Poll: Do YOU know how to pronounce osu! ?

Remco32

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Remco32 2008-07-28T19:48:40+00:00

[21:40] <awpwok> much like a lot of people pronounce osu! wrong I suppose
[21:40] <Remco32> <awpwok> much like a lot of people pronounce osu! wrong I suppose - Does peppy say it right in the howto-make-a-beatmap video?

This video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eih3jnEqw0A 0:05-0:07 .

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[21:45] <Remco32> Why call you game something unpronounceable, Just call it 'The Peppy Rhythm Game Project (PRGP)'
[21:45] <lukewarmholiday> its not unpronounceable
[21:45] <eirrol> exactly
[21:45] <awpwok> osu! is easy to pronounce
[21:46] <Remco32> Yeah, for you
[21:46] <lukewarmholiday> its just not pronounced like you would in the english language
[21:46] <eirrol> If you play ouendan you'll hear them prounce for you
[21:46] <Remco32> Time for a Poll

So, here it is , the Poll

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Neogetz_old

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Neogetz_old 2008-07-28T19:52:04+00:00

Lol, i study japanese so pronounciation is easy.

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Saturos 2008-07-28T19:53:01+00:00

Needs a third option for people that didn't know but learned before the video. ;x

That, unfortunately, is the group I fall in to. I never made the correlation to the ouendan 'OSS' shout and osu.

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Remco32 2008-07-28T19:55:21+00:00

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Loginer

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Loginer 2008-07-28T20:11:30+00:00

I've played Ouendan 1 and 2, so I knew how to pronounce it.

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Snipe_old

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Snipe_old 2008-07-28T20:54:08+00:00

Yep, I dont remember where I learned to say it though, I think it was DOA or something >>

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xerxes_oli 2008-07-29T01:35:24+00:00

im so lucky i played ouendan before i came here i could have looked very stupid

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RemmyX25

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RemmyX25 2008-07-29T07:28:01+00:00

I knew how to pronounce it... I just choose not to as people look at me more crazy than they do when I say "o-soo"

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Level-Up! 2008-07-29T09:46:32+00:00

Loginer wrote:
I've played Ouendan 1 and 2, so I knew how to pronounce it.

Same here.

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Agent BA8 Rookbie 2008-07-29T20:22:26+00:00

I played Ouendan, then I learned how to pronounce it properly.
However, I pronounce this game o-soo, because I sometimes talk about it to people, and it sounds a bit like arse the way I say it.

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phill_old 2008-08-01T03:10:42+00:00

i still say oh-sue in the vague hope it annoys peppy.

Raziel_DSM

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Raziel_DSM 2008-08-01T18:21:40+00:00

I played Ouendan before Osu! and of course know the correct pronounciation.

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wiicademan 2008-08-01T22:48:20+00:00

I pronounce it "oh-su" because i think it sounds better. Saying "oss" in regular speech feels too weird to me. But then again, I barely ever have to pronounce the word anyway...

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LuigiHann 2008-08-02T01:31:39+00:00

I pronounce it "os" as in "host," but in my head I always read it as "osooooo."

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[ A r i e s ] 2010-05-23T03:58:37+00:00

wiicademan wrote:
I pronounce it "oh-su" because i think it sounds better. Saying "oss" in regular speech feels too weird to me. But then again, I barely ever have to pronounce the word anyway...

same :/

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Jinxy 2010-05-23T04:12:28+00:00

I know its "oss", but I prefer to say "oh-su" because my friends would go "what?"

Azure_Kite

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Azure_Kite 2010-05-23T04:32:05+00:00

Yes, I know how to pronounce it. I read the game info before downloading.

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Powerdrone 2010-05-23T04:40:24+00:00

JInxyjem wrote:
I know its "oss", but I prefer to say "oh-su".

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Rolled 2010-05-23T06:18:26+00:00

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Cuddlebun 2010-05-23T12:05:22+00:00

why were you even looking at these old threads wow

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qlum 2010-05-23T13:20:39+00:00

Better to necro than to duplicate.

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Neo@lex 2010-05-23T14:13:29+00:00

sup 2008
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awp 2010-05-23T21:33:16+00:00

did the entire thread fail to reply with

Do YOU know how to spell osu! ?

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Orkel 2010-05-24T20:43:44+00:00

Yes I know how it is pronounced

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bagnz0r 2010-05-25T04:52:29+00:00

It's the same as in my native language - Polish.
So, meh.

orochiwolf

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orochiwolf 2010-05-25T18:34:00+00:00

Well, although it is pronounced "oss," I still prefer to say "oh-soo" because I think it just sounds cooler.

I already knew how to pronounce it, though.

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Nexus Reaper 2010-05-26T02:30:33+00:00

I knew how to pronounce osu! after finishing Ouendan. But still, I pronounce it like 'oh-sue' in most occassions, especially with people who don't know about it. I pronounce it correctly every now and then.

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Faust 2010-05-26T02:39:34+00:00

I pronounce "osu!" with the "u" being somewhat silent.

PlasticSmoothie

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PlasticSmoothie 2010-05-26T14:01:06+00:00

Depends.
In my head I read it as it would be read in Japanese, with the U being silent.
With friends I go "Oh-su" because if I didn't, they wouldn't know what I was talking about

Remco32

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Remco32 2010-05-26T18:09:40+00:00

awp wrote:
did the entire thread fail to reply with

Do YOU know how to spell osu! ?

I sure do now!

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Chacha17

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Chacha17 2010-06-02T19:08:04+00:00

lol i know that it's pronounced oss but bah oh-suh! sounds a lot better.

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Babble 2010-06-07T22:45:25+00:00

Chacha17 wrote:
lol i know that it's pronounced oss but bah oh-suh! sounds a lot better.

Yeah, same. lol

rulingvenus

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rulingvenus 2010-06-09T20:18:08+00:00

i thought it was pronounced oh sue lol that sounds alot better, oh sue.....

pjiang621111

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pjiang621111 2010-06-09T23:09:37+00:00

I agree. I was saying "oh sue" until I paid attention to the "oss" that came out from the first Ouendan! game. Then I forgot all about the pronounciation until I watched peppy's vid.
After that I say "oss" to myself once in a while to remember the Japanese, but 95% of the time I will be saying "oh sue" anyway.

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TaB 2010-06-10T20:05:13+00:00

I heard how its spelled before.
I believe that the word means hello or something.

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Gens 2010-06-10T20:15:01+00:00

Doesn't it mean Go instead?

I know the original Ouendan title means "Go! Fight! Cheersquad!", so yeah.

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