official 8wr moe thread

iKotomi said:
The thing about Pokemon is that it doesn't look wrong without the accent, but moé looks like Moe. I'm of the general opinion that things should look like they are spelled right, and you can't get moé to look like it is spelled right without the accent.

*Edit, the one exception where moe looks correct without the accent is when you are transliterating Japanese, since you're pretty much reading with completely different rules. But moe in a completely English sentence will always be Moe first in my book.
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Moé doesnt make sense anyways...

The letter é signifies an "aye" (fonzie) sound. Like "Poke-aye-mon"... Moe is not pronounced "moe-aye", its pronounced "moe-eh".
 
"Moe, Moe, Moe! How do you like me? How do you like me? Moe, Moe, Moe! Why don't you like? Nobody likes me...."

^The Moe Syzlak Connection's only charting single.
 
Jaxel said:
Moé doesnt make sense anyways...

The letter é signifies an "aye" (fonzie) sound. Like "Poke-aye-mon"... Moe is not pronounced "moe-aye", its pronounced "moe-eh".
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Most people don't pronounce é as a very hard "aye" sound except for people with very heavy American accents. It's somewhere in the middle of "eh" and "aye". This includes the word Pokemon, which sounds really retarded when you pronounce it Poke-aye-mon. Especially since its derived from "pocket." There is no real corresponding sound for é in English because it isn't a sound that is in common use. The same falls for transliterating Japanese, where "e" is a very specific sound not necessarily corresponding to the sound in English.

But whatever, I'll just leave it as an issue of preferences. I just like the distinction because in written english, oe is generally pronounced "oh" while in transliterated Japanese, it is always referring to おえ. This is just a pet peeve of mine, because when I am reading something in English, I generally read it as if it were in English. I'm not saying I read moe as Moe even when it's clear that its referring to moé. I'm just saying I think it looks ugly and I don't like it.
 
Thats why the English language is stupid... There are 16 different ways to spell the "ee" (as in "Pee") sound.

And everyone I know pronounces it "Poke-aye-mon"... Even in the anime, they all say Poke-aye-mon.
 
i always pronounced pokémon as

POKEMAN WITH THE POKE AND THE MAN AND THE guy with that face that pops out and goes ahahahahah.
 
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