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Old 03-16-2006, 08:10 AM   #4
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Re: Morihei Ueshiba Pronunciation!

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Dirk Hanss wrote:
My best guess is More-ee-hae OO-e-shiba
I'm not much good with real phonetics, in Japanese think of the following sounds for pronounciation. If two vowels are together, pronounce the two sounds.

a as in apple not as in hay

i as in eat not as in it or like

u as in lute not as in luck

e as in bet not as in eat

o as in of not as in oat


the characters to pronounce would be

Mo ri hei Ue shi ba

hope that helps

rgds
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