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Thread: How do you pronounce "Masamune"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by crazybayman View Post
    ma-sa-mune

    (Mah-sah-myoon, or something like that)

    that's how I pronounce it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goldenboko View Post
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    I pronounce it mA-sA-moon-A
    Nope.
    I never said thats how your suppose to say it just thats how I pronounce it (cause I think it sounds cool)
    Fair enough. Whatever floats yer boat.
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    Mass-A-Moon-A
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nominus Experse
    It's a reference to a legendary Japanese sword smith's name: Masamune Okazaki.

    Using the Japanese Hiragana pronunciations, it would be pronounced as follows:

    Ma sah moo nay

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    Well I used to pronounce it in the English way but now I say it how it is said in Polish (which seems more similar to the japanese version): mah-sah-moon-e (it's not quite like an 'eh'. It's just flatter and longer... But I think this is the closest...)

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    I say mah-sah-moo-nay.

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    Mah-sa-myoon or Mah-sa-myoon-eh.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nominus Experse View Post
    It's a reference to a legendary Japanese sword smith's name: Masamune Okazaki.

    Using the Japanese Hiragana pronunciations, it would be pronounced as follows:

    Ma sah moo nay
    Same.

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    Now a real question is Murasame. (Mur-uh-Sahm-ay)

    And Crazybayman, when using words from other cultures, the rules of the English Language don't fully apply, as the word is not English. So even in English, it is still pronounced with the ay at the end.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NeoCracker View Post
    Now a real question is Murasame. (Mur-uh-Sahm-ay)
    Moo-Ra-Same!
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    Since both Masamune and Murasame are Japanese names, I think that all the possible phonetics are sounded. << I’m not sure how to describe it. :/

    Masamune-

    mah-sah-moo-nay


    Murasame-

    moo-rah-sah-may
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    Mah-sah-mewn-a


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    I pronounce it Masamune.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NeoCracker View Post
    Now a real question is Murasame. (Mur-uh-Sahm-ay)

    And Crazybayman, when using words from other cultures, the rules of the English Language don't fully apply, as the word is not English. So even in English, it is still pronounced with the ay at the end.
    That's entirely up to the speaker how they chose to pronounce it.

    If you want to pronounce it in Japanese (or whatever the case may be), then go ahead and try. There's a good chance its probably not entirely correct anyways, if it isn't your native language. What I mean by that is if you said it to a Japanese person, they may not understand you, as your natural vernacular will have you make the subtle pronouciations in english, regardless if you put that "ay" at the end, or not.

    Therefore, I pronounce it in English. If I were bilingual in the language that the word is, then I'd probably pronounce it in said language. It comes down to how you read it.

    Therefore massa-myoon, or mah-sah-myoon. And I couldn't give a rats a$$ about if there's an "ay" or "eh" or whatever at the end in another language.

    And murasame to me is myur-a-same.
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    I say

    ma-sa-myoon


    the 'a' in 'ma' and 'sa' sound like the a in 'apple'

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