How to pronounce the Wii

Wishmaster · July 09, 2006, 07:59:54 PM

I was wondering how to pronounce the Wii. Is it:

1) Da-ber-diu-ai-ai
2) Da-ber-diu-two
3) Weeee
4) Why
5) Why-ai

Is it in Hebrew?

:oops:

leo5111 · July 09, 2006, 08:10:11 PM

to me that name says somebody at nintendo needs to get off the crack pipe stupidest name i have ever heard.... :lol: :lol:

Dudu.exe · July 09, 2006, 08:40:26 PM

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

rorix_bladewing5 · July 09, 2006, 09:40:21 PM

I think its we.

ReRuss · July 09, 2006, 09:57:25 PM

indeed , it's We, they used 2 i's to represent the controllers

MaDDaWg836 · July 10, 2006, 01:28:10 AM

WEEE WEEE

sneef · July 10, 2006, 02:12:34 AM

Quote from: "Wishmaster"I was wondering how to pronounce the Wii. Is it:

1) Da-ber-diu-ai-ai
2) Da-ber-diu-two
3) Weeee
4) Why
5) Why-ai

Is it in Hebrew?

:oops:

i was wondering how "W" is ever pronounced "da-ber-diu"?

it sounds like inspector Clouseau trying to say "hamburger" on the pink panther movie. :wink:

[edit] i hope that's not offensive.. i'm a bit fried in the head today.. trying to edit video while doing 3 other things at the same time at work.. [/edit]

NT · July 10, 2006, 10:30:40 AM

rev·o·lu·tion

Jax · July 10, 2006, 12:07:25 PM

Wrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

Miggs · July 12, 2006, 12:39:55 PM

Quote from: "Jax"Wrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

Signed

Jinnai · July 12, 2006, 12:46:30 PM

It's Wee. The 2 i's make the e draw out longer than "we".

Wishmaster · July 14, 2006, 09:46:57 AM

Taken that two of the most popular search engines are called 'yahoo' and 'google', 'Weee' doesn't sound that wierd after all.. the thrend of silly names is in.

Wii can represent the 2 controllers, it can also represent Wi-Fi

Can't wait for the Sony Yabadabedo in 5 years..

Scor · July 14, 2006, 01:45:06 PM

Quote from: "Jinnai"It's Wee. The 2 i's make the e draw out longer than "we".

Thank you very much for being someone with some Japanese knowlidge (judging by your name, more then some

).
I was getting sad thinking I was the only one here who was going to post that

.
Is there a Kanji (well 2 I would say) for the Wii (ゐつ)?

teknicz · July 14, 2006, 01:58:25 PM

From what I understand, there isn't the "We" sound in Japanese, it's something even the Japanese will have to learn to say. That was part of why the initial reaction from fans, both in Japan and elsewhere, was disapointment/shock.

So I don't know if you'll be able to find the kanji for that sound.

Jinnai · July 14, 2006, 02:38:33 PM

there is an "e" sound, but its not the same as the "e" sound used in roman-based alphabet, but it is similar. Somewhere between an "i" and an "e".