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#1: Feb 24th 2019 at 6:51:53 AM

I think it's pronounced Toe who,right?

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#2: Feb 24th 2019 at 7:10:20 AM

I pronounce it as Toe-hoe.

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#3: Feb 24th 2019 at 6:32:17 PM

Tohhoh. The "ou" compound in Japanese is pronounced as an extended hard O

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#4: Mar 12th 2019 at 1:49:43 PM

It's [to:ho:]. Never mind the accent, Japanese doesn't have accent the way Indo-European languages do. The nearest vowel in English would be that in CAUGHT (for speakers who distinguish CAUGHT and COT), but most fans use the COAT vowel, with stress on the first syllable. So essentially TOE-hoe.

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#6: Aug 15th 2023 at 12:05:58 AM

Like the first half of Tohoshinki.

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#9: Aug 15th 2023 at 5:15:04 AM

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#10: Aug 15th 2023 at 6:14:07 AM

I also pronounce it as Toe-Hoe.

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#11: Aug 15th 2023 at 7:05:38 AM

“Ou” in Japanese lengthens the “oh” sound.

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#12: Aug 15th 2023 at 8:36:47 AM

I just stick with the Japanese pronunciation; occasionally I might go with "toohoo" (after the Vinesauce team's joking pronunciation of it) if I'm being funny.

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#13: Aug 15th 2023 at 11:22:13 AM

I've never heard it be pronounced before and I've never bothered to learn said pronunciation so until now I've always unironically called it "Toohoo" just because that's what my brain decided to call it.

Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 15th 2023 at 2:22:33 PM

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#14: Aug 15th 2023 at 11:26:27 AM

[up]Same here.

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#15: Aug 15th 2023 at 11:29:14 AM

Before I got into the series, I always said it in my head as Too-Hoo. It was actually this very wiki that taught me that it's pronounced Toe-Hoe.

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#18: Aug 18th 2023 at 11:45:22 PM

i very, very sincerely apologize but i pronounced it "tau-who" for a while

Edited by riptideRuptur on Aug 19th 2023 at 2:45:35 AM

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