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Is loli pronounced low-lee or lawl-ee?

>> No.989798

loh-lee

>> No.989794

is this loli?

>> No.989799

ロリ

>> No.989801

Roh-ree

>> No.989803

Closer to low-lee.

Better yet, learn Japanese pronunciation.

>> No.989807

>>989803
The Japanese pronunciation of a name first used in English in a book published in France written by a Russian?

>> No.989822

Feel the burn.

>> No.989843

but imperishable night is the 8th touhou game

>> No.989837

>>989807

Don't forget it's a Spanish word.

>> No.989848

loh-lee

>> No.989845

However the fuck you want to say it.

I find lollie easier on the tongue.

>> No.989847

So is it really pronounced 'loh-lee' or am I going to sound like some sort of weeaboo faggot when I say it?

>> No.989850

Say "lolita" and drop the "-ta".

>> No.989858

chai-ld po-rn-og-ra-phee

>> No.989856
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989856

>>989807
>>989837
... that... I...
My mistake. I stand corrected. orz

>> No.989855

LOL OL LOL

>> No.989864

WHY THE FUCK DO YOU PEOPLE SERIOUSLY RESPOND TO THREADS LIKE THESE?

>> No.989866

Row! Row-ri! Fight da powa!

>> No.989867

>>989850
If I can't pronounce loli how the hell am I supposed to pronounce lolita?

>> No.989872

its not "however the fuck you want to say it", you retard.
its been said before: say lolita. now drop the -la.

its not fucking rocket science.

>> No.989871

>>989864
More importantly, why do they feel it's worthy of staying on the front page? Even serious responses don't have to regurgitate this shit.

>> No.989875

I say it "lahli" like lolipop. Like I'm ever going to talk to someone who knows what the fuck I'm saying anyways.


"Oh yeah, Tim, and then I saw this cute loli!"
"Bob, I believe it's pronounced 'roree."

>> No.989876

Lolita = "low-lee-tah."

That's assuming that you aren't using one of the oldest /a/ trolls in the book.

>> No.989877

>>989871

not like any of the other stupid threads on the front page are any more worthy

>> No.989886

>>989867
Have some awful French pop to help you with your illiteracy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDwKPGUIVME

>> No.989883

>>989877
I still hold out hope that someone will make a decent thread, and I will bump it.

>> No.989888

>>989883

better click on another board, then

>> No.989889

>>989875
I actually made this thread after getting in a conversation with a friend of mine. he kept saying 'lawl-ee' I wasn't sure if that was right or not.

>> No.989897

i pronounce it lawl-ee

though I dont really know if I'm right or wrong, and I dont rage when people say it differently

>> No.989901

>>989889
Please do not talk about this in public for any reason whatsoever.

>> No.989910

>>989901

it was probably ventrilo or something similar

>> No.989916

I say "low-li", but I say "mo" instead of "mo-eh".

>> No.989923

>>989916
correct pronunciation is ℳℴℯ

>> No.989919

>>989901
No it's cool, this was all online.

>> No.989940

Only a faggot who hasn't read Nabokov wouldn't know this.

>> No.989958

>>989940

well dude, we're on 4chan

most people haven't read it

>> No.989980

>>989958
>most newfags haven't read it

>> No.989995

>>989940
Reading? Not viral enough for me.

>> No.989997

Would they have the book at a library? I might check it out, but I'm sure as hell not going to pay for it.

>> No.990005

>>989958

This is /jp/. I would hope most of us are a bit more literate than that.

Those of us who were here since before the summer, anyway.

>> No.990007

>>989997
you can download it from that place

>> No.990010

>>989997

Most likely, yes. It's popular.

>> No.990041

>>989790
Chuck-Lee.

>> No.990044

>>990007
I love that place.

>> No.990045

>>990005

/jp/'s only more literate than any other board on here because of all of the visual novels

even before the summer, this board's(and every other board) main audience was teenagers

>> No.990057

>>990045

I think you are underrating pre-summer /jp/. I'd say mainly college-aged with a smattering of underageb&s spamming "LOL PAD" in the Touhou threads.

>> No.990110

>>990045
Please use more scrutiny before making such claims.

>> No.990151

>>990057
Ancient 30-40 year old NEETS for life living off an inheritance, who lock themselves away in storage closets full of anime dolls. They spend their days working out the best way to remove the pants from their latest additions because it helps divert them from seeking human contact.

>> No.990180

>>990151
yes, and?

>> No.990202

>>990151

They are the best posters. I wish the /b/ rejects that wash up during summer didn't drive so many of them off.

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