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Pikapu
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Post #393477 |
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9:02 pm, Jul 22 2010
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Asian friends: manga (American pronunciation).
Other friends: manga (Japanese pronunciation).
On one specific IRC channel, I call `em mangos like everyone else.
Last edited by Pikapu at 3:14 pm, May 30
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Post #393492 |
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9:51 pm, Jul 22 2010
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I dunno if it's the "correct" way to pronounce it, but since I speak Spanish and Spanish pronounciation is closer to that the English pronounciation, I go w/ Spanish.....so it's the "ah" sound instead of "eh"
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adarkfrostedlove
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Post #393496 |
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10:01 pm, Jul 22 2010
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I have a bad habit of switching between the two mid-conversation, I have been told by people without much knowledge of manga, that it can be very confusing, because it sounds like I am talking about 2 different things. I know that "Maynga" is inproper and its more like "Mahnga" but old habits die hard you know.
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Post #393844 - Reply to ( #242306) by Calibine |
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5:45 am, Jul 24 2010
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From the very beginning I pronounced it "muhnga"..
And then my friends kept ponouncing it "maynga" and kept looking at me funny when i said it the right way.. I went back to calling it "muhnga" since I found out I was right after all! lol
Instead of all of us trying to type out what it sounds like cant we just find some youtube/video clip somewhere saying it the different ways? lol
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otakuness
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Post #393881 |
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7:23 am, Jul 24 2010
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yeah.. like the fruit!!
its actually mango in our language!!! 
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Post #393882 |
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7:33 am, Jul 24 2010
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omg typing your pronunciations is so confusing... no one is going to know which way you say it!
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Post #393887 |
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7:53 am, Jul 24 2010
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None of the above, as pronouncing the word requires it to be used in a verbal conversation.
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Post #410636 |
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For me it's actually reverse. Monga is very close to mango in my native language, so I say manga.
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Post #410640 |
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5:56 am, Sep 29 2010
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what ever happened to まんが ma-n-ga where the mo come from? i am confused
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Post #410650 |
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6:35 am, Sep 29 2010
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I pronounce it monga. I used to say manga but changed as soon as someone corrected me since there wasn't a reason for me not to.
My Dad calls it "Pokemans stuff."
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dokko-dokko
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Post #410652 |
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7:21 am, Sep 29 2010
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yeah, where did "monga" come from 
ma'n-ga
easier for me cuz it's ma'n-hwa in korean, and pronounced similarly with the "ah" sound, since they are the same.
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Post #410658 |
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8:42 am, Sep 29 2010
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I say "mawn-ga" I used to say it like "MAN-ga" but stopped like 5 years ago. So saying it the americanized way just sounds odd to me now lol. Like poeple who say "pe-CANS" instead of "pe-cawns"
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ShinSupafly
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Post #410660 |
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9:02 am, Sep 29 2010
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woaaahhh, i fail as an manga-otaku 
all these years i've been saying it like 'mango' with an 'a' at the end, never realising that it was actually more like 'monga'.
I don't think i deserve to keep on reading the sweet joy that is manga which for some blasted reason is pronounced as 'monga'.
P.S. I don't actually give a ..... you say tomato I say tomahto 
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Post #410662 - Reply to ( #393496) by adarkfrostedlove |
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9:35 am, Sep 29 2010
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Quote from adarkfrostedlove I have a bad habit of switching between the two mid-conversation, I have been told by people without much knowledge of manga, that it can be very confusing, because it sounds like I am talking about 2 different things. I know that "Maynga" is inproper and its more like "Mahnga" but old habits die hard you know.
I pronounce it the same way ^_^ Not like "man-ga" but the more "ah" sound. Like I'm British or something xD
EDIT: Aaahh I quoted the wrong person! But I get what you're saying, although I don't switch 
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Post #411228 |
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5:39 am, Oct 1 2010
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I pronounce it 'Mango' but with an 'a' instead of an 'o'
I don't like calling it 'Monga'
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