how to say kouki, zenki, chuki, pignose

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What about Mugen and Greddy?


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mew-g-en gred-d (not gree-d) theres 2 d's and 1 e not 2 e's.

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moo-gengred-e

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Is Tein pronounced as tay-n?

How bout Megan? Is it may-ghen or mee-ghen?

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Ive always said Tein as Tie, with an N sound at the end.

But i believe it really is ...tay-n

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yes its like teh-een but short and fast

for pronunciation use the phrase Ah soon we get old

the a in ah is how you pronounce a

oo in soon is the U

e in we is the I

the e in get is E but is like a short "eh"

the o in old is how you say the o, but dont stress it, keep it short.

and remember, the R or Ls are kind of like a rolling Rlah sound.

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I always said Tein like the word "teen"

Megan i always said just like the actual name.

Mugen was always moo-gen for me, and when i was little, i used to call Greddy, "get ready"

Yeah... dont ask about that last one.

Now i just say greh-dey

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I've always said Tein as in "Unattainable". Did anyone ever see the Import tuner that had the RB powered Tein S15? They called it "unatTEINable"

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moo-gentee-ingee-reddychoo-keyzen-keykoo-keypiggy pWns

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wave files FTW!!

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LOL seriously all these verbally spelled out words.
SketchyRollin564 wrote:Megan i always said just like the actual name.
Wow what a great description.

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japanese pronounce tein as tain

i have no idea how to say greddy tho...

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tein is tain (like the 'rein' in reindeer)greddy is greddy (name stems from Great Eddy).

now the weird word that makes no sense.

bride is brid (straight from a manual from a seat, confirmed by a fluent japanese speaker and reader).

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I was thinking 5zigen (go-shuh-gen) gets mispronounced all the time. Because if you were to say it as they do in Japanese no American would know what the hell you were talking about.


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the square bumper

the one with the round bumper

the one with the round normal head lights

the one with the normal head lights that are slanted like this... (makes a hand signs with hands slanted inward)


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skydragoness wrote:I was thinking 5zigen (go-shuh-gen) gets mispronounced all the time. Because if you were to say it as they do in Japanese no American would know what the hell you were talking about.
bride is brid like he said. and 5zigen is go-ji-gen

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Wow I learn something new everyday on here.

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R6_240sx wrote:Wow I learn something new everyday on here.
AMEN

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kamikazestorm420 wrote:bride is brid like he said. and 5zigen is go-ji-gen
R6_240sx wrote:Wow I learn something new everyday on here.
haha same here... I hear norm saying Brid all the time, I'm like whatever, it has an "E", I'm saying BRIDE! LOL... and I pronounce 5zigen like "Five-zigen" hahaha

I do know that TEIN stems from technical inovation...

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soo is 5zigen .........zi gen, zai ghen, or go ji gon wtv

btw for the record koo-ky zen-kychoo-kyPig E

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i wastold that Greddy was said "G-ready" but that sounds stupid. And hhuzzah i have another memorable quote. ^^^^ didnt think anyone noticed that.

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Fenris wrote:i wastold that Greddy was said "G-ready" but that sounds stupid. And hhuzzah i have another memorable quote. ^^^^ didnt think anyone noticed that.
Yea G-ready is how I thought it was pronounced too

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LOL that sounds ghey if it is. I've always said it as guh-red-ee.

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Chew-KeyZane-KeyMeeuuu-gen ( aren't there 2 dots above the "u"?)Or "Mug'n" if your gangstaTee-in (just like the spanish word for good) I have a hard time saying it like "tane".......... I keep wanting to say taint.

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pig-nose

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here ya go, this is how a native japanese would say their alphabet.http://www.geocities.com/jay32...i.htm

look at the chart, heres the order he says it. a,i,u,e,o ka,ki,ku,ke,ko etc but he doesnt say "wo" because it is pronounced as "o".then when he gets to n he does the bottom chart exactly the same, starting at the top left again.

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so i got to thniking where did i hear sombody say kouki as in

col-key,

so im watchin drift society and society mike said it in the "us drift life in japan" video at the section where they are in up garage.

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aurora61 wrote:japanese pronounce tein as tain

i have no idea how to say greddy tho...
Thanks, do you know the proper pronunciation for Mugen?

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Thanks Homies, this helps.

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Mangudai wrote:
Thanks, do you know the proper pronunciation for Mugen?
mugen is pronounced like moo(like cows go moo)-genthe moo shouldnt be long, but thats the only way i can explain it.and there is no "L" in kouki. its like ko (like "co" in coke) then the u sounds like "moo" without the m and also it sounds short (as in you almost dont hear it, but its there), and ki sounds like key.ko-u-ki


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