How to say Di Dee Are

lelliebunny · Trick Member Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Location: redmond, wa

the t is not silent, you just don't really hear it if you aren't listening.
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from the "broodwich" episode of ATHF

rampage · Administrator Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Redmond, WA

There's lots of subtelty in Japanese that you aren't likely to catch if you don't speak it. For instance, the "t" in tsugaru IS pronounced, but it's very subtle and to somebody who didn't know better, "Tsu" wouldn't sound much different than "ssu."
Much like the "d" and "r" (let's not get started on confusion between "r" and "l") sound in Japanese sound very close if you can't pick up the subtle differences, or the "su" in "masu" and "desu" sounding almost silent (they just are not very emphasised, so "desu" sounds more like "dess."

I'd like to reiterate, if people want to discuss the finer points of linguistics, it should be taken to a topic in Random Chat.

Dance · Trick Member Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Location: Louisville, KY

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=JoN B3x= · Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:42 am Post subject:

how to say b4u

bi for iu
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Akuna · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Location: FL

thanks for the list, very helpful to everyone.

AK (Vanilla x Mint Mix) · Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:10 am Post subject:

One could think of the name in pronounciation as something like "Catsugaru." Meow.

P-Chan · Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:16 pm Post subject:

clubbinguy · Trick Member Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Location: USA

I dont think anyone has got it right yet...
JaneJana = Za-nay-za-na as per the Indian pronunciation. No J sounds at all. And if you actually listen to it, you'll hear it's a Z sound anyway. But granted, I can't verify this 100% yet.

Tsugaru. Yes, the T is pronounced, but subtle, as someone else said. I have more international-student friends from Japan than you can shake a stick at, and they clarified this for me once and for all.

=JoN B3x= · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:27 am Post subject:

latindude88wpg · Trick Member Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Location: winnipeg, mb

tso... if tse 't' is tsilent, we can tsay tsunamis tsuck?

(tsorry, i couldn't resist

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AK (Vanilla x Mint Mix) · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:54 pm Post subject:

latindude88wpg · Trick Member Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Location: winnipeg, mb

aaw, ok

AK (Vanilla x Mint Mix) · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:08 pm Post subject:

latindude88wpg · Trick Member Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Location: winnipeg, mb

corny as in dee dee ahh? we're all corny dancing fools

AK (Vanilla x Mint Mix) · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:54 pm Post subject: