How do YOU pronounce Bemani?!?!

ãã©ã¤ã¢ã³ · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:31 pm Post subject: How do YOU pronounce Bemani?!?!

Whats up everyone? I really don't know how to pronounce the word Bemani. I've always said it like this: Bem-an-eye. But I've heard it as: Bee-mahn-ee and Ba-mahn-ee. I have no idea. What is the official pronounciation? How do you pronounce it???
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L1nK · Trick Member Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Location: Kansas

I pronounce it Beh-mahn-ee
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Max's Period · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:52 pm Post subject:

I thought it was Be-Mon-Ie, or Be-Man-Ie.

CoolQuatre · Trick Member Joined: 13 Jul 2002

Beh-Mah-Nee

Spider-X · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Location: Houston Texas

bee-mahn-eee
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Junior Asparagus · Administrator Joined: 23 Jan 2002 Location: Natick, MA

I say it 'bee-mah-nee', just like the announcer dudes...
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[Team BM is DDR] Stef · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Location: w007stah, MA

Assuming it was a Japanese word, I've always said it something like "Bay-mah-nee". If you get lazy and use an american accent it becomes "beh-mahn-ee"...I never thought of it being "bee-mah-nee", which sounds more like a Japanese person trying to shorten the word Beatmania...hmm is that where the term "Bemani" came from anyways?

EDIT: It's late, had to convert this into understandable english

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Regenesis · Trick Member Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Location: Rockford, IL

Yes, "Bemani" is derived from "Beatmania".

I model my pronunciation after that of the 3rd Mix announcer: "Bee-Mahn-Ee"
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Çhristian · Trick Member Joined: 06 Aug 2003

bemanamenanianmenai

Kaleigh · Trick Member Joined: 18 Dec 2002 Location: Whole New World

I switch between Bee-mahn-ee and Beh-mahn-ee.
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ã©ã¤ã¹ · Trick Member Joined: 26 May 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA

Just like how it's spelled. Be ma ni. short for be-AT-mani-A as from what I was told.
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Project: J-ko · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:49 am Post subject:

Behm-in-eee.

Or Bee-mah-nee, when I'm not being obnoxious to the hardcore DDR types.

And rYc3, maybe it's just way too late here, but your new username is freakin hilarious.

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tempest6 · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 7:16 am Post subject: Bemani?..

Hey Mobile Mayhem!

If you do have the chance, check out the website www.bemanix.com. They can help you with the history of bemani! Is that a trip or what? Please reply, over! Thanks!

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Technick · Trick Member Joined: 18 Aug 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY

I say "Bee-Mah-Nee" Sounds good to me!

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ChocoboG · Trick Member Joined: 30 May 2003

Learn Japanese and you will find out how to pronounce it.

Be = Bay (as in Hudson's Bay)
Ma = exactly how it's written.. (Mah)
Ni = like Mandarin "you"... (Knee)

So it's...

BayMahKnee

Make sense?

Edit: just noticed that someone said that the actual Japanese company name is "Bimani"

So it should actually be pronounced:

Bee-Man-Knee