The Big Debate!

[hairyguy4 0]

o.k i was in the post office a whileback and found myself in a debate about how you pronounce tamiya,

would you say its

tameeya or

tam-i-ya

i would personally say tameeya

[Victorious Secret 11]

Tah-mee-yah

VS

[ryanbored 3]

I would always say Ta- Me uh, But someone i know insists on saying Tam-ear!

This thread makes no sence when typing! :rofl:

[Guest joelvardy]

Depends if I have man flu like now .....

Tamiya = Tam > EE > A

[hairyguy4 0]

lol yeah true

[Victorious Secret 11]

I would always say Ta- Me uh, But someone i know insists on saying Tam-ear!

This thread makes no sence when typing! :rofl:

ROFL!!

Great thread!

Although eveyone's pronouciation might be different, but the love for these kits are the same.

VS

[mymonsterbeetleisbroken 16]

i think this topic came up about 3 years ago on here and someone had a definite answer on how its said.... can't remember what it was though!

[Guest joelvardy]

would it be this thread by any chance? : -

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?...l=pronunciation

[RichieRich 823]

would it be this thread by any chance? : -

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?...l=pronunciation

Here's another pronunciation thread.

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?...ronounce+tamiya

[rajicon 0]

Ta - mi - ya

In Japanese it is written タミヤ (or in hiragana ãŸã¿ã‚„) The three characters are pronounced Ta-mi-ya (nearly every japanese character when translate into english is a combination of consonant and vowel). It is all said with the same tone and no rising inclanations.

*to see the japanese characters you will need to have the character encoding (for firefox its in the view tab) set on Japanese Shift_JIS

[Tamiya1/10 382]

Here Tamiya is too difficult to pronounce, we just call it "Twin Star" or "Double Star" . And how do you spell Tamiya? Gottohaveit.

What better way to find out, just ask our TC members from Japan.

[Metla 0]

Just watch a couple of the Tamiya adverts, There are a heap hosted on this very site, The commentator says Tamiya multiple times in English.

I noticed because it means the way I pronounce it is so wrong that if I went to the Tamiya factory, went to the front door and asked if this was Tamiya they would say what did he say?, never heard of the place.

[terry.sc 16]

For the definitive answer, especially as the old american voiceover didn't get it right, over at http://www.rctvlive.com they asked Tamiya themselves at 20 minutes into RCTV708. Direct link (90Mb download) http://www.rctvlive.com/shows/708/RCTVLIVE708.wmv

[Corpse Thrower 16]

So is it Ta-meeeeea?

Or Tammy-AARRRRRGH!!!

I've always pronounced it Tammy-ARRRRRGH!!!

[Rabiedmushroom 2]

We need to ask Netsmith how they pronounced it at Tamiya HQ when he dropped the TC car off recently.

Personally I've always referred to it as Tam-eee-ya but its probably wrong!

[richard.tufty 24]

I think it depends on where you live. I'm from the UK and say Tamee-uh, however I'm living in the US at present and all my friends out here pronounce it Tum-eye-ah.

Either way, it means the same thing, Spend More Money!

[RA1028 3]

Tamiya is a Japanese name in English. You should say Ta Mi Ya. Three separate words.

[bakaguyjean 7]

Tamiya is a Japanese name in English. You should say Ta Mi Ya. Three separate words.

Ta as in Tamato

Mi as in Meat

Ya as in Yamato.

its one word.

Ky as in key

O as in ocean

Sho as in shodog

One word

On a different note a MINI here is a Mi NI

[madaz75 0]

On a different note a MINI here is a Mi NI

Is that My Knee or Me Knee?

[bakaguyjean 7]

Is that My Knee or Me Knee?

ME KNEE is the right way,sorry i wasnt more clear. It is a little strange but something i have gotten used to hearing.

[Twist. 1]

Rctvlive called Tamiya and its pranounced Tam-eee-yah

I still say TAM-YA

[Mad Ax 10847]

I have always pronounced it "Tamiya"

But I know some people who say "Tamiya" instead

And one time I was in the LHS and a foreign guy came in asking for a "Tamiya", we didn't know what he was talking about for ages, until he pronounced it slightly differently by saying "Tamiya" - and then we said "Oh, you mean Tamiya!"

It's like some people say Tomato and some Tomato; some say Potato and some Potato.

You're right, this thread does make no sense...

[Singapore_959 18]

ME KNEE is the right way,sorry i wasnt more clear. It is a little strange but something i have gotten used to hearing.

Me Nnee mine e Oh,

Ta Mi ya

Ca naam low lah,

noww meye woll et iz empt ee !

Meye why ff th inks eye amm kh ray zee

Thu anks too tee cee

Sorry, should get back to work probably!

[markbt73 6003]

I have always pronounced it "Tamiya"

But I know some people who say "Tamiya" instead

And one time I was in the LHS and a foreign guy came in asking for a "Tamiya", we didn't know what he was talking about for ages, until he pronounced it slightly differently by saying "Tamiya" - and then we said "Oh, you mean Tamiya!"

It's like some people say Tomato and some Tomato; some say Potato and some Potato.

You're right, this thread does make no sense...

So... let's call the whole thing off?