Stanleys Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I've been thinking about something while listening to some of the live streams and podcasts lstely. How do you all pronounce Fuwanovel? Some of the people that I've heard in the streams have pronounced the fuwa part with ywo syllables, kinda like foo-wa. This was different from how I've always pronounced it. I've always pronounced it with one syllable, like f-wa. Sorry, thats the best way I could describe it. I got it from the way its pronoinced in the song Fuwa Fuwa Time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 yes, just like in fuwa fuwa taimu not long foo, short fu (like the chinese name) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 i pronounce it the german way http://translate.google.com/#de/en/fuwa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Well I pronounce Fuwa like Wafu but the other way around. like a W I always though Fuwa was Wafu but inverted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakamutt Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I go by the long fu sound. huwanovel. More Furukawa than Futon, for random references of dubious value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosebleed Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Let's all thank HTT for teaching us how to pronounce Fuwa I just memorized how fuwa sounds for manga purposes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOZjeDbRbM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaward Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 And i pronounce it in the Italian way http://translate.google.com/#it/en/fuwa even if my "f" is more similar to an "h" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Let's all thank HTT for teaching us how to pronounce Fuwa I just memorized how fuwa sounds for manga purposes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOZjeDbRbM well at about 20 sec she also uses long foowa and then fuwa with u but short and then in the fwa fwa time its just fwa... so any pronunciation is possible xD Depends on the situation (I use the second one at the 20sec part, the short fuwa) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosebleed Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 well at about 20 sec she also uses long foowa and then fuwa with u but short and then in the fwa fwa time its just fwa... so any pronunciation is possible xD Depends on the situation (I use the second one at the 20sec part, the short fuwa) She's being inclusive clearly. I just read it like i would in my language because it's exactly the same pronounciation as the japanese one. Fu as in the chinese name and wa as in.. Hm I don't have a word for that pronounciation of wa in english, need a most extensive english vocabulary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanleys Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Hm I don't have a word for that pronounciation of wa in english, need a most extensive english vocabulary. Wander maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosebleed Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Wander maybe? That a in wander is affected by the n so not exactly, but close enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garejei Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I've always assumed it was ふわ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 yes it is ふわ but even individual japanese have different pronunciation of that word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Major Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Let's all thank HTT for teaching us how to pronounce Fuwa I just memorized how fuwa sounds for manga purposes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOZjeDbRbM Being the K-On fan that I am, I just pronounce it like in the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephisto Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Long fuwa when saying it in english Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryofrzd Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I actually drop the hard w-sound when I pronounce it, must be wrong. Tried IPA-ing my (probably horrible) pronunciation: fʉːanɔvɛl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xypers Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) :| Edited December 2, 2018 by Xypers cryofrzd and Tom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REtransInternational Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Rarely need to pronounce it but it would sound something like "few-ahh-no-voll" to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoom909 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 This is how to pronounce it. http://open-jtalk.sp.nitech.ac.jp/temp/20140307190933_32111.wav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hairybumslapper Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 "Foowahnoveh" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukiru Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyo_x1dd7JI Like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkshine Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 "Foowahnoveh" That's probably how i'd pronounce the word. Anyway I don't think it's a big deal how you say it as long as your satisfied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 FuvanoverrUUU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanleys Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 That's probably how i'd pronounce the word. Anyway I don't think it's a big deal how you say it as long as your satisfied. No its not, just kinda interesting to see how the way people say something is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkshine Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 No its not, just kinda interesting to see how the way people say something is different. The world is a vast place with different kinds of people just like fuwanovel consists of 90% loli lovers and 10% well the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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