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Dargonxtc
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 Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:40 am
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| Quote: | | Bandai Entertainment said that it chose to use the Greek/French pronunciation of the main character's name "Simon" (with the short "i" vowel), as opposed to the English pronunciation (with the long "i" vowel), to better reflect the Japanese pronunciation. |
Forgive me if I am reading this wrong, but does that mean it will be pronounced "seamon/semen"?
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Jih2
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:22 pm
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| Dargonxtc wrote: |
| Quote: | | Bandai Entertainment said that it chose to use the Greek/French pronunciation of the main character's name "Simon" (with the short "i" vowel), as opposed to the English pronunciation (with the long "i" vowel), to better reflect the Japanese pronunciation. |
Forgive me if I am reading this wrong, but does that mean it will be pronounced "seamon/semen"? |
That's what I interpreted it to mean as well.
I would actually really hope for a Blu-Ray release of Gurren Lagann if that's possible, I feel like the R1 industry has almost no TV series in Blu-Ray whereas the Japanese have a few.
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Moomintroll
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:21 pm
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| Dargonxtc wrote: |
| Quote: | | Bandai Entertainment said that it chose to use the Greek/French pronunciation of the main character's name "Simon" (with the short "i" vowel), as opposed to the English pronunciation (with the long "i" vowel), to better reflect the Japanese pronunciation. |
Forgive me if I am reading this wrong, but does that mean it will be pronounced "seamon/semen"? |
No, it means it will be pronounced "sihmon" (as opposed to "symon" as it would be in English).
In other words, it's a short "i" (as in "it") rather than a long "i" (as in "white").
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Josh7289
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:50 pm
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What about the "o" in "Simon", though? Will that be a long "o" or a "ə" (schwa)?
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| Quote: | | Bandai Entertainment is considering Blu-ray Disc plans for Gurren Lagann and other series. |
Good. I've actually been holding off on buying the DVDs of any show that's either already on Blu-ray in Japan, was/is produced in HD, or seems like it was produced in HD. Moar HD please.
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Anath_19
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:42 pm
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| Josh7289 wrote: | | What about the "o" in "Simon", though? Will that be a long "o" or a "ə" (schwa)? |
It will be a long "o."
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Chibitoon
Joined: 19 Apr 2008
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:54 pm
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Which Parallel Works video did they show? Was it the one for next week?
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Josh7289
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:54 pm
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| Anath_19 wrote: |
| Josh7289 wrote: | | What about the "o" in "Simon", though? Will that be a long "o" or a "ə" (schwa)? |
It will be a long "o." |
Cool. Now, will the first or second syllable be stressed?
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