How to pronounce Ikaruka.....

[Pearl Jammzz]

I think the topic says it all. anyone know?

 

[SkankinMonkey]

well if you're assuming Ikaruga is romanji it would be somethink like:

E kuh ru* gah**

*(ruby)

**(gay)

 

[Gallstaff]

😵 before i got on my compouter i was just thinking of making this topic. are you sure it's pronounced that way? i thought it was like ick are you gah

 

[SkankinMonkey]

well i haven't seen it spelled in hiragana, but the way i'd spell it in hiragana would be the way i showed the pronounciation for

I KA RU GA are all individual characters. Of course i could be wrong since the kanji on the title screen is 'pi-juun shitto' from what i've been told at least

 

[RevQuixo]

http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/audio/i.wav

http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/audio/ka.wav

http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/audio/ru.wav

http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/audio/ga.wav

 

[SkankinMonkey]

yea, its kinda hard to spell out how ru sounds, its kinda like a mix of ru dru and dlu heh.

 

[racketboy]

dude! I was JUST going to post this topic -- it's been bugging me for months.

I always wondered about the "I"

 

[DBOY]

EE KAH GOO RAH

That's as close as you'll get without learning the l/r/d mishmash sound that is R in Japanese so just say the above fast and without spaces.

 

[ExCyber]

EE KAH GOO RAH

That's as close as you'll get without learning the l/r/d mishmash sound that is R in Japanese so just say the above fast and without spaces.

And without mangling the last two syllables. I made the exact same mistake myself the very first time I read the title, way back when it was at the vague rumor stage; clearly this indicates some mistake on Treasure's part. :

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Also, if anyone cares, "ikaru" apparently refers to a Japanese grosbeak, a bird with (surprise!) quite noticeably contrasting light/dark colored areas of its body...

edit: #segaxtreme's resident shooter god tells me that it is in fact "ikaruga", and the dictionary I was using just sucks.

 

[Gallstaff]

😵 is this a sign... or if anything the japanese are just being clever but stil... *bum bum bum!*

 

[klakalou]

whats the meaning behind it?

 

[Gear]

Originally posted by DBOY@Sep. 07 2002, 4:25 am

EE KAH GOO RAH

That's as close as you'll get without learning the l/r/d mishmash sound that is R in Japanese so just say the above fast and without spaces.

that sounds like a spanish pronunciation

 

[VTSnake]

A = Ah

I = Ee

U = Uu (A long O sound)

E = Ay (is in dAY)

O = O (Short O sound)

All Japanese words are made up of characters/syllables that retain the same sound. Unlike English, where we mash the syllables of letters into words.

Ikaruga would sound like Icka-rug-a in English. It's really Ee-Kah-Ruu-Gah

 

[Artemio Urbina]

Originally posted by Gear+Sep. 09 2002, 1:02 am--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Gear @ Sep. 09 2002, 1:02 am)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-DBOY@Sep. 07 2002, 4:25 am

EE KAH GOO RAH

That's as close as you'll get without learning the l/r/d mishmash sound that is R in Japanese so just say the above fast and without spaces.

that sounds like a spanish pronunciation[/b][/quote]

Japanese in pronounced much like spanish, as a matter of fact

 

[DBOY]

They're moderatly similar. There's a lot of sounds each language has the other lacks.

 

[MoonKnight]

I can say japanese words quite easily and suck at spanish words.. o-O

 

[MasterAkumaMatata]

Speaking of pronunciation, how do you pronounce the short form of SegaXtreme (i.e., SX)? Say it really fast.

 

[Hollywood Hasney]

Originally posted by MasterAkumaMatata@Sep. 19 2002, 12:13 pm

Speaking of pronunciation, how do you pronounce the short form of SegaXtreme (i.e., SX)? Say it really fast.

ES - EX I think

Or Essex... which would be bizzare

 

[alpharogue]

Eeee Ka' Doo Ga'- I always remembered the Japanese getting their "R's","L's", and "D,s" meshed together which of course sounds weird in english. An example would be in Anime' where text reads in english- "Door Rocked-(instead of Locked), Now Roading-(on a computer screen, for example), etc." The R's sound like D's when pronounced in Japanese.