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Post by v-chan on Jul 14, 2008 15:58:12 GMT -5
So I know this is kind of rediculous...but I felt that I needed to ask anyways.... SO. Mugen. Is it pronounced "mYUgen" or "mOOgen"? At my school's anime/manga club (aka the Genshiken) last year, we were seriously debating. I couldn't remember, and a few others and I thought it was "mYU"gen", but most everyone else said it was "mOOgen"...? ><   |
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Post by michael on Jul 14, 2008 15:59:33 GMT -5
Moo. In Japanese you write "myu" when it's pronounced "myu" (as in Sera Myu) and you write "mu" when it's pronounced "mu".
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Post by Sailor Demand on Jul 14, 2008 16:01:55 GMT -5
i don't know
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Post by v-chan on Jul 14, 2008 16:07:20 GMT -5
>< gah, I must admit defeat....You know, that makes sense, but I just couldn't accept the fact that it could be something that sounded so silly...
MOO-gen... ><
I dunno; Mugen Gakuen and all that...
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Post by michael on Jul 14, 2008 16:11:58 GMT -5
That's why I use the English translation of the name in my fanfics |
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Post by tru0001 on Jul 15, 2008 3:40:51 GMT -5
its Mugen (moo-gehn)meaning Infinite
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Post by midori on Jul 15, 2008 7:15:12 GMT -5
No, actually you pronounce it "mugen". You write the Kanji like this  The transcription is "mugen". It's not possible to pronounce it "moogen" or "myugen", because these two words have an absolutely different transcription. I would love to show you the way its writing in Hiragana, but I just realised that this Forum is not accepting Japanese writing! @v-chan: But if you want to be completely sure than I can ask my sensei (teacher)! |
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Post by michael on Jul 15, 2008 7:30:42 GMT -5
Um.... I think you've misunderstood. For those of us who don't speak Japanese, saying that "mugen" is pronounced like "mugen" is slightly uninformative. That's why V-chan was asking how you'd write the pronunciation in English (Japanese "u" = English "oo").
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Post by midori on Jul 15, 2008 7:56:16 GMT -5
Um.... I think you've misunderstood. For those of us who don't speak Japanese, saying that "mugen" is pronounced like "mugen" is slightly uninformative. That's why V-chan was asking how you'd write the pronunciation in English (Japanese "u" = English "oo"). Ah, I see! I'm sorry that I misunderstood the question!  I study Japanese at the university and I'm afraid that because of that I'm thinking "Japanese" most of the time! I'm sorry! |
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Post by Carla on Jul 15, 2008 10:52:20 GMT -5
I always pronunced it "Moogen", but only because that's how it sounds in the anime But that's an easy mistake to make  |
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Post by BTTF Rini on Jul 15, 2008 14:44:50 GMT -5
I've always pronounced "mugen" as "mew-gen". I don't know know the correct way, really. I just pronounced the way it sounded right to me.
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Post by Ellethwen on Jul 15, 2008 23:36:56 GMT -5
I know it's Moo-gen but I tend to garble it sometimes and say Myu-gen on accident.
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Post by v-chan on Jul 16, 2008 16:18:01 GMT -5
Now I feel better. Thanks GYSE!!! (Hehe, while we're talking about pronunciation, that's how my friends and I pronounce "guys". We're silly.)
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