| Why do they pronounce Eureka like El-rekka? |
| The original Greek pronunciation of this word should be something like "Ev-rick-ah" I suppose. Maybe it's actually like that? And it's obviously shouldn't be "yu-re-ka" or anything like that. |
| Cool, thanks for explaining it. I wonder why the english dubbed version went with the japanese pronunciation? |
| I've always pronounced it "Yur-rekka" |
Talinth said: 'Because it's her name? Dunno. Speaking of Eureka, do you recommend the sub or dub? The few episodes I've seen on adult swim didn't seem bad. Personally I'd recommend the sub. I mean as far as dubs go, Eureka isn't a trainwreck or anything. In fact I was introduced to the series with the dub. But I fell in love with it with the Japanese version you see. xD What I mean is, either one goes really, but the Japanese version is better. As far as her name goes, I'm so happy they kept the normal pronunciation in the dub. I think the way they say her name is beautiful. Yuu-ree-ka, is such an ugly sounding word. Eh-ooh-reh-ka is so much prettier. And it's just her name...it would have been weird and a tad wrong if they had decided to Americanize it. |
| You're right, about it sounding prettier, I like it too. Thanks for all the feedback guys (and no flames, woot!) |
Jabawakuki said: Cool, thanks for explaining it. I wonder why the english dubbed version went with the japanese pronunciation? Changing the pronunciation from one language to another would take some of the charm away I think, even if it's a former english word used as a first name here. |
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| when i first heard of it i called U- ree- ka Seven but watching it and how they pronounce it on the show i have started called el- reck-ka seven |
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| They way it is pronounced comes directly from the Katakana of the work Eureka in Japanese. エウレカ = Eureka エ - E (Long ee sound) ウ - U (sounds like "you") レ - Re カ - Ka But in 4 sylabuls so you get: Ee-you-re-ka. I also agree with the person stating that it sounds much prettier than Eureka does in English. Especially when Renton is yelling it or something, makes it sound much more like a name than simply saying Eureka. |
| L-Wreck-Ah Seven, if it was spelled this way there would be less confusion. |
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Yup said: L-Wreck-Ah Seven, if it was spelled this way there would be less confusion. It's not really L-wreck, if you listen closely. Its just the 4 katakana that make up eureka in japanese. |
| So I stumbled upon the ENglish Eureka Seven and their pronunciation of her name makes my ears bleed. |
| it's simple really, I find it funny that this discussion takes place, but it's understandable, given the normal English pronunciation of it The way it's pronounced in the anime, is the original Greek pronunciation of the word (except that the Japanese pronounce it rather funnily, so it's understandable it could get confusing) We have no such problem in Spanish, because we pronounce things exactly like they are read, letter by letter (I don't knwo if this makes any sense? XD), so in spanish, the word Eureka is pronounced like in the original Greek also. |
| I personally pronounce it as El-rekka, just out of habbit. |
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seishi-sama said: The original Greek pronunciation of this word should be something like "Ev-rick-ah" I suppose. Maybe it's actually like that? And it's obviously shouldn't be "yu-re-ka" or anything like that. ooo I'm replying to a 11 year post I'm cool now evrika is the modern greek pronounciation after the aspirated /h/ and long vowels were lost and eu switched to ev in the koine period. The original pronunciation was heurēka. |
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