Jim, while on the subject, how is the name Maitani
pronounced? Do you pronounce it like it is spelled?
John Robison
--- Jim Terazawa <jimt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Joel,
>
> You are correct. In Roman characters, the
> consonant sounds are alms always followed
> by a vowel. Therefore, TSU-NA-MI. Basically
> the Japanese vowels are A as apple, E as elephant,
> I as it, O as ostrich, and U as wood. In case of
> tsunami, the mild emphasis is at tsu (don't
> remember the word for 'emphasis')
>
> In case of zuiko, there are two consecutive vowels.
> The second vowel (i) sound gets a bit stretched to
> distinguish from u sound. Therefore, ZU-I-KO is
> pronounced as zweekoh, where k-oh makes stretched
> 'o' and mild emphasis is at 'i'.
>
> BTW, the above explanation could be wrong from
> the linguist point of view. I am just trying to
> be simple.
>
> Jim Terazawa
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