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I haven't done a poll in ages, but I've been noticing that I pronounce "manga" differently from everyone else at work, so I need to know that I'm right which is the preferred pronunciation.
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What's the right pronunciation (in English) of "manga"?
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The first a sounds like the a in "at"
6 (23.1%)
The first a sounds like the a in "father."
17 (65.4%)
Something else, which I may choose to explain in comments
3 (11.5%)
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Bunter
6 (25.0%)
Drumknott
6 (25.0%)
Jeeves
3 (12.5%)
Someone else, whom I may discuss in comments
2 (8.3%)
Your kink is not my kink, and that's okay
7 (29.2%)
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Date: 2013-09-04 02:00 am (UTC)But I'm a Midwesterner with Chicagoan parents, so I have to work hard to remember not to flatten and broaden that first A. Or, you know, I just hear myself saying it wrong and then wince and hope nobody is judging me for it. *g*
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Date: 2013-09-04 02:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-04 03:13 am (UTC)But with Japanese I somehow don't automatically override my natural speech patterns. Entrenched brain is entrenched, but not in consistent ways. *g*
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Date: 2013-09-04 02:12 am (UTC)1. Alfred Pennyworth
2. Reginald Jeeves
3. An Igor of your choice
4. JARVIS, Edwin or otherwise
5. Every other butler in the universe
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Date: 2013-09-04 04:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-04 04:06 am (UTC)2. Sexy hot lady butlers for ever. In tails.
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Date: 2013-09-04 01:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-06 03:05 am (UTC)