European Don't Know How to Pronounce Japanese Brand Names!!

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Today Japanese Panel China and Ara compared the pronunciation of Japanese brands with Europeans.
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[@Noah_ol11]

The new italian flag 🇪🇸 , but now i don't know what is the flag of Spain ? 😂

[@kegs8788]

The flag of Spain is obviously this one🇮🇹😉😁

[@elisakhud.9679]

😂😂😂😂

[@lucal7756]

It's always funny when other countries confuse IT and ES and Spanish and Italian (especially numbers...), which are quite different indeed

[@Nikedidaspuma]

de hecho casi todas las marcas que han dicho se pronuncian igual en español.

[@HelloHello-lh8tm]

The flag of italy really is 🇧🇷

[@vattulaitti]

We call pokemons 'pokemoni' but the brand is just pokemon 🇫🇮

[@user-nr9to4xw4c]

in Russian we use singular Pokemon but plural PokemonY (with Ы at the end)

[@vattulaitti]

@@user-nr9to4xw4c hehe here singular pokemon is the 'pokemoni' and the plural is 'pokemonit' tho the endings depend so much on context too 🫡

[@user-oh9pj2wo4g]

We czechs also say Pokémoni but with a soft i

[@pyrylehtonen-caponigro3198]

Also we say Muji, not Muhi

[@varavarala313]

ok

[@dwai_ayan]

Italy for the win 🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦

[@sanipine]

We have a saying in Germany (cause a famous Football Player once stated): "Whether it's Milano or Madrid doesn't matter, as long as it's Italy..." 😂😂

[@Lampchuanungang]

🤭🤭🤭🤭😉😉😉😉😅😅😅😅

[@elsiel5937]

If i heard right, the second girl from left is explaining Japanese in Korean? That's funny lol

[@mms04270]

1:21 Ah, is she Japanese? I hear Korean instead..

[@Krenisphia]

I assume it's because this channel films everything in Korea so it's the sort of the "common" language in their videos. But yeah I wish they just spoke in their native tongue instead.

[@SkolD-kw5rh]

China is so cute and lowkey looks like Carly Rae Jepsen 🙂

[@dercorta-noyokamiboyteenpr2166]

i think i know the problem with german, she isnt pronouncing it german at all. and reminds me alot of english(american?) pronounciation. which is frustrating me

[@KiryubelleKazuma]

"German" girl had absolutely no clue and gave a lot of misinformation. It's almost like German isn't her native language. uniqlo would be spoken like a regular u like booze, we don't have this "you" sound (This might be excusable if one assumes it's an English brand but among all the other misinformation it's not) Pokemon is spoken with a long o, not a short one, just check for the German intro, French words would just be pronounced french as for a German possible, usually only 60-year old Manfred would say Kommes if he saw a word like commes which is obviously French. It's also common sense that a French c sound is also like our ß: You don't have to study French to know this, we literally have adapted French words in our language with the same sounds. Also, no German would say Kass-i-o: It's Caaaaasio with a long a and a soft s, exactly like in Italian and French If you are familiar with German you know that a short vowel is mostly spoken before a double consonant, obviously there is no in CASIO. This girl pronounces every vowel short no matter the word.I don't know what kind of phonetics this girl is supposed to represent but it's definitely not the German one. Btw. she also said Honda with a super soft D like she would mimic a Japanese accent, maybe she just have been living too long abroad LOL.

[@dercorta-noyokamiboyteenpr2166]

propably mistaking german pronounciating for english one

[@sanipine]

Yeah, completely nuts, not representing the German ways of pronunciation at all!

[@l1sanalga1b]

ja sie spricht alles falsch aus

[@olgahein4384]

To be honest though, when i speak english for a while i tend to automatically switch to english pronounciation of non-english words. Same goes when i have to speak french or spanish, if not more. It's not that easy to switch phonetics for one single word when you are speaking in a phonetically very different zone. Also, depending where and how she grew up, it can very well be that she is just used to brands and names being pronounced far closer to the english or original pronounciation. Even i at my 37 years old am so much on the internet and so used to english pronounciation on YT, Twitch and other social media, that i have a hard time remembering how to pronounce some brand names in 'proper' german.

