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Old 2010-10-19, 23:52   Link #4344
Kudryavka
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Originally Posted by thevil1 View Post
How is the word 'anime' pronounced? The way I, and most people I know pronounce it is 'A' (as in the name "Ann"), 'ni' (as in "knitting"), 'me' (as in the month 'May'). I'm just wondering if this is the correct way of pronouncing it.
The only set in stone way is in Japanese, where it's pronounced "ah" (say aah for the doctor) "nee" (bend your knee) "meh" (Meh,men). Other languages will have at the word as they will, as with all loanwords. What you said is how I usually hear the word said in American English.
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