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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 04:38 AM
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Default Pronunciation.
How do you pronounce 'Mugen' ?

Is it Mew-en or Mu-gen, or something completly different?
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 05:26 AM
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The word is pronounced with two syllables: mu-gen

mu= moo
gen = g has a hard sound like "get"

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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 06:08 AM
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As stated above it's MOO-GEN.

If you want to get really technical the N is slightly dropped off the end of the word and you nasalize the ending with a slight decrease in emphasis.
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 07:20 AM
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mee you gen
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 08:42 AM
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MOO-GAN
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Honda F1 Racing,Sep 19 2004, 11:42 AM
MOO-GAN
this is the correct way according to my Japanese buddy.
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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Yep thats what I was told
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Originally Posted by nyanko,Sep 19 2004, 06:26 AM
The word is pronounced with two syllables: mu-gen

mu= moo
gen = g has a hard sound like "get"


that's the way it was mentioned in that Special Car and Driver article a while back
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 03:03 PM
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I just had this conversation at a conference with a student from Japan the pronunciation was pretty straight-forward but the technique of dropping the N while keeping the nasal portion was tricky.
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 05:49 PM
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Cheers for clearing that up guys.
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