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Shumphrey

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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:53 pm

Suikoden Demon Century is an anime that has nothing to do with the game. It is however loosely based off of the same legend, it is set in the future and very different from our beloved game.

I pronounce Suikoden as Sue-koh-den. However, I know that it should be pronounced swee-koh-den. The first kanji is 水, meaning water. The hiragana for that is すい which in roomaji is sui. Howver, when spoken it kind of gets combined to swee

Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:26 pm

at first i did sue-koh-den

now i do sue-e-koh-den

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Jamillah

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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:13 pm

Ummm very little...

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:23 pm

I was told it was pronouced Sue-koh-den but it never felt right leaving that "I" out of it and using it as a silent "I" so I prounouce it as Sui-koh-den. Saying it with it starting with Sue made me think of my neighbor named Sue so I stopped for that reason too. sweatdrop

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Red Zomby

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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:27 am

I always said

Soo-Eh-Koe-Den

Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:17 am

X-DrAgOnKnIgHt_Futch

Once you learn how to read the romanji, it's fairly simple. Oo;

I mean, "sui" (even though it's one character), with the.. futakana or something >_<... the hiragana at the side which tells you how to pronounce sometimes, it'll show as "su" and "i".

す＋い　＝　水
(su) (i)

And the 'i' sounds like EE. >_>... ANYWAYS, I don't know why I went through all that. Most should figure it out without me being an idiot posting about it.

Um, it's Furigana that is the little text by the kanji saying how it's pronounced. ^_^

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Savetyre

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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:29 am

Hmmm, well, many different thoughts on it. And I guess it depends on the country you're in. Speaking from the japanese pronunciation, it would be in english the SOO EE KO DAY N. Going from japanese pheonetics. In america and many other english speaking areas, I'm sure that when trying to pronounce it "Swee-ko-den" is how it comes out. But as with many things, I guess this is another case of ""TOE-MAY-TOE vs TOE-MAH-TOE." Each person is going to say it their own way, and I've met many people who don't care how it's pronounced, so they'll continue to murder the name. But as for how I pronounce it, I stick with good ol' nihon-go pronunciation. ^_^

Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 1:53 pm

I pronounce as Sue-ee-koh-den

One of my friends pronounce as Sue-kia-den

Guts

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X-DragonKnight Futch

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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:28 pm

Savetyre

Hmmm, well, many different thoughts on it. And I guess it depends on the country you're in. Speaking from the japanese pronunciation, it would be in english the SOO EE KO DAY N. Going from japanese pheonetics. In america and many other english speaking areas, I'm sure that when trying to pronounce it "Swee-ko-den" is how it comes out. But as with many things, I guess this is another case of ""TOE-MAY-TOE vs TOE-MAH-TOE." Each person is going to say it their own way, and I've met many people who don't care how it's pronounced, so they'll continue to murder the name. But as for how I pronounce it, I stick with good ol' nihon-go pronunciation. ^_^

Even the Japanese have their own different accents. That's why 'su-ki' (to like) gets slurred into 'ski' in places. That's where the slurring into swee comes from too I betcha. But

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this is another case of ""TOE-MAY-TOE vs TOE-MAH-TOE."

You're right. XP

Anyways, I'm sticking with how I my friend says it ( sweatdrop because that's where I get it) so okay.

Thank you also for clearing up the "Furigana" business. crying I still hadn't figured it out until you told me. (Even though I could've looked it up.)

Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:50 pm

Jamillah

Hello! yes what i mean is that the ppl at the games store where you buy games at Like Gamestop amd Eb they pronounce it all wrong like it is some english word heart

Proby cause they're all non anime/manga reading teenager who have never taken a forign languge except for Spanish. Just my personal view as a teen though. I read therefore i learn!!! surprised