melanie opened this issue on Jan 26, 2000 ยท 10 posts
melanie posted Wed, 26 January 2000 at 9:26 PM
... Nene? Is it "Neen," "Neenie," or "Neenay"? I never know what to call her when I mention this character to people. Melanie
JeffH posted Wed, 26 January 2000 at 9:28 PM
I say it as "Nay Nay"...
MartinC posted Thu, 27 January 2000 at 2:48 AM
Allerleirauh, I hope it's not nasty to ask, but how do you pronounce yourself? It looks german, but that assumption could be terribly wrong of course... :-)
Anthony Appleyard posted Thu, 27 January 2000 at 3:29 AM
Scarab posted Thu, 27 January 2000 at 8:51 AM
Nene in Japanese would be naynay as noted above...."e" is pronounced much like the long "a" sound in english and japanese has few (if any) silent letters.... Scarab<- "konnichiwa!"
wyrwulf posted Thu, 27 January 2000 at 9:37 AM
I think it's pronounced "Ralph" The "e" is silent.
Yamato posted Thu, 27 January 2000 at 10:02 AM
Correct pronounciation of "Nene" is here! Attention!! The world first opening to the public. Kozaburo's Voice ;-) http://www.rakuto.com/bbs/nene.au
wyrwulf posted Thu, 27 January 2000 at 10:05 AM
Yamato, I knew you would come to the rescue!
MartinC posted Thu, 27 January 2000 at 4:29 PM
That's interesting... Cinderella is very popular in Germany, but her name is "Aschenputtel" (first part is "ashes", obviously the same reference as "cinder"). I never heard of another version and the name Allerleirauh, but I remember a film from (old) East Germany with a (very) different version of it, I think it claimed to be of polish or czech origin - but I can't remember the name. Sorry melanie for being completely off topic now... MOVED TO VIRTUAL TAVERN :-) :-) :-)
melanie posted Fri, 28 January 2000 at 8:42 AM
Yamato, thanks for the sound bite. That helped a lot. Now I know how to say it. Melanie