DDR mispronunciations

clubbinguy · Trick Member Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Location: USA

This is getting to be an epidemic among my friends. They all keep pronouncing Konamix as (CONE-a-mix). Come on. The company is Konami, pronounced (kuh-NAH-me). And the game name comes from Konami + Mix = Konamix. Hence (kuh-NAH-mix).. no cones about it! This site agrees with me on the pronunciation of Konami.

Once I was playing with some kid and it was his turn to choose, and he asked if I wanted to play (AB-ee-ISS). I asked him to repeat it 3 times before finally just agreeing. He proceeded to pick Abyss. The 2nd time someone asked if I waned to play AB-ee-ISS (pretty sad that there was a 2nd time, with someone else, no less) I knew what they meant.

Several people I know also say (dub-eye-dub) for Dub-I-Dub, as in the way youd pronounce dubbing a tape. But if you just listen to the song, the whole thing is (doob-ee-doob).

Whats with some people? So what else has anyone heard grotesquely mispronounced in the DDR world?

Syxx · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Location: Chicagoland

I pronouce Paranoia KCET like "Kay-set". Never heard anyone call this song by any name.

"Aoi Shoudou" usually leaves people going "......huh?"

This one guy always calls Tsugaru "tsu-GARR-u"... it's just "Tsu-ga-ru"

This is not a DDR song but it pisses me off when people call Pokemon "PO-KEE-MON" Alright, they went to all that trouble to put the dash over the e, why the hell are people still pronoucing it KEE instead of KAY
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TeeHee! JP ONRY! · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2003

I wonder if any super l337 people thought Tiger Yamoto was going l337 with R3 and called it "Re"

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tac-tics · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 7:46 am Post subject:

FACT: Most English speakers can't pronounce Japanese words. Even the simple ones......

"Aoi"... Three syllables.... Three vowels you know how to pronounce. People try to slur them together though.
Ah - Oh - EE

(Also, the `u`'s in "Shoudou" just make the `o`'s long vowels in Japanese... ignore them in English).

I once knew a guy who didn't know who `Nah - Oh - Kee` was. When I presented to him Dynamite Rave, he said, "oohh... you meant `Nay - Oh - Kee`

Most veteran players can identify songs like KAKUMEI, Aoi Shoudou, and possibly Mahou no Tobira, but few ever refer to MATSURI JAPAN as.... MATSURI JAPAN. Most people act like the name `JAPAN` is an alternative to the Japanese word that precedes it (`MATSURI`... it means festival...).

Imagine if there were people who said "Let's play AMERICA!!" when they actually meant, "Livin' in America." You'd think them strange. Then why is it normal to call MATSURI JAPAN.... just JAPAN?
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ICWA · Trick Member Joined: 01 Nov 2002 Location: Long Island

The only one I've ever really noticed was Tsugaru.

"soo-guh-roo" not "soo gah-roo" <~IMO

Whats the pronunciation for Kakumei? Is it "kak-oo-may"?

tac-tics · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:25 am Post subject:

ColorOfSakura · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:27 am Post subject:

Kakumei - "kah-KOO-may"

Wang · Trick Member Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Location: Erie, PA

My friend and I were joking about PARANOiA KCET (clean mix) and if it should be pronounced "Kay-Set". We agreed "Kay-Set" is the way to go, but considered "Kay-Ket" which for some reason was really funny and we laughed for like 10 minutes.

I've heard Tsugaru pronounced "Tsu-GARR-u." I use "Tsu-GUH-ru."

And possibly the most strange was when I heard someone pronounce AM-3P "Am-thrimp"..... Just kidding. That never happened.

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J.R. · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:56 am Post subject:

I know this kid who calls Matsuri Japan,"Mazarotie" Japan.And Tsugaru,"T-su-ga-u.BUT!How do you say the slow song about 90 bpm sana motrie et nena or something.
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Lhiannon Sidhe · Trick Member Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Location: CFB Borden

I have fun with Japanese songs. One time I put it on Matsuri Japan, and this guy behind me asked what song it was, so I replied with "Matsuri Japan" "What?" "Matsuri Japan" "Oh... ok..."

Also, quite often when I'm going with someone and I ask them if they mind if go on Daikenkai, they'll agree, then when I go to it they ask me what it is, and I just sort of look at them and say "Daikenkai..."

Brigg Brags About Bag · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 1:11 pm Post subject:

Sakura - (Sa- ku - ra)
JaneJana - NOT (JANE - JANE - A) it's (zha - nay - zha -nah)
Kakumei - (Ka - ku - may)
bag - (bag)
DXY! - (Dee - Ex - Why - Exclamationpoint)

And then there's the classic one "Gra - joo - al - is - tic - sy - bur"

I once heard a kid say "Play "Love Gibberish"."...He was referring to "Love Sugar"

But the single worst mispronunciation I ever heard was "ah"...referring to "A"...*SMIZZACK*
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ALexX · Basic Member Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Location: here

some people call DXY "dex-ee"

i call it...well...D-X-Y.

dooo ooo ug · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 1:33 pm Post subject:

Stoic (stoyk)

There were some others but I forgot.

Kosaka-chan · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 1:34 pm Post subject:

dj-Luminus · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA

Stoic - (St-OY-k)
Naoki - (NAY-oh-kee)
Sana Morette Ne Ente - (SAH-nah-mor-ETTE-tay-net-TAY)
Do Me (H.I.G.E.O. Mix) - H-I-G-E-O
mitsu-O! - (mitt-soo-oh)
My Baby Mama (mah-Bebe-mamma

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The Green Lantern · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:28 pm Post subject:

The Green Lantern · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:53 pm Post subject:

How about this? The general consensus I see here is that Stoic is stoyk. However, let me show you something:

Hmmm, looks like a dictionary (the official source for pronunciations and words) disagrees. Sorry, but the it's pronounced stow - ick. Sorry if I sounded a little harsh, it just bothered me that it was being mispronounced in a thread about mispronunciation.

EDIT - Sorry about the post whoring.
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