Is it Tay-Toe, Or Tie-Toe Or Tayeeto, or what?

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How are you supposed to say it?

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TIE-dough Strong on the first sylable and softer on the second. So Tie-toe is fine...

BITD I checked w/ one of japanese coworkers @ Capcom.
 
TIE-dough Strong on the first sylable and softer on the second. So Tie-toe is fine...

BITD I checked w/ one of japanese coworkers @ Capcom.

You may want to double check. :)

Taito Corporation or "kabushikigaisha taitō" (株式会社タイトー). The last 4 characters are in Katakana. タ or "Ta" [pronounced Tah] "イ" or "i" [pronounced eee] and ト or "to" [pronounced toe] The "ー" extends the sound of the previous character. Katakana is used for borrowed words.
 
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I'm pretty sure we've had this discussion before, and someone posted a link to a splash screen on Taito classics or something, and Tombo's version was right. I personally call it Tay-Toe, like potato, because everyone knows what I'm talking about, and that's how I've always pronounced it.

DogP
 
Back in the 80`s when Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito were tag team champs the caller would say
Mr. Cy-e-toe...
 
I guess if you didn't have a trained Japanese ear it might sound like dough.

As others have said the first two syllables run together to make the "tie" sound. This is always the case when a simple a(ah), i(ee), u(ooh), e(eh), or o(oh) is the second character. The line after the "to" in the japanese spelling tells you to hold the "oh" sound a split second longer.
 
Tom's got it, but it's hard to properly pronounce it if you're not a native speaker. The 'eee' part of the name is so very short it's tough to discern that it's actually being spoken, but it's there. Almost like the 'Tai' syllable briefly transitions to an 'eee' tone at the end before hitting the staccato 'Toh' at the end of the word.

I can't say it right, but I have a friend who took one look at the word and it rolled off his tongue perfectly. It's a speech thing, and it's more about your native language than anything else.

So that's what I know.

Oh yeah, one more thing: Phetishboy will punch you if you say it any other way than 'tay-tow'

Just sayin :D
 
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