Monga? LOL, romanji from hari: Ma n ga <- All though i don't actually pronounce it that way.

I pronounce it english way, even if i know it's wrong ^^ [Men-gah] Just because the only time I actually talk about manga is only when I need to explain to people I am reading a manga ..;; and not "oh that japanese thing..?" 😛 So pronouncing it in english way would get them to understand what I'm saying.. at least that's what I think ..;

And, i'm used to the english way hahaha

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LOL i do the same thing! the japenese way sounds weird _ and im used to saying it the english way 😛 well i say it Man-ga. Though some of my friends who ocsianally read it say it the other way...
Me> "ooh i read that man-ga!"
Friend "wait?what?! ohh you mean "Mon-ga"" though hes japenese so....

personally i dont give a flip how i pronounce it~ 😛 esp. since no one seems to know how its supposed to acutally be pronounced XD

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Monga?

This most of the time.

But it depends on who i am around, since i can fit my style of speaking to anyone.

I pronounce it the Japanese way. It's hard not to when you are learning Japanese. xD

Used to pronounced as "main-gah" before I started learning Japanese. Then I found out how much I butchered Japanese pronunciation and phrase cause I was weaboo at the time.

Now, it's proper now since I do that all the time now. And other people call it comic books -.-''

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"Monga" like they proununce it at the beginning of Manga Entertainment Anime videos. About 15 or so years ago, I used to ignorantly pronouce it Mag-na, but nobody who knew better caught me doing it before I realized my mistake. 😉

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Monga?

This most of the time.

But it depends on who i am around, since i can fit my style of speaking to anyone.

Mmm but why in anime shows, they say "mAnga"? o.o''' I always watch anime fansubbed (so, original japanese dub), and NEVAR, for the life of me, heard of "mOnga" 😲

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Well English has a a good amount of words that have been taken form other languages and given our little twist, so why not the same withe manga?

i just say man-gah and it just sounds wierd to me both the proper way to say it and the wierd way but i'll just stick with my way 😀

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I never talk about manga, so it is rarely in my conversation ever, but mentally, I say it like "mango" with an a. 🤣

And I don't give a flying shit who criticizes me for it. 😐

Same with me. I dunt say it as Maanga for sure >.>

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I know it's pronounced ma-n-ga but I still say manga.
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Manga sounds pretty much the same whether pronounced in Japanese or English, or somewhere in between, I think.

Katana on the other hand, I just can't stand to hear in English.
Most people (yes even Ameri-otaku) pronounce it as Ka-tana with a a noticeable emphasis on the "ka". That is completely wrong. Japanese pronouce it as one word, and if there is any emphasis it would be at the end "na", and even that isn't stressed much.

Anyway, ever since I started watching anime and noticed how they pronounce it, its bothered me why English speaking people try to break Katana up in a sound that feels so forced. Just say it normaly like the Japanese say it, no need to break it apart.

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...and I have a bad habit of correcting people in bookstores.

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I pronounce it properly. I consider it an insult to purposely pronounce things incorrectly when you know/have been taught better. An honest mistake is one thing, but well, for example, how would you like to be called "Joe-Nathan" if your name is Jonathan, or "Jen-knee-fur" instead of Jennifer? Consider this every time you say say something ignorant, because besides showing the world how stupid you are, you also demean others as you mispronounce things.

Yes, this is one of my pet peeves. One of the reasons I do not tolerate dubs.