For the record, Japanese syllables practically always end in a vowel or an "n", and the classic Japanese "alphabet" system's "letters" each stand for a syllable. Thus, you aren't supposed to pronounce Sasuke "sauce-gay" because the first syllable in that ends in an "s" sound, which is not gonna happen in Japanese.
Sasuke is three syllables, the first sounding a bit like the English word "saw," and the last sounding like English "'kay." But the "u" in the middle shouldn't be elided altogether....
Then again, if that's a short "u", then I can see why the dubbers went for "sauce-gay."
Edited by AnonymousMcCartneyfanThere is a fine line between recklessness and courage — Paul McCartney
For the record, Japanese syllables practically always end in a vowel or an "n", and the classic Japanese "alphabet" system's "letters" each stand for a syllable. Thus, you aren't supposed to pronounce Sasuke "sauce-gay" because the first syllable in that ends in an "s" sound, which is not gonna happen in Japanese.
Sasuke is three syllables, the first sounding a bit like the English word "saw," and the last sounding like English "'kay." But the "u" in the middle shouldn't be elided altogether....
Then again, if that's a short "u", then I can see why the dubbers went for "sauce-gay."
Edited by AnonymousMcCartneyfan There is a fine line between recklessness and courage — Paul McCartney