07gpwS2K

Doesn't 'tein' also meaning heaven or heavenly in Japanese? I thought the company had a double meaning with their name; a combination of "technical innovation" and the Japanese word 'tein' as in 'of the highest' (standards, quality, etc.)

And it really chaps my ass when some one says tee-in and I correct them and they tell me I'm wrong. :-/

07gpwS2K

And one more thing on the Tein argument. If you are American and saying Tee-in you don't know the English language well; if we're pronouncing some of these words exactly as they're spelled then Tein would be Tain simply because of the 'e' and 'i' relations (as in neighbor or weigh )

Ahwa2k

Japanese doesn't have tones; it's not even related to the tonal languages at all... it is a pitch-accented language (vs a stress accented language like English).

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

Also the 'dropping' of vowels in Japanese has nothing to do with the speed at which it's spoken. Instead if a vowel (only 'u' and 'i' usually) is surrounded by voiceless consonants or preceded by a voiceless consonant at the end of the world then it becomes devoiced (you don't use your vocal chords while saying it).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...logy#Devoicing

So anyway. in Katakana Bride is spelled "Buriddo"

The "double-d" sound is only found in loan words, so most Japanese pronounce it as "double-t"
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~kawahara...ara_UMOP31.pdf (page 2)

So.... to be honest I think the closest pronunciation is "burrito"

ZIGZAGJDM

bride ans tein

recaros seats are called rexpensive seats

artificeexks

Japanese is a tone based language. Tone-styled languages are classified in that one word or character in the written language can mean several things depending on context, pronunciation and accent. This is why puns in Japanese and Mandarin are never understood when translated to English. This is what I mean by tone. The whole "dropping" of "syllables" and not vowels has everything to do with our biological pronunciation, which involves our neurological/cognitive interpretation with a combination of biological mechanism to create that pronunciation or for easier understanding: "speed" of language. Sourcing wiki is invalid when compared to taking linguistics. I was forced to take Mandarin courses throughout grade school and wandered off into Japanese when I entered college. I just used the concept I learned from my parents and manage to travel through Japan, Thailand, and S. China with enough to understand other people.

IMO, just pronounce it the way you would pronounce it in English.

armos2k

when i watch the best motoring videos i always here them call the s2000 which sounds like " S nissen".

Can anyone explain this?

trinydex

simple if you think about it.

S = S

ni = 2

sen = thousand

HiVolume

Notice the French flag. "Bride" in French sounds like "brid".

In French, "Bride" is also used for horse saddles. I don't know if the company name originates from French or Japanese, but perhaps there's a link.

rob.ok

You guys need to watch more anime. Everyone totally missed it....."i" is pronounced as a short sharp "e".


-Rob

leester01

Either way you want to pronounce it, I'm not sitting in anything that displays the word "Bride" behind my head