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てゐ

should be teh wii, in practice is tay

>>14511281
Its pronounced "Iku!, Tewi-chan!"

>>14511281
http://en.touhouwiki.net/images/b/bc/Pronunciation_TewiInaba.ogg

I dont understand why it's Tei instead of Teh wii, but it is.

>>14511347
The wi syllable is obsolete. No reason, just accept it. It's awkward to be pronouncing it wi when it's obsolete. So just say i.

It's Tei because I still say Tewi because that's how I learned it and I have trouble unlearning it.

>>14511281
Te-ui

>>14511362
But I swear I have heared words with the wi sound before. I cant think of any off the top of my head, but I swear I can.

Is this about like how you say something along the lines of "watashi wa" and "wa" is "ha"? Sorry I cant type moon on my keyboard.Not that I am good enough to speak it yet.

Terry

>>14511281
Hiroyuki

>>14511281

Suppa

>>14511413
BENIMARU COLLIDER

>>14511347
He's probably actually pronouncing "wi" but since the "w" in Japanese is so soft it sounds almost like "i". If it were really "i" they would probably pronounce it like "tee" (ex. teikoku -> teekoku).

>>14511401
OK!

>>14511387
The -Japanese- wi syllable is obsolete, but not the foreign "ui".

Wi and other obsolete syllables were formerly written in all words where appropriate, but they were not pronounced as such. Spelling reform eliminated this practice. ZUN was just being old-fashioned.

It's pronounced "High class semen demon"

>>14511362
I still like pronouncing it as Tewi because Tei sounds too much like 定.

I know the kanji is probably different but in my lowly apprenticeship so far, the word "determine" doesn't really remind me of earth rabbits. Tewi is a cute name too!

>>14511281
It's pronounced "shit"

>>14511616
>>14511347
>>14511324
>>14511281
What's with Tewi fanart and this? I can't really think of other touhous with dresses doing this, so it seems unusually common with her.

>>14511281
Even though I know better, I usually say Twei(tway) and can't help it.

>>14511743
We will never know why everone's dressed like they are in 19th century rural Japan and Tewi is wearing a summer dress, during that time.

>>14511281
it's pronounced "loli"

>>14511705
>Tei sounds too much like 定.
そんな意見は全否てゐ

>>14511362
Yes, but she's an ancient being so you should be using the archaism nonetheless.

>>14511901
てゐ is an archaic せうぢよ! 少女

>>14511936
Is it true that 少女 can also signify a virgin woman besides young girl?

>>14511945
処女 is virgin. I guess おとめ can mean maiden.
One would expect a little girl to be a virgin necessarily.

>>14511752
What's that have to do with tewi pulling her dress up?

>>14511281
Trayvon

>>14512018
What's wrong with pulling her dress up? Maybe rubbing her belly brings great luck.

Do you think she has some scars?

pronounced tei

but pronouncing it tehwee is cuter

I pronounce it as Teh-vee

>>14512042
kek

>>14511743
>I can't really think of other touhous with dresses doing this
Look at more porn. 2hu's with dresses do this sort of thing e.g Remilia has a few images I have seen floating around.

The Yakumos too.

>>14513482
Wandering in of the bamboo forest during rabbit mating season must be quite the adventure.

is it ok to hunt rabbit yokai for food?

>>14513650
>mating season
I dont think they have oe. Zun needs to expand on hist material, but I figured that since many beast youkai were animal/human hybrids, that they had more human traits. They show human level intelligence, personalities, etc. So I think they are above animal instincts.

The important message I want to get across is, they can mate all year round. I hope. I believe, and in Gensokyo, faith matters.

>>14514749
Drinking is ok but no eating

>>14511281
Tewi.

Babies pronounce it Tei though. You have to at least be 2000 to post on 4chan so you better say Tewi.

>>14511281
She was born in an era where that ゐ was actually pronounced.

Let's say your name is Mark but for some reason in ten years the "r" isn't pronounced anymore. Would you start calling yourself Mak or would you still keep pronouncing your name as Mark?

In other words, has ZUN ever said in voice how should we pronounce the name? There shouldn't be a definitive answer unless he clearly stated the pronunciation.

Tewi = tea-why

>>14513482
>Posts lesser Tewi as an example
She's not raising her dress above her head almost. I'm not talking about that skirt lift thing ojou and maid type characters like to do, I mean pulling it all the way up to her neck like she's about to take it off, but not actually about to take it off. The only thing I can think of with Remilia is just her showing off her navel.

For Tewi, it's not part of some porn either, it's just some cheesecake image usually. I admit OP isn't really a good example though, and probably shouldn't have been quoted.

The rabbits are for impregnating with potent sperm.

>>14515118
I think it's because she's the only one who uses some type of nightgown.

the tei

>>14511347
>>14511362
But Tewi is an old hag.

>>14515046
That's not how it works, anon. If the R has been dropped from all words in this position, then everyone would say Mahk, and you would either keep the R in Mark and everywhere else, or drop it in accordance with modern speech. It's what everyone does anyway, in England.

In Japanese's case, w before e, i and o has been dropped everywhere, so it's nothing more than an antiquated spelling. Tewi speaks modern Japanese, so there's no reason to assume that she would go pronouncing words in ways now obsolete for hundreds of years, least that anyone else would. The old spellings were maintained in Japanese for a long time after their pronunciation had conflated, so it's an established practice, actually. You know, there's a lot more to old Japanese than just the syllable wi.

Tl;Dr I just wrote a pointless autistic post but I hope it serves the greater good in some way.

>>14511281
Tei-a-shit

Tewi is an OL!

It's Tea-Why

>>14515370
An Old Lady?

>>14511281
2E

>>14515527
unintentionally lewd

>>14515424
Possibly one of the oldest

>>14515656
That's her thing.

>>14512112
Maybe it's because of my shitty screen, but if I only look at the thumbnail of this image, I see a creepy zombie opening its mouth.

It's teh-wii, you anglo fucks.

>>14515757
That's a shark, not a zombie.

>>14515986
No, you didn't understand.
I talk about a pareidolia effect.
The small thumbnails made the brain see forms that don't actually exist.
But nevermind, it wasn't important.

>>14515357
I appreciated your effort.

Ballsdeep inside Tewi's butt!

>>14515357
Yes, but that's still her name. You know that if the "r" was dropped everywhere chances are Mark would still call himself Mark even though he would talk the new speech normally and drop the "r" everywhere else.
For example people with double consonants on their names don't suddenly drop one when presenting themselves in a country that doesn't use them but of course he's going to talk the rest of the language properly.

>>14516006
I think I sort of see it. It's like her feet/dress bottom are fingers and the part above is the face and open mouth, right?

>>14516811
>Mark would still call himself Mark even though he would talk the new speech normally and drop the "r" everywhere else.
I don't know about that. A name is just a word in a language, it's not special. "Mark" even exists as a regular word in English. If you pronounce it differently, it's because you find the name completely incompatible with the context language. E.g. Mark would be very incompatible with Japanese. But Tewi is not. Bored with this discussion because talking about linguistics with people who haven't studied them is pointless.

>>14515752
the most cute