Pronunciation of 'Shenmue'?

[Mathias]

Is it 'Shenm-way' or 'Shenm-you'?

I've heard it said both ways, is there a consensus as to it's pronunciation that I'm not aware of?

[Rabid Peanut-Butter]

"Shi-en-moo" is how I've always pronounced it.

[Prometheus]

Shen-moo

[XxHennersXx]

Shen-Moo

[ave]

What's so wrong about just saying "Shen Moo"? It's written シェンムー (Shenmū) in Japanese, so this is the pronunciation the creators were going for.

Since the word "Shenmue" in the game is the name of a tree located in China, however, one could also think that the original Mandarin pronunciation is the correct one. In this case "Shenmue" would be written 莎木 and pronounced Shāmù. You can listen to it on google translate.

But still, if anyone would ramble on about Shenmue calling it "Shamu" like a smartass, I'd probably be very tempted to bitchslap him :P

[geluda]

I say Shen-mew but that's just me, likely not the proper way to say it.

[graciano1337]

I've always pronounced it Shen-moo. Probably because I'm an American and speak English.

[CrAzY]

It better be Moo!

[APE]

Shen-moo. It is how every employee of Sega I've heard say the name pronounce it. Anything else is incorrect and you deserve those funny looks.

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

That's how I've always pronounced it. I never really thought about it before.

[Yakumo]

Yep, 100% it is Shen-moo That's even how they say it in the game (Japanese and the poor English dub version).

[AlecRob]

(Japanese and the poor English dub version).

On the day of the incident, did you see a black car?

[HEX1GON]

I've heard people pronounce it as "Shen-mooie" lol

[Yakumo]

On the day of the incident, did you see a black car?

Doesn't Ryo go around saying "I'm looking for sailors" as well in the dubbed version :)

I've heard people pronounce it as "Shen-mooie" lol

I think Shampoo in your avatar would say it that way (^-^) Actually, I've heard a few people say it like that too. It's probably because of the "e" they stuck on the roman spelling.

Yakumo

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

Doesn't Ryo go around saying "I'm looking for sailors" as well in the dubbed version :)

Yes, he does. What does he say in the Japanese version?

[HEX1GON]

Doesn't Ryo go around saying "I'm looking for sailors" as well in the dubbed version :)

I think Shampoo in your avatar would say it that way (^-^) Actually, I've heard a few people say it like that too. It's probably because of the "e" they stuck on the roman spelling.

Yakumo

Haha, Shampoo is awesome :)... I'm guessing so as well, I'm so temped to ask random people on the street to pronounce the name and put it on YouTube lol

[Prometheus]

Doesn't Ryo go around saying "I'm looking for sailors" as well in the dubbed version :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQa3yGXzGls

[7Force]

The pronunciation is not very ambiguous when the Katakana letters tell you how to pronounce it (Shen-moo)

[Mystical]

Shen-moo - never even given a thought that it may be pronounced differently

[Yakumo]

Yes, he does. What does he say in the Japanese version?

I don't remember to be honest.