frank_sheeeran Posted February 13, 1998 Share Posted February 13, 1998 Hi Cats, <p> If you happen to care, Mamiya's name is slaughtered by most Englishspeakers, at least here in the midwest. Japanese has a pitchaccent (which foreigners might as well forget about) but no stressaccent. So, go ahead and give those syllables as close to equalstress as possible. Or, keep talking like a Kansan and keepsaying maMEEEya 8-) <p> Since the vowels are the same as Italian, its "sounds right" toWestern ears to go ahead and use the standard heavy second-to-lastItalian stress accent, so it's an obvious pitfall. <p> BTW, yes, the 35mm firm is knee-cone. Even if you say it 1000 timesit probably won't sound right though 8-) <p> Just a trivia fun fact... Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_hubbard Posted February 14, 1998 Share Posted February 14, 1998 Ya mean it's not mah-EYE-yah? Shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_hubbard Posted February 15, 1998 Share Posted February 15, 1998 Meant "mahm-EYE-yah" of course. We're a little isolated here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_sheeeran Posted February 17, 1998 Author Share Posted February 17, 1998 Ooooh, I hit a nerve 8-) <p> This generated so much mail I'll just clarify once here. <p> Say "Mommy Yacht" without stress (or the "cht") and you've got it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p._aing Posted February 17, 1998 Share Posted February 17, 1998 How does the english pronunciation of Mamiya sound like ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_barth Posted March 25, 1998 Share Posted March 25, 1998 What is a "Mommy Yacht"??? Is that what they use to ship Mamiyas to the U.S.??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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