How do YOU pronounce Billy Kane?

[LoneSage]

ssia

 

[Ralfakick]

ssia

You know I’ve thought about posting this before as well. We always said cane, but I swear in KOF MI Reg A or something the that the announcer pronounced it Kahn, so I’ve aleays accepted that as the correct pronunciation after that.

 

[LoneSage]

We always said cane, but I swear in KOF MI Reg A or something the that the announcer pronounced it Kahn

Psssst: guess which game the announcer first pronounced it Kahn. The answer will surprise you! Smash that like button and subscribe for more!

 

[Dr Shroom]

You know I’ve thought about posting this before as well. We always said cane, but I swear in KOF MI Reg A or something the that the announcer pronounced it Kahn, so I’ve aleays accepted that as the correct pronunciation after that.

that game was actually pretty okay

 

[TheJiggler]

I bet one of you goobs pronounced it as "Ka-Ne" like a weeb or aka Gweeb

 

[Ralfakick]

Psssst: guess which game the announcer first pronounced it Kahn. The answer will surprise you! Smash that like button and subscribe for more!

@Stefan you know the answer to this I’m sure

 

[Tw3ek]

I bet one of you goobs pronounced it as "Ka-Ne" like a weeb or aka Gweeb

Ok, I'll be that guy but its written カーン or Kān

 

[BeefFieri]

Ok, I'll be that guy but its written カーン or Kān

/thread

 

[SouthtownKid]

Same way they pronounce it in the games. Billy Caan. It's been spelled and pronounced that way literally since his first appearance.

From the AES manual:



Yeah, it's weird, but it is what it is.

 

[SouthtownKid]

ā

Heads up, but a line over a vowel indicates the long sound of that vowel. So ā is pronounced like the 'a' in cake. Which I'm assuming is the opposite of what you wanted to say.

 

[Tw3ek]

Heads up, but a line over a vowel indicates the long sound of that vowel. So ā is pronounced like the 'a' in cake. Which I'm assuming is the opposite of what you wanted to say.

Oh, I voted for Caan, gotta properly be that guy if you’re gonna be that guy

 

[HornheaDD]

I know they somehow pronounce NeoGeo as "nay-oh gay-oh" or whatever but yean no its Kane as in pain. Not Kane as in Con.

 

[BeefFieri]

I know they somehow pronounce NeoGeo as "nay-oh gay-oh" or whatever but yean no its Kane as in pain. Not Kane as in Con.

Did you not see the manual scan posted above?

It literally says "Birii Kaan". It's not "Kane as in pain".

EDIT: Fuckin n00b.

 

[wyo]

Do we have to pronounce everything like the Japanese now?

OK, no more "Last Resort", you have to say "Rasutorizōto" like a super weeb.

 

[Takumaji]

Kaan, heh. Sounds good.

Just like one of the best movies ever, Citizen Kaan. Great acting by Orson Wells (who gets pronounced "Gunther Schmitt").

 

[SouthtownKid]

I know they somehow pronounce NeoGeo as "nay-oh gay-oh"

No, they don't. You're projecting. They pronounce it ネオジオ. Nay-oh Gee-oh.

EDIT: You ファッキング ヌーブ.

OK, no more "Last Resort", you have to say "Rasutorizōto" like a super weeb.

The difference is that's them attempting to say "Last Resort." It's just Last Resort in a Japanese accent. But they're perfectly capable of pronouncing Caine if that's what their intent was.

 

[BeefFieri]

But they're perfectly capable of pronouncing Caine if that's what their intent was.

^^^

There was nothing stopping SNK from naming him "ケーン" instead of "カーン" if that was their intent.

As for becoming "Kane", that can likely be chocked up to SNK being spectacularly bad at English localization.

 

[HellioN]

Either.
I like turtles.

 

[StevenK]

So I'm the only person here who doesn't speak and write Japanese then. I didn't expect this.

 

[Dr Shroom]

just call him billy idol or spike
problem solved

 

[TheJiggler]

This debate reminds me of someone I used to work with who had a bug up his ass about English loanwords and their pronounciation. For instance Grand Prix, he was saying Prix as "Pricks" I mean whatever but you're sounding like one lol. Also tortilla as "tor-tillah" haha and lets not forget Jalapeno as "Jalap-eno" oh god

 

[Takumaji]

just call him billy idol or spike
problem solved

Don't call it Schnitzel or he will hit you with his caan.

 

[kernow]

It's kane, he's British

 

[BeefFieri]

lololol muthafuckas defending "Kane like pain" magically forgetting SNK was the king of 90's Engrish game translations.

 

[yagamikun]

I mean...