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Zezin
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Pronunciation

Post by Zezin »

Ok I speak English and a good bit of Spanish.
But I don't know anything about any Asian languages and how things are pronounced. So obviously pronouncing names in KS is very hard for me. So I want to see what I know and what I don't.
I will just show how I'm sounding it out.

Katawa Shoujo:
Kah-tah-wah Shoo-joh

Yamaku:
Yah-mah-koo

Kenji Setou:
Ken-gee Seh-too

Hanako Ikezawa:
Han-ah-koh Eek-ee-zah-wah

Hisao Nakai:
Hee-sow Nah-kai

Emi Ibarazaki:
Em-ee Ee-barah-zah-kee

Tezuka:
Te-zoo-kah

Satou:
Sah-taow

Shizune Hakamichi:
Shee-zoo-nay Ha-kah-mee-chee

Shiina Mikado:
Shee-nah Mee-kah-doh

Akio Mutou:
Ah-kee-oh Moo-taow

Yuuko Shirakawa:
Yoo-koh Shee-rah-kah-wah

I'm pretty sure I got a lot of those right but I have been corrected more than once on these so I wanted to be sure.
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Re: Pronunciation

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This is the way I pronounce their names, except Shizune. "Shee-zoo-nay" just doesn't sound right to me, at all. I know that's probably the proper way of saying it, but in my opinion, saying Shizune's name as it looks just sounds better.
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Re: Pronunciation

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Looks right to me. Pretty sure "shoujo" is "sho-joh" though.
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Re: Pronunciation

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ShadeHaven wrote:This is the way I pronounce their names, except Shizune. "Shee-zoo-nay" just doesn't sound right to me, at all. I know that's probably the proper way of saying it, but in my opinion, saying Shizune's name as it looks just sounds better.
Shee-zoo-ne (As in Negima)
Xanatos wrote:Looks right to me. Pretty sure "shoujo" is "sho-joh" though.
According to my sources, the "ou" is pronounced the same way as the Swedish letter "å". :)
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Re: Pronunciation

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We already had this. Have a look here and here.
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