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Offline didjamatic

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Pronouncing Topre?
« on: Fri, 20 November 2009, 22:33:24 »
How do you pronounce Topre?
Top as in Spin top or is it Tope like soap?  
Re like ray, Re like Ree, Re like Reh

Thank goodness Elite posted the correct pronunciation for Fukka is "Fooka" :|
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Offline msiegel

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« Reply #1 on: Fri, 20 November 2009, 22:38:35 »
original name is Tokyo Press Kogyo Co.

so i'm guessing "Toe Preh" :)
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Offline Rajagra

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« Reply #2 on: Fri, 20 November 2009, 23:54:08 »
To Pray.
As in: I need to pray for more money so I can afford my next one.
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Offline bbranigin

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« Reply #3 on: Sat, 21 November 2009, 00:35:28 »
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« Last Edit: Sat, 05 May 2018, 18:13:32 by bbranigin »
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Offline sixty

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« Reply #4 on: Sat, 21 November 2009, 03:28:31 »
Quote from: Rajagra;134825
To Pray.
As in: I need to pray for more money so I can afford my next one.


Haha, good one.
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Offline lmnop

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« Reply #5 on: Sat, 21 November 2009, 06:06:53 »
whenever I see Topre I think Tok'ra :)

yeah i'm a geek but I can hurl this ear medicine pretty hard.
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« Reply #6 on: Sat, 21 November 2009, 06:59:32 »
I always thought it was prounounced "Toa-Per" since I knew someone called Topre whose name was pronounced that way.
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Offline HungryPillow

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« Reply #7 on: Sat, 21 November 2009, 07:27:31 »
I always just assumed "Toe Pray" as well
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Offline kyamei

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« Reply #8 on: Sat, 21 November 2009, 08:47:03 »
Quote from: HungryPillow;134890
I always just assumed "Toe Pray" as well


That is probably as close as an English speaking person will get to its actual pronunciation since English speakers have a hard time with Japanese R's (and the Japanese with English L's).
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« Reply #9 on: Sun, 22 November 2009, 08:53:38 »
My girlfriend, who is Korean (not as if it gives her more authority than anyone else here), says it's probably pronounced TOE-POO-RAY.
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Offline lmnop

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« Reply #10 on: Sun, 22 November 2009, 08:58:17 »
I think it's pronounced  "Toh-Pra"

why? because Lian Li is pronounced "Lee-Ann-Lee" not "Lee-Ann-Lie" and SteelSeries Xai is pronounced "Zeh-Eye" not "Ex-Eye" or "Eye"

everything is pronounced as it looks :)
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #11 on: Sun, 22 November 2009, 09:00:29 »
I've heard "Toe-pu-lay" as a proper Japanese pronunciation.
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Offline lmnop

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« Reply #12 on: Sun, 22 November 2009, 09:06:32 »
can't we just call it Real Force? like

AND WHATS WITH THE REAL FORCE? A KEYBOARD SO POWERFUL IT BENDS THE LAWS OF ENGLISH?


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Offline tamasrepus

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« Reply #13 on: Sun, 22 November 2009, 09:26:15 »
Quote from: lmnop;135178

why? because Lian Li is pronounced "Lee-Ann-Lee" not "Lee-Ann-Lie" and SteelSeries Xai is pronounced "Zeh-Eye" not "Ex-Eye" or "Eye"


Except Lian Li (Chinese, or Taiwanese, if you want to be politically correct) and SteelSeries (Danish; Xai is probably some marketing-derived name?) are from completely different languages.

What I just still doesn't mean anything, because these things get their own localized pronunciations. for example, T-Mobile in the USA is typically pronounced T-MOE-BILL, while in Europe it's T-MOE-BILE.
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Offline lmnop

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« Reply #14 on: Sun, 22 November 2009, 09:37:43 »
Quote from: tamasrepus;135192
Except Lian Li (Chinese, or Taiwanese, if you want to be politically correct) and SteelSeries (Danish; Xai is probably some marketing-derived name?) are from completely different languages.

What I just still doesn't mean anything, because these things get their own localized pronunciations. for example, T-Mobile in the USA is typically pronounced T-MOE-BILL, while in Europe it's T-MOE-BILE.


um......... launch the vipers?

I hear what you are saying.

I don't have my H1N1 shot yet so stay back I have cooties :)
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Offline Rajagra

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« Reply #15 on: Sun, 22 November 2009, 11:19:21 »
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I suspect those people speak perfect English. They are Dutch after all.
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« Reply #16 on: Mon, 23 November 2009, 07:15:55 »
I always assumed it was pronounced "Toper"
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