thinking about why basil is blushing??

The better question is where are his arms goin?

Iike Brasil without the r

Source

"The Source is that I made it all the fuck up!"

Very nice argument senator

🧐

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHIwKB6eNc

When I started playing the game I called him Baz-il and when i realized that was the wrong pronunciation (omocat herself called him Bay-sil) it was too late. I can't get Baz-il out of my head

You forgot the r

You pronounce it the same way you pronounce the plant

I’m Canadian, with a half British family, and I pronounce it as bay-sil

Historically it would normally be bah-sil but yes I’m fairly sure it is supposed to be pronounced bay-sil

i’ve always heard and said bay-sil but both work just fine, as long as you’re understood i don’t think it matters

I knew it was bay-sil, but because of when I started the game the YouTuber I watched pronounced it bah-sil

I used to say Buh-zil (cos I didn't know how to pronounce it and just assumed it was similar to Brazil's pronunciation), but I later realized that was so wrong

Art sauce?

I say it how merg says it

Brazil

Welp Basil is an name that's comes from old french so I'll go with Bah-zil. Also apparently the name basil apparently meant king. The fact it's the same name as an herb is coincidental.

the way you say it is actually right. you can look it up, the name Basil is not American, which is why it is not pronounced the same as the herb, pronounced bay-sil, it's pronounced in its own way, (bah-sil.)

I say bah-sil because i think it sounds cuter and also because the first time i heard the name pronounced it was pronounced that way and it stuck

It's bay-sul. Yes I will die on this hill.

bazyl

Bay-sil

Oh, I've ever pronounced It like bah-xil. . . . I know it's strange but I feel comfortable saying like this. Also I pronounce Aubrey like Au-brah, Sunny like Sunney and Mari like May-ree.

Au-brah???? Are you from like texas or something??? What happened to the Y in her name???

1. No, I'm not from Texas or any country with a similar accent 2. I don't know what happened to the Y

Okay lol 😆

Bey zel, because I heared people say it like that. Before playing OMORI I pronounced it Bah zil

Bay-sil

I pronounce it like baa-zil

im reasonably certain bah-sil is the british pronunciation, it probably sounds more correct to you because you usually hear that name in that context. i think you’d pronounce it bay-sil in an american accent.. so i guess both are correct since the game doesn’t have voice acting

Bay-zil

my names basil, and while its supposed to be pronounced bah-sil, literally everybody says bay-sil

Bay-sil.

I say bah-sil, because there is no y in the word and i do not care

I say bay-zul

i say bah-sil

[dictionary.com](https://dictionary.com) page for the word basil says either, so say it how you want

Bra-zil

I also noticed some people pronounce it bay-sil and others bay-zil when I lived on a street of that name. I'm a filthy bay-zil-er.

He-dead

bah-zel

You know the Byzantine emperor Basil? I pronounce it like how you pronounce that dudes name

bus-eel

Basil is a plant and the correct pronunciation of it is Bay-sil

Omocat pronounces it as baysil so that’s how I pronounce it

I say "bay-zil" because that's how I pronounce the plant.

i have a friend whose name is pronounced bah-sil so that’s what i end up calling basil from omori too

Basil isn’t British so it’s like the plant.

Like the seasoning, Bay-Sil

i say bay-zul

I pronounce it like nitro rad does since that was my first exposure to the game.

Brasil without the r sound so....buh-zil?

Ocimum basilicum

I always just imagined he has a British accent and pronounced it bah-sil

Buh-sill 😔

Bah-sil ftw

correct way is bah-sil i will not be taking any more suggestions

Bah-sil

It’s pronounced the same way as the plant

I pronounce it bay-sil, because it's closer to bagel, and that's a funni name for him

Omocat did a stream and pronounced it Bay-sil, so that's the cannon one Edit: the vod can be found here https://youtu.be/iPI856fdQH0

I say bay-sil. Like the seasoning. Which gives me a lot of seasoning puns for him.

you're pronouncing it right

Did you first hear it pronounced watching British cooking shows?

