How To Pronounce Song Names

[Prodigy Child]

After having a discussion with my friend on how to pronunciate Xepher (I say "ze-fer" not "zee-fer"), I decided, to start a thread where people can learn how to properly pronunciate song names(and artists too). So to start off....how do you pronounce Xepher?

[b00geyman]

everybody as far as i know pronounce it 'ze-fer'. i have never heard zee-fer before.

okay similar question, how do ppl pronounce Xenon?

there r those who say it Zeenon and those who say Zenon, me being the later.

[Kanpachi]

dictionary.com says Xenon can go both ways, with a long or short E.

And I pronounce Xepher like zephyr, which is with the short E. Sounds weird with a long E.

[Prodigy Child]

Well, I say Zeenon. I've never heard of Zenon. But I wonder if Konami actually wanted us to say songs a certain way. And what about Kakumei? I pronounce it Kakumayee. Anyone else care to help out here?

[mavrik_055]

For me:
Zenon=Zee-non
Xepher=Ze-fer
Kakumei=Ka-ku-may

for artists, I've heard people pronounce RevenG as Raven-G, Reven-G and Revenge. I personally say "Revenge"

[b00geyman]

Originally Posted by Prodigy Child

Well, I say Zeenon. I've never heard of Zenon. But I wonder if Konami actually wanted us to say songs a certain way. And what about Kakumei? I pronounce it Kakumayee. Anyone else care to help out here?

haha how odd. down here in Australia we pornounce as Zenon, well thats how ive learnt it in school. either xenon has a different pronounciation for the 2 countries or i was taught bullshit in chemistry class.

as for kakumei - 'ka-ku-may' as mavrik said.

[bemaniguy: 2nd Style]

Xepher = Zeh-fer

I've heard people say Zee-fer and Zay-fer, which sounds stupid. It should be pronounced like the proper word "Zephyr".

Xenon = Ze-non or Zee-non

Kakumei = Kah-ku-may

NAOKI = Nah-O-Kee?

[Prodigy Child]

Originally Posted by mavrik_055

For me:
for artists, I've heard people pronounce RevenG as Raven-G, Reven-G and Revenge. I personally say "Revenge"

Yup, I also say Revenge. To me, any other way would be weird. What about Tsugaru. Many people have had a bit of trouble with its pronunciation. I say it "Su-ga-ru". It's just that some people don't keep the T silent.

[Kanpachi]

Those people usually don't have much sense of foreign languages.

For all the other things throughout the topic:
Kakumei- Kah-ku-may
Naoki- Nah-O-kee
RevenG- Revenge
Tsugaru- su-ga-ru

[eddie]

Originally Posted by bemaniguy: 2nd Style

Xepher = Zeh-fer

I've heard people say Zee-fer and Zay-fer, which sounds stupid. It should be pronounced like the proper word "Zephyr".

Xenon = Ze-non or Zee-non

Kakumei = Kah-ku-may

NAOKI = Nah-O-Kee?

NAOKI is really pronounced "Now-key".

As for the rest, I'm pretty much with everyone else.

[sylcmyk+]

yeah i actually saw that .59 is actually pronounced as tengoku instead of saying the actual numbers and the point. Which makes some kinda sense after I learned a couple of japanese words and numbers and stuff.

[ColorOfSakura]

Originally Posted by Prodigy Child

Yup, I also say Revenge. To me, any other way would be weird. What about Tsugaru. Many people have had a bit of trouble with its pronunciation. I say it "Su-ga-ru". It's just that some people don't keep the T silent.

The T in "tsu" isn't completely silent. It's a soft "t" sound. The only way I know how to type it out in text would be as follows: tSU-GA-RU. The T sound is there, it's just very miniscule and short.

And yes, I KNOW Japanese doesn't have stressed syllables, but it's the only way I knew how to type it out. Don't bite my head off.

[bemaniguy: 2nd Style]

Originally Posted by Paranoivm

yeah i actually saw that .59 is actually pronounced as tengoku instead of saying the actual numbers and the point. Which makes some kinda sense after I learned a couple of japanese words and numbers and stuff.

That would explain the goli overlay images:



I always wondered what tengoku meant. As far as pronouncing .59, I just always said five-nine. But I've heard people call it decimal/point-five-nine, or decimal-fifty-nine, but that's too much to say for a three character word.

[Tee!]

What about TaQ? Or is that just obvious?

[phone]

When I first played Kakumei on max2, I always thought it was pronounced
"Kaw-Koo-May". Then I went to the arcade and asked someone about it and they just stared at me like I was a duck.