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in reply to a message by gunblade007
Well, you've answered your own question. It's a Japanese name. There is no reason why words or names from Japanese have to be pronounced the same way as a native English word with the same spelling.
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are you sure that the girl is japanese? Shun is a male name, but the pronunciation doesn't match any japanese name I can think of. It might be chinese or korean, at least chinese has a syllable "si" which sounds like the "sss" you discribed.
Maybe you can give more examples of similar sounding english words? ^^
Maybe you can give more examples of similar sounding english words? ^^
This message was edited 8/5/2008, 8:23 PM
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well minikui,
after i saw her the second time i went home and went on behindthename and look up female japanese name and when i saw the name shun i throught that must of been it. i notice everyone else says the name like shoe-n but on street fighter alpha movie ryu's little brother who's name is shun says his name like shawn like she said it. i wonder if you pronounce it two ways or something. well i think it's a unisex name like the chinese version of shun.
after i saw her the second time i went home and went on behindthename and look up female japanese name and when i saw the name shun i throught that must of been it. i notice everyone else says the name like shoe-n but on street fighter alpha movie ryu's little brother who's name is shun says his name like shawn like she said it. i wonder if you pronounce it two ways or something. well i think it's a unisex name like the chinese version of shun.
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you can listen to the pronunciation at the beginning of this video: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=gjce2rsnofY "Oguri Shun", they say it a few times.
There is only one way to pronounce it, but maybe that is what you are looking for ^^
There is only one way to pronounce it, but maybe that is what you are looking for ^^
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