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[mbpm1]

How does the announcer say it?

 

[Maligna]

How does the announcer say it?

KAH-Reen. It's a Japanese name so it's pronounced in the Japanese way.

 

[JediLink]

I really believe the announcer just effed this one up. "Karen" is a fine enough pronunciation. It's like like how Samus' last name in proper Japanese is more correctly be pronounced "Ah-rahn" but no one actually cares and the games say it like "Aaron" anyway.

 

[ZeroTheShadow]

Kahreen sounds absolutely idiotic. I'll say her name like it's spelled, Karin.

 

[denshuu]

Maybe they'll pull an Abel and change how the announcer pronounces it a few months after release.

 

[The Bankslammer]

I mean, yes, the announcer is announcing it relatively close to the correct Japanese pronunciation (edit: don't really like Google Translate's pronunciation, if you listen for her name here you'll get a better idea of how it sounds in speech). That being said, it's certainly no coincidence that the Japanese character with Western style has a name that could reasonably pass as both Japanese and Western. It's meant to transfer between the two easily, so I don't think it's necessarily entirely wrong to pronounce it the way we're inclined to in English.

But being totally honest the reason I typically use the Western pronunciation is the same reason I use the Westernized pronunciation of "anime" as opposed to the correct one, it just sounds more natural in English speech and is more readily understood lol. I think having the announcer's pronunciation be "labored but correct" suits its purpose well enough.

 

[entremet]

Kahreen sounds absolutely idiotic. I'll say her name like it's spelled, Karin.

Japanese phonetics. You don't have to call her that.

 

[Kenstar]

Kahreen sounds absolutely idiotic. I'll say her name like it's spelled, Karin.

Sure-you-can, mr huhdookin

 

[Emperor Bohe]

Barlog wins

 

[direct_quote]

Surprised that I see no one with Karin's new render as their avatar.. Saw Mika all over the place when she was revealed (and after).

 

[Hubb]

Surprised that I see no one with Karin's new render as their avatar.. Saw Mika all over the place when she was revealed (and after).

At least a couple of people switched their avatars, I'm personally waiting for Juri. When/if she is released/DLC.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Surprised that I see no one with Karin's new render as their avatar.. Saw Mika all over the place when she was revealed (and after).

Waiting on some better screenshots/fanart

 

[Stiflers Mom]

KAH-Reen. It's a Japanese name so it's pronounced in the Japanese way.

I'd say it's a german name, but what do I know...

add: Been living for one and a half years in Japan, and never met or heard of a single girl named "Karin" in that time. On the other hand, in Germany it's a regular and popular name. Pronounced "Kah-Rin".

 

[F0rneus]

Omar Dogan draws the best Karin, Sakura, and Ibuki.

He draws the best female SF characters bar none. He is simply incredible.

 

[Coda]

Surprised that I see no one with Karin's new render as their avatar.. Saw Mika all over the place when she was revealed (and after).

Same, everyone that wanted it said that it was too hard. I was like, you know all it takes is cropping an image to 100x120 pixels right?

 

[RM8]

I'd say it's a german name, but what do I know...

add: Been living for one and a half years in Japan, and never met or heard of a single girl named "Karin" in that time. On the other hand, in Germany it's a regular and popular name. Pronounced "Kah-Rin".

I'm pretty sure I've seen 佳林 as a name.

 

[joekusa]

Karin tutorial Here with Matt Dahlgren

 

[Stiflers Mom]

I'm pretty sure I've seen 佳林 as a name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_(given_name)

Seems there is a japanese form of this name..

 

[bon]

Same, everyone that wanted it said that it was too hard. I was like, you know all it takes is cropping an image to 100x120 pixels right?

500 hours in MS Paint.

 

[Wild Card]

500 hours in MS Paint.

The Hard Truth

 

[Bloodrage]

500 hours in MS Paint.

MS Paint is still a thing? Da fuck. Takes no time in Ps.

 

[mbpm1]

These noodles are delicious

 

[Razzorn34]

I just haven't got around to finding one I like.

 

[Varg]

anyone know the name of the song during her trailer?

 

[hitsugi]

I think it's a lot harder to find a good shot of Karin's face compared to Mika. That would explain it.

 

[ike_]

Oh yeah she was in Namco X Capcom too, in which she also achieved much twirl:

She seems kinda mean, I like her.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Oh yeah she was in Namco X Capcom too, in which she also achieved much twirl:

She seems kinda mean, I like her.

kinda mean?

she IS

 

[ike_]

I'm definitely starting to see that.

