stacyzinda123 Wrote:I have a funny story to share...funny to me at least. My mom is also a big FPW fan, but doesn't have a whole lot of time to read with her job and my siblings still at home, so she asked me to recommend a good book for her to read next. So, I pulled the copy of Black Wind I gave her last christmas off the shelf. It's tied with Sims as my favorite book and I love it! So, I figure she'll enjoy it too. Well, she called me last night to yell at me about it! She said she loves the story and is enjoying the history involved, but is getting bogged down with the Japanese terms and culture references. She was actually yelling about "how are you supposed to pronounce Meiko and what the hell is a tatami :mad: ?!" I thought it was so funny. I laughed so hard I couldn't talk at first. So, when I regained my composure I guessed at the pronounciations of some of the words for her and told her to suck it up! I don't know how you're supposed to say those words, but I don't think it matters when I'm reading. She does, apparently. Anyway, I just thought I'd share that amusing story!
Ken Valentine Wrote:Well, I'm another one of those who likes to have the correct pronunciation of the words. I'm pretty sure Meiko is pronounced like Mexico without the "X", and tatami (ta-TA-me) is a woven mat.
Of course Kenji would be more help.
Ken V.
Maggers Wrote:Stacy, that is funny.
When I read BLACK WIND I pretty much skimmed over the foreign words. My brain took them in so it could recognize them the next time around, and I understood them for content. But as far as stopping the reading to get the pronunciation, no I don't do that. I read too fast and I don't want to interrupt myself.
stacyzinda123 Wrote:I have a funny story to share...funny to me at least. My mom is also a big FPW fan, but doesn't have a whole lot of time to read with her job and my siblings still at home, so she asked me to recommend a good book for her to read next. So, I pulled the copy of Black Wind I gave her last christmas off the shelf. It's tied with Sims as my favorite book and I love it! So, I figure she'll enjoy it too. Well, she called me last night to yell at me about it! She said she loves the story and is enjoying the history involved, but is getting bogged down with the Japanese terms and culture references. She was actually yelling about "how are you supposed to pronounce Meiko and what the hell is a tatami :mad: ?!" I thought it was so funny. I laughed so hard I couldn't talk at first. So, when I regained my composure I guessed at the pronounciations of some of the words for her and told her to suck it up! I don't know how you're supposed to say those words, but I don't think it matters when I'm reading. She does, apparently. Anyway, I just thought I'd share that amusing story!
Ken Valentine Wrote:Well, I'm another one of those who likes to have the correct pronunciation of the words. I'm pretty sure Meiko is pronounced like Mexico without the "X", and tatami (ta-TA-me) is a woven mat.
Quote:Of course Kenji would be more help.
Ken V.
Maggers Wrote:Stacy, that is funny.
When I read BLACK WIND I pretty much skimmed over the foreign words. My brain took them in so it could recognize them the next time around, and I understood them for content. But as far as stopping the reading to get the pronunciation, no I don't do that. I read too fast and I don't want to interrupt myself.