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   Message 866 of 1,975   
   Wolf to All   
   Re: Pronunciation of Gojira   
   08 May 04 02:30:31   
   
   From: bussone@adelphia.net   
      
   > >susansabo pressed her interrogation thusly:   
   > >So it would basically be GO-jeera?   
   >   
   > Yes, that's about it, but it's a mild stress on the "go." Some people will   
   tell   
   > you sylables are not significantly stressed in Japanese, but there are   
   > different pronounciations in defferent contexts or different sentances.   
   >   
   > The "ra" is just that.   
      
   It's more like gode-jie-ra   
      
   If you destress Godzilla so both parts have an equal stressing, you get   
   about the right sound.   
      
      
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