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Title: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: guyjin on April 01, 2008, 03:53:35 AM
this video got me thinking: what is the usual way to pronounce IREM? the guy in the video pronounces it the first way; I always pronounced it the second way. How do you do it?
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Sinistron on April 01, 2008, 04:01:39 AM
I ream sounds kinda bad. I'll stick with I-rem.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: nectarsis on April 01, 2008, 04:12:15 AM
Option 2 is the only one that feels right.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Necromancer on April 01, 2008, 05:13:13 AM
I say it the second way, though I suppose you could pronounce it as eye argh ee em since it's an acronym.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: ccovell on April 01, 2008, 05:28:32 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irem
Katakana doesn't lie. (Though it often conflates...) :)
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Tatsujin on April 01, 2008, 05:28:42 AM
AI-RE-MU
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 01, 2008, 07:30:15 AM
I leave off the syllable at the end (no "oo") since I have the ability to end sounds on a consonant. It is Irem, exactly how it looks.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Turbo D on April 01, 2008, 10:34:23 AM
Eye Rem. :)
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: nat on April 01, 2008, 11:27:41 AM
Anyone who pronounces it differently than Turbo D is a major goofnugget.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Tatsujin on April 01, 2008, 01:14:21 PM
it simply depends in which country i use that "word".
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 01, 2008, 01:25:08 PM
It's simple, if you spell it as "アイレム", then you pronounce it as AI-RE-MU in a high-pitched schoolgirl squeal. If you spell it as "IREM", then you pronounce it as eye-rem, just as it looks.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Tatsujin on April 01, 2008, 01:35:37 PM
nothing more and less than just right (except for that thing with the high-pitched schoolgirl squeal). close thread!!
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Keranu on April 01, 2008, 02:42:06 PM
It's simple, if you spell it as "アイレム", then you pronounce it as AI-RE-MU in a high-pitched schoolgirl squeal. If you spell it as "IREM", then you pronounce it as eye-rem, just as it looks.
Exactly.
I'm surprised by the poll though. I always pronounced it Eye-Rem as well, butI didn't think it was going to be such a landslide for that option.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 01, 2008, 02:50:45 PM
Quote from: Tatsujin
(except for that thing with the high-pitched schoolgirl squeal)
I just got off the phone with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and he says it is required.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Tatsujin on April 01, 2008, 03:07:10 PM
huh..so..ehm well it is. ok, but thanx for the value info, will remember next time i have to use it :)
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: TR0N on April 01, 2008, 04:40:40 PM
this video got me thinking: what is the usual way to pronounce IREM? the guy in the video pronounces it the first way; I always pronounced it the second way. How do you do it?
Ahh the video i'd link yesterday for the youtube thread.
Good question though i've never been good at pronounceing japanese names,for some company's or games for that matter.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Game and Watch Kirby on April 01, 2008, 04:50:44 PM
I always have pronounced it as "I REHM" (long I, short E form). Ever since I've first seen the word, I've felt it would be pronounced this way since the "REM" part of it made me think of, at different times, Rapid Eye Movement (which the abbreviation is spelled identically), a ram (as in a mountain sheep), and ROM (Read Only Memory). It turns out to be the most popular way of saying it, interestingly enough :P.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: esteban on April 01, 2008, 05:26:12 PM
I actually pronounce each letter.
I. R. E. M.
I don't know why, but I've always done that.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Necromancer on April 01, 2008, 06:03:53 PM
I have a tendency to do things like this. I never used shorthand for TurboGrafx-16. I always (even today) refer to the full name. In comparison, saying S. N. E. S. or N. E. S. or "Super Famicom" are easy :).
