How do you pronounce IREM?

[TR0N]

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.

[Game and Watch Kirby]

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 .

[esteban]

I actually pronounce each letter.

I. R. E. M.

I don't know why, but I've always done that.

[Necromancer]

huh..so..ehm well it is. ok, but thanx for the value info, will remember next time i have to use it

Punch yourself in the sack first.  It helps immensely. 

[nat]

I actually pronounce each letter.

I. R. E. M.

I don't know why, but I've always done that.

Man, that sounds like a chore.

[esteban]

I actually pronounce each letter.

I. R. E. M.

I don't know why, but I've always done that.

Man, that sounds like a chore.

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 .

[termis]

No contest.  The dude on the youtube video is just a goofball.  I mean, he also says Ninja "GAY-DEN".   

[Game and Watch Kirby]

No contest.  The dude on the youtube video is just a goofball.  I mean, he also says Ninja "GAY-DEN".   

I also pronounce Ninja Gaiden this way :-". 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.

[Turbo D]

 :-" I used to call it that when I was a kid 

[Digi.k]

I actually pronounce each letter.

I. R. E. M.

I don't know why, but I've always done that.

Sounds like a famous pop music group...

And I prefer the pronouncing it eye rem..

Ireem sounds a lil' like Irene..

[Tatsujin]

Ireem sounds a lil' like Irene..

yeah..that's like the lil' retarded dude in the yu0tube show pronounced it!

[Joe Redifer]

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.

[Bonknuts]

Gayden, Guyden - meh. Depends on the time of the day. Kid Icarus on the other hand...

[Dark Fact]

I used to pronounce Ninja Gaiden as Ninja Gayden as a kid all the time too. Don't worry.  I've finally smartened up. Although, there are still guys in my anime club that still insist on calling it Gayden.

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.

I actually pronounce each letter.

I. R. E. M.

I don't know why, but I've always done that.

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.

[Necromancer]

No contest.  The dude on the youtube video is just a goofball.  I mean, he also says Ninja "GAY-DEN".   

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.