Pronunciation of 'Shenmue'?

Is it 'Shenm-way' or 'Shenm-you'?

I've heard it said both ways, is there a consensus as to it's pronunciation that I'm not aware of?

 

"Shi-en-moo" is how I've always pronounced it.

 

Shen-moo

 

Shen-Moo

 

What's so wrong about just saying "Shen Moo"? It's written シェンムー (Shenmū) in Japanese, so this is the pronunciation the creators were going for.

Since the word "Shenmue" in the game is the name of a tree located in China, however, one could also think that the original Mandarin pronunciation is the correct one. In this case "Shenmue" would be written 莎木 and pronounced Shāmù. You can listen to it on google translate.

But still, if anyone would ramble on about Shenmue calling it "Shamu" like a smartass, I'd probably be very tempted to bitchslap him

 

I say Shen-mew but that's just me, likely not the proper way to say it.

 

I've always pronounced it Shen-moo. Probably because I'm an American and speak English.

 

It better be Moo!

 

Shen-moo. It is how every employee of Sega I've heard say the name pronounce it. Anything else is incorrect and you deserve those funny looks.

 

That's how I've always pronounced it. I never really thought about it before.

 

Yep, 100% it is Shen-moo That's even how they say it in the game (Japanese and the poor English dub version).

 

On the day of the incident, did you see a black car? :disgust:

 

I've heard people pronounce it as "Shen-mooie" lol

 

Doesn't Ryo go around saying "I'm looking for sailors" as well in the dubbed version

I think Shampoo in your avatar would say it that way (^-^) Actually, I've heard a few people say it like that too. It's probably because of the "e" they stuck on the roman spelling.

Yakumo

 

Yes, he does. What does he say in the Japanese version?

 

Haha, Shampoo is awesome ... I'm guessing so as well, I'm so temped to ask random people on the street to pronounce the name and put it on YouTube lol

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQa3yGXzGls

 

The pronunciation is not very ambiguous when the Katakana letters tell you how to pronounce it :tongue: (Shen-moo)

 

Shen-moo - never even given a thought that it may be pronounced differently

 

I don't remember to be honest.