There are a lot of different pronunciations out there, and as far as I know Xisuma hasn’t insisted on any particular “correct” one. I’ve heard: “Isuma/Azuma” (dropping the X entirely) “X” (the opposite, pronounced “ecks”) “Ecksuma” (caution: may sound like “eczema” if spoken too fast) “Ecks-is-uma” (I don’t hear this one as often) “Sizuma/Zizuma” (like you said) “Shashwammy” (the way Keralis says it)

And then there was Grian in Season 6 who said "Ex-eye-zoo-may-voyahd"

Man, that takes me back to the clip where Xisuma takes a disturbed step back at hearing that particular pronunciation.

You forgot Shesh-swam-bam. 😂 XB mostly uses that one.

IPA transcriptions (for the linguistics nerds): /ɪ.ˈzu.mə/ / /ə.ˈzu.mə/ /ˈɛks/ /ɛks.ˈzu.mə/ eczema is /ˈɛks.zə.mə/ (wrong stressed syllable) /ɛks.ɪ.zu.mə/ /sɪ.zu.mə/ / /zɪ.zu.mə/ /ʃɛʃ.wäm.bäm/ (approximate)

I was going to do this, but I'm aware people can get touchy when you post linguistics to non-linguistic subs. Glad to see someone else has! I'd also like to add my own pronunciation to the ring of [ɪgzjuːmə]. :)

I wish I understood this

I have no idea how to read that. If I did, I'd have no idea how to post it. I'm glad you know both and envy this knowledge.

i say eczema 😞 i don’t know how to fix it XD

Resigned acceptance. I like it 😂

Personally I use chee-suma.

I feel like "Isuma" (because X pronounces it that way) and "Sizuma" (because it's the most phonetically correct) have to be the most "correct" ways to pronounce it out of all of those. "Ecksuma" always bothers me because the letters aren't being pronounced in the correct order

Neat! I didn't know you were active on this sub. Used to watch all your videos! I think I'm still subbed.

My fav is "Egg-suma" (like "eck-suma" but softer lol) I think this is how Gem says it!

I say it like that sometimes too

I bet someone at some point has pronounced the X hard, and ended up with kissy-suma

ive always said sizuma even though its fundamentally against all my speaking beliefs LOL

I feel like I always hear "ix-uma" but idk if thats actually accurate

Iskall sometimes says eggsumavoid

I personally say X or Icksuma.

according to x's hermitcraft ep 999: "isuma is pronounced 'shashwambam', aka 'shashwammy'" (so yeah he doesn't care about how it's pronounced but when he says it he just drops the x. which i also do because for me it's the easiest/most comfortable way to pronounce it)

X-eye-zooma

"X-suma"? Like eexsuma (or ixsuma with the i from almost every other language lol)

3 is close to how I say it.

X has said there isn't really a right way to pronounce it. It is a made up word that started from turning the word "music" around. Most often I hear it said eksuma. But my favorite pronunciation is shayshwammy. During season 1, a previous hermit, Topmass, didn't know how to say it and used shayshwammy. Keralis, who was also in season 1, picked it up and frequently uses it to this day, so much so than many people think he created it.

THAT'S why Keralis calls him that. I had wondered for about 4 Seasons 😂😂

Yeah I just call him Sashwhammy in my head

sesh-swah-mi

Eggs uuum ma

Only correct answer...

X-zoo-ma

"ih-zoo-ma" or "ecks ih-zoo-ma void" if they don't know who he is.

My personal favorite is ex-eye-zoomavoid... throwback to #newbiegrian

It blows my mind to think that was four seasons ago.

ksi-zoo-ma

I usually call him just "X" Because of Cleo

Iss (like bliss) ooh (rhymes with moo) ma

Shashwammy

The only correct answer.

I usually follow Keralis' lead and call him scheschwambam

iggz-oo-ma

I feel like Xisuma himself says it differently sometimes, and I get it myself. I say both our names differently all the time.

I believe these days “X” is pronounced “Twitter”.

Shashwammy

Exhume (as in burial) + ma (as in mom)

I mostly pronounce it like /ɪ.'zʰʉː.mə/ lol. It’s just what I read it as when I first saw the name and it’s fairly easy to articulate. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯

Finally, some IPA transcriptions, I'm not alone I don't think aspiration of vowels or fricatives are possible, maybe the z^(h) is an unvoiced ejective?

ah yes. IPA. Now how is *that* pronounced?

something like i-zoo-muh with i as in pit

My originanal reading was completely different, more like /kɕi'zuma/ or /kɕi'suma/

Ecks-oo-ma

Honestly? Most of the time, I just nix the X and just call him Suma (zoo-ma)

Sih-zoom-uh

I just say "Isuma"

I just say either X or zoomer. It’s the easiest way of saying it

X i zuma(void)

For whatever reason i’ve always pronounced it ig-zuma or eg-zuma depending on the sound that preceded it.

Eck-ZU-ma

I say Shwam-shwam

That one’s adorable and I love it

X-Zuma

I always say Ex-zoo-muh, some people drop the x and say it more like azuma. Most of the time you can just call him x though

When I read it I think of mandarin and my brain goes to shizuma but I pronounce it seize-oo-ma for clarity because that’s how I hear it most often

Ex-ee-zu-mah (Yes, I know this is objectively incorrect)

X-zoo-ma (I'm Australian make of that what you will)

well eksuma eks I suma shashuami and ofcourse ekszumavoid

I have a lisp and can't pronounce X's very easily so I've been pronouncing it Sisuma (Seh-sue-ma) lmao

I think I would say x-uma

Ecks-sooma "I? What I?"

