Is it Saki or sake??

casiocasio10 · 27 Jan 2013

Is it Saki or sake??

I am asking about the alcohol...

Also...

I did not forget you guys i just been A.F.C (away from Computer)

undrentide · 27 Jan 2013

It's 'sake' and should be pronounced as each alphabet represent.
Many English speakers pronounce it as 'saki', and I believe it leads to the incorrect spelling 'saki'.

casiocasio10 · 28 Jan 2013

Oh.. O.K thank you.

Chipi · 28 Jan 2013

Haha, yeah, it's SakE. My Japanese husband often sort of 'gives in' to our British friends and starts talking about 'saki' to them. I get frustrated, yap at him he should respect Japanese language and pronounce it the Japanese way, not the English way, but he tells me he doesn't want to make things difficult for his friends..

PoliSciStudent · 28 Jan 2013

The closest way that I can think of to approximate the pronunciation in English is "sah-keh".

Of course, pronounced in the wrong intonation you can also get "salmon", but that's another problem entirely.

Glenski · 28 Jan 2013

Similar problems with "karaoke". It's not carry-oh-kee.

casiocasio10 · 28 Jan 2013

thanks for the info

zoomingjapan · 28 Jan 2013

I found it so hilarious when I first came to Japan and all the English native speakers pronounced the things in a way neither I nor the Japanese would understand.
It's not their fault, though. The phonic system of English is just completely different from the Japanese one.
A lot of English native speakers have thus a very strong accent in their Japanese.
Luckily there are some exceptions, too.

"Saki" does exist in Japanese, but it's most likely a girl's first name.
"Sake" is the correct spelling for the rice wine.

casiocasio10 · 28 Jan 2013

zoomingjapan said:
"Saki" does exist in Japanese, but it's most likely a girl's first name.

Guy in room 21: hello room service please send Saki to my room.
Room service: Saki Who?

RickNZ · 28 Jan 2013

Chipi said:
Haha, yeah, it's SakE. My Japanese husband often sort of 'gives in' to our British friends and starts talking about 'saki' to them. I get frustrated, yap at him he should respect Japanese language and pronounce it the Japanese way, not the English way, but he tells me he doesn't want to make things difficult for his friends..

When you're speaking Japanese do you say Beer or Biru?

Mike Cash · 28 Jan 2013

zoomingjapan said:
I found it so hilarious when I first came to Japan and all the English native speakers pronounced the things in a way neither I nor the Japanese would understand.
It's not their fault, though. The phonic system of English is just completely different from the Japanese one.
A lot of English native speakers have thus a very strong accent in their Japanese.
Luckily there are some exceptions, too.

How fortunate that German speakers are immune.....

"Saki" does exist in Japanese, but it's most likely a girl's first name.

It is a commonly used word: 先

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RickNZ said:
When you're speaking Japanese do you say Beer or Biru?

I hope not ビル

FrustratedDave · 28 Jan 2013

RickNZ said:
When you're speaking Japanese do you say Beer or Biru?

I would think the answer to that is pretty obvious.

Macrobiotic · 28 Jan 2013

I noticed that the actual effort it takes for some english speakers to mimic what they consider a natural japanese accent is so great they make funny faces when speaking, as if they had a stroke or something. Everytime they switch into japanese-mode they unknowingly change to their fuglyface. And yet it sounds very "thick". I don't agree that the trick to sounding more "natural" in japanese is trying to sound as if you had horse tranquilizer in your mouth when speaking.

casiocasio10 · 29 Jan 2013

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