 

[XenoRaven]

He draws the best female SF characters bar none. He is simply incredible.

Kinu Nishimura has him beat IMO.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

I'm definitely starting to see that.

Joe MAD!

 

[Angelus Errare]

Amazing how much strife there is about the pronunciation of a name lol.

I'd say it's a german name, but what do I know...

add: Been living for one and a half years in Japan, and never met or heard of a single girl named "Karin" in that time. On the other hand, in Germany it's a regular and popular name. Pronounced "Kah-Rin".

You've been in Japan for 1.5 years and have met every female living there. Impressive.

 

[SpiceMelange]

Amazing how much strife there is about the pronunciation of a name lol.



You've been in Japan for 1.5 years and have met every female living there. Impressive.

He never said he did? Don't put words into others' mouth

 

[Angelus Errare]

He never said he did? Don't put words into others' mouth

lol

 

[I-hate-u]

Omar Dogan draws the best Karin, Sakura, and Ibuki.

This should be th DLC alt outfits for all 3 fighters when Sakura eventually joins the cast:

 

[TheOGB]

Amazing how much strife there is about the pronunciation of a name lol.

My daddy and my daddy's daddy called her 'kay-rine' and you won't take that away from me, dammit

 

[Village]

My daddy and my daddy's daddy called her 'kay-rine' and you won't take that away from me, dammit

Street fighter has been around for a while huh

 

[SpiceMelange]

lol

?

 

[DryEyeRelief]

 

[Skilletor]

I'll continue calling her Care-in, because that's how I say it and she's not real so I have no obligation to respect how a sprite or 3d animated model would say it.

 

[Angelus Errare]

?

I've lived in America for a year and have never met a girl named "April" but I've been to France and met several women named April. Therefore because of my anecdotal experience, it's safe to say that April is not an American name but a french one.

 

[Wild Card]

plz no

 

[SpiceMelange]

I've lived in America for a year and have never met a girl named "April" but I've been to France and met several women named April. Therefore because of my anecdotal experience, it's safe to say that April is not an American name but a french one.

I'd say it's a german name, but what do I know...

And then you say he's affirming he met every single girls in Japan for some random reason.

add: Been living for one and a half years in Japan, and never met or heard of a single girl named "Karin" in that time. On the other hand, in Germany it's a regular and popular name. Pronounced "Kah-Rin".

 

[HardRojo]

It's Kah-rin for me since I'm a native Spanish speaker and we pronounce it almost (if not) exactly as Japanese people would. I'm always baffled by people pronouncing Ryu's name as Ry-yoo, then again, some people here tend to pronounce Guile as Gee-leh so I guess it's fair for native English speakers to pronounce Karin in their language.

 

[Dremark]

She seems kinda mean, I like her.

kinda mean?

she IS

She really isn't. She comes off pretty arrogant but she's pretty nice to the other characters in SFA3, especially her rival Sakura.

Also, I think the pre match intro with her throwing the tray at Ishizaki was intended to be taken in jest.

 

[Lost Fragment]

Yeah they'll probably do like they do in sf4 and have the announcer pronounce some names differently depending on if you're in English or Japanese mode.

English sf4: ay-bel
Jp sf4: ah-bel

 

[Sayad]

kinda mean?

she IS

He get hit by that same plate in the background in SFV.

 

[Tizoc]

The a when pronounced in japanese is a soft ah sound
Rin would be pronounced normally as r-in
So it should sound as
Kah-rin

 

[jerry1594]

It's Kah-rin for me since I'm a native Spanish speaker and we pronounce it almost (if not) exactly as Japanese people would. I'm always baffled by people pronouncing Ryu's name as Ry-yoo, then again, some people here tend to pronounce Guile as Gee-leh so I guess it's fair for native English speakers to pronounce Karin in their language.

I used to pronounce it gweel

 

[Dremark]

He get hit by that same plate in the background in SFV.

I had not seen that yet in the videos I watched. I thought it was cool he had a cameo but that makes it even better.

I used to pronounce it gweel

I knew a guy in middle school who pronounced it "Gull" like Seagull.

 

[Spencircuit]

The a when pronounced in japanese is a soft ah sound
Rin would be pronounced normally as r-in
So it should sound as
Kah-rin

But the i when pronounced in japanese is an "ee" sound, so the "Kah-reen" pronunciation is accurate.