I always just pronounce sifow like Shiho, haha.

i pronounce many of them correctly, except for Gackt...i say it how it looks...Gak-tuh...

and btw, sifow isnt pronounced SEE-fOH...its more like SEE-HO, because the "f" in Japanese is kinda a blowing-through-the-hole-yu-make-with-yur-mouth sound

for example, "futari" isn't pronounced FOO-TAH-REE...its more like WHOO-TAH-REE

You don't pronounce the XX and you pronounce the A like the beginning of the word "eight". So basically you say [ei song for], not [uh song for].

This one is stumping me lately: Sifow. It just sounds like how you'd pronounce STFU and it's quite distracting.

I also mess up Namie's name, sadly--but I'm glad to see I get Dir en Grey's name right D:

Most of the time I pronounce MALICE MIZER as Marisu Miseru (mah-ree-su mis-eh-ru). If I'm feeling a little lazy I'll just pronounce it as it's spelt.

I also haven't the slightest idea how to say L'arc-en-ciel--I end up saying Lark-N-Seal and as a result rarely, if ever, make a verbal reference to that band.

I've once heard from a friend who was into j-rock that despite many bands have french names - like L'arc en Ciel - you don't use the original french pronounciation, but the pronounciation declared by the band themselves...

Not sure if it's solely becouse the Japanese can't really pronounce French well (like English) and people would use their 'own' pronounciation (rarukku an shieru) anyway, or if it's becouse they consiously adopt the Japanese pronounciation...

oh thnks! I was really pronouncing it in the wrong way :laugh
now I will know:yes

I pronounce Japanese words and names how they're pronounced properly. If its quite obviouly not a Japanese word, I pronounce it like it looks...

The only exception is Namie Amuro, I say Name-ee because its just easier. *lazy*

I am still confused to to pronouce Jyongri(JONG-Li?) and Sowelu( pronouced SO-WELL?)

i think it's JEE-OON-GU-REE. but i never heard her name actually being said, so =\

Thanx I was wondering how her name was pronounced :innocent

For Jyongri, I don't really know her but everytime I pronounce it;
JEE-ON-GLI or JEE-OON-GU-REE (Like Sora~~)

I'm surprised so many people don't pronounce the last syllable of Namie's name. Saying "Na-mee-ay" isn't much more difficult than "Na-mee". And I've always pronounced sifow as "sif-o", which is probably wrong, though we only hear the Japanese way of saying it since there is no "si" syllable in Japanese, rather, it would be "shi" (so "shi-fo").

I've always pronounced the names like L'arc en Ciel and Dir en Grey as they are in the original language, not as in the Japanese transliteration. Anyone who isn't Japanese speaking in the Japanese pronunciation for a French word sets off the weabo alert big time :laugh

If anything, I would end up pronouncing like the Japanese announcers. Of course, I wouldn't have trouble with Japanese names, but with English names (or otherwise), I pronounce it in "Engrish" cause it just sounds cooler.

C-ute - Kyuuto.
Morning Musume - I pronounce the "Morning" like any other Japanese person. Ahaha.
NEWS - Nyuu-su.
Dreams Come True - Doriimuzu kamu tsuruu. Ahaha.

But yeah. It's also a way for me to practice speed talking, so I don't sound so stupid otherwise.

I know she's not Japanese, but Elva Hsiao confuses me greatly. I haven't the slightest idea how to pronounce Hsiao O_o