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therob Jun 28, 2020 @ 6:02am
How come all y'all say "anime" wrong?
I always hear English speakers pronounce it "an-imay." However, if you listen to this Japanese girl, it's pronounced "on-ee-may."



skip to 0:22 & 0:27 & 0:59 & 1:08


OR is SHE the one mispronouncing it since this guy speaking Japanese at 1:24 pronounces it "an-imay" like the English speakers say it...but a faster version of it?



Should we all be pronouncing it as "on-ee-may" :riddle:





This reminds me of:
man-ga & mon-ga :lunar2020halodragon:
Ry-you & Ri-you & Ree-you :Ryu:
Jy-row & year-row :tacooo:

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eram Jun 28, 2020 @ 6:04am 
call it whatever you like, no one other than you cares

ant knee me
Who cares how it pronounced it's still trashy cartoons and sexist towards women.
Zekiran Jun 28, 2020 @ 6:05am 
Annie May.

That's literally how it's been pronounced since... like, ever a non-Japanese viewing was done. I just pulled out an ancient box of t-shirts I have, one of which is from the old Cal-Animage Beta chapter (beeehhh-ta) from like... 1984? Something like that. Annie May.


weeb.
Same with "Bratwurst" which mostly is pronounced "Braatworst" but hey... does it really matter...? 🙄
eram Jun 28, 2020 @ 6:07am 
Originally posted by Wouselz:
Same with "Bratwurst" which mostly is pronounced "Braatworst" but hey... does it really matter...? 🙄

Sausage. Or if you have a very strong German accent. Sosig.
Originally posted by eram:
Originally posted by Wouselz:
Same with "Bratwurst" which mostly is pronounced "Braatworst" but hey... does it really matter...? 🙄

Sausage. Or if you have a very strong German accent. Sosig.
More like "sausetsch" but yeah... true story...:lunar2019laughingpig:
Mötley Jun 28, 2020 @ 6:15am 
I call it cartoon
Originally posted by Mötley:
I call it cartoon
Owwwwww...:whaaat:
eram Jun 28, 2020 @ 6:17am 
what about manga..

orange man bad.
Z i o ⚡ Jun 28, 2020 @ 6:17am 
Just call it j-animation. Or janimation.
Last edited by Z i o ⚡; Jun 28, 2020 @ 6:18am
saranacX Jun 28, 2020 @ 6:19am 
Originally posted by Mötley:
I call it cartoon
Good man.
Birds Jun 28, 2020 @ 6:19am 
animu
japanimation
nihongination

most people don't pronounce english correctly, even within english speaking countries.

onimei is still butchering it, probably.

anyway a lot of purists say the only way to speak japanese is clenching your butt like there's a stick up there, and that's really discriminatory against the kansai and ryuku dialects.

so, it's a little...
ZAP Jun 28, 2020 @ 6:24am 
First&Only Jun 28, 2020 @ 6:54am 
Originally posted by ForAGoodTimeCallJenny867-5309:
Who cares how it pronounced it's still trashy cartoons and sexist towards women.

sexist towards women from the user with the old cliche demeaning 'call for a good time' moniker as a username
Originally posted by First&Only:
Originally posted by ForAGoodTimeCallJenny867-5309:
Who cares how it pronounced it's still trashy cartoons and sexist towards women.

sexist towards women from the user with the old cliche demeaning 'call for a good time' moniker as a username
It's from a song. And anime is being sexist towards woman claiming all woman have size quadruple zzzz boobs.


Jenny I've got your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny don't change your number
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
I got it (i got it) I got it
I got your number on the wall
I got it (i got it) I got it
For a good time, for a good time call
Jenny don't change your number
I need to make you mine
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