how the heck do you pronounce Taito ???

[Turbo D]

ya, so how the heck do you pronounce Taito ??? Is it like potato with out the po? Does it sound like title? How do you guys say it 

[RuninRuder]

I go with "TIE-toe."

[Tatsujin]

the pron. is like it's written: tai (like thai) and to (like the "to" of ton e.g.) > tai-to

[SignOfZeta]

Are you serious?

[guyjin]

He's Swiss, they probably pronounce it differently.

If you belive the voice at the beginning of bust a move 2X, it's "TIE-TA!"

(edit: I was remembering this:

But I've always pronounced it 'tie-toe'

[nat]

I have said "tay-toe" since I was in diapers. I know this is probably wrong, but I've been saying it this way for so long, there is little chance I will be able to change my ways.

[Kitsunexus]

But I've always pronounced it 'tie-toe'

For the win.

[Turbo D]

I've always pronounced it as tay-toe. I hadn't ever heard it pronounced in a game, haha.

[Keranu]

Tie-toe.

[GUTS]

I always said Tie Toe, but then I played some Taito game where the voice sounded like they said HI TOE so then I wasn't so sure.

[Joe Redifer]

It's "Tay-toe" because I say it's "Tay-toe" and for no other reason.

[ccovell]

... such as the fact it means "far east" in Japanese, where it's pronounced "tie-toe" (obviously).

[Kitsunexus]

... such as the fact it means "far east" in Japanese, where it's pronounced "tie-toe" (obviously).

So why are the Far East Of Eden games called DenDen or some nonsense and not like Taito no Eden?

[Turbo D]

kit makes an exellent point! Explain that one covell 

[Kitsunexus]

OK, so I lied to sound cooler. I pronounce it Tay-toe and still do out of habit.

[ccovell]

You should know better than to think that translating like this:

Japanese -> English -> Japanese

would give identical results all of the time.

Taito means Far East, as in the Orient.

Tengai Makyou (天外魔境) roughly translates to "Evil boundary outside the heavens", so they obviously chose (rather loosely) an English phrase that had a nice ring to it.

In case you folks weren't familiar, "East of Eden" is a famous novel by John Steinbeck, so I'm pretty sure the makers of Tengai Makyou combined the phrases "far east" and "East of Eden" into a single pun.

[Kitsunexus]

Japan. It is Bizarro World.


Thanks for the explanation, though!

[Nazi NecroPhile]

I've always said tay-toe, and I don't care how the Japanese say it - this is America, dammit!

[Sinistron]

Po-Tay-Toes!  Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!

[Tatsujin]

pfumpf pfrengg abtrugg!

[rolins]

I'm sticking to tie-toe. It just sounds right.

[Rainbow_Bright]

I pronounce it Tai toe (rhymes with dye). I remember playing bust a move, and at the beginning it said "tai toe". Before that, it was always "tay-toe" to me Actually, where I live we have a crisps (potato chips) company, called Tayto. So I just pronounced it the same way.

[termis]

I've always pronounced it as tay-toe. I hadn't ever heard it pronounced in a game, haha.

[Turbo D]

well that clears everything up, haha. thanx for the link 

[guyjin]

sounds like 'tai-ta' to me.

[Joe Redifer]

Do you have to sound extremely annoying like an anime girl when you say it?

[termis]

Do you have to sound extremely annoying like an anime girl when you say it?

Absolutely. Why would you say it any other way? 

[Kitsunexus]

Do you have to sound extremely annoying cute like an anime girl Chiyo-chan when you say it?

I think I will just to piss people off. ^_^ TAAAAAIIIII-TO!

Azumanga Daioh is the fucking PWN. This ROM is SOOOOOO downloaded!