[@annaluciaschmitz]

I agree

[@1rkhachatryan]

That italian girls voice is so pleasant to listen to

[@henri_ol]

I agree that Japonese culture is popular everywhere , i studied japonese before and i usually try to say the pronunciation right even though my pronunciation is bad

[@SkepticalCaveman]

Japanese pronunciation is actually one of the easiest parts of learning the language, unless you are a native English speaker.

[@porqler0]

Viva España 🇮🇹🇮🇹😂😂

[@luna38uwu89]

I really wanted to see someone Spanish there ☹️. I was very excited to see the comparisons Pronunciation of brands or foods. From the other countries and Spain, I hope they make a video like this but with Spain

[@promealiens9659]

The Yamaha outboard motor was the first Yamaha product I was familiar with.

[@Yupppi]

It's funny how the finnish person said correctly all the ones she didn't know and the brands she knew she said weirdly. By finnish standards that is. In Finland we don't say "pokemoni", never heard that in 30 years unless it's the plural "pokemonit". We say "pokemon". And we say asics like japanese unless someone is pretentious about their pronunciation and thinks it's an english brand. Even if it was english we'd say it like japanese though. We also wouldn't say "muji" like english dz, or "muhi" like spanish. We would say "muji" like in english "muyi". Unless we heard it in japanese and then we'd say it with the "dz". Her Panasonic is right, probably hasn't heard it if she wasn't allowed to use electronics and/or she's too young, because everyone know Panasonic VHS machines if not the audio gear. Yamaha sure is popular in Finland, making everything from instruments to motorbikes and boat motors and you name it, just a huge brand. I was a bit shocked about the example of "when I was young I used to play Super Mario Heroes", being such a new game I hadn't even heard of it. Everyone I know would say "when I was young I played Super Mario Bros" (1-3) or maybe Super Mario 64 if they're young. Funny how when it comes to Lexus, japanese spell it as an english word. Similar to the japanese brand with french name. Throws quite a wrench in the wheel.

[@vattulaitti]

Singular pokemon is pokemoni but the concept and the brand is just pokemon. But yes I agreee.

[@Jiishaan]

That Japanese girl who explained what lexus is .. thank you 😊 you've actually helped me stay sane 😜

[@CHIKIPLEITOS]

Ciao Italia, ti amiamo dalla Spagna e Roma è una parte importante della nostra identità

[@taivonen14]

Y Grecia

[@corsarodoro7890]

Stessa cosa vale per noi italiani, andare in Spagna é come andare in una seconda casa e quando ci incontriamo diventiamo sempre super amici!❤

[@EddieReischl]

I like the point Xen brought up about the longer vowel sounds in British English. You really notice the French influence on English when a British person is speaking RP, both British English and French are very elegant languages. Our English in Wisconsin is more like how Jessica speaks, it's very German, Dutch and Scandanavian influenced, so it's more, idk, abrupt or maybe utilitarian? More of a challenge to wax poetic with.

[@baccamau80]

American english are romantic accent . it is not RP ,british is more harsh accent .

[@dercorta-noyokamiboyteenpr2166]

i dont want to be rude, but i never heard germans pronounce japanese companies that way. and ive been all over germany allready, i have no idea if she is mistaking and accidently pronounces it the english way?

[@st4ndby]

The pronunciation wasn’t quit on the spot for a couple of words. I don’t know why she did it this way. Maybe she doesn’t life in Germany anymore and therefore it wasn’t natural for her anymore to pronounce it like a German would do

[@yumi.eXVtaQ]

I’ve seen it a lot on similar shows… for those who don’t know, Lexus is the luxury brand owned by Toyota. The same way, Infiniti is the luxury brand of Nissan. Sure, all of these four are Japanese. And also there’s an Acura, luxury/performance brand of Honda, but they failed their worldwide marketing strategy so they’re mostly represented in US/UK, and a lot of their early models nowadays are sold under the Honda brand.

[@Firespirit233]

I'm moving to France) their accents are so soft and lovely

[@lithus1072]

I love the girl from UK 🥰✨

[@Xensapp]

😘😘🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Moody_Blues_]

Missed opportunity to include Mazda. Most European countries would say something like Mazz-dah but I know for example that in Japanese it's actually more like an English person would pronounce Ma-tsu-da. Way different. Since I know this (I drive a Mazda since 2020) I've been annoying all my friends with it basically lol.

