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How do you pronounce "ideya?"
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Posted 29 November 2007 - 12:33 PM
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Posted 29 November 2007 - 12:48 PM
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Posted 29 November 2007 - 02:34 PM
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Posted 29 November 2007 - 02:47 PM
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Posted 29 November 2007 - 04:40 PM
#6
Posted 29 November 2007 - 06:42 PM
or when im lazy just idea XD
#7
Posted 29 November 2007 - 08:06 PM
イデア
i-de-a
So it comes out as "e-DAY-ah", like the letter E, the word "day", and the sound "ahhhh". I've been pronouncing it like that for awhile, though I've heard other pronounciations from my friends and sister.
#8
Posted 29 November 2007 - 08:52 PM
Well, the katakana for ideya gives a pretty good phonetic guide for how it's pronounced:
イデア
i-de-a
So it comes out as "e-DAY-ah", like the letter E, the word "day", and the sound "ahhhh". I've been pronouncing it like that for awhile, though I've heard other pronounciations from my friends and sister.
Thats how I pronounce it! ^_^
#9
Posted 29 November 2007 - 09:46 PM
#10
Posted 29 November 2007 - 11:02 PM
I've been saying "idea" for all these years. Just like I've been saying Reala like "Real-uh" up until recently when I finally started saying Re-al-ah which is the correct way to say it.
Same in both aspects. lol *Said Reala wrong most fandom years*
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Posted 30 November 2007 - 03:15 AM
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Posted 30 November 2007 - 04:27 AM
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Posted 30 November 2007 - 02:02 PM
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Posted 04 December 2007 - 09:17 AM
I mean the Ideya are meant to be facets of human consciousness right? So in that regard, they could be abstractly translated to be thoughts or "ideas" so I went with that.
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Posted 04 December 2007 - 09:03 PM
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Posted 17 December 2007 - 10:52 PM
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Posted 18 December 2007 - 12:33 AM
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Posted 18 December 2007 - 12:37 AM
#19
Posted 18 December 2007 - 12:38 AM
ok, I think there needs to be a thread for pronouncing things... I've just heard 3-4 people say Nightmaren funny... like Nightmarian instead of night mare n. @___@
Seriously. It's spelled Nightmaren. My dad says Nightmarian and I'm like @_____X IT'S NIGHTMAREN DAD.
My mom says "Oh! look! In this magazine! It's one of those shiny marbles you like in that game so much!"
"You mean the Ideya, mom?"
"Yeah, the Eh-dee-um thingys!"
"X_______x"
#20
Posted 18 December 2007 - 12:49 AM
As for ideya. Yeah, i pronounce it 'eye-day-ah'.
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Posted 18 December 2007 - 01:03 AM
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Posted 18 December 2007 - 01:29 AM
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Posted 18 December 2007 - 01:51 AM
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Posted 18 December 2007 - 11:45 AM
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