In some Japanese shows..... The voice actors say some English words but with a different pronunciation. For example... In FF7:AC, instead of just "Cloud", they say "Cloud-o"... Stuff like that...
Is that their way of saying the words or is it just an accent?
Just they way of saying foreign words, mainly because they don't have a character to represent the sound of "d". In Japanese, that name would actually be romanized as Claudo most probably.
Some other examples you can use for refference, in romaji form:
Sumisu = Smith
Raito = Light
tawaa = tower
misu = Miss
Maikeru = Michael
When using foreing words, Japanese use Katakana and such. Google for more information.
Last edited by Munsu; Mon, 03-19-2007 at 06:16 AM.
Yup, Bud's got it explained perfectly. But Cloud would be romanized as Ku-ra-u-do (クラウド), as the Japanese Hiragana (or Kata) does not have sounds starting with C, L, and F (except for "fu").
Here are 2 tables of Hiragana and Katakana characters, for those who are interested. I made these 2 tables, together with the romanji back when I just started learning how to write in Japanese.
Hiragana
Katakana
"Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。
Lol, how can I have said Claudo? That's horrible.Originally Posted by Psyke
Last edited by Munsu; Mon, 03-19-2007 at 08:17 PM.
More like "Mee-hai"
From my anime experience, they also don't have a genuine "J" sound.
Psyke, you got a higer res version of those to tables? i would really appreciate it.
edit: nvm imageshack was acting dumb, thx
Mee-hai? That doesn't make sense, and Michael doesn't have a "J" sound.
Well that's how they always pronounce it. I'm pretty sure that's a "Michael" in Monster.
And "J" is often pronounced like a "Y" (e.g. Joshua from Chrno Crusade)
That's because they were trying to emulate German names and pronuciations in Monster.
The two are synonymous.
A foreign accent is just the presence of the characteristics of one language when speaking another. Because Japanese has an inherent consonant-vowel consonant-vowel structure (well, excluding the n sound), any foreign word is also pronounced using this structure. Therefore, words ending in consonants, or words with consonant clusters are reformed to make them easier to say for a Japanese speaker.
The examples Bud and Psyke gave are pretty good.
Last edited by XanBcoo; Mon, 03-19-2007 at 11:06 AM.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
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