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How to pronounce "Mana" properly (youtu.be)
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Square Enix uses the bastardized American pronunciation "man-nuh" for the English dubs, which is not incorrect, but the original pronunciation is "maw-nuh"

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Today I learned that it's an indigenous Māori word, and as such we should probably be respectful and stick with how they pronounce it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

And here I thought it was derived and bastardized from "manna" the bread. TIL

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Which, to be fair, is also derived from a word which would be most accurately (with English vowels) pronounced as mah-nuh. Although at this point "manna" is definitively also a word of English whose correct pronunciation is with /æ/.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised. I love learning things about indigenous cultures.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Weirdly enough that's how I've always pronounced it because of the amazing language: rallienglanti (it's English read out loud in Finnish way)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Lmao yeah same thing, pronouncing like 'mana' would be in Finnish word.