[@Tenseiken_]

The german girl made the S sound of many of these sound very english. For example, her "Casio" has a very fast and sharp S and where I'm from the first syllable is usually slightly longer and the S is a rather smooth sound, comparable to the english Z. Makes me wonder if her native german dialect or "internationalification" is the reason for that.

[@andresloft]

Yamaha started as a musical instrument company (hence its logo of 3 tuning forks) but since diverse into other industries. Of course, the most popular consumer product is the motorbikes

[@supermilkchan23]

Should’ve invited an American. “Toy-yodas” and “Pokey-mans” all around 😂

[@MW_Asura]

Fr, but they're not European so 😂

[@kimberlybarcelon6973]

Grace, sei fantastica! - Cimby 🖤🖤

[@Katirin89]

I have never heard anyone talk about Muji here in Finland as Muhi. I've only heard people literally pronouncing it like you would pronounce finnish words (pronouncing it like it's written). And Pokemon is just Pokemon (the brand), we say "pokemonit" if we want to say them as plural but you rarely hear anybody saying that. Edit: Pokemoni is just one Pokemon but at least I haven't heard that very often. We just talk about Pokemon as Pokemon in general.

[@sampohonkala4195]

Pokemon as the company name, pokemoni if you mean any of the characters. Pokemonit in plural. You need the i at the end, otherwise you cannot form the plural as we cannot have two consonants at the end of the word like that. Many foreign words need to be adjusted as the Finnish language is based on endings that must follow certain rules.

[@Katirin89]

@@sampohonkala4195 no piti laittaa pokemonit mutta kirjotin eilen kiireessä niin typo.

[@T.K.T]

I don't think she said "Muhi", I'm pretty sure tried to say "Muji" (Muyi), but they just transcribed it like that

[@strampy75]

The Italian girl‘s explanation of the Italian word „casino“ is not complete. Literally, it means „brothel“ and then its meaning is extended to mean „mess“.

[@davidladjani108]

Oh, it's the same meanings in French, "bordel" means "mess" and "brothel"

[@paolocarpi4769]

@@davidladjani108 And then there's "bordello" in Italian too with the same two meanings.

[@xjmmjbnqfstjdijoj2044]

Sometimes the Japanese girl on the right pronounced Japanese words with a Korean accent though....maybe because she was speaking Korean, I guess?

[@randyroo2]

In the UK it really depends what region you're from. Thank god, they used a well spoken lady with the queens english accent to do this properly. Too much bad English is being used on TV for the sake of diversity and representation. I don't want to listen to lisps, scouse or slang accents for the news. The only time they are appropriate is when depicted in a tv series or film.

[@earthsruby]

idk why she said it with a voiceless s, but in Germany we rather say it like "kah-zee-yo", instead of "cas-si-yo"..

[@saulgoode799]

Go Xen!!!!

[@heftigerlp]

Can you please use a real Person from Germany in the next video?

[@yarrr275]

I've never heard a single Finnish person call Muji Muhi

[@TheNewGreenIsBlue]

French and Japanese both have little to no stress points in their words, which is why when the sounds are a good fit for French, the meter and rhythm of the words are similar. North American English very commonly stresses the second syllable in 3-syllable words. British English does as well, but to a lesser extent.

[@FrancescoAlois]

In Italian, "casinò" (with the accent on the o) doesn't mean "mess", but it's the gamblilng building, or room or whatever linked to the gambling games. The "casino" (without the accent on the o) means "mess" or a great noise (with instruments or something very noisy). It's original meaning is "brothel" and maybe the "noisy and messy" girls gave it the actual meaning. BTW It has a very colloquial use and should not be used in formal, but often also in informal, speaking.

[@anttirytkonen11]

A couple of weeks ago, an episode of 🇫🇮 Top Gear Finland provided an interesting fact about the Nordics' most purchased car models (data from 2022). While the Swedes prefer their own products (made in China...) and the Norwegians rely on the EVs, the TOP5 in Finland consists almost exclusively of Toyotas. I'm a Toyota fan myself. 😝 🇫🇮 Finland 1. Toyota Corolla 🇯🇵 2. Toyota Yaris 🇯🇵 3. Toyota RAV4 🇯🇵 4. Volvo XC60 🇸🇪 5. Škoda Octavia 🇨🇿 🇸🇪 Sweden 1. Volvo XC40 🇸🇪 2. Volvo XC60 🇸🇪 3. KIA Niro 🇰🇷 4. Volkswagen ID.4 🇩🇪 5. Volvo S/V60 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 Norway 1. Tesla Model Y 🇺🇸 2. Volkswagen ID.4 🇩🇪 3. Škoda Enyaq 🇨🇿 4. BMW iX 🇩🇪 5. Hyundai Ioniq 5 🇰🇷

[@lucone2937]

I think Nissan is also very popular Japanese car brand in Finland, and it was formerly known as Datsun in 1962-1982.

