| How do you guys pronounce or say the word "ANIME" ? i personally say it as anna-may but i know others who say it as anee-méh, or do you guys say it differently ? and if you do please write it below phonetically. Edit: added "annie-may" a combination of the above two due to its apparent ubiquity and popularity among you guys, so feel free to change if you say that. |
tchitchouanJan 24, 2023 6:28 AM
| Alternatively, where are you from? |
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| I pronounce the way it's pronounced in the language I'm speaking at the moment, so "Anna-May" in English, "Anee-Méh" in Japanese, and "Anee-Me" in German. |
| The japanese pronunciation...... |
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| sorry to break it to you, man I say it "desene" pronounced as "deh seh neh" the romanian counterpart stolen from the french word "dessin" |
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| It' gonna be (ani) mey! Like that dude from nsnyxnc eho empowered every feĺla with Rock Your Body! |
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| i've long since stuck by "Ann-Uh-May" but if you're to be judiciously proper about it, then "Ah-Knee-Meh" is more-or-less how it goes... ANIME-JA-NAI!!! (I Swear to God it is Not an Anime, It is REAL.) |
MasterTasukeJan 24, 2023 6:04 AM
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| Anna-May. It would seem more abrupt to use the latter pronunciation (in a conversation in English, at least). Same with karaoke ('carry-oh-key') and karate ('karah-dee') - such words have become anglicized, so there's no point going back. |
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| idk, i pronounce anime as annie mei. |
| Am I the only one to pronounce it as "un-nike-meh" |
| "Anime." It's as simple as that...... |
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| A - ni - me "A" as in "about" "ni" as in "onii-chan" "me" as in "america" |
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| Like animation without the ending. |
| depends on the accent if I'm speaking in english, anna-may so same as you if I'm speaking in my native tongue than it's ah-nee-may and If I'm trying to do a horrible attempt at a japanese accent that would get me bullied for life, ah-ni-meh |
SaiornoJan 24, 2023 6:27 AM
| My Anna-May List I think you'd get your butt kicked for saying it any other way |
| a[h] ア ni (as in knee) ニ me (read may) メ |
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| I accentuate the "k" : ˌdʒæp.ənˈiːz 'kɑːˈtu:ːn |
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| my pronounce is like Eh Ni Meh. |
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| A-nih-may. So like Japanese for the first two syllables, but then ending in may. Of course, that's my pronunciation of the English word. I would endeavour to pronounce the Japanese word in the Japanese way. But that's a different word meaning all animation in general. |
| I ain't knowing how to phoneticly write how I say it as I am more saying it in english with louder A and it ends up being something of ANI - Me /meh/may ehhh whatever just will speak it. https://voca.ro/1dm1CFRfxsqd |
| Either the last option or how it is pronounced in Japanese(アニメ). |
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| Animu, the easiest pronunciation in my life. |
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| e ni mey that's how i pronounce and that's how it is supposed to be i think. no one should pronounce it ee-nim. |
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| I'm personally of the opinion that anime pronounced Anna-May is technically it's own word in the west with a different, more specific meaning (like sake and sushi). I've also been learning Japanese for a good bit, despite still not being very good at it. So, when I'm speaking or reading English, I say (anna-may), but when I'm saying a sentence that's mostly or all, Japanese I pronounce it correctly. |
| English words pronunciation makes no sense and follow no rule while the Japanese Katakana are extremely easier to understand how to pronounce perfectly. I'm not even confident enough to tell if I can pronounce the words on the polls correctly. However, アニメ, I cannot mispronounce that even if I tried. |
| AH-NEE-MAY with HUGE emphasis on AH - like a pretentious film student from the 80s |
ChandelaJan 24, 2023 10:55 AM
| ahhhh-niiiiiii-meiiiiii?, just like how the japanese people say it |
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| Anna May. That's how i always hear it. |
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| "chai-neez kaar-toonz", of course. |
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| annih mey ig. not sure how to write it out lol |
Catalano said: Not really stolen from french though is it? I sometimes forget Romanian is a romance language... Dessiner "deh-see-neh" is the french word for "draw".sorry to break it to you, man I say it "desene" pronounced as "deh seh neh" the romanian counterpart stolen from the french word "dessin" I say it "animé" anee-meh |
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| It really depends where you're from. I'm from India and I pronounce it as "Annie-May". |
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| Same way the word animation is pronounced but without the tion. AH-KNEE-MAY-SHOWN Yikes. Do people really? |
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| The American English way, of course. I don't want to get bullied. Don't get me wrong, though. I'm totally cool with others saying it how they want. |
| Depends on which language I am speaking in at the moment. |
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| /'ɛənɪmeɪ/. Although when I was 11 I used to say /ə'naɪm/ assuming the "e" was silent and made the "i" be pronounced /aɪ/ |
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| I pronounce it just like it is pronounced in Japanese. My native languege's variant sounds pretty much the same. It just has slightly different placement accents, but it's minimal to a point that perhaps only a native speaker from Japan would notice it sounding a little bit odd. |
| Like how it's pronounced in Japanese. Like this アニメ |
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| Japanese protonation of course, should sound close to 'animation'. This word too violates usual English language rules on pronunciation of 'i' |
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