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[Room 34]

As a kid I always thought of it as TAY-toh, but now that I know how Japanese words are transliterated, I am sure it's supposed to be TIE-toh.

It'll always be TAY-toh to me, though.

[Brad2600]

I say it as Tie-toh.

Sounds closer to what the Japanese intended it to sound like.

[Raijin Z]

Tah - ee - toh Tie-toe or Tight-to, but don't put extra emphasis on anything. You're both correct.

[desiv]

Wrong!

It's spelled Taito, but it's pronounced:
Throatwarbler Mangrove

desiv

[Room 34]

desiv said:

It's spelled Taito, but it's pronounced:
Throatwarbler Mangrove

You're a silly man.

[Xot]

Play a game of Bust-A-Move 2, 3, or 4 and when the game starts up it says something that sounds like "Go eat a hot dog! Tai-TO!"

Anyways, the games pronouce it tie-TOE.

But yeah, for years I pronounced it Tay-toe. But it's wrong, so I adapted.

[Room 34]

Xot said:

But it's wrong, so I adapted.

I grew up in a small town in Minnesota. Believe me, I know how to adapt my speech when I learn better!

[Tempest]

I always say Tah - ee - toh

Tempest

[desiv]

Room 34 said:

desiv said:

It's spelled Taito, but it's pronounced:
Throatwarbler Mangrove

You're a silly man.

True, but I stole that one from Monty Python.
(The TV show (Flying Circus), not the movies.)

:-)

desiv

p.s. I always pronounced it "Tie-Toe"

[Brad2600]

Raijin Z said:

Tah - ee - toh   Tie-toe or Tight-to, but don't put extra emphasis on anything. You're both correct.

Alright! I'm correct!



Though I'm hard of hearing, those speech lessons really paid off for sure if I can say Taito properly.

[Room 34]

desiv said:

Room 34 said:

desiv said:

It's spelled Taito, but it's pronounced:
Throatwarbler Mangrove

You're a silly man.

True, but I stole that one from Monty Python.
(The TV show (Flying Circus), not the movies.)

Of course... Graham Chapman, John Cleese. If I'm not mistaken, after Chapman says your line, Cleese replies, "You're a silly man."

[Ze_ro]

Someone should write a FAQ about how to pronounce some of these companies names... I think there's been three seperate "how do you pronounce X?" posts in the last while (Eidos and Tengen if I recall correctly).

--Zero

[Room 34]

Ze_ro said:

Someone should write a FAQ about how to pronounce some of these companies names... I think there's been three seperate "how do you pronounce X?" posts in the last while (Eidos and Tengen if I recall correctly).

--Zero

OK, then what I REALLY want to know is, how do you pronounce XYPE ???

[desiv]

I think you're right! I forgot the "silly man" bit!! :-) :-)

desiv

btw, I usually pronounce it "X", unless it leads a vowel, then it's more like a 'z" sound..

Following that logic (if that is logic), it should be "z-eye-p". (all one syllable)

[Jasoco]

LOL. Shades of my Tengen thread!

I've always said Tie-do.

[Room 34]

desiv said:

Following that logic (if that is logic), it should be "z-eye-p". (all one syllable)

Yeah, I have kind of been waffling between "zype" and "khype" (the "kh" that sounds like hacking up flem).

[Xot]

Room 34 said:

desiv said:

Following that logic (if that is logic), it should be "z-eye-p". (all one syllable)

Yeah, I have kind of been waffling between "zype" and "khype" (the "kh" that sounds like hacking up flem).

I think the founder(s) said in another thread it was pronounced like "zipe." My first thought was "zipe-ee."

Oh, Eidos is "eye-daws." Tengen, I THINK, is with a soft G (ten-jen).

[Video]

I always said TaTo (like potato without the P) T long A T long O TAATOW

Probably wrong, but that's the way I always pronounced it, and I've never had anybody misunderstannd me, in the end, that's the important part IMO.

[PaulEMoz]

desiv said:

Room 34 said:

desiv said:

It's spelled Taito, but it's pronounced:
Throatwarbler Mangrove

You're a silly man.

True, but I stole that one from Monty Python.
(The TV show (Flying Circus), not the movies.)

You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you.

Ah-ha! Anti-semitism!!

Not at all, it's not even a real nose. (Grabs huge fake nose)

Give me back my nose!

You can collect it at reception on the way out.

Etc, etc....



Brilliant!!

[Ze_ro]

Room 34 said:

OK, then what I REALLY want to know is, how do you pronounce XYPE ???

I think this came up at some point too... if I recall correctly, the Xype guys themselves claimed that it was pronounced "zye-pee".

If I ever form a company, I'm going to make the name all consonants, that way people can pronounce it however they want... Look for new games from Nmrpsq Software!

--Zero

[DeV0]

Tie to for sure

Anyhoo

Why is it people prenounce Sega as Say-ga? When it it blatantly obvious it is sega as in see-ga?? hmmmmmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[SteveW]

I just pronounce Sega as "Sega", the same way the Sega Genesis start-up screens on Sonic games sang it.

[Mindfield]

DeV0 said:

Tie to for sure

Anyhoo

Why is it people prenounce Sega as Say-ga? When it it blatantly obvious it is sega as in see-ga?? hmmmmmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Probably because all the commercials say "SEH-ga," the cart boot screens say "SEH-ga," and even Segata Sanshirou says "SEH-ga" -- and you don't wanna mess with him.

Plus. Sega is an American name (a contraction of SErvice GAmes), thus generally follows North American English phonetics.

[Kenshi]

Coffee? Tea? SEGA!

Man, I miss those commercials.

[DeV0]

My sonic says See-ga when it boots,

Anyways, a friend of mine imports toys and has contacts in Taito who pronounce it as Tie-Toe