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16 years ago
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the way it's written...


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I just say "comics", if I'm speaking in english to english speakers. For some reason, the clueless ppl in my office think "manga" is a dirty word.

In Japanese, I still say コミック (komiku), lol.

But if I say manga. I say it as it's pronounced in Japanese, of course. /ˈmɑŋgə/


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Either mango or 漫画, depending on who's around me. And yes, I call that yellow fruit thingie manga.


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i have no clue how to put it, but i pronounce it the german way oO

i think it's /'maŋɡa/ but i could be completely wrong


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i say manga "with the 'man' from mango" way although i know that the a should be a short sound rather than a long sound... its just a little strange to say it the proper way while speaking english...

sorta like how i'd speak english with a chinese accent if i was mixing in chinese... i'd say manga with an english accent if i'm speaking english shrugs its odd


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Manga, just that...

*Edit: *
Now I read kiriyama-Rei's post I realize that I'm a Spanish speaker and I pronounce in Spanish.
So tragic that I forget that little detail!!! LOL


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I pronounce it as Mángá, as saying sleeve in Spanish because I've noticed that the Japanese share the same accents as Spanish speakers. They both roll their R's too 😛


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I used to pronounce it as 'main-ga'. (My pronounciation sucks, I know.)

But my boyfriend criticizes me for it all the time, so now I'm always self-conscious about how I pronounce Japanese words. So now I pronounce it 'mon-ga', like you're "supposed" to.

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Just found out that its pronounced as monga in Japanese.
I always pronounce it as mángah (making the A really short, because the dutch like to make words short and a clanging sound with the NG(staying at the NG for a whole two seconds)).
I knew Americans tend to pronounce it as maangaah. But i never knew the Japanese pronounced it as monga, . This is a revelation. 😲

I only know of one person who knows of the existence of manga, but she never reads manga and has never corrected me on anything concerning manga.(i suspect she also doesnt listen to me when i rant about it)

At least i pronounce anime the right way (i think) or at least closely.
A-NIE-MUH,
OMG, its also wrong?!

When is the misery going to end? 🤢


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i pronouce it 'mon-ga'....thts how i always pronouced it


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why monga if the ideogram is a "ma" (with the "a" as in Car, as far as i can read it)?


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mang-ga

My cousin pronouses it Mag-na which means no matter how wrong I am he's more wrong


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i pronounce it the white way b/c my title...but sometimes i say monga to annoy my friends


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16 years ago
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Mah-n-ga. I.e. the 'correct' way.

Ironically, I still pronounce anime like I did when I was 9, though. You'll never hear me say 'ah-nee-may', it's always gonna start with the hard a sound, because I'm cool like that.


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16 years ago
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Why monga is the Japanese way 😕

From dictionary (Shogakukan) it's
漫画 [mannga] [まんが]

Japanese also call it Comic or コミック


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