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1685390 No.1685390 [Reply] [Original]

Ive been wondering, how exactly do I pronounce Touhou?

"Two-Who", "Toe-Hoe" ?

>> No.1685398

I can't take this thread seriously.

>> No.1685402

>>1685390
Tshoo~
Gocku

>> No.1685403

I pronounce it SAH-GAY~

>> No.1685407

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEIEOB5KRYU
0:06

>> No.1685408

I have always pronounced it toe-hoe, but i heard other fags say it's two-who

>> No.1685419

The more you say it, the more stupid it sounds. Like gaia or anime.

>> No.1685440

I say Too Hoo even though I know it's wrong. I also call manga "Maynga". I can't help it, I just feel like a huge faggot if it sounds like I'm speaking Japanese.

>> No.1685447

>>1685408
Those other fags probably pronounce "yaoi" as "yow-eee", and must be American. What retards.

>> No.1685451

Tåhå

>> No.1685455

>>1685447
I always pronounce ahoge as ahodge because when I first heard it on an English image board, I assumed it was a normal English word.

>> No.1685456

>>1685455
same with sage

>> No.1685459
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1685459

>The character う is also used, in its full-sized form, to lengthen "o" sounds. For example, the word 構想 is written in hiragana as こうそう (kousou), pronounced kōsō.

So yeah, not two-who.

>> No.1685463

It's toe-hoe, don't let any faggots tell you otherwise.

>> No.1685486

it's more like
"Toh-hoh" except not pronouncing the h

really, you have to gain an understanding of the different vowel sounds and then the original romanization will make perfect sense to you.

>> No.1685497

It's Toehoe. I've seen it romanised in english as Toho before. Also that segment of some show where Zun was showing off his awesome hat pronounced it "Toehoe Project"

I get stuck most pronouncing Cirno. Is it Sir-noh, Churr-noh, Seer-noh or as a pretty fucking horrible fandub put it, KUR-NOH?

>> No.1685500

>>1685486
Native English speakers seem to have difficulties with pronunciation. English has no rules whatsoever. "ghoti" could be pronounced as "fish" (gh (laugh). o (women), ti (nation)) and there are words like "dreadnought".

>> No.1685505

>>1685497
chiruno

so kind of like "cheelno" if you were getting tripped up on the "l"

>> No.1685526

Why would it matter? It's not like you're going to leave your room to talk to anyone anyway.

>> No.1685542

>>1685497
I've always said Churr-noh, but then again I'm an italianfag.

>> No.1685552

>>1685451

>> No.1685565

>>1685500

Yeah, English speakers must have it tougher pronouncing Japanese. Thank god German pronunciation = ～Japanese pronunciation.

And also, It's Tōhō, obviously. Or do you pronounce 東京　as Toekyoe

>> No.1685567

I pronounce 東方 as Dōngfāng you stupid Japs

>> No.1685573

>>1685567
stupid chink

>> No.1685580

>>1685451
This. お should really be romanized as å.

>> No.1685581

>>1685573
>>1685567
癌症

>> No.1685586

>>1685567

CHINESE STEAL HANJA FROM COREA, COREA ONCE NAMED HAN SO THAT MEANS COREA INVENTED IT IN COREA PRONOUNCE IS DONGBANG 동방

>> No.1685589
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1685589

>>1685586
>DONGBANG

DONGBANG, FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YEAH

>> No.1685597

>>1685580
We're not talking about お, but おう.

>> No.1685626

>>1685567
"Dong Fong" in my place.

>>1685390
In Japanese, Touhou is "how you romanize" and "what you type to get the words (kana or kanji)".
Other version exists as Tōhō, simplified as Toho, etc.
Some use Toh/hoh to keep the lengthen to/ho, as well as Torhor (wtf?).

My preference as in English: Torhol.
That's near Toe-Hoe...
But anyway, is that in fact anyone who do care about original exact pronunciation?

in b4 IPA

>> No.1685630

tuhu

>> No.1685637

Just call it badly drawn 2d shmup and be done with it

>> No.1685658

stop romanizing things, you illiterate shits

東方

>> No.1685663

>>1685637
"that crazy fairy shooter"

>> No.1685676

>>1685597
Isn't おう kinda just a prolonged お sound? Because I've never heard say såh-uh dess kah

>> No.1685683

Dongbang, dongfang, dongfong -- none of those sound even remotely like Tōhō.

Stupid fucking chinks.

>> No.1685689

I know theeglorious Nipponese, so I pronounce it right.

>> No.1685711

>>1685565
So why does German sound like a typewriter eating tinfoil while being kicked down some stairs?

>> No.1685729

>>1685586
eat more dogs

>> No.1685740

hey gaiz
how do you rponounce loli?
is it low-lee, or lol-ie?

>> No.1685761

>>1685711

Because we are an angry people. Ever hear a German swear when he's really pissed? Compare that to English or even lol French and tell me which is more intimidating.

>> No.1685767

Tō-hō
/thread

>> No.1685776

>>1685740
i know its wrong but i say LAWL-LEE

>> No.1685785

>>1685740
>>1685776

It's pronounced "delicious flatchest" you faggots

>> No.1685825

>>1685785
But I do not find the flat chest very delicious unless it is Akiha of Tenshi. There may be more but I can not think of any.

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