[@ibrahimabadji3490]

In french,is not"assics"we say "azics"like we don't write like that but we say like that 😂

[@arhangeo]

Also Pokemoni in Serbian

[@ekainceladalopez6584]

Italian pronunciation for brands is very very similar to Spanish from Spain

[@August9-2063]

The word 'MUJI' hits different in Nepalese 😂🤭

[@slavemastah]

Didn't know Phoebe was from Finland xD

[@tessu12]

1:33 ei pokemon ei mikään pokemoni

[@fershowfershow3164]

nice spanish even tho she comes from italy 🤣que tremendo es el que hace las miniaturas jaja

[@Sam_andrsn_tn]

Please do Danish brands especially make the Bang & Olufsen due to the hard pronunciation.

[@sawzi2ov]

The Italian girl is bad asf and love her vibe

[@Amir-eq9tx]

Love Japan from Iran🤍🙏

[@sashimisubs]

5:40 Super Mario Heroes?! WTF

[@abelsmile]

i feel bad for the editor here lol 🇪🇸

[@kulik03]

the Italian girl is the cutest

[@eeros4192]

NOPE. Finnish is cutest!

[@ZeeDylanParadox]

@@eeros4192 100%

[@Tibolt-hc1xk]

Onda in French, the H is silent.

[@GodBimmer]

Next, try mentioning the names of brands from Korea. Surely all the answers are on Samsung's side, because Korea is only controlled by 1 company 😂😂😂

[@pierreb2320]

ASICS is the acronym of the latin saying: 'a healthy soul in a healthy body' Anima Sana In Corpore Sano

[@r.h.2887]

And "asi(足)" means foot or feet in Japanese too.

[@cixelsyd40]

Surprised they didn't know Toyota, Honda, and Nissan have luxury brands

[@NilVenturi]

Italian and french said "Cazio" but japanese girl liked it. WTF?

[@r.h.2887]

caz*o

[@Vinnieamorose]

Do south Asian , East Asian, North Asian, west Asian, central Asian content

[@pietrocorbo603]

I like the new italian flag🤣😅🤦

[@milantehrandubai]

France = 🇮🇹 Italy = 🇪🇸 Spain = 🇩🇪 Germany = 🇫🇷

[@varavarala313]

you got it all wrong ..

[@r.h.2887]

Korean says yunikhŭllo, phokhenmon, kkom de garŭsong, ashiksŭ, muin-yangphum, ninthendo, phanasonic, khashio, yamaha, thoyotha, honda, rexŏsŭ.

[@sanipine]

In Germany either you don't know the brand at all, or you pronounce "Comme des Garçons" the french way. Never heard anyone say "Komme de Karzong" (or whatever she said).

[@andyx6827]

She even said "Cargong" 🤣 So on top of not knowing the brand or the slightest bit of French, she also can't even read, lmao 😂

[@harimanmorgan9032]

No! Closing says "SAYONARA "

[@SkepticalCaveman]

Japanese pronunciation is actually one of the easiest parts of learning the language, unless you are a native English speaker.

[@3id04_afifzulfan6]

china is the second Japanese person who speak in english i've ever see in this video after saki

[@key-xn8gv]

The woman on the right speaks Korean, I think.

[@afjo972]

And Japanese people don’t know how pronounce European brands

[@lunalicht276]

Also unsere deutsche Vertretung hat sich nicht mit Ruhm bekleckert bei der Aussprache.. Außer Lexus war der Rest "falsch". Bei Casio tat's am meisten weh. bin ich early.

[@Frejainflower]

The girl in the blue shirt explains about Japan in Korean... I wonder if they couldn't find a Japanese girl who could explain in English (if this was due to the lack of a Japanese interpreter) because this is about the Japanese pronounciation.

