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Originally Posted by sugarmamma  I mispronounce things almost as often as you do  but your name just looks like it sounds to me. In other words, its pretty phonetic. Maybe it's a case of people not being bothered to try????
I have the same problem with my married name. People always pronounce the "e" EA and drop the "g" which makes a whole different word  |
Most Japanese translated into English is phonetic anyway, bc if you can't read Japanese, well, you just can't sound it out or anything!
The thing with Americans though is we like to pronounce "G" as "J". Like nigiri sushi, lots of people say nee-jeer-y. It's nih-ghee-li. So good thing Shinja is with a J and not G so it's Shinja is Shin-jah, and not Shin-ga LMAO!