"scoob" (scoobsti) 02/18/2014 at 20:10 • Filed to: Ghostride the Blip

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How do you pronounce "Mugen"?

JustWaitingForAMate > scoob 02/18/2014 at 20:12

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I always went with mew-gen.

Straightsix9904 > scoob 02/18/2014 at 20:13

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I always thought it was "Muoy-gan"

Mochimaster > scoob 02/18/2014 at 20:13

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Mooyghufushasakikikikiki, I believe.

Relevant:

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > scoob 02/18/2014 at 20:13

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Mug-en

Moo-gen

Moo-cow-goes-moo

Warlbarlgaaaaaaarrrrllllbblllleeeeeeeee

DasWauto > JustWaitingForAMate 02/18/2014 at 20:17

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As have I, the other one I've considered is Moo-gen*.

*short 'gen' sound, not that of generation.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > scoob 02/18/2014 at 20:17

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BWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

But seriously, it's moo-gen. The 'g' is the same as in guest.

MtrRider > scoob 02/18/2014 at 20:17

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Mynymoyooogyen.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > scoob 02/18/2014 at 20:18

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"Ter-let"

puddler > scoob 02/18/2014 at 20:20

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scoob > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 02/18/2014 at 20:22

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Really?! Whenever someone said "Mugen" I just yelled "V-TEC".

And yeah, that's what I figured. (Soft g)

AthomSfere > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 02/18/2014 at 20:30

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mu ge n

moo would be too long. But definitely about as close as you can get.

I think my brain also miswires "moo" to more like mou 

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > AthomSfere 02/18/2014 at 20:38

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So it's 3 syllables? I thought it was only 2...

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > scoob 02/18/2014 at 20:55

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I always thought it was Moo-Jen

The Compromiser > scoob 02/18/2014 at 21:28

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Hon-da

scoob > The Compromiser 02/18/2014 at 21:34

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Thanks!

The Compromiser > scoob 02/18/2014 at 22:01

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I used to have the same argument with a guy I worked with. He said moo Jen. I said meu Gen. I drove a Mazda and he had a crappy cavalier so I don't even know why we were arguing. Neither one of us wanted a Honda. Except for the one guy at work. He had a CRX. It was pretty bad ass. I never do ask him how he pronounced it...

AthomSfere > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 02/18/2014 at 22:17

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Japanese you essentially have a i u e o (pronounced not like what you want to) and then the consenents that go with them:

a, i, u, e, o

ka, ki, ku, ke, ko

ra, ri, ru, re, ro

na, ni, nu, ne, no

There are a couple exceptions, tsu and n for example... and some other rules like using ya, yu, yo to make long sounds, tsu as a glottal stop (Korean uses kk, pp for the same effect, and we do the same)

Kanji Hiragana (phonetic) romanji (romanized phonetic system) mugen(apparently means infinite)

Now the final part of reading it is realizing you have to give every letter the same pacing in speech. In English Father, Fatter, Fad can have different paces and sounds for the 'a'. Not so in Japanese. Each letter is a beat, so mu ge n all should take the same amount of time to say as each other letter. If you say Moo gen it is very different than mugen.

Closest I can think of to english-ize the pronounciation:

A short Moo

Take the gan sound of gander... gan Now pronounce, (with the above in mind) moogan.

Rassss > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 02/19/2014 at 14:19

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cant stop the tears xD