a guy was telling me about how he had to meet with an indian tribal Shaman as the representative of the tribe for a business deal. and so he pronounced it "SHAY-MAN," like rhyming with "layman." i was immediately shocked and mortified because i always thought it was pronounced "SHAA-MAN," like rhyming with "ramen." and i mean come ON people, "shaa-man" sounds 103.5x better than "shay-man." btw i kept wanting to ask the guy if they shaman tried to cast blasphemy on him.
how do you pronounce "shaman"
Initially I pronounced it Shay-man...but understanding a little more about pronounciation and culture further, I lade it down and pronounced it SHA-Man
I've heard it pronounced both ways. I go with Shaaaay-man.
I use shaa-man. I agree with you, I don't like the shay-man pronunciation.
Shaa-man.
Shah-men...like ramen.
This is following the long standing English language tradition of taking established sounds long attributed to a certain letter, ignoring them, and using one that sounds nothing like it until we say "this is how it sounds now...except in this situation...and in these certain words only....sometimes."
shaa-man, shay-man is not logic at all. But I must admit I am a bit affectied of how it is pronounced in swedish, so I don't know for sure.
Anyone other than me not know that zealot was pronounced zel-ut and not zee-lot?
Shah-men...like ramen.
This is following the long standing English language tradition of taking established sounds long attributed to a certain letter, ignoring them, and using one that sounds nothing like it until we say "this is how it sounds now...except in this situation...and in these certain words only....sometimes."
I have heard people say Ray-man, and I hate it. it is in fact Raa-men
Anyone other than me not know that zealot was pronounced zel-ut and not zee-lot?
No.
I say Shaman.
Like ramen.
Like ramen noodles, I love them things.
Shah-men...like ramen.
This is following the long standing English language tradition of taking established sounds long attributed to a certain letter, ignoring them, and using one that sounds nothing like it until we say "this is how it sounds now...except in this situation...and in these certain words only....sometimes."
How the F*** is that supposed to clear anything up?! People can't even pronounce RAMEN (RAH-MIN), and now you want them to try to use it as a pronunciation guide for SHAMAN (SHA-MIN)?
You want to know how to pronounce it?
MerriamWebster.com
Enter the word, and click on the little button for audio.
Hmm. I pronounce it "Gary", with emphasis on the Gar. So like, GAR-ee. Yep. I hope that sufficiently did nothing to help you out.
a guy was telling me about how he had to meet with an indian tribal Shaman as the representative of the tribe for a business deal. and so he pronounced it "SHAY-MAN' date='" like rhyming with "layman." i was immediately shocked and mortified because i always thought it was pronounced "SHAA-MAN," like rhyming with "ramen." and i mean come ON people, "shaa-man" sounds 103.5x better than "shay-man." btw i kept wanting to ask the guy if they shaman tried to cast blasphemy on him.[/quote']
lmfao so you say it like Charmin, the legendary toilet paper? paging Mr. Whipple...
A lot of people called my char (Charim) as Charmin. :S
Almost as bad as Kotex or whatever his name was.
A lot of people called my char (Charim) as Charmin. :S
RE: Celerity
I thought for a bit "Char" was your pet name for Charim. The caps helped.
Am I the only one that pronounces ramen like "RAH-myun"? :confused:
I'm guilty of that too, Athelea. Good to see you around, by the way.