DaBlist Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Love the wheels but don't know how to say them. Quote Link to comment
nismo24096 Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Not trying to be a smarty pants but if I type the word wantanbe would you not just say it how you read it and how would that help you know how to properly say it. Maybe someone will post a youtube video of them saying it properly thats the only way i see this working. 1 Quote Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I know guys that are heavily into Japanese linguistics and they pronounce it,,,,, Watanabe. Hope that helped 5 Quote Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 watt-a-knob-eh? 5 Quote Link to comment
Mattndew76 Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Wat an ahbay? 1 Quote Link to comment
dr.feltersnatch Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 what-a-knob-eh?That's the canadian translation. 6 Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 What-a-noobie. 3 Quote Link to comment
DaBlist Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 So it's not ass hole it's ash-oel? 2 Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 :rofl: 1 Quote Link to comment
DaBlist Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Wat an ahbay? If this is correct it's the type of answer I was looking for, Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I actually asked one of my customers about this a few years ago. His last name is Watanabe. He pronounces it watt-uh-knob-ee. 1 Quote Link to comment
DaBlist Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I actually asked one of my customers about this a few years ago. His last name is Watanabe. He pronounces it watt-uh-knob-ee. I thought your first post was joking. Thanks for the help Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Fo sho. Should have used a smiley, I guess. :D Quote Link to comment
Dolomite Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 It's actually wah-ta-na-bay. Just listen to a hot version when one of the guys talks about a build with them on it. There's clearly 4 syllables in the name. 1 Quote Link to comment
DaBlist Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Good thing people don't put these on their Murcielago and Gallardos 2 Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 How do you say... Murcielago and Gallardos 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 mure see lego gall blado 2 Quote Link to comment
DaBlist Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 How do you say... I think it's bad journalism when (most of the time) magazines etc. do right ups on cars with names that are going to be hard for most of the world to pronounce and don't give us a phonetic spelling as well Quote Link to comment
DaBlist Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 mure see lego gall blado Why would you name a car Gallbladder when you could have called it Liver or Common Bile Duct? 1 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 The key to correct pronunciation of Japanese words printed in "Latin alphabet" is to remember that the transliteration uses the "Hepburn Romaji" system invented by an English missionary in China. You spell the individual syllables using English language consonants and French language vowels. "Romaji" is "Roma" for roman character and "Ji" for character. Similar to "Kanji" being the characters of the Great Khan of China who unified and standardized the Chinese characters. Quote Link to comment
DaBlist Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I think it will just be easier to change my favorite wheels to Merican Racing Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I think it will just be easier to change my favorite wheels to 'Murcan Racing Quote Link to comment
Tristin Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I think it's bad journalism when (most of the time) magazines etc. do right ups on cars with names that are going to be hard for most of the world to pronounce and don't give us a phonetic spelling as well Wat? Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 It's not journalism. Magazines assume you know what they are talking about. Watanabe... either Wah-tah-nah-bay or Wat-tah-nah-bee* I would say it this way myself. Boston Harbour comes out as Baaastin Haaaba by those that live there, (or is that New York?) but I don't say they are wrong. Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 It's not journalism. Magazines assume you know what they are talking about. Watanabe... either Wah-tah-nah-bay or Wat-tah-nah-bee* I would say it this way myself. Boston Harbour comes out as Baaastin Haaaba by those that live there, (or is that New York?) but I don't say they are wrong. Bay. The vowels are in Japanese order "A" "I" "E" "O" "U". "AAH". "EEE" "AAY" "OOH" "UUU [OOOH!]" which makes WATANABE ending with the "French" Fonzie H"AAY!". Quote Link to comment
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