Ueno Juri

bmwracer wrote:
I don't buy that at all. :shakehead:

Even when Juri-chan says her own name, it doesn't sound anything like "Julie."

Apparently us Westerners hear the words differently than you guys in the East... :sweat:

Try listening to Oda Yuji calling Ohtake Shinobu's character's name, Rie, in Joudan Ja Nai!. It sounded more 'Li...ae' than 'Re...ae'.

Juri-sama is a Kansai girl, and her pronunciation slips back to her native dialect from time to time.

I can't claim to speak Japanese with any kind of proficiency but I did join a beginner's course for 3 months. I think I've got the pronunciations of the individual characters right, even if I can't string together a sentence to say my life. :mrgreen:

Anime Dad wrote:I've never heard her name spoken, but I thought that "Juri" would be right.

If you download and watch Kagayaku Onna - Ueno Juri, you'll hear her say her name numerous times...

Though the Brits initially think she's saying "Julie..." :puppydog:


EDIT: I'm watching the video now and the narrator says "Juri," and "Rondon" (London).... And Juri-chan says "Buristoru" (Bristol)... :beaten:

The Pimsleur CD course i'm doing has numerous words that have what sounds like an "l" in them, but that obviously are written with "r" sound - such as tokoro (place) which often sounds like "tokolo", especially when spoken quickly in a sentence.

Anime Dad wrote:The Pimsleur CD course i'm doing has numerous words that have what sounds like an "l" in them, but that obviously are written with "r" sound - such as tokoro (place) which often sounds like "tokolo", especially when spoken quickly in a sentence.

So desu.

I think it's our (my?) Western hearing.... :beaten:

Anyways, a screencap from the aformentioned video:

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bmwracer wrote:
If you download and watch Kagayaku Onna - Ueno Juri, you'll hear her say her name numerous times...

Though the Brits initially think she's saying "Julie..." :puppydog:


EDIT: I'm watching the video now and the narrator says "Juri," and "Rondon" (London).... And Juri-chan says "Buristoru" (Bristol)... :beaten:

That's right, that's right...Juri always pronounced her name as Joori...no "L"...as for London, the pronunciation I was hearing was "Lawndawn", which was exactly the pronunciation used frequently in PGSM...

bmwracer wrote:
So desu.

I think it's our (my?) Western hearing.... :beaten:

Anyways, a screencap from the aformentioned video:

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Nice... I'll have to watch that one day :)

bmwracer wrote:
So desu.

I think it's our (my?) Western hearing.... :beaten:

Anyways, a screencap from the aformentioned video:

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That was a funny moment...Juri asked some Brit on the street his name, and he said "Uh..Matt", and she repeated "Uhmatt"...

runpup wrote:That was a funny moment...Juri asked some Brit on the street his name, and he said "Uh..Matt", and she repeated "Uhmatt"...

LOL. :hehe:

He got her name right: "Juri." :beaten:

The father of the family she stayed with initially called her "Julie." :sweat:

runpup wrote:That was a funny moment...Juri asked some Brit on the street his name, and he said "Uh..Matt", and she repeated "Uhmatt"...

Not long after that:

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bmwracer wrote:
Not long after that:

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That was a sweet moment for her (even though she spoke English to order her train tickets earlier)...she must've felt she spoke Eigo truly for the first time...

Would you believe I just bought a pirated copy of Rainbow Song?! Those pirate have taste! :bonk:

BTW it will not diminish Juri-sama's revenue from the movie - I won't be canceling my order from Amazon on the official DVD of this movie.

thtl wrote:Would you believe I just bought a pirated copy of Rainbow Song?! Those pirate have taste! :bonk:

BTW it will not diminish Juri-sama's revenue from the movie - I won't be canceling my order from Amazon on the official DVD of this movie.

not only do they have good taste, they are scary fast!
the chinese subs just came out yesterday morning... scary huh?

runpup wrote:

That was a funny moment...Juri asked some Brit on the street his name, and he said "Uh..Matt", and she repeated "Uhmatt"...

haha i noticed that too :rofl:

ermm like what anime dad posted, my japanese teacher said the pronunciation for 'R' is somewhere between 'L' and 'R'. similarly, for 'F' it's somewhere between 'F' and 'H'.

thtl wrote:Would you believe I just bought a pirated copy of Rainbow Song?! Those pirate have taste! :bonk:

LOL.

Not surprised that you bought it... ;) :victory:

noblsheep wrote:the chinese subs just came out yesterday morning... scary huh?

The big question now is are you going to translate the Chinese to English? :fingerscrossed:

I'm ready and waiting. :victory:

Anyone got a better/larger version of this beret pic... Without the Japanese text?

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bmwracer wrote:
The big question now is are you going to translate the Chinese to English? :fingerscrossed:

I'm ready and waiting. :victory:

it's not on my list of things to do yet, but i might... eventually... after i've finished the load of work on my hands right now, which includes making the timeline for 'siawase no switch' and my graduation paper :sweat:

i haven't even had time to watch ep5 of 'jodan ja nai' yet. :shakehead:

noblsheep wrote:making the timeline for 'siawase no switch'

Ooh. :thumbsup:

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