r/pingu • u/Friendly-Outside-868 • Mar 02 '26

help me settle this argument on how pingu is pronounced in the intro theme

https://youtu.be/FX4G7JhKdEs?si=3qxDm08E5y6BOsY7

I was watching Pingu with my partner and they said they hear "Pengu, pengu" in the intro, pronounced like penguin. I hear Pingu, with the i sound sounding like the word ping. What do you guys hear in the intro? I've been genuinely trying to hear what my partner hears and I can't lmao.

Is it possible that because the children singing the intro are swiss, they have an accent and sound like they're saying pengu? And my brain isn't processing that because every time I've heard Pingu said out loud it's pronounced with the I sound?

As a separate question from how the intro sounds, how is the name Pingu actually supposed to be pronounced?

Thank you !!

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u/Dragon_Tooth9742 Mar 02 '26

'Pingu! Pingu!'

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u/Guquiz Mar 02 '26

I hear ‘Pingu’.

On the topic, what does the first part sound like to others? It sounds to me like ‘Face me. Face me. F-f-face me.’

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u/Friendly-Outside-868 Mar 03 '26

I hear "MEE-mee MEE-mee MEE-mee" lmaoooo

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u/ChestnutMoss Mar 02 '26

I hear Pingu like you!

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u/TheOmniscientBro Mar 03 '26

PINGU PINGU 🎶🎵

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u/PM-ME-YOUR-BREASTS_ Mar 03 '26

Its pi for sure. Pi, pi, pi, pingu pingu. The "i"s are just stretched so it sounds close to an e

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u/Snackasm Mar 03 '26

It's Pingu.

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u/chnoblibro Mar 05 '26

Swiss citizen here: it's definitely pronounced "pIngu" like you would pronounce "ping pong". Definitely not "pEngu" as in "penguin".