Square Enix uses the bastardized American pronunciation “man-nuh” for the English dubs, which is not incorrect, but the original pronunciation is “maw-nuh”
Man-ah
- Lime Buzz (fae/she) ( @SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ) 14•20 days 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•20 days ago
And here I thought it was derived and bastardized from “manna” the bread. TIL
- AbelianGrape ( @AbelianGrape@beehaw.org ) 10•20 days 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 (fae/she) ( @SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ) 3•20 days ago
Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised. I love learning things about indigenous cultures.
- mtlvmpr ( @mtlvmpr@sopuli.xyz ) English4•20 days 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•20 days ago
Lmao yeah same thing, pronouncing like ‘mana’ would be in Finnish word.
- Lime Buzz (fae/she) ( @SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ) 1•20 days ago
Thank you
- Gaywallet (they/it) ( @Gaywallet@beehaw.org ) 8•20 days ago
- LallyLuckFarm ( @LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ) 5•20 days ago
doot DOOOdoodoodoot
- Wolf314159 ( @Wolf314159@startrek.website ) 2•19 days ago
Funny. This is the same video I show to my friends to help them pronounce guanábana correctly.
- t�m ( @finickydesert@lemmy.ml ) English6•20 days ago
Man-uh vs maw-nuh … I’ll stick with the first one
- entropicdrift ( @entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org ) 4•19 days ago
It’s like day-ta vs dah-tah/dah-tuh
- terminhell ( @terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 3•20 days ago
Magicka
- FlihpFlorp ( @FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee ) English2•20 days ago
Yeah but is it Magi-cka or Magick-a
- eezeebee ( @eezeebee@lemmy.ca ) English1•19 days ago
Your decision to italicize that gave me chills
- DoucheBagMcSwag ( @DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•20 days ago
Mon-uh