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How do you pronounce "Leeke" and other company/sculpt names?

Jan 28, 2007

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    1. A korean friend of mine pronounces it "loots"
       
      #121 gayle, Nov 28, 2008
    2. Caidanbi, UBER AGREED.
      It'd be so much Easier...since Japanese and Korean are both such phonetic languages. English is silly-like *facepalm*

      So, if we were to say everything following Japanese language rules, (since I'm not too familiar with Korean vowel rules), the companies would be as follows:

      Luts : Loo-tsu
      Leekeworld : Lehh-keh-warudo
      Iplehouse : ee-peru-how-oo-su or so
      Unoa : Un-oh-ah
      Bobobie : Bow-Bow-bee...not much different XD
      Yder : ya-deh-ru...Ha, I can't not think of saying it as though it's Norsk, though XD
      Cian : Si-ah-new
      Soom : So-ohm
      Ducan : Dew-cah-new
      Migidoll : Me-Chee-dah-ru
      B&G : Bee and-oh..or eh-tu (with a quiet, dropped 'u' like in Desu) Chi.
      Domuya : Doh-moo-yah
      Beryl : Beh-ryl? Lol. I dunno about that one.

      :3 I had trouble on a couple. Oh well.
       
      #122 Tsuki56, Nov 28, 2008
    3. At first I pronounce it as Boots with L. Then my best friend told me it should be Nuts with L. Now I'm used to the 2nd. XD
      I also think Soom would be Doom with S.
      Good question I must say.
       
      #123 yifeier, Nov 28, 2008
    4. Everything has already been said one way or another but one...Am I the only person who pronounces Yder like Y'der? It's hard to explain exactly the sound...like Yih-der but the "ih" is clipped really short? It reminds me of dragonrider names, hence why I pronounce it that way... Y'der isn't a far jump from F'lar, C'gan, or D'nek. ^-^
       
      #124 joaniedark, Nov 28, 2008
    5. INDEED!
      I do too. The y is short and the der is kind of in the back of my throat. Which is why I always think of a norsk-esque language (like norwegian)
       
      #125 Tsuki56, Nov 28, 2008
    6. All my Korean friends pronounce it that way too, so I pretty much take their word for it.

      Beryl and Yder are pre-existing names, pronounced 'beh-ril' (short vowel sounds) and 'eye-der' (cider without the c).

      Ryeon is Korean, pronounced something like yawn with an r before, the y is not a vowel in this case. It's tricky to say. I'm not sure how strong the r is, it could be closer to L. I need to ask a native Korean speaker. I make the r more like L to make it easier to say, but I have no idea if it's right!

      Here is a good table of Korean vowels, you can click them to hear what they sound like
      http://www.langintro.com/kintro/allchart.htm

      The consonants are much more tricky, as they are very different from English (eg r and l are one letter, k and g are one letter, etc.) but you can learn them on that site.

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      I'm pretty sure I've seen somewhere that Unoa is pronounced 'yoo-no-a' in Japan, but can't remember where I discovered this!

      Edit: Found the kana for Unoa, it's ユノア. please can someone with a little Japanese give us the pronounciation for that?
       
      #126 babytarragon, Nov 28, 2008
    7. Luts.....rhymes with mutts.
       
      #127 Amiko, Nov 28, 2008
    8. Yes! That is a better way to describe how i say it!
       
      #128 Kereneko, Nov 28, 2008

    9. It is pronounced You-noh-Ah.
      Be sure to cut the vowels a bit...as you would if you were speaking the language.
       
      #129 Tsuki56, Nov 28, 2008
    10. I've always pronounced it loots, because that is how the figure skating jump "lutz" is pronounced(after some Austrian guys name)
       
      #130 Akiou, Nov 28, 2008
    11. Fascinating thread! :)

      For me it is like this...

      Luts = boots with and L
      Lish = Dish with an L
      Unoa = you know ah
      Iplehouse = Nipple house without the N

      It's a funny thing - the first doll meet I ever went to I said Luts (to rhyme with boots) and was told by several people that I was "wrong" - it is pronounced Luts!" (to rhyme with Nuts). It is nice to know that I am not alone in my Loots-ish-ness! :)

      As for Y-der... Ugh too hard! I am just not even going to think about it! :lol:
       
      #131 Tonto65, Dec 7, 2008
    12. I think its fasinating how so many people want to give Korean and Chinese words a germanesque pronunication.

      For me its
      Luts--lOOts
      soom-- rhymes with zoom
      Lishe--Chinese "Li" with "She" tacked on the end. When people say "Leash" I have no idea what they are talking about. Where did half the letters go???
      Yder--Yay Der
      Xi--"Zee"
      Iplehouse -- the nipple bit. I'd honestly never thought of Eye-ple before!
      Leeke--leak. I guess I still expect those e's on the end to be silent! haha.

      just realized that Ducan is NOT DuNcan! I put an N in there to make it reconizable!
       
      #132 torimiko, Dec 7, 2008
    13. I pronounce Luts like 'sluts', minus the s in front, of course.
       
      #133 Missie L, Dec 7, 2008
    14. I pronces luts like sluts with out the first part too.
       
      #134 Songra-chan, Dec 7, 2008
    15. I pronounce it Luts XD
       
      #135 BillieJean, Dec 14, 2008
    16. Korean's phonetic so it's loots.
      And Soom is like Doom, it means breath in Korean.
       
      #136 helloivy<3, Dec 14, 2008
    17. How do ya pronounce Petsha? *_*

      Luts is like nuts to me and Soom is doom.
       
      #137 Deireoe, Dec 14, 2008
    18. i pronounce luts like nuts.
      and soom on the dutch way, don't know how to explain that here.
       
      #138 Mikustar, Dec 14, 2008
    19. Granted, I have a rather heavy Oklahoman accent, but I've always pronounced them like this:

      Iplehouse = EYE-puhl house
      Soom = Rhymes with doom or room..
      Yder = eye-der (like an eider down comforter)
      Luts = somewhere between the luhtz/lootz. In my head its lootz.

      @Deireoe I've been pronounceing Petsha as "PEYt-shah" with the "pey" like in peyote and the t almost silent.
       
      #139 Daeliriel, Dec 14, 2008
    20. Iplehouse - Ipple (like nipple) house
      MigiDoll - Migi (as in DIGItal) doll
      Luts - A in Nuts with an L
      SOOM - As in Soom
      Unoa - OO-noah
      Bobobi - Bow(as in bow-tie)-bow-bee
      LEEKEWORLD Like Leek
      Latidoll - Lah-tee-doll
      Crobidoll - Crow-bee-doll
       
      #140 Aves, Dec 14, 2008
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