How do you pronounce IREM?

[guyjin]

this video got me thinking: what is the usual way to pronounce IREM?
the guy in the video pronounces it the first way; I always pronounced it the second way.
How do you do it?

[Sinistron]

I ream sounds kinda bad.  I'll stick with I-rem.

[nectarsis]

Option 2 is the only one that feels right.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

I say it the second way, though I suppose you could pronounce it as eye argh ee em since it's an acronym.

[ccovell]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irem

Katakana doesn't lie.  (Though it often conflates...)   

[Tatsujin]

AI-RE-MU

[Joe Redifer]

I leave off the syllable at the end (no "oo") since I have the ability to end sounds on a consonant.  It is Irem, exactly how it looks.

[Turbo D]

Eye Rem. 

[nat]

Anyone who pronounces it differently than Turbo D is a major goofnugget.

[Tatsujin]

it simply depends in which country i use that "word".

[Joe Redifer]

It's simple, if you spell it as "アイレム", then you pronounce it as AI-RE-MU in a high-pitched schoolgirl squeal. If you spell it as "IREM", then you pronounce it as eye-rem, just as it looks.

[Tatsujin]

nothing more and less than just right (except for that thing with the high-pitched schoolgirl squeal). close thread!!

[Keranu]

It's simple, if you spell it as "アイレム", then you pronounce it as AI-RE-MU in a high-pitched schoolgirl squeal. If you spell it as "IREM", then you pronounce it as eye-rem, just as it looks.

Exactly.

I'm surprised by the poll though. I always pronounced it Eye-Rem as well, butI didn't think it was going to be such a landslide for that option.

[Joe Redifer]

(except for that thing with the high-pitched schoolgirl squeal)

I just got off the phone with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and he says it is required.

[Tatsujin]

huh..so..ehm well it is. ok, but thanx for the value info, will remember next time i have to use it

[TR0N]

this video got me thinking: what is the usual way to pronounce IREM?
the guy in the video pronounces it the first way; I always pronounced it the second way.
How do you do it?

Ahh the video i'd link yesterday for the youtube thread.

Good question though i've never been good at pronounceing japanese names,for some company's or games for that matter.

[OceanBlueKirby]

I always have pronounced it as "I REHM" (long I, short E form). Ever since I've first seen the word, I've felt it would be pronounced this way since the "REM" part of it made me think of, at different times, Rapid Eye Movement (which the abbreviation is spelled identically), a ram (as in a mountain sheep), and ROM (Read Only Memory). It turns out to be the most popular way of saying it, interestingly enough .

[esteban]

I actually pronounce each letter.

I. R. E. M.

I don't know why, but I've always done that.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

huh..so..ehm well it is. ok, but thanx for the value info, will remember next time i have to use it

Punch yourself in the sack first.  It helps immensely. 

[nat]

I actually pronounce each letter.

I. R. E. M.

I don't know why, but I've always done that.

Man, that sounds like a chore.

[esteban]

I actually pronounce each letter.

I. R. E. M.

I don't know why, but I've always done that.

Man, that sounds like a chore.

I have a tendency to do things like this. I never used shorthand for TurboGrafx-16. I always (even today) refer to the full name. In comparison, saying S. N. E. S. or N. E. S. or "Super Famicom" are easy .

[termis]

No contest.  The dude on the youtube video is just a goofball.  I mean, he also says Ninja "GAY-DEN".   

[OceanBlueKirby]

No contest.  The dude on the youtube video is just a goofball.  I mean, he also says Ninja "GAY-DEN".   

I also pronounce Ninja Gaiden this way . Although I know now that "I" in Japanese is virtually always sounds like the English long "E", I still say it like so especially since I wasn't aware of that when I first saw the game title at the time.

[Turbo D]

  I used to call it that when I was a kid 

[Digi.k]

I actually pronounce each letter.

I. R. E. M.

I don't know why, but I've always done that.

Sounds like a famous pop music group...

