Does it piss you off when people pronounce manga with a long "a"?

 CielXlizzy19 posted sa loob ng isang taon na ang nakalipas
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zerowakakkoi said:
No, of course not. It's about the closest you can get to the Japanese pronunciation with English phonemes; why would it? I don't understand what people have against this...
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Because in the asian language, there is no long a sound. therefore words are incorrect if spoken witj sinabi sound and are supposed to be pronounced with a short a.
CielXlizzy19 posted sa loob ng isang taon na ang nakalipas
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Yes, I understand; I speak Japanese, but the... I don't know, type of a is non-existant in English, as far as I know. Unless my mind is being stupid and playing tricks on me, but I honestly don't mind how people pronounce it. Yes, it's a word in another language. I don't expect everyone to get the pronunciation perfect if they don't speak it. Sorry if this makes no sense, I can't think straight at 2 AM.
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SBTrulz said:
No.
Manga can be pronounced either way. I pronounce it with a long A cuz thats how you say it in America!! ^^
People prounce anime with a short A, but thats wrong. Because 'anime' is short for 'animation'.
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pumpkinqueen said:
No, because that's how I pronounce it.
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Espeongirl360 said:
I never pronounced it right until two years ago. I finally got into the habit of pronouncing it right a taon ago. Therefore, i dont have the right to be annoyed.
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xxtaysuicunexx said:
I had to look up what the long "a" sound was x_x Haven't heard it worded like that since Elementary school and it doesn't really make sense since I take the same amount of time to pronounce it long or short ;P

ANYWAYS, no it doesn't bother me. If they don't know the language how are they supposed to know how to pronounce it correctly and what sounds do or don't exist? I didn't get mad at my dog the first time she peed in the house when she was a puppy. Many of us don't speak Japanese so our mouth muscles have trouble forming sounds that aren't comfortable and/or don't roll off the tongue as easily as in our mother tongue. For a lot of people m-a-nga is madami comfortable than m-ah-nga.
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Jay-Chan said:
Nope! 'Cause I used to pronounce it like that till someone corrected me.
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 Nope! 'Cause I used to pronounce it like that till someone corrected me.
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Well my sister actually told me the right way to say it, but sinabi to call it that anyway.
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Simmeh said:
Uhh...
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LaVocaGirl said:
I say it that way because people understand me if I do that. (some of the people in the netherlands don't even know what manga is....O_o)
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GleekFreak18 said:
Nerrrr. Butt it peeves me of a little when they pronounce it like, "munnga"
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MortalAnonymous said:
YES. I'm a real stickler for proper pronunciations, spelling, grammar, and language rules. I don't know why, but people misusing language, it's something that's always bugged me. = /
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junjouyaoiluver said:
yes finally someone who feels the sameway
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