How do you...

[ABeatForXX]

...say Ayumi? Is it: are-you-my or are-you-mee? And is Hamasaki: ham-ask-ee or ham-as-sky?

A real noob question, but can anyone help me?

[PickleCookies]

Ah-you-me Hah-mah-sah-key

[FancySN]

it's Ah-yoo-mee Hah-mah-sah-kee

[ABeatForXX]

Thanks all

[Taishaku]

Aa-you-me Haa-maa-saa-key...

:B

[walking proud]

Eye - You - Me
Hah - Mah - Sah - Key

if you speak spanish, it's very very easy to pronounce. o_o

[elepop]

I talk french and it's very easy too!

[lolo66]

Avex's CD release commercials has them in the right pronounciation. I'm not going to write any more pronounciation keys. Because I know that people can also pronounciate differently even from the same keys or the same form different keys.

[PickleCookies]

Originally Posted by bates

Eye - You - Me
Hah - Mah - Sah - Key

No. The vowel 'a' in Japanese is pronounced 'ah'

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by y2687

if you speak spanish, it's very very easy to pronounce. o_o

hahah 100% true. I speak portuguese and I have to say these threads sound weird for me because I've always found her name so easy to pronounce.

[norain]

you know some people pronounce it A-You-Me...actually more americans do it because it seems right. But I mean if you listen to ayumi lives they say her name, or her awards it goes really fast.

ah-you-me hah-mah-sah-key

I tried using words but it didn't work out with you me and key

[extepan]

Originally Posted by y2687

if you speak spanish, it's very very easy to pronounce. o_o

indeed
i dont understand why poeple ask how her name is pronounced. just pronounce it in the stand vowel way for most languages (not english though), and you got it.

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by extepan

indeed
i dont understand why poeple ask how her name is pronounced. just pronounce it in the stand vowel way for most languages (not english though), and you got it.

Also I think a lot of people here have already seem romaji lyrics and sang the songs while reading them. With that you can clearly know how japanese vowels are pronounced.

[Hok]

Originally Posted by extepan

indeed
i dont understand why poeple ask how her name is pronounced. just pronounce it in the stand vowel way for most languages (not english though), and you got it.

I didn't think it was so hard or people to pronounce it as well. I just look at it and dont think, just read.

Ah-yue-mee Hah-mah-sah-kee

[AyuRlz]

Originally Posted by y2687

if you speak spanish, it's very very easy to pronounce. o_o

lol... if you learn japanese, it'll be even more easy to pronounce it... oh well, dun bother about me. i am just going crazy

[AyuRlz]

Originally Posted by PickleCookies

Ah-you-me Hah-mah-sah-key

ya! thats right! sorry for double posting... pardon me for this once