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2774008 No.2774008 [Reply] [Original]

Holy shit /jp/. I feel DUMB. For a really long time now I have been pronouncing Tewi as "Two-wee" and not because I didn't know how to pronounce it right, but I never really looked at the name in the first place. Why am I so stupid?

>> No.2774014

Dear god that picture.

Also >tewikawaii.png

>> No.2774019

te te te tewa tei

>> No.2774030

TV

>> No.2774025

OH GOD HERE COMES THE TEWI/TEI ARGUMENT

JAPANESE EXPERTS AHOY

>> No.2774040
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2774040

tewi kawaii

>> No.2774032

TEH WII

>> No.2774058

It's said Tiruno。

>> No.2774063

For god's sake.

It is pronounced "Tei". The 'w' is mute.

Delete this thread before this becomes a shitfest with trolls and people that actually care about how the fucking name is pronounced.

>> No.2774071

>>2774063
Well, now I'm interested though. I've never heard anything about this before.

>> No.2774076

I'm not English or American and I pronounce it "too-wee". That's the only right way. You pronounce every letter, otherwise why the fuck do you write it down in the first place? Dumbfucks.

>> No.2774078
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2774078

>>2774058
Too right.

>> No.2774092

>>2774071
Her name is written with ゐ, romanized as wi. It's obsolete and no longer. Modern Japanese pronounces that as "i" when it appears, though.

>> No.2774084

>>2774071
It has something to do with the old Japanese pronunciation and the new one.

>> No.2774083

>>2774063
Too late
>>2774076

>> No.2774110

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDTuD-iUAtE#t=01m02s

>> No.2774139

>>2774092
I meant "no longer used."

>> No.2774195

It's pronounced "Tei" you fucking moron. The bogdamn W is fucking silent. Hell, Zun even changes the spelling in PoFV. Goddamn, I hate everyone one you stupid assholes. Go die you mother fucking prick piece of whore shit damn

>> No.2774264
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2774264

Tewi rhymes with chewy.
Discuss.

>> No.2774290

>>2774195

Why the fuck is there a silent letter is romaji? That's fucking retarded.

>> No.2774306

>>2774063
No it's not, weeaboo faggot.

>> No.2774328

>>2774290
It's a no longer used character (wi), however since ZUN goes out of his way to write tewi (with the wi) I'm gonna say tewi. Anyone saying otherwise is retarded, even the japanese.

>> No.2774334
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2774334

Tewi rhymes with 2E.
Discuss.

>> No.2774343
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2774343

Tewi rhymes with Che.

>> No.2774383
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2774383

There are a few names that have defunct letters in them and they are pronounced with said defunct letter intact.

On the other hand, Tei is cooler than Tewi and shows that I have chosen to drop a letter because I am aware the character is no longer in use. So I am operating on a level people just reading the name are not. Thus I win.

Also: cocks.

>> No.2774405

>>2774290
Exactly. The 'w' wasn't there in the moonrunes either, so why would you write it down in the first place?

Either write Tei and pronounce it that way, or write Tewi and say "too-wee".

>> No.2774416

>>2774405
You mean てゐ

>> No.2774490
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2774490

Setting all this shit aside..........SHE'S FUCKING HOT!

>> No.2774504

>>2774334

sauce on this?

>> No.2774568

How is Tewi pronounced Too-ee anyway? Wouldn't it be Teh-wee? I just don't understand how someone would get an o or u sound out of the letter e.

>> No.2774677

>>2774568

see >>2774264

"chew", "dew", "jew", "new", "threw" are all pronounced like that... plus the others that are pronounced with a -yoo sound (few, hew, mew)

>> No.2774688

>>2774568
I pronounce it more like "Tee-wee".

>> No.2774703

>>2774568
It is pronounced teh-wee.

>> No.2774710

>>2774677
jew - jee wii

>> No.2774730

Tei it~!

>> No.2774752

Oh, I'd also like to complain that I think it's fucking retarded Americans pronounce 'w' as 'double-u'. Just fucking say 'wee' like everyone else, you morons! You don't refer to 'm' as 'double-n' either, do you?

>> No.2774774

>>2774752
Technically it should be 'double-vee'.

>> No.2774776

>>2774752
Actually, W is from double u. So, yeah.

>> No.2774778

>>2774752
and F isn't pronounced "EFF" but everyone does it anyways

>> No.2774779

>>2774752
If everybody else is talking about their wee, I think I'll stay a 'fucking moron', thanks

>> No.2774781

>>2774776
>English uses the Latin alphabet of the Romans. However, this had no letter suitable for representing the phoneme /w/ which was used in Old English, though phonetically the sound represented by /v/ was quite close. In the 7th century scribes wrote uu for /w/; later they used the runic symbols known as wynn. European scribes had continued to write uu, and this usage returned to England with the Norman Conquest in 1066. Early printers sometimes used vv for lack of a w in their type. The name double-u recalls the former identity of u and v, which is also evident in a number of cognate words

>> No.2774782
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2774782

Tewi rhymes with buoy.
Discuss.

