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zeo1fan
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 Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 2:49 pm
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Please, fans, take note that Madoka Magica is pronounced with a hard 'G' (as evidenced by this trailer). I'm sick of hearing it mispronounced at every convention I go to.
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razisgosu
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 2:54 pm
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| zeo1fan wrote: | | Please, fans, take note that Madoka Magica is pronounced with a hard 'G' (as evidenced by this trailer). I'm sick of hearing it mispronounced at every convention I go to. |
How have you heard it pronounced? It seems pretty straight forward to me. Mad-o-kah Magic-a. Words are pronounced differently based on the language you are speaking.
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zeo1fan
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 3:00 pm
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| razisgosu wrote: |
| zeo1fan wrote: | | Please, fans, take note that Madoka Magica is pronounced with a hard 'G' (as evidenced by this trailer). I'm sick of hearing it mispronounced at every convention I go to. |
How have you heard it pronounced? It seems pretty straight forward to me. Mad-o-kah Magic-a. |
I hear it pronounced "Muh-Dough-Kuh Magic-UH" ALL THE TIME rather than "Mah-Dough-Kah Mah-Gee-Kah" and it's really frustrating. Especially when people try to correct me with their wrong pronunciation.
The producer even corrected people on the pronunciation at Otakon. I suppose it just didn't stick. 
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bored-otaku
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 3:02 pm
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Maybe it's just me, but I never get tired of seeing that little nuzzle (or snuggle, whichever) between Homura and Madoka. So cute 
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Mirri
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 3:08 pm
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| zeo1fan wrote: |
| razisgosu wrote: |
| zeo1fan wrote: | | Please, fans, take note that Madoka Magica is pronounced with a hard 'G' (as evidenced by this trailer). I'm sick of hearing it mispronounced at every convention I go to. |
How have you heard it pronounced? It seems pretty straight forward to me. Mad-o-kah Magic-a. |
I hear it pronounced "Muh-Dough-Kuh Magic-UH" ALL THE TIME rather than "Mah-Dough-Kah Mah-Gee-Kah" and it's really frustrating. Especially when people try to correct me with their wrong pronunciation.
The producer even corrected people on the pronunciation at Otakon. I suppose it just didn't stick. |
Always assumed that it was pronounced Madoka Magicka in English and Ma-Gi-Ka in Japanese due to some confusion over spelling vs. pronunciation of the word Magic in English.
It's good to know that's the official way, I say it each way about half of the time because people always kept saying "Magicka! Magicka!" so in front of those people I say it that way to avoid starting arguments.
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zeo1fan
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 3:24 pm
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| Mirri wrote: |
| zeo1fan wrote: |
| razisgosu wrote: |
| zeo1fan wrote: | | Please, fans, take note that Madoka Magica is pronounced with a hard 'G' (as evidenced by this trailer). I'm sick of hearing it mispronounced at every convention I go to. |
How have you heard it pronounced? It seems pretty straight forward to me. Mad-o-kah Magic-a. |
I hear it pronounced "Muh-Dough-Kuh Magic-UH" ALL THE TIME rather than "Mah-Dough-Kah Mah-Gee-Kah" and it's really frustrating. Especially when people try to correct me with their wrong pronunciation.
The producer even corrected people on the pronunciation at Otakon. I suppose it just didn't stick. |
Always assumed that it was pronounced Madoka Magicka in English and Ma-Gi-Ka in Japanese due to some confusion over spelling vs. pronunciation of the word Magic in English.
It's good to know that's the official way, I say it each way about half of the time because people always kept saying "Magicka! Magicka!" so in front of those people I say it that way to avoid starting arguments. |
You're not alone, sister/brother/sentient being.  Though I just pronounce it the official way every time because I happen to love the way it rhymes.  No judgment.
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hpulley
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 3:31 pm
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Just look at the Japanese title, all you need to know for how to pronounce it. Japanese is very simple to pronounce, almost always just as it appears and 'gi' is always 'gi' like the name of the karategi "gi" uniform. It is never 'ji'.
魔法少女まどか★マギカ
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zeo1fan
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 3:37 pm
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| hpulley wrote: | | Just look at the Japanese title, all you need to know for how to pronounce it. Japanese is very simple to pronounce, almost always just as it appears and 'gi' is always 'gi' like the name of the karategi "gi" uniform. It is never 'ji'.
魔法少女まどか★マギカ |
I think they get confused because of the english word 'magic':
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hpulley
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 4:07 pm
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Yes indeed, they are confusing "Magica" with the word "magic".
At the end of the day it doesn't really matter. Most people will know what you mean and may cringe and/or correct you if you say it wrong.
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zeo1fan
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 4:28 pm
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| hpulley wrote: | | Yes indeed, they are confusing "Magica" with the word "magic".
At the end of the day it doesn't really matter. Most people will know what you mean and may cringe and/or correct you if you say it wrong. |
And if they try to specifically correct my pronunciation, I can easily rebuff them.
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xeroth
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 5:04 pm
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You're correct on the pronunciation from a Japanese point of view, they do seem to translate the show's title to 'Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica' rather often as well.
However surely to correctly pronounce 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica' you wouldn't pronounce it the Japanese way as it's in Latin? Apart from Madoka's name of course.
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zeo1fan
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 5:10 pm
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| xeroth wrote: | | You're correct on the pronunciation from a Japanese point of view, they do seem to translate the show's title to 'Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica' rather often as well.
However surely to correctly pronounce 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica' you wouldn't pronounce it the Japanese way as it's in Latin? Apart from Madoka's name of course. |
It's a hard 'G' either way.
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Ghstmtrx
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 5:29 pm
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So how do I pronounce the anime "Rental Magica"?
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hpulley
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 6:17 pm
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| Ghstmtrx wrote: | | So how do I pronounce the anime "Rental Magica"? |
レンタルマギカ
"Rental Magika" also with a hard "gi" and the r's are closer to L's so almost "Lental Magika" just like how Gargantia's レド "Redo" is actually closer to "Ledo" which is the official way to write his name in English.
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ianiceboy
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 8:08 pm
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| zeo1fan wrote: |
| xeroth wrote: | | You're correct on the pronunciation from a Japanese point of view, they do seem to translate the show's title to 'Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica' rather often as well.
However surely to correctly pronounce 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica' you wouldn't pronounce it the Japanese way as it's in Latin? Apart from Madoka's name of course. |
It's a hard 'G' either way. |
Maybe if it were proper Latin, but it's not. If they're going to give the series a silly name, I'm going to pronounce their translation however I like.
- Mahou Shoujo Madoka Mah-Gi-Ka
- Puella Magi Madoka Ma-Ji-Ka
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