[@r.h.2887]

It is likely this channel is for Koreans who studies English

[@andyx6827]

Please get a different German person. No disrespect against her, but this girl never has a clue about anything. Literally every word she said was wrong, except Nintendo.

[@awellculturedmanofanime1246]

W FINNISH REPRESENT ❤️🫶💙🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@fabricio4794]

Where is Julia?

[@davidbrisbane7206]

It doesn't matter as long as they can pay for them. Money talks babe 😀.

[@skytrot]

Nikon is the one that frustrates me the most

[@r.h.2887]

ZARA's real pronunciation is thara IKEA's one is not eye-key-ya

[@Topsiekku]

Se lausutaan niinku se on kirjoitettu ja piste.

[@mkd0921]

The right blue shirt girl is not Japanese though. Korean. She couldn't pronounce mujirushi ryohin.

[@nicolas320]

ASICS : Anima Sano In Corpore Sano

[@milantehrandubai]

Italy is 🇮🇹

[@ytube.agusss]

Not me thinking that Lexus is an European brand

[@WanukeX]

7:38 - "It's Similar this time" I don't know, that classic French making the H disappear from words was different.

[@annaluciaschmitz]

I really don’t want to sound rude, but the German women’s pronunciation is not how we pronounce these brands. (Most of the brands) She sounds wayyy more English. Also maybe be it’s just the NRW me speaking here, but Comme des garçons is pronounced exactly like French people say it in Germany. In German most brands are pronounced like it’s actually pronounced in the original language. So plz don’t misunderstand the pronunciation from, how she pronounces it in German. I have a lot of family members, who grew up in different places in Germany and a lot of friends living in different regions, which is why I can say in all regions of Germany: that’s not how we pronounce these brands. I hope everyone takes this as just a fact. I just wanted to point that out. Maybe it’s because she talked more in English.

[@aulea-no-nihon]

Why the Asian girl with blue shirt 👕 speaks Korean instead of Japanese?

[@florianbischoff9764]

is that japanese girl actually named chiona? xD

[@TheWZero]

The second girl pronounce all the names in a Korean accent

[@r.h.2887]

She's Japanese but Korean wannabe

[@Amir-eq9tx]

دوستدار ژاپن از ایران🤍🙏

[@HyCris]

where Spain

[@ntsuka4568]

In Japanese, there is a word called "bakamon". bakamon means a fool And bokemon, this is dumb

[@Tim0se]

"In French , i don't remember if we prononce the 'h' or not" hummmmmmmm wth ? Is she having dementia ? ( Rick & Morty, reference) No we don't !! And she said Yamaha in a way we don't in France ( with the 'h' ).

[@jumawardi5287]

Lama lama jd yt Endorst

[@dazerrod5574]

la francaise prononce tout de travers

[@sesambernd6467]

The german girl butchered that french brand lul🥲

[@TxMBiSH]

They really fucked up the korean girl saying shes Japanese. wtf

[@Waltaere]

🌏frieends 😃

[@leonardoschiavelli6478]

en el animé y en la vida real las japonesas tienen piernas tan sabrosas como el sushi 😍😘💋💖

[@sampohonkala4195]

The Finnish girl is quite accurate in most words, although we have this problem that English or American pronounciation becomes familiar through movies and social media. I think the German girl struggled with that even more. One word where the Finn missed a Finnish way - or an alternate Finnish way - of saying was Toyota. More Finnish would be adding an extra y-sound and say Toy - yota. But overall she was very accurate and even emphasized the differences slightly, showing she had a very good understanding of nuances.

[@MrJuulia01]

Who finn pronounces comme des garcons as komme des garsons?!

[@MrJuulia01]

Its komme des garkons

[@MrJuulia01]

Even kääntäjä can spell it

[@MrJuulia01]

If u use finnish accent, also use finnish alphabets

[@MrJuulia01]

None says muhi. Muji is Muji.

[@user-ChoanOfArc]

ashi ashi 👣

[@emeritusCh]

Man of culture

[@S_T_Y_X741]

4:05 Muji😂

[@vaccinatedanti-vaxxer]

Finland has a very unique form of baseball.

[@Abiodun92]

We do indeed. It's our national sport. "Pesäpallo" is typically played mostly in the countryside, the super league has only one team from a major Finnish city, Tampere so it's very much a rural sport since most cities' sporting landscape is dominated by Football and Ice hockey. 👍🏽🇫🇮