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3620562 No.3620562 [Reply] [Original]

how do you pronounce touhou?

two-how? toe-who?

>> No.3620567

Get out, whoreno.

>> No.3620568

Back to /a/ please.

>> No.3620574

toe-hoe.

STUPID SEXY CIRNO

>> No.3620582

ToHo

>> No.3620585

TwoHoo

>> No.3620587

Dongfang

>> No.3620588
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>> No.3620592

Is this a clever build-up to foot porn?

>> No.3620607

what does it means?

>> No.3620617

TeeHee

>> No.3620648

I pronounce it "とうほう".

>> No.3620655

>>3620607
seconded

>> No.3620675

TooHoo

Kinda like YooHoo

>> No.3620705

>>3620648
This

I don't understand why people cant just pronounce it the way its written.

"Touhou"

>> No.3620709

>>3620705
Illiterate, do people be.

>> No.3620714

>>3620675
Except not.
It's pronounced Toehoe.

>> No.3620721

>>3620714
No it's not. Fail more.

>> No.3620723

>>3620721
>>3620714
>>3620675
americans.

>> No.3620727

>>3620721
>Tōhō
>ō
This isn't pronounced "ou" it's pronounced as a long "o".

>> No.3620730

>>3620723
Wrong.
But you have to explain in ways that they'll be able to understand.

>> No.3620734

>>3620723
Well if you want to believe that then sure.

>> No.3620747

Sage for sexualizing awesome Cirno.

>> No.3620755

>>3620727
That's why it's written in Japanese with "う/u", right?

>> No.3620761

In japanese, the "ou" is in fact pronounced as a long o. It's one of the few times in the language where a letter isn't pronounced the way it usually is.

>> No.3620767

>>3620761
You're supposed to shape your mouth like you're pronouncing the 'u' at the end, but keep vocalizing the 'o'.

>> No.3620770

No, you're thinking of blowjobs.

>> No.3620775

TorWhore

>> No.3620802

>>3620761
<unverified fact>
I believe it's not exactly a long o, at least from the Japanese perspective. The Japanese o is a monophthong, whereas the English one is a diphthong. I always assumed the ou was a diphthong, closer to our o, but with more of a tightening of the lips, as signified by the u, whereas the oo was just a stretched out monophthong. In other words, toe-hoe is actually fairly close, since it's a diphthong like our o and it's twice the length of a normal Japanese vowel, which is short and clipped in comparison to a normal English one.

Of course, I'm not a linguist or any shit like that, so take it with a grain of salt. That's just the way I always thought about it.

>> No.3620818

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vKlCUxKyUA

Well look, here the guy says "sou desu ne". That's how you pronounce the ou.

>> No.3620833 [DELETED] 

>>3620561
plz stop spammeen ur shity board on anoxntalxk.com ok were tired of u now ( remove the x's )

>> No.3620850

>>3620588

HNNGGGGGGG

>> No.3620879

>>3620767
Yeah, but that's too involved, so I just say it like Toho.

>> No.3620888
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>> No.3620914

Toh Hoh

>> No.3620931

>>3620755
What are you on about.
It's written with 東方

>> No.3620962

I pronunce it Touhou because I'm not a stupid american and english isn't my first language.

>> No.3620972

>>3620962
But that's the fun part.
It doesn't sound like the "ou" from latin languages at all.
It's written "ou" but it's pronounced like a latin "o".

>> No.3620988

>>3620972
I know.
Idiot.

>> No.3620991

>>3620988
Don't be mean to me !

>> No.3620998

>>3620802

It is not a diphthong.

>> No.3621003
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>> No.3621033

same way you pronounce moe baka

>> No.3621089

tau-hau

>> No.3621279

toehoe

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>> No.3621288

I pronounced it SHIT

>> No.3621332
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3621332

tally-ho

>> No.3621349

>>3620972
This. I'm tired of people "simplifying" the language by changing it to "Tōhō" and such when they actually end up confusing me to hell. I can't spell Toukyou correctly because of this dumbness.

And don't even get me started on the American pronounciation of "karaoke".

>> No.3621358

>>3621349
CARE-EE-OH-KAY!

>> No.3621373

towhow

>> No.3621381

You kids and your Toeh Hoews.

>> No.3621385

>>3621349
>American pronounciation

hahahaha

>> No.3621405

The same way I say it in spanish.

>> No.3621414
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3621414

トーホー

>> No.3621421

pera pera~

>> No.3621430

>>3621414
This thread is making Patchouli mad, it seems.

>> No.3621437

>>3621430

That's OK, she's cute that way.

>> No.3621463

>>3621349
Yeah, that Japanese pronunciation of "cake" is so much better!

>> No.3621486

>>3621463
and CD Player.

>> No.3621720

tåhå

>> No.3621998

Seriously, this thread is another great example of why Americans are fucking worthless.
While most other languages can just pronounce it like it's written, you guys just have to make everything sound fucked up with your bad pronounciation.

>> No.3622005

>>3621998
>Implying English was made by Americans

Anyways, it's better than french, where half the letters are there just for show.

>> No.3622024

I pronounce it とうほう faggot

>> No.3622119

>>3621720
This.

And if you can't pronounce that it's your problem.

>> No.3623709

>>3622119
>>3621720
You finns don't even pronounce it correctly. Think owl.

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