How do you pronounce Daizenshuu?

Ultimate Saiyan Trunks · Post by **Ultimate Saiyan Trunks** » Fri May 27, 2005 11:45 pm

How do you pronounce Daizenshuu, I got no clue & am curious to know the answer.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Fri May 27, 2005 11:53 pm

Ultimate Saiyan Trunks wrote:How do you pronounce Daizenshuu, I got no clue & am curious to know the answer.

Exactly the way it's written. Just like everything else in Japanese.

"Dai" = like the English word "die" (like I'll kill you)
"Zen" = fairly obvious...
"Shuu" = like the English word "shoe," but with a longer "ooo" sound

Ultimate Saiyan Trunks · Post by **Ultimate Saiyan Trunks** » Fri May 27, 2005 11:57 pm

Oh, ok great, so I did have it right, lol. Thanks EX.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Sat May 28, 2005 12:08 am

And just in case you have a follow-up question down the road, in terms of our site name, both the "E" and the "X" are pronounced as two, separate letters.

Ultimate Saiyan Trunks · Post by **Ultimate Saiyan Trunks** » Sat May 28, 2005 12:20 am

Oh ok, kool. So in the end it should sound like this:

Diezenshoe E X

Sweet

Post by **SaiyaJedi** » Sat May 28, 2005 12:51 am

VegettoEX wrote:"Shuu" = like the English word "shoe," but with a longer "ooo" sound

If you wanna get technical, the sound of the vowel itself (disregarding the length for the moment) is somewhere between what Mike said, and the ü seen in so many German words (like "über"). Of course, it varies in different parts of Japan (many in the Tohoku region are supposedly unable to differentiate between the vowels "i" and "u" in other dialects, for example), but for the most part, that's what I hear.

(Except, of course, if the "u" falls between two unvoiced consonants, in which case it is usually just a whispered shadow if its usual self.)

Confused yet?

Ultimate Saiyan Trunks · Post by **Ultimate Saiyan Trunks** » Sat May 28, 2005 1:12 am

Confused yet?

Very

ThunderPX · Post by **ThunderPX** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:39 am

VegettoEX wrote:And just in case you have a follow-up question down the road, in terms of our site name, both the "E" and the "X" are pronounced as two, separate letters.

But doesn't the kanji on top of the logo say "Daizenshuu Ekusu", Ekusu being romaji for X? Or am I being stupid?

Chibi Mystic Gohan · Post by **Chibi Mystic Gohan** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:59 am

It also says "Ii" in Katakana just before that

Demi · Post by **Demi** » Sat May 28, 2005 10:16 am

I've always prenounced it "Day-Zen-shoe ecks". =P

Post by **VegettoEX** » Sat May 28, 2005 10:26 am

Demi wrote:I've always prenounced it "Day-Zen-shoe ecks". =P

Which is incorrect

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ThunderPX · Post by **ThunderPX** » Sat May 28, 2005 12:08 pm

Chibi Mystic Gohan wrote:It also says "Ii" in Katakana just before that

The I looking thing is E, and before that is a middle dot, which, to my knowledge, seperates the Daizenshuu and the other part?

Pedro The Hutt · Post by **Pedro The Hutt** » Sat May 28, 2005 12:24 pm

I say it as "die-zen-shuu" as opposed to "shoe" >.>;; As in "Fuu".

Post by **VegettoEX** » Sat May 28, 2005 12:40 pm

Pedro The Hutt wrote:I say it as "die-zen-shuu" as opposed to "shoe" >.>;; As in "Fuu".

Well, yeah.. that's correct. The English word "shoe" (as in what you wear on your feet) was the closest thing I could think of at the time, and it's fairly accurate

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Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Sat May 28, 2005 1:23 pm

VegettoEX wrote: "Shuu" = like the English word "shoe," but with a longer "ooo" sound

Confused. You mean like "shoemoo" without the M?

Or just "shooooooooe?"

Post by **SaiyaJedi** » Sat May 28, 2005 2:19 pm

Dayspring wrote:
VegettoEX wrote: "Shuu" = like the English word "shoe," but with a longer "ooo" sound
Confused. You mean like "shoemoo" without the M?

Or just "shooooooooe?"

We really need someplace that can explain Japanese phonology, in plain English, better than we can.

In the meantime, please enjoy this linguistic jargon-y explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language#Sounds

The S · Post by **The S** » Sat May 28, 2005 11:44 pm

I was wondering if Dai-zen-shyuu was also correct, because on some Japanese sites, I've seen it romanized as Daizenshyu...

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Sun May 29, 2005 1:03 am

I never bothered to pronounce it. I just call it Dai EX.

Ultimate Saiyan Trunks · Post by **Ultimate Saiyan Trunks** » Sun May 29, 2005 1:47 am

Rocketman wrote:I never bothered to pronounce it. I just call it Dai EX.

LOL, when speaking to my sister about it normally say "The Daiz Board"

Chibi Mystic Gohan · Post by **Chibi Mystic Gohan** » Sun May 29, 2005 2:03 am

ThunderPX wrote:
Chibi Mystic Gohan wrote:It also says "Ii" in Katakana just before that
The I looking thing is E, and before that is a middle dot, which, to my knowledge, seperates the Daizenshuu and the other part?

http://img284.echo.cx/img284/4708/37ob.jpg

Daizenshuu Ii Ekkusu

AKA Daizenshuu EX

Kanzenshuu

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