>> No.2774790

>>2774779
HURR it sounds the same as a bad word mommy doesn't like it when I use it

>> No.2774788 [DELETED] 

>>2774782
Correct.

>> No.2774802
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2774802

Screwy chewy Tewi on a buoy.
Five times fast.
DO IT FAGGOT.

>> No.2774799

>>2774781
I don't get it, V and U sound NOTHING the same phonetically. Why did the Romans use them interchangably?

>> No.2774811

>>2774802
How many variations of that dance sequence are there anyway?

>> No.2774832

>>2774799
English pronounces W more like u, many other languages pronounce it as v.

>> No.2774844

>>2774832
Well, at least some do. I'm no expert linguist, but there is some overlap when it comes to w.

>> No.2774845

>>2774802
Tewi is pronounced Tei.

>> No.2774850

>>2774832
Oh, you're right. Like vodka and wodka in Russian, huh?

>> No.2774881
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2774881

>>2774845
Tewi isn't pronounced.
Because you don't have an audible conversation about mystical bunnygirls who live with moon princesses.

>> No.2774890

TAAAAAAAAAAY

LIKE GAY WITH A T

LET IT DIE

>> No.2774896

>>2774890
No, since that pronunciation is stupid, like the japanese.

>> No.2774904
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2774904

>>2774890

>> No.2774910

JAPANESE LESSON TIME, FAGGOTS

Tewi is comprised of two kana, 'Te' and 'Wi' The 'wi' is a depreciated kana that is no longer in use in modern times, because 'wi' and 'i' have drifted so close together that they're effectively the same. So her name is, by modern Japanese standards, pronounced 'Tei'.

Say it? Tei it!

>> No.2774911

I hate these threads.

>> No.2774916

>>2774896
I think the Japanese are more entitled to decide how their language and names are pronounced than you are, sir.

>> No.2774919

>>2774911
You hate all threads.

>> No.2774924

>>2774919
You're right.

>> No.2774927
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2774927

>>2774910
But Tewi is ancient.
She is the Ancient Duper.
Even her name tricks you.

>> No.2774930

>>2774916
I don't particularly care what they think they're entitled to. They're stupid.

>> No.2774933

>>2774916
No, fuck you. They pronounce 'cake' as 'cay-key' so we can pronounce Tewi as we wish.

>> No.2774942

>>2774933
They pronounce our words as they wish, sure. That doesn't make them right.

We pronounce their words as we wish, sure. That doesn't make us right either.

>> No.2774943

>>2774910
Then why is it written down in the first place? Seriously, it doesn't make sense to romanize the second kana as 'wi' if the 'w' is not even pronounced.

>> No.2774949

>>2774942
But I don't care about being right. I'll pronounce Tewi as I wish.

>> No.2774952

>>2774943
Because she's old enough that when she received her name from Kaguya, the 'wi' kana was still in use. Zun did it on purpose just for that reason.

>> No.2774959

>>2774943
It doesn't make any sense, which is why that argument is retarded.

>> No.2774963

>>2774943
We spell words like 'knight' with silent letters. Anyone who has very basic Japanese knowledge would be able to tell how to pronounce her name.

>> No.2774965

>>2774952
Then it should be pronounced that way. herp derp

>> No.2774969

>>2774952
That still doesn't explain why it is romanized with a 'w'. It's just something that should not translate to the English language (or alphabet even, if that kana sounds like 'i' you don't write down 'wi').

>> No.2774978

>>2774969
You can romanise it as Tei if you want too. It's just like Cirno can be romanised as Tirno, Chirno, etc. It's all the same.

>> No.2774986

>>2774963
Nice comparison bro, we never pronounced knights ki-nights (or any other variation, kn doesn't have a vowel separating it)

>> No.2774993
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2774993

All this passion and vitriol.
How silly.

>> No.2774995

>>2774986
Are you sure? Languages where the word is derived from DO pronounce the 'k'.

>> No.2775001

>>2774969
Preference, really.
>Tohsaka vs Tousaka vs Toosaka vs Tōsaka.

>> No.2775002

>>2774986
Actually in older English the 'k' was pronounced.

>> No.2775004

>>2774995
I stand corrected.

>> No.2775014

>>2775001
Not exactly, but those all refer to the same sort of sound, whereas 'wi' is not the same as 'i'. But whatever, this argument is retarded.

>> No.2775021

It's Tewi

>> No.2775036

It's just Japan trying to sweep their history under the rug again.

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