goldbond Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb5679 Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WagesofSin Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 I've heard it pronounced both ways. I go with Shaaaay-man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 I use shaa-man. I agree with you, I don't like the shay-man pronunciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsestomp Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Shaa-man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chayesh Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 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." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewGuy Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anithraril Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 http://www.webster.com/dictionary/shaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsestomp Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Anyone other than me not know that zealot was pronounced zel-ut and not zee-lot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emp_newb Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewGuy Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Anyone other than me not know that zealot was pronounced zel-ut and not zee-lot? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I say Shaman. Like ramen. Like ramen noodles, I love them things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evangelion Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruelEdict Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 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'] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldbond Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 lmfao so you say it like Charmin, the legendary toilet paper? paging Mr. Whipple... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celerity Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 A lot of people called my char (Charim) as Charmin. :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruelEdict Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Almost as bad as Kotex or whatever his name was. A lot of people called my char (Charim) as Charmin. :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 RE: Celerity I thought for a bit "Char" was your pet name for Charim. The caps helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athelea Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Am I the only one that pronounces ramen like "RAH-myun"? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I'm guilty of that too, Athelea. Good to see you around, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celerity Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 in japan, they do the ra-meh-n (three syllables and with japanese flap r) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiere Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Figures. Foreigners, psh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Figures. Foreigners' date=' psh.[/quote'] Figures. American superiority complex, psh. ^_~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emp_newb Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 well, im not tryin ta be rude to da merican culture, but maybe japan might now how to pronounce ramen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Twendrist Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I thought the Japaneese didn't have an "R" in their alphabet, or the "R" sound. I've heard lots of people from Japan pronounce rice as lice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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