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: termis on April 03, 2008, 02:23:33 PM
No contest. The dude on the youtube video is just a goofball. I mean, he also says Ninja "GAY-DEN". #-o
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Game and Watch Kirby on April 03, 2008, 03:13:07 PM
No contest. The dude on the youtube video is just a goofball. I mean, he also says Ninja "GAY-DEN". #-o
I also pronounce Ninja Gaiden this way 8-[ :-". Although I know now that "I" in Japanese is virtually always sounds like the English long "E", I still say it like so especially since I wasn't aware of that when I first saw the game title at the time.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Turbo D on April 03, 2008, 03:29:30 PM
:-" I used to call it that when I was a kid :lol:
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Digi.k on April 04, 2008, 01:33:46 PM
yeah..that's like the lil' retarded dude in the yu0tube show pronounced it!
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 04, 2008, 07:19:53 PM
Quote from: Game and Watch Kirby
I also pronounce Ninja Gaiden this way
Same here, even though I know it is Ninja GUY DEN. I just like to stress the gayness factor of the game. I'm one of the few who didn't go gaga over the Xbox version(s). I look forward to trying the demo for part 2, maybe it will be worth my time.
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Bonknuts on April 05, 2008, 01:37:54 PM
Gayden, Guyden - meh. Depends on the time of the day. Kid Icarus on the other hand...
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Dark Fact on April 05, 2008, 03:53:38 PM
I used to pronounce Ninja Gaiden as Ninja Gayden as a kid all the time too. :) Don't worry. I've finally smartened up. :wink: Although, there are still guys in my anime club that still insist on calling it Gayden. :roll:
IREM huh? I also pronounce it as eye-rem. :) Good to see that is the most voted spelling on here. I feared I may had been wrong all these years. But still...IREM kind of sounds like a diagnosis your optometrist would give you. :P
Quote from: esteban
I actually pronounce each letter.
I. R. E. M.
I don't know why, but I've always done that.
Quote
I have a tendency to do things like this. I never used shorthand for TurboGrafx-16. I always (even today) refer to the full name. In comparison, saying S. N. E. S. or N. E. S. or "Super Famicom" are easy
Let's all congratulate Esteban for winning the spelling bee. :clap:
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Necromancer on April 05, 2008, 07:16:34 PM
No contest. The dude on the youtube video is just a goofball. I mean, he also says Ninja "GAY-DEN". #-o
I also say Gay Den, since I'm in the U.S. and refuse to bend the pronunciation rules of a superior language just to make someone else happy. If I were in Japan, I'd do it their way; but I'm not, so f*ck it. :D
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Black Tiger on April 06, 2008, 07:21:08 AM
It'll always be Ninja Gay-den to me, although I do accidentally mispronounce it as Guy-den sometimes. I'll also never call Ryu "Ryoo". Thats just ridiculous. [-(
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 06, 2008, 12:03:06 PM
I like saying Rie-Ooo. Don't spell it with a "Y" if you don't want it pronounced like that. The correct pronunciation is "roo" like the Australian marsupial.
Who here pronounces "Ryo" as DEE YO?
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Keranu on April 06, 2008, 03:57:58 PM
I always pronounce Ryu as Rie-yuu. Sure it's not technical correct, but it's just so much more natural! :mrgreen:
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Game and Watch Kirby on April 06, 2008, 05:01:54 PM
It'll always be Ninja Gay-den to me, although I do accidentally mispronounce it as Guy-den sometimes. I'll also never call Ryu "Ryoo". Thats just ridiculous. [-(
Which way is that you're addressing to the way you'll never say Ryu? Is it with the "Y" having an "E" or "I" sound?
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Black Tiger on April 06, 2008, 06:18:47 PM
It'll always be Ninja Gay-den to me, although I do accidentally mispronounce it as Guy-den sometimes. I'll also never call Ryu "Ryoo". Thats just ridiculous. [-(
Which way is that you're addressing to the way you'll never say Ryu? Is it with the "Y" having an "E" or "I" sound?
I don't like "Ree-ooo", the way the anouncer and supposedly all of japan pronounces it.
I also don't do "Blunka" or "Zong-gee-eff" or "Bar-log". [-(
Title: Re: How do you pronounce IREM?
Post by: Keranu on April 06, 2008, 07:10:24 PM