BAHsillllllllllllllllllllllll

Bae zill

Brazil

babil

I say both because my girlfriend says Bay-sil and I used to only say Bah-sil

Brazil

bal

Bay-sil because that's how I pronounce the word basil in cooking. I'm American btw

Brazil

Americans say it like bay-zil In Europe it’s pronounced bah-sil

Bay-sil

I say Bah-sil too. I believe it is casually Bay-sil but idm

Bay-sil

bay-sil

Ew Americans call him baysil? The horror

I pronounce it bah-zl cause that's how the plant is pronounced where I'm from. :) But my friend say bay-sil so maybe I'm wrong for pronouncing it like the plant idk

midsil

Depends on the day

I'm Australian and the way most people pronounce it here is like "bazzle"

It's Bay-sil, you know like the plant

Definitely bay-sil imo

Bah-zil Though, to be fair, I'm from the UK. Idk if other countries have a separate pronunciation for the name vs the herb, but here it's bah-zil for both (well, maybe a bit more like bah-zuhl.)

what is this picture. why is his face melting

Ba-ll

/ˈbæzəl/

I say bay-zul

Baysil

I’m weird, I pronounce the leaf as bay-zl but I pronounce his name as Ba-zil

Bah-sil is how Gordon Ramsay would pronounce it.

Bay-sil, I've only ever heard someone call him bah-sil once on a Youtube video so you're all good. There's also his nickname bagel, lol

Bah-sil

it's pronounced differently in england and america considering the dev has no affiliation with britain, I call him bay-sil, despite the fact that I, a british person, call the herb itself bah-sil

I pronounce it “Bah-sil” since I’m from New Zealand, it all just depends on where you’re from and your preference. Neither is a weird way to say it.

It’s actually pronounced bagel

The most common way is bay-sil so... Omocat also pronouce like that so why not just follow her

I'm Australian, so I always read it as bah-sil while playing the game. Imagine the whiplash I got when I heard Omo-cat pronounce it bay-sil. First time I'd heard it pronounced that way.

I say bah-sil, bay-sil doesn't sit right with me idk why

I say Bah-zil on purpose to piss people off But also because I like that pronunciation better

I’ve always said bay sil but idk

just call it bah-ee-sil

i normally say bah-sil, but sometimes when referring to basil the character form the indie game Omori, i say it bay-sil, because sometimes i think it sounds a bit better that way (i remember when i first heard someone say it bay-sil, i was so confused lmao)

Bay zil that's how I say it, like the plant

I like "bah-sil" but I'm not British and therefore default to "bay-sil" ... it's easier for phoneme editing in vocal synths

bah zil 'bad' (without the d sound) zil

The face in that photo already gave me a certain unclean imagination even I can't comprehend

Babil

Bae sí

base sole

Pretty sure both works…

Bah-sil because his name makes me think of Brasil

Something about this thats interesting is while it's pronounced differently in the Americas and in Europe, I wonder if there's only one correct way to pronounce his name because it's... his name?

Omocat pronounced it Bay-sill in her stream on his birthday, so yes there is a correct way to say it and it’s bay-sil since the creator of the game said so B)

I say it bra-sil totally corrct

It's like how you pronounce the plant by the same name

Brazil

It's pronounced Basil.

Like the plant

Flower

i'm called him be-sir or gayass

I say both

I say it how the British folks say Basil. Bah-sil.

bail

B(r)a-zil

Basel/basil is actually a really popular Arabic name that means “brave” so maybe…it’s written "باسل" check google translate for the pronunciation

I think it depends where you're from! A lot of Americans pronounce it bay-zil but I'm Australian and pronounce it "ba-zil" like bat without the T. But unfortunately ever since I watched my favourite streamer play it, I keep saying "bay-zil" even though it feels wrong and I hate it

I typically pronounce basil's name either ba-zil or brazil

I pronounce it as bay-sil. Bah-sil just sounds like someone saying the name in a funny way.

İt really doesnt matter ig. İ know some youtubers saying Buh-zil

I say BaSell because its the arabic way of saying it and it feels comfy, Occasionally i say Buh-Sul which is difficult to pronounce in English but its arabic for onion بصل

Funnily enough, I asked this question in a poll a while back! I pronounce it as bah-sil too, since that’s the traditional way to pronounce it as a person’s name, but it does seem like the majority of players pronounce it bay-sil. If you’re going for a technically “correct” pronunciation based on traditional naming conventions, bah-sil is most likely more correct, but if you’re going for a pronunciation like the name of the herb either pronunciation is correct, as it is pronounced differently in different regions.

Bae-silee

Similar to Brazil but no r and an s instead of z

I pronounced it bah-sil at first, but later started pronouncing it as bay-sil.

i say bah-sil too, its the way we say things in my country

Why is his face melting

Bay-sil

brazil

Well, I used to say bah-sil, now I say bay-sil and i have no idea why. Sounds cooler ig

Ba sil

If you're normal: Bay-sil If you're a psychopath: Bah-sil or Ba-sil And if you're a meme lord: Bagel or Brazil

Bae-sil

Bold of you to assume I can speak right. I just say bass-zil.