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Do people get the pronunciation of a word from your language wrong? Share some of those mispronunciations on this thread. Show the word, the correct pronunciation, and commonly mispronunciated form.
Here are mine:
Japanese Mispronunciations/日本語の不正確な発音:
神風 Kam¡kaze
Mispronunciation: "kah-mih-KAH-zee"
Correct: "kah-mi-kah-zeh"
さようなら Sayounara
Mispronunciation: "sa-yuh-NAH-ruh"
Correct: "sa-yōh-nah-rah"
アニメ Anime
Mispronunciation: "a-nih-may"
Correct: "ah-ni-meh"
です Desu
Mispronunciation: "deh-soo"
Correct: "dess" |
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:P I don't anybody has a fascination with the Finnish language for hundreds of miles in America. So I wouldn't know. Besides, Finnish is pretty easy to pronounce once you learn the absolute basics, so there's no screwing up, unless you absolutely try to butcher the language. |
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Dr01d3k4Join Date: 2007-10-11
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The top ones I dunno if I do or not, but I did say 'de-su' D= |
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iplayJoin Date: 2007-12-31
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Yes, Piilotettu, Japanese has a simple pronunciation system too, but people butchered it, anyway. :P
Spanish mispronunciations, although rare, are funny, too when they occur.
Quesadilla
Mispronunciation: "kay-suh-dil-luh"
Correct: "keh-sah-di-ya/ja"
Queso
Mispronunciation: "quay-soh"
Correct: "keh-soh"
Names are common. V actually sounds like B and Z like S. People also put stress on the wrong syllables when there's an accent mark. |
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Dr01d3k4Join Date: 2007-10-11
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I also always mispronounce Spanish words with 'r' in them. I can't roll Rs, and G/Js are annoying. The letter 'h' is there but not said. 'Ci' and 'Ce' are 'Thi' and 'Thee' rather then 'Si' and 'See'. |
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You only have to roll double Rs.
At least it makes more sense than english silences like in "gate", "friend", and "service".
...When did C=Th? "Diccionario" is "Dik-sioh-nah-ri-oh" rather than "dith-thio-nah-ri-oh". |
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Another bump... |
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the letter 'd' in german is often pronounced as a 't' when it is the last letter of a word; therefore: 'der hund' (the dog) should ber pronouced 'hunt'. similar with 'und' (and) and some other words like the above examples. |
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Dr01d3k4Join Date: 2007-10-11
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Ci = Thi
Ce = Thee
Cu = Cuu
I think that is high Spanish only though. |
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For arabic, it would be, putting a ? before سلام |
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That isn't a mispronuncation. That's a typo. |
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More Spanish-English mispronuntiations:
Hola
Mispronuntiation (Hoe-Lah)
Correction (Oh-Lah)
Mexicano
Mispronuntiation (Mex-Ee-Can-Oe)
Correction (Mex-Ee-Can-Oh)
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Isn't Méxicano "MEH-hee-kah-noh"? |
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Dr01d3k4Join Date: 2007-10-11
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Mexico should actually be 'Mesh-ic-oh' because the Aztecs named it 'Mexico' and 'x' is pronounced like 'sh' in their language (Nahuatl - I can't remember the spelling) |
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This is not Aztec, this is Spanish.
Also, stop using Cs to point out pronunciations. That only confuses people because C can have the K or S sound. |
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k |
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In German, people screw up the pronunciations of "eu" which makes an "Oi" sound. "ie" makes and "e" sound. "ei" makes an "I" sound.
And of course the "W's" and "V's" make different souonds. |
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漫画 Manga
Mispronunciation: MEIN-gah
Correct: mahn-gah
津波 Tsunami
Mispronunciation: soo-NAH-mee
Correct: tsoo-nah-mi
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Karate
Mispronunciation: Ka-rah-tee
Correct: Ka-lrah-tey
Karaoke
Mispronunciation: Ka-ree-oh-kee
Correct: Ka-lra-oh-keh |
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I hope that doesn't confuse people and make them go "KALRETE".
Japanese Rs can be hard for people who aren't used to Japanese pronunciation. |
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I can sorta do the 'lr' sound, but I get confused when saying 'r' in English now and say it the Japanese way. |
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uhh... |
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