[LM_NET] one more HIT: pronunciation of "manga"

[Carol Valdez <Carol.Valdez@PISD.EDU>]

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Thanks to this fluent speaker of Japanese for her reply.  I've deleted
her name and school for privacy.

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From:   
To:     Carol Valdez <Carol.Valdez@PISD.EDU>
Date:   10/8/2008 12:15 PM
Subject:        Re: TARGET: pronunciation of "manga"

As a fluent speaker of Japanese, it is pronounced "mon-ga". The "a"  
is always sounded out this way in any Japanese word.


"K-12 Librarian"

Honolulu, HI




On Oct 8, 2008, at 5:04 AM, Carol Valdez wrote:

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>
> There is no definitive and authoritative answer that I've found -
yet,
> and I'm thinking someone out there will know.
>
> How do you correctly pronounce "manga"??   Main-ga?  or Mon-ga?
>
> I was corrected by a student the other day who says it's "mon-ga"
yet
> two other students tell me that "mon-ga" is close to a bad word in
> Japanese, and that it is pronounced "main-ga" both in Japan and in
our
> country.
>
> A brief search of the Internet revealed an angry manga aficionado
who
> ranted, "...how the heck do you get "main-ga" from manga?"     ....
as
> if it's so intuitive!!
>
> Please post to me privately, and I'll post a HIT, or respond to
> requests, if there's interest.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
>
> Carol Valdez
> Librarian
> Carpenter Middle School
> Plano, TX
> 469.752.5027
> fax: 469.752.5127
> carol.valdez@pisd.edu 
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