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Best Symphogear
This poll is closed.
Chris 41 39.42%
Hibiki 26 25.00%
Tsubasa 5 4.81%
Shirabe 5 4.81%
Kirika 3 2.88%
Maria 9 8.65%
Genjuro 15 14.42%
Total: 104 votes
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Droyer
Oct 9, 2012

El Burbo posted:

I dont get it so I'll just continue life without thinking about the mechanics of words

The letter a, as you would pronounce it if you recited the alphabet, could phonetically be written ey. It is composed of 2 sounds.

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Droyer
Oct 9, 2012

Space Flower posted:

I'm from midwestern US and we agreed that diphthong sucks, so it's just dɔʒ.

Ok then you were right to begin with, my b.

Sharkopath
May 27, 2009

Droyer posted:

I will hold though that the japanese word doujin does not have a diphtong in it, th ou is pronounced as one sound, whereas the o doge is a diphtong.

the o in doge is a long o

Erg
Oct 31, 2010

Jostiband
May 7, 2007

Lemon making a powerfully adorable enemy this night...

Space Flower
Sep 10, 2014

by Games Forum
lotta people here spent time wikipedia pages on phonetics so they could sing their favorite animes without sounding like a baka gaijin, i reckon

Sharkopath
May 27, 2009

its the same sound which s why in japanese its often transliterated as ou

Motto
Aug 3, 2013

https://twitter.com/Good_Haro/status/710879393351081984

Droyer
Oct 9, 2012

Sharkopath posted:

the o in doge is a long o

Yeah, and an english long o (barring midwestern accents apparently) is a diphtong.

Sharkopath
May 27, 2009

どう

Davincie
Jul 7, 2008

Space Flower posted:

lotta people here spent time wikipedia pages on phonetics so they could sing their favorite animes without sounding like a baka gaijin, i reckon

can't you just.... sing like you heard them sing

Sharkopath
May 27, 2009

how the gently caress are you pronouncing doujin

Sharkopath
May 27, 2009

theres an ou sound in both

Erg
Oct 31, 2010


fujo can like robots too

Jostiband
May 7, 2007

Space Flower posted:

lotta people here spent time wikipedia pages on phonetics so they could sing their favorite animes without sounding like a baka gaijin, i reckon

Don't OP without IPA imo

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

douj and doge are definitely the same

Erg
Oct 31, 2010

does doge not get pronounced with a "guh" sound at the end?

Davincie
Jul 7, 2008




lol

Sharkopath
May 27, 2009

El Burbo posted:

douj and doge are definitely the same

yah hes fuckin crazy

Admoon
Oct 29, 2009

i like pronouncing doge like doggie

Davincie
Jul 7, 2008

Sharkopath posted:

how the gently caress are you pronouncing doujin

doejin

dogsicle
Oct 23, 2012

dough jinn

Sharkopath
May 27, 2009


hes literally the dude from greco

Matoi Ryuko
Jan 6, 2004


El Burbo posted:

douj and doge are definitely the same

:cheerdoge:

Yaoi Gagarin
Feb 20, 2014

the doge of venice

Davincie
Jul 7, 2008

https://twitter.com/chika___n/status/710827815831097344

nooooo

Erg
Oct 31, 2010


now interested in this game

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Erg posted:

does doge not get pronounced with a "guh" sound at the end?

the internet came to an agreement that its pronounced like douj, around the time dogecoin became a thing probably

Lemon-Lime
Aug 6, 2009

Jostiband posted:

Lemon making a powerfully adorable enemy this night...

:ohdear:

I hope the cute doesn't kill me.

Droyer
Oct 9, 2012

Sharkopath posted:

how the gently caress are you pronouncing doujin

Like the ou in bought

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Droyer posted:

Like the ou in bought

thats wrong dude

Sharkopath
May 27, 2009

Droyer posted:

Like the ou in bought
wrong, its the long o sound

dogsicle
Oct 23, 2012

https://twitter.com/Good_Haro/status/710880911861096450?s=09

surprisingly, :same:

Butt Frosted Cake
Dec 27, 2010

Jostiband posted:

Lemon making a powerfully adorable enemy this night...

someone put on the barry white

Yaoi Gagarin
Feb 20, 2014

Droyer posted:

Like the ou in bought

So like dodge?

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

the ou in doujin is the same ou thats in touhou

Sharkopath
May 27, 2009

the alternate transliteration is ō, which is the same as doge

Davincie
Jul 7, 2008

this pronunciation talk is useless because people from different countries pronounce words differently

Sharkopath
May 27, 2009

El Burbo posted:

the ou in doujin is the same ou thats in touhou

*nods*

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Droyer
Oct 9, 2012

Sharkopath posted:

wrong, its the long o sound

Bought has a long o sound?

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