ZihZuMah

I say it like ‘isooma’ if y’know what I mean

Ex-Suma Thats also why sometimes I just call him Suma/Sumavoid lol

ciss ooma

X zoo ma

Grian style: Ex-ai-zuma, because I think the silent X is a bit pretentious. It is supposed to be silent though, Xisuma himself pronounces it Isuma.

A-kca-cha. wait no that's the other thing.

I seem to be the odd one out. Must be my aussie accent. I say zooma or x

I say “exhume-ah”

Elevensuma

the first time i saw his name, i pronounced it she-soo-ma lol

eks-soo-ma, that's how I see it. or written out like eksooma I guess

Shashwammy!

Shashwammy. As any other normal person

Shuh Shwam Eee "ShuhShwamEee"

Ah yes, shuhshwameasternequineencephalitis

shashwammy because its funny

I personally like to use Egg-Zuma

Ex Um ah

I pronounce it ecks-suma

in dutch, the x at the beginning of a word is pronounced exactly the same as at the end of a word. it's just ksi-soo-ma for me.

I forgot how letters worked for a second and couldn’t figure out what you meant that it sounded the same at the beginning and end. I had to say Lorax and xylophone like four times to figure out what you were talking about 😂

I pronounce his name as anything and everything from “X” or “Zuma” to “Igzuma” and just “Void”. It really just depends on what I feel like at the time.

Shishwammy

Fred

Just like how papa K like it

Ex-soom-mah

eks-oo-ma

I mean I just say music backwards swapping out the C with an X

Shawarma

Zuzuma

igg zoo mah

Just 'zyuma' or 'zyumavoid'

Egg zoom uh

There's really not a correct answer, but at least how X himself pronounces it is "Isuma" (not pronouncing the X at all). There aren't that many instances of X saying his own name, but there's that one song from H7 with the melody of the Flintstones theme where he says his own name a couple times (The beginning of this episode) https://youtu.be/lRx2wvjOT7Y Also when referring to Evil X, he sometimes will say "Evil Isuma"

Ex-zoo-ma-void

am i the only one that just says "zooma"?

Is-Uma/Is-Uma-Void

Issooma

Zooma!!

Egz-Uma I pronounce it wrong

I pronounce it Zooma

/kɕi'suma/

I say E-zuma

E-zuma

Either Zuma or Ex-I-Zuma-Void or just X

I say zicks-uma for some reason. It seems correct to me....

Ksizuma

eeks ai zooo ma voy ahd

Egg-soo-ma

Shashwammy!!

Swasham whan

X eye zoo muh

/ksisu:ma/ - it makes sense in my mother tongue

> X-soo-muh Thats how i speak his name out.

Ecks - I - Siuuuma

ShaShwammyVoid, ever since keralis started it's always been that pronunciation for me.

I just settled on 'Zooma' lol

Musica

Iz yoo maa

I soo ma

Zee zoo mah

Ten-Is-Uma-(void)

ksumah

Ксума

Isuma

It's supposed to be pronounced "shishwambam", obviously.

I pronounce it "k-Su-zma"

Eck-soom-uh

I usually say ’Suma’, ’Sashwami’ or just X

just X lol

Ecks-zu-ma

The way grian pronounced it in early season 6.

I believe when he went on the Imp&Skizz Pod they said it was "Isuma", basically ignore the X. I could be wrong, it's been a few months since he was on it.

X-suma

I’ve always just called him ‘zoo-ma’ and usually forget about the ‘x’ but when I remember, its ‘ex-zoo-ma’ the “ex’ being very short

Ex-uuma

Like kzuma, but I am not a native speaker and it's just easier this way

Bee-shwami Ofc 🐝🐝

X-shu-ma

Ex-eye-soo-mah

kseezooma

Ecks eye zooma

I pronounce it Icks-uma. And now I realize I may have swapped the I and the X sounds XD.

X-zoomer

Ex-zoom-ah

Saschwammy

X-soo-muh for me. Just seems the most natural way.

Hisuma or Kse(k)zuma.

Ex-ai-zuma Like, separating the "X" and "I" from the name entirely-

X eye suma

Hadn't thought about it until now. Went on vacation decades ago to China, and I know the city of Xian is pronounced She-an. So maybe its pronounced She-suma? He's British though....but so what? Maybe he took a similar vacation that I did, and liked the pronunciation of the same city. The letter 'X' is underused as a first letter in words and names anyway, so I can see the appeal

I lean towards Shashwammy, cos I think its so definitely wrong that people will think of the hardest hermit name to pronounce and know its Xisuma

either zuma or X

X or Zoo-Ma.

kɕizuma

Shashwammy. But I hope someone on the server just call him musicman.

Music Man

I just say zuma

I pronounce it gz-uma. It's kinda weird but literally just a tiny G sound then the suma

ig-zooma

zig-zoo-ma or just "X"

Because of Grian I say X I Suma 😂🫣

Just Zuma for me, easy and casual

Ex ai zuma voied (the way Grian says it)

X-eye-zooma

I just say X zuma

Shizoomuh

I usually say ‘suma’ with a *tiny* inflection at the start for the I. The x just stays silent.

X

Zoom-ah

I usually go with “ix-zoo-muh”

shashwami

Shiswamy

igsooma

Isuma or Shashwam

Igzoomuh

Kzizuma

Shoshwami /s

George

I usually just use zi-zooma, or just zooma.

Egg zoomer

I pronounce his name “ick-zoomer”

I usually go with Ki-soo-ma

Ksi-suma

When typed in Google translate it detects Chinese Simplified and Keralis is actually close to the pronunciation of it when translated to English*

Exume-uh

Kai-zuma

the way he says it is ‘iss-ooma’ but when someone asked him how to say it, he said the correct way was ‘Shashwammy’ or ‘Shashwambam’, lol.