How to pronounce "Mana" properly (www.youtube.com)
from toxicbubble420@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org on 29 Aug 2024 15:22
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Square Enix uses the bastardized American pronunciation “man-nuh” for the English dubs, which is not incorrect, but the original pronunciation is “maw-nuh”

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finickydesert@lemmy.ml on 29 Aug 2024 15:46 next collapse

Man-uh vs maw-nuh … I’ll stick with the first one

SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org on 29 Aug 2024 15:53 next collapse

Today I learned that it’s an indigenous Māori word, and as such we should probably be respectful and stick with how they pronounce it.

mtlvmpr@sopuli.xyz on 29 Aug 2024 16:12 next collapse

Weirdly enough that’s how I’ve always pronounced it because of the amazing language: rallienglanti (it’s English read out loud in Finnish way)

hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 29 Aug 2024 18:23 collapse

Lmao yeah same thing, pronouncing like ‘mana’ would be in Finnish word.

drspod@lemmy.ml on 29 Aug 2024 17:15 next collapse

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjLVSEhB5DI

SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org on 29 Aug 2024 20:35 collapse

Thank you

t3rmit3@beehaw.org on 29 Aug 2024 19:21 collapse

And here I thought it was derived and bastardized from “manna” the bread. TIL

SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org on 29 Aug 2024 19:45 next collapse

Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised. I love learning things about indigenous cultures.

AbelianGrape@beehaw.org on 29 Aug 2024 20:24 collapse

Which, to be fair, is also derived from a word which would be most accurately (with English vowels) pronounced as mah-nuh. Although at this point “manna” is definitively also a word of English whose correct pronunciation is with /æ/.

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 29 Aug 2024 16:04 next collapse

Mon-uh

WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 29 Aug 2024 16:09 next collapse

Man-ah

terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 29 Aug 2024 16:27 next collapse

Magicka

FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee on 29 Aug 2024 17:34 next collapse

Yeah but is it Magi-cka or Magick-a

eezeebee@lemmy.ca on 30 Aug 2024 16:03 collapse

Your decision to italicize that gave me chills

Gaywallet@beehaw.org on 29 Aug 2024 17:20 next collapse

manamana

LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org on 29 Aug 2024 18:32 next collapse

doot DOOOdoodoodoot

Wolf314159@startrek.website on 30 Aug 2024 00:30 collapse

Funny. This is the same video I show to my friends to help them pronounce guanábana correctly.

entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org on 30 Aug 2024 02:10 collapse

It’s like day-ta vs dah-tah/dah-tuh