Do you find it weird when people say Saiyan as Saiya-jin?

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Post by ViolentSaiyan » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:40 pm

It really doesn't matter for me.I usually use both.
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Post by Li'l Lemmy » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:37 pm

Depends. Typically for the ease of use I'll pronounce it as "Saiyan" (because if Daimao's subtitles don't have a problem with it, then why should I?), but if I'm on the phone with Suupaa Gohan 2 and DragonBall somehow gets mentioned in passing, she'll stress how ashamed she is that I use the dub pronunciation and for a time I'll go with "Saiya-jin" instead.

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Post by The Time Traveller » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:17 am

I usually say Saiya. Think about it, thats the real English one.
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Post by Kunzait_83 » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:16 am

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Post by XxAtarisCorexX » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:42 am

Honestly, I've always used Saiyan. While I'm not agreeing with the dub or anything, I just see it as an English pronounciation. I think if you're going to say Saiya-jin then you should use that was of categorizing every nation. America-jin for example(note: I'm not fluent in Japanese, but you know what I'm getting at). I do want to say that I'm not mocking anyone who uses that term. Saiya-jin does roll of the tounge rather nicely. But anyways, that's just my two cents.
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Post by Gaiash » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:33 am

The Time Traveller wrote:I usually say Saiya. Think about it, thats the real English one.
Saiya on its own? No jin, no n? Just Saiya.
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Post by SaiyaMel » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:49 pm

Bardock the Mexican wrote:I'm weirder because I say it like sai ya yin which is how it's said in Spanish.
I thought in Spanish it was said/spelled "Saiyano"?
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Post by Kendamu » Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:05 pm

"Say-yun", "Sai-ya-jin", or "Sai-yan"... it doesn't matter to me. I wish they said "Sai-yan" in the dub as that's how I read it in the manga, but when random people who watch the show and/or play the games say it whatever way they know or choose, I don't correct them. I just freely say it as "Sai-yan" and let others say it as they please.

The only pronounciation thing that I regualrly am an asshole about is Kaio Ken. It irks me a lot to hear "Kay-o-ken" instead of the actual pronounciation. It irks me even more that FUNimation "corrected" it to "Kay-o-ken" in the latest redub for the season sets.
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