Square Enix uses the bastardized American pronunciation “man-nuh” for the English dubs, which is not incorrect, but the original pronunciation is “maw-nuh”
- RachelRodent ( @WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 20•3 months ago
Man-ah
- Lime Buzz ( @SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ) 14•3 months ago
Today I learned that it’s an indigenous Māori word, and as such we should probably be respectful and stick with how they pronounce it.
- t3rmit3 ( @t3rmit3@beehaw.org ) 12•3 months ago
And here I thought it was derived and bastardized from “manna” the bread. TIL
- AbelianGrape ( @AbelianGrape@beehaw.org ) 10•3 months ago
Which, to be fair, is also derived from a word which would be most accurately (with English vowels) pronounced as mah-nuh. Although at this point “manna” is definitively also a word of English whose correct pronunciation is with /æ/.
- Lime Buzz ( @SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ) 3•3 months ago
Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised. I love learning things about indigenous cultures.
- mtlvmpr ( @mtlvmpr@sopuli.xyz ) English4•3 months ago
Weirdly enough that’s how I’ve always pronounced it because of the amazing language: rallienglanti (it’s English read out loud in Finnish way)
- hemko ( @hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English2•3 months ago
Lmao yeah same thing, pronouncing like ‘mana’ would be in Finnish word.
- Lime Buzz ( @SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ) 1•3 months ago
Thank you
- Gaywallet (they/it) ( @Gaywallet@beehaw.org ) 8•3 months ago
- LallyLuckFarm ( @LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ) 5•3 months ago
doot DOOOdoodoodoot
- Wolf314159 ( @Wolf314159@startrek.website ) 2•3 months ago
Funny. This is the same video I show to my friends to help them pronounce guanábana correctly.
- t�m ( @finickydesert@lemmy.ml ) English6•3 months ago
Man-uh vs maw-nuh … I’ll stick with the first one
- entropicdrift ( @entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org ) 4•3 months ago
It’s like day-ta vs dah-tah/dah-tuh
- terminhell ( @terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 3•3 months ago
Magicka
- FlihpFlorp ( @FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee ) English2•3 months ago
Yeah but is it Magi-cka or Magick-a
- eezeebee ( @eezeebee@lemmy.ca ) English1•3 months ago
Your decision to italicize that gave me chills
- DoucheBagMcSwag ( @DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•3 months ago
Mon-uh