And I prefer the pronouncing it eye rem..

Ireem sounds a lil' like Irene..

[Tatsujin]

Ireem sounds a lil' like Irene..

yeah..that's like the lil' retarded dude in the yu0tube show pronounced it!

[Joe Redifer]

I also pronounce Ninja Gaiden this way

Same here, even though I know it is Ninja GUY DEN.  I just like to stress the gayness factor of the game.  I'm one of the few who didn't go gaga over the Xbox version(s).  I look forward to trying the demo for part 2, maybe it will be worth my time.

[TurboXray]

Gayden, Guyden - meh. Depends on the time of the day. Kid Icarus on the other hand...

[Dark Fact]

I used to pronounce Ninja Gaiden as Ninja Gayden as a kid all the time too. Don't worry.  I've finally smartened up. Although, there are still guys in my anime club that still insist on calling it Gayden.

IREM huh? I also pronounce it as eye-rem. Good to see that is the most voted spelling on here.  I feared I may had been wrong all these years.  But still...IREM kind of sounds like a diagnosis your optometrist would give you.

I actually pronounce each letter.

I. R. E. M.

I don't know why, but I've always done that.

I have a tendency to do things like this. I never used shorthand for TurboGrafx-16. I always (even today) refer to the full name. In comparison, saying S. N. E. S. or N. E. S. or "Super Famicom" are easy

Let's all congratulate Esteban for winning the spelling bee.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

No contest.  The dude on the youtube video is just a goofball.  I mean, he also says Ninja "GAY-DEN".   

I also say Gay Den, since I'm in the U.S. and refuse to bend the pronunciation rules of a superior language just to make someone else happy.  If I were in Japan, I'd do it their way; but I'm not, so fuck it. 

[CrackTiger]

It'll always be Ninja Gay-den to me, although I do accidentally mispronounce it as Guy-den sometimes. I'll also never call Ryu "Ryoo". Thats just ridiculous.

[Joe Redifer]

I like saying Rie-Ooo.  Don't spell it with a "Y" if you don't want it pronounced like that.  The correct pronunciation is "roo" like the Australian marsupial.

Who here pronounces "Ryo" as DEE YO?

[Keranu]

I always pronounce Ryu as Rie-yuu. Sure it's not technical correct, but it's just so much more natural! 

[OceanBlueKirby]

It'll always be Ninja Gay-den to me, although I do accidentally mispronounce it as Guy-den sometimes. I'll also never call Ryu "Ryoo". Thats just ridiculous.

Which way is that you're addressing to the way you'll never say Ryu? Is it with the "Y" having an "E" or "I" sound?

[CrackTiger]

It'll always be Ninja Gay-den to me, although I do accidentally mispronounce it as Guy-den sometimes. I'll also never call Ryu "Ryoo". Thats just ridiculous.

Which way is that you're addressing to the way you'll never say Ryu? Is it with the "Y" having an "E" or "I" sound?

I don't like "Ree-ooo", the way the anouncer and supposedly all of japan pronounces it.

I also don't do "Blunka" or "Zong-gee-eff" or "Bar-log".

[Keranu]

I also don't do "Blunka" or "Zong-gee-eff" or "Bar-log".

I don't think I've heard any of those. Maybe Zong-gee-eff.

[CrackTiger]

I also don't do "Blunka" or "Zong-gee-eff" or "Bar-log".

I don't think I've heard any of those. Maybe Zong-gee-eff.

I'm guessing that I'm thinking of Alpha/Zero 3. Whats the first 2D game that the announcer says their names?

[_Paul]

I pronounce it VolfieV.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

I pronounce it VolfieV.

I was waiting for that one. 

[_Paul]

Gawsh, am I that predictable?

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Gawsh, am I that predictable?

Nope, but it'd been too long since anybody had mentioned Volfiev.  It's like the 85% new gag, it just can't die, nor should it. 

[MotoRoaderMike]

Eye Rem. 

Yeah, that's how I've pronounced it all these years.