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How do you pronounce "Touhou"? Too-hoo? Toh-hoh? Tow-how?

>> No.5121870

とうほう

>> No.5121868

ToeHoe

>> No.5121873

Dunno. Ask that Starcraft guy.

>> No.5121871

とうほう

>> No.5121874

TAU HOW

>> No.5121875

How do you pronounce "Sage"? Sa-ge? Sah-geh? Say-gay?

>> No.5121876

>>5121864
like this Tohohohohoho

>> No.5121884

toho

>> No.5121893

Toe- hoe

>> No.5121894

How do you pronounce "Cirno"? Chir-no? Sir-noh? Chow-now?

>> No.5121913

I've heard people pronounce it "Two-Who"

>> No.5121914

>>5121894
Chi-ru-no

>> No.5121920

CHIRUNO! CHIRUNO!

>> No.5121930

>>5121894

ばか

>> No.5121935

Toe-hoe if in an English sentence, Toh-hoh if in a Japanese sentence.

>> No.5121938
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>> No.5121945

this looks like a good place to mention the fact that loli is pronounced "low-lee" and not "lol-ee"

>> No.5121957

Sah-Ghey-Roo.

>> No.5121962

>>5121945
I think that's debatable. Yes the world loli comes from "Lolita", which sounds like low-lee, but there are also quite a large number of people who pronounce it like the "loli" in "lolipop". So you could say that, either, both pronunciations are correct, or that one of them is an accent.

>> No.5121972

Japanese pronunciation is really straightforward, how can you have problems with it?

>>5121962
A lot of people pronouncing something one way doesn't make it correct.

>> No.5121980

>>5121972
Yeah it does. That's how languages are made.

>> No.5121982

>>5121972
Poh tay toe. Poh tah toe. Both are right. Both are accepted because of a bunch of people pronouncing it both ways.

>> No.5121987

Shit in my mouth niggertits

>> No.5121990

>>5121980
>>5121982

You two are fay gets

>> No.5122030

>>5121982

What's taters?

>> No.5122031

>>5121990
no need to be a butthurt faggot for being wrong faggot.

>> No.5122076

>TAU HOW

Reimu is fighting for the Greater Good.

>> No.5122093

>>5121980
I don't think it should be considered making a language when it's just using Japanese words in English speech because we're weeaboos. I'm not really sure if the same principles still apply. If they do then all the other terrible butcherings of Japanese words by weeaboos should also be considered correct pronunciations.

>> No.5124217

>>5121962
>"Lolita", which sounds like low-lee
No it doesn't. Lolita isn't an English word, the o isn't long, it's short. So more like lah-lee-taa.

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>>5122076
Fucking Heretic!

>> No.5124279

toohoo

>> No.5124289

http://upodn.com/

>> No.5124304

M-1 videos say toh-hoh so I take it that is correct.

>> No.5124351

>>5121962
It's spelled "lollipop".

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>>5124351

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>>5124389

>> No.5125268

とうほう

Reminds me of a pronunciation thread on /v/. People were pissed off when I claimed that Yoshi is supposed to be pronounced the way Yoshi him-/her-/itself pronounces it.
"NO IT'S YOESHEE" "HAVEN'T YOU SEEN THE TURTLES MOVIE WITH A GUY NAMED YOSHIMITSU" etc.

It was pretty fun.

>> No.5125281

OP, learn to Japanese you 9.
Pronunciation is all the same.

>> No.5125291

>>5121962
People who pronounce "loli" like "lollipop" are fucking idiots.

>> No.5125297

To-hou

>> No.5125302

>>5125291
Also, the only reason that pronunciation became popular is because of the way internet users have come to pronounce "lol".
Fucking bullshit.

>> No.5125350

>>5121962
>one of them is an accent.
YOU FAIL.

>> No.5125356

>>5121962
>lots of people do something; it must be proper

>> No.5125359

Touhou is pronounced "nahyn".

>> No.5125365

>>5125356
That's actually kind of how languages work.

>> No.5125368

I pronounce Touhou as touhou and loli as loli, why are you all retarded?

>> No.5125375

>>5125368
>Ha ha I so funny

>> No.5125387

touhou

>> No.5125401

>>5125365
No, that's not how language works.
Things start to seem right, then it becomes proper.
Also, more people pronounce it low-lee than law-lee and it fits with the etymology.

Look, just go away.

>> No.5125472

Only one that I'm unsure about is Cirno, it's "SIR-NO", right?

>> No.5125479

>>5125472
Or "SER-NO", I mean.

>> No.5125480

>>5125472
It "Chi-Ru-No" actually

>> No.5125487

Fail americans thinking everything is pronounced like they would pronounce them, touhou is pronounced as it is written, toe + hou as in santa claus hou hou hou

>> No.5125496

>>5125401
No, usage completely dictates language.

>Things start to seem right
That's not even definition of anything.

>and it fits with the etymology
facepalm.jpg
Dumbest shit I've read all day. Law-lee fits the ethymology as well, since some people pronounce it that way. Why is that? Because ethymology isn't about things fitting with eachother, it's merely an observation of a development. You don't decide on the ethymology, ethymology is actual history. And it's not strange either, seeing how loli is popular in Japan and pronounced ロリ. Interest in loli these days is heavily influenced by said culture, thus the pronounciation in English is affected.

Even though I agree that law-lee is not THE proper pronunciation yet, I'd say it's an acceptable pronunciation and will be proper not too long from now.

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