Oooo-ta-da or You-ta-da

[apple-pi]

Well, in japanese language Oo-ta-da would obviously be the right way... but maybe she intended it to be pronounced You-ta-da in her US/UK releases? though I remember reading somewhere that she chose "Utada" instead of "Hikaru" for those especially because she thought it would be easier to pronounce... so I doubt it haha.

[[kokoro♥]]

I say it "You-tad-da" x3

I know the other way is correct, but it's a habbit.

I mostly just call her Hikki XD

[rikku411]

Oooo-ta-da Hikaru! I dunno, I think I've always said Oooo-ta-da, haha. I guess when I know how a name should be said, I try to say it like that. I say Hikki most of the time, anyway

[ALPHY]

I used to say You-ta-da until my friend bagged me out. So I changed.

[Yoake]

It's not yutada

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by apple-pi

Well, in japanese language Oo-ta-da would obviously be the right way... but maybe she intended it to be pronounced You-ta-da in her US/UK releases? though I remember reading somewhere that she chose "Utada" instead of "Hikaru" for those especially because she thought it would be easier to pronounce... so I doubt it haha.

Yeah... that wouldn't really make sense to me anyways. Why would you want everyone to purposely mispronounce your name?

I can understand if someone mispronounces a word because they just grew up saying it the wrong way, but mispronouncing a name even when you know how it's supposed to be pronounced seems kind of rude... imo.

[Hanabi_surreal]

Oooo-ta-da

[xLuna&1LOVE]

You-ta-da

[CoriKaru]

"YouTada" never occurred to me and rightfully so. (Almost like saying "YouTube")

It has always been and will always be "OooTada" for me.

[Sweet_Ai]

Originally Posted by Tom Punks

Yeah... that wouldn't really make sense to me anyways. Why would you want everyone to purposely mispronounce your name?

I can understand if someone mispronounces a word because they just grew up saying it the wrong way, but mispronouncing a name even when you know how it's supposed to be pronounced seems kind of rude... imo.

I know I let people purposely mispronounce my name because no matter ow many times I tell them to say it the correct way, they never learn. It's just their accent and the way they say stuff. Also, I've known some people from other countries who have names we can't pronounce in their language properly so they either continue to let us mispronounce it or change it to something different. My Bosnian friend's name is Sunčica but she told us to call her Sunshine or just let people say it wrong. That is what her name means.


I pronounce her name OO-tada. Since I am surrounded by different language I try my best to say names the right way.

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by Sweet_Ai

I know I let people purposely mispronounce my name because no matter ow many times I tell them to say it the correct way, they never learn. It's just their accent and the way they say stuff. Also, I've known some people from other countries who have names we can't pronounce in their language properly so they either continue to let us mispronounce it or change it to something different. My Bosnian friend's name is Sunčica but she told us to call her Sunshine or just let people say it wrong. That is what her name means.


I pronounce her name OO-tada. Since I am surrounded by different language I try my best to say names the right way.

It's different when you can't pronounce something. But if you know how to say it and it's not difficult to say (Utada), but you choose to say it another way just because it sounds better to you, it just seems rude to me.

I had this friend who decided to give my friends and myself nicknames, and no matter how many times we asked her not to call us by those names, she just refused/ignored our requests. It was really frustrating and rude (to me).

[zoomzoom]

I never even thought someone would say Youtada

[ImpactBreaker]

LOL since some people say "you" should as well say "tay"

You-Tay-da Hi(as in Hi! hello!)-kay-ra

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

LOL since some people say "you" should as well say "tay"

You-Tay-da Hi(as in Hi! hello")-kay-ra

There was a girl at my high school who always pronounced "Hikaru" as "Hick-air-roo". It was really... annoying. I didn't wanna correct her though because she thought she was really smart and awesome.

[bluegie]

It's always oo-ta-da. I actually it's not ooo~ta-da but oo!-ta-da (like it's not a long "oooooo"). My lab partner (in 2nd yr chem) was a Japanese, and I think her name was Ikuko (can't really remember how to spell her name anywayz since it was about 6 yrs ago). At first I called her "i~ku-ko" (pronounced the i longer), then a week later she wanted me to pronounce it more properly --> i!-ku!-ko. (with i and ku pronounced fast and sharp)


Now back to the topic. Whenever I hear hikki's name in those Japanese (cd) commercial, it's always "oo!-ta-da". So I always say "oo!-ta-da" instead of "oo~tada"... (dunno if that's correct tho LOL)

[Luv ~Venus~]

Originally Posted by Tom Punks

It's different when you can't pronounce something. But if you know how to say it and it's not difficult to say (Utada), but you choose to say it another way just because it sounds better to you, it just seems rude to me.

I had this friend who decided to give my friends and myself nicknames, and no matter how many times we asked her not to call us by those names, she just refused/ignored our requests. It was really frustrating and rude (to me).

Well, it's not as if I met her in person, I would call her You-ta-da He-cow-woo. =/ I would call her by her proper name. I should have reword what I saying in my first post better. I meant that even though I know how her name is pronounced, I still have a habit of saying You-ta-da instead of Oo-ta-da [thankies bluegie ].

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

LOL since some people say "you" should as well say "tay"

You-Tay-da Hi(as in Hi! hello!)-kay-ra

Steps out of the thread for a minute...

Spoiler:

You-tay... OMG! *wipes tears from eyes*

*comes back into the thread*

That reminds me in Blow My Whistle when Foxxy Brown said Hikki's name wrong. She said He-cow-ru...and I was like "Wuuu....@_@?" But I understand why she pronounced as she wasn't use to her name.

I usually call her Hikkiharu. Yes.

[bondingo]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

Her name is japanese, not english. Seriously guys, I don't know why some people have to have such a restricted mind to even realize there are other languages in the world that aren't english. The "U" letter in japanese has practically only one kind of spelling (sometimes more or less intensity can be given to it), and that definitely does not include it being spelled like "you". I prefer it that way...spelling you-ta-da when we know she doesn't have "Yu" in her name is just plain weird.

THANK YOU. It's 宇多田 (うただ). There is no ゆ anywhere in there.

[amorphose]

You-tada

I mean, I know the correct way is Oo-tada, but I was in 4th grade when I discovered JPop and Hikki was my first artist, so I've been pronouncing it like that forever.

I saw Oo-tada now most of the time, but when I'm not thinking I still say You-tada.

[ayuzlove]

actually Oooo-ta-da still sounds good to me...lol