[Mplayer-cvslog] Re: ニウ リリス v.s. ニュー リリース

[Tobias Diedrich]

The Wanderer wrote:

> > I think you rather want "nyuu ririisu" (ニュー リリース). (5 hits
> > on google for "niu ririsu" vs. 770000 hits on google.com/intl/ja/
> > for "nyuu ririisu")
> 
> Yes, I noticed the same thing myself, and prefer the small-"yu" form in
> my own usage as more precise. Either is a sufficiently close
> approximation of the pronunciation, though, so I left it alone as a
> matter of personal judgment (and to avoid cluttering the list with
> irrelevancies); I pointed out "mai" vs. "mei" because that *does* make a
> difference to pronunciation.

But you need to get the vowel lengths right too.

ririsu would be more like Lilith AFAICT.

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