Pronunciation Of "Gaijin" ...

[ShadowTiger]

Discuss the other editorials and stories posted on Outpost Nine, or share your own.... Hoorah for paranoia of topic misplacement...

The concept of the "Gaijin Smash" is quite ... well, ... it's just awesome. :p Completely so, in fact. I was just wondering how it's pronounced?

1) Guy-Djinn
2) Gay-Djinn
3) Guy-Gene
4) Gay-Gene
5) Guy-Djinn
6) Gay-Djinn
7) Guy-Gene
8) Gay-Gene
9) Other

lol; see if you can decipher that vague interpretation. :p And what the hell, I'll even attach a poll.

[Henjin]

Kinda like 'Guy-Jean.'

Japanese pronunciation is really regular, so there's only one answer. A bunch of different ways to write it phonetically in English, but really only one actual pronuncation.

Gaijin = 外人　= ガイジン = 'ga i ji n'
If you want more specifics, google Japanese pronunciation.

[ShadowTiger]

... ... Crap. I seriously wonder how I managed to make a duplicate thread when I never even finished the first. O.o' (It must have been when I was working on the poll form of this thread. Crud... Many apologies.)


Thank you Henjin. :) That was a wonderful explanation.

[Henjin]

No problem. Was an easy question anyway. Heh.

For future reference regarding romanized Japanese:
a = 'ah'
i = 'ee'
u = 'ooh' (like in 'tube')
e = 'eh'
o = 'oh' (like in 'colt')

ai = sounds like 'i' in 'flight'
ei = sounds like 'a' in 'cake,' though sometimes (esp. in music) said as seperate syllables like 'eh-ee.'

Best way I could describe it. Sorry if it's confusing.

[ShadowTiger]

No problem. Was an easy question anyway. Heh.

For future reference regarding romanized Japanese:
a = 'ah'
i = 'ee'
u = 'ooh' (like in 'tube')
e = 'eh'
o = 'oh' (like in 'colt')

ai = sounds like 'i' in 'flight'
ei = sounds like 'a' in 'cake,' though sometimes (esp. in music) said as seperate syllables like 'eh-ee.'

Best way I could describe it. Sorry if it's confusing.
Nono, that was ... ... that was awesome. :o Thanks very much for that description! ^_^ Greatly appreciated. :)

Question though. Is there an "uh" sound though? Like in "Monkey?"

The "i" is like the "ee" in "Screech," right?

[Fallen Angel]

That's - at least I think so - a good advantage if you know french... It's easier since the prononciation is almost the same as Japanese's.

[chas]

That's - at least I think so - a good advantage if you know french... It's easier since the prononciation is almost the same as Japanese's.

Really? I wonder why I never noticed that when I had to learn French in middle school. My brother says that Spanish pronounciation is the same as Japanese, or very close at least.

[Vic_Rattlehead]

I think the pronunciation has similarities to Portuguese and Spanish rather than French. I'm a pretty ok French speaker however I don't really see a connection with it and Japanese. Perhaps i'd say the vowels are similar however many of the consonants have no connection with French in my opinion, ie.

H(pronounced 'ash'
Y(prounounced 'eekrek'
J (pronounced (jjay)-perhaps a lighter 'jj'

however they do sound different, obviously when put next to consonants..In which some of the sounds in french have the exclamated prounuciation , wheras Japanese pronunciation is rather straight forward.(however generally can carry alot of syllables'

Plus correct me if I'm wrong...Was it the portugeuse who constructed the whole 'romaji'?

[Komachi Angel]

I know one Japanese guy who wrote it 害人 instead, which was more or less a bracket term for those people that come over with no intent to learn the language and generally party around acting like fools. The characters more or less mean damage and person, but the pronunciation is the same.

[Vic_Rattlehead]

I know one Japanese guy who wrote it 害人 instead, which was more or less a bracket term for those people that come over with no intent to learn the language and generally party around acting like fools. The characters more or less mean damage and person, but the pronunciation is the same.


so that translates as the english word...'Chav'? :D

[Cool Bones]

That's - at least I think so - a good advantage if you know french... It's easier since the prononciation is almost the same as Japanese's.

i think so too, japanese is easy to speak for me because i know french

[Hira-Kata to Sawa]

Man, second syllable should sound like the liquor 'gin'....mmm, Bombay Sapphire martinis...

[BlackLiger]

so that translates as the english word...'Chav'? :D

CHAV HUNTERS, MOVE OUT! LOCK AND LOAD!

[B RoCkS1010]

i pronounce it guy-jin

[Henjin]

You can pronounce it however you want, but in Japanese, there's only one way： ガイジン

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Henjin, can you write out "GAIJIN SMASH!" for me, please? :D

Edit:

ｶﾞｼﾞﾝsﾏｼｭ!

Is this right?

[General_Admission]

So it's

http://www.stanford.edu/group/elcm/photos/UniChu%20Retreat/little%20boy%20swings.jpg + http://www.stoneisland.co.uk/clothes/mens-designer-jeans.jpg

- the s on jeans?

[Dresh]

Henjin, can you write out "GAIJIN SMASH!" for me, please? :D

Edit:

ｶﾞｼﾞﾝsﾏｼｭ!

Is this right?

I think it would be ガイジンスマッシ！

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

I think it would be ガイジンスマッシ！

Arigato, gosaimasu.

[Pierrot le Fou]

Spanish is far closer to Japanese phonetically because the vowel sounds are so close. French has very different sounding vowels.

And Japanese ain't easy even if you do speak French.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Lucky for me, I'm making this French class my LAST.

Goin' for the nippongi language, bitches.