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halcyon_morn

The Suju Names Post!

Jun 02, 2008 22:16

Are you ready to see the depths of my linguistic geekdom and the extent of my procrastination? Prepare yourselves, because this is ( THE SUJU NAMES POST! )

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tracecyrus June 3 2008, 02:45:06 UTC

wow i was way off for eunhyuk, kyuhyun, and ryeowook

is there any more of these for other bands xD?

halcyon_morn June 3 2008, 02:47:00 UTC

Yeah, the spelling doesn't really help with the pronunciation, sometimes.

And...not unless someone else is making them, no. XD

dear_whimsy June 3 2008, 02:45:42 UTC

omigod what's wrong with you.

♥

halcyon_morn June 3 2008, 02:46:08 UTC

Too many things to list, m'dear. ♥

dear_whimsy June 3 2008, 03:06:00 UTC

alksdjf no seriously.

I'm glad I pronounce their names ~correctly, but your IPA thing and your formatting. O_< PRO, MAN.

halcyon_morn June 3 2008, 03:09:11 UTC

I do not kid around when it comes to phon-phon (that's phonetics and phonology for all you n00bs). ;D

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marzazar June 3 2008, 02:46:36 UTC

So... besides Leeteuk, Heechul, and Kibum... I've basically been pronouncing everyones names wrong for forever. XD... WELL THAT SUCKS ON MY PART.

Thank you though. ^^

*must perfect everyone elses name pronunciation*

halcyon_morn June 3 2008, 02:48:53 UTC

XD Yeah, it's not easy to tell from how they're spelled. You're welcome, and good luck! :-)

magicmelodyx June 3 2008, 02:48:01 UTC

This is awesome. I echo the love.

halcyon_morn June 3 2008, 02:50:00 UTC

Yay! Hope it's of some use.

sugarwarrior June 3 2008, 02:49:59 UTC

I..hehe XDDDDD;; No comment .___.

Except for one.. EunHyuk's pronounciation just surprised me @__@;; I thought it was supposed to be like "you" with an "n" for the "Eun" and a "KyuHyun-->Hyun" kinda sound, only with a k instead of an n XDDD
Oo..nyuk. Oonyuk. DD: Sounds uglier than the meaning

halcyon_morn June 3 2008, 02:53:07 UTC

Your XDDDDDs are comment enough. XD

Yeah, I think a lot of people are surprised by Eunhyuk. It sounds pretty weird to ears that are used to English.

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halcyon_morn June 3 2008, 12:41:32 UTC

As a non-native English speaker you may not be aware of this, but there are actually two different vowels in English that are written 'oo.' One is the vowel /u/, as in the word "boot," and you're absolutely right to say that this is pronounced like the ㅜ in Ryeowook. The other vowel is /ʊ/, as in the word "took." While this isn't exactly the same as the ㅡ in Korean (which is written in the IPA as /ɯ/, it's the closest sound in English to it.

Hope that clears things up. ^_^

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