View Full Version : The pronunciation of Anime
NoTiG
July 22nd, 2005, 10:00 PM
Okay this is a pretty pointless thread... but i would just like to say, When i first heard of anime I read it before I heard it spoken so I have always thought of it as pronounced "Ah Neem", and not "an I may" .
SO anyways.. it sounds way cooler pronounced ah neem, and i refuse to change. ANd you would be surprised how much it annoys people when you pronounce it the way you want... People love their anime.
az
July 22nd, 2005, 10:10 PM
"Ah-Knee-m"; Me too.
damonw5
July 22nd, 2005, 10:12 PM
"Ah-Knee-m"; Me too.
I've only heard it pronounced: ANN-ihh-may.
az
July 22nd, 2005, 10:17 PM
I was once in a room with a bunch of anime enthusiasts, watching anime (the only anime I ever watched). They were from a broad range of cultures (I live in Montreal, Québec). They all called it "AH-Knee-M". I actually left and went to make out with a girl...
This was in 1991...
maruchan
July 22nd, 2005, 11:46 PM
ah-nee-may-shon = animation
I have never seen a non-Japanese speaker pronounce "anime" in a way that native Japanese people immediately pick up on. Usually, it's not because of the way the vowels sound; rather, the non-Japanese is placing emphasis on the word in a non-Japanese way. Most Americans, for example, place a heavy emphasis on the front of the word, like "AHneemay." Brazilians will do the opposite, like "ahneeMAY."
Most Japanese words are, however, pronounced in a flat tone, like "ah-nee-may" (hard for some people to imagine how this sounds). Basically, don't "change notes" while you're pronouncing it. It's like hitting the same note on a keyboard for each syllable.
I lived in Japan for several years, and there were a lot of times I had to adjust certain words that I had a tendency to pronounce wrong. One that comes to mind is "mohan" which means "a person's example," but every time I accidentally pronounced it as "MO-han," people would ask me to repeat the word (what did he just say?). They couldn't even pick it out from the context. So I had to remember to keep it flat.
oddabe19
July 23rd, 2005, 02:43 AM
Crap
other then that...
Ann-eh-may
scourge
July 23rd, 2005, 10:20 AM
Here: http://spamusement.com/index.php/comics/view/221
nobodysbusiness
July 23rd, 2005, 06:31 PM
I always remember the pronounciation as being like the name Annie-May. I suppose it depends on who you ask.
senshisteph
July 24th, 2005, 03:04 AM
My bf pronounces it a-ni-meh ... equal stress on each syllable, 'clipped' vowels. He's a native Japanese speaker.
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