The Pronunciation of Some Ayu Songs (Out Loud)

[noidea]

yeah, doesnt ayu say Hummingu seven four in concerts?

[Mirrorcle]

Oh yeah!! I forgot about Humming 7/4, I just say Humming seven-fourths, but I was never really sure on that either. D:

Please don't title any new songs with complicated names, please Ayu!! Q_Q

[Delirium-Zer0]

In Arena Tour 2005 she very clearly introduces the song as "hamingu yonbun no nana" right before the drums & guitar start up.

[ImpactBreaker]

+ is not the name of a song. The song is: independent+, which pronounces "independent plus". That song, which people insist to separate, is clearly a continuation to independent.

The confirmation that "A Song for XX" pronounces as "A Song for..." is in the CMs for the album, in which the title is spoken.

[noidea]

^ but why does she perform it without independent then? and when she performs it solely the title is + on the dvds and setlists, + is a hidden track, it may continue where independent ends, but it also is an independent song by itself(lol)

[Picaflor 7/4]

^yes. this is what I say

a song for eks eks (lol don't know how else to put it) however sometimes I do say "a song for"
plus (five plus five, not five more than five, but either works)
humming seven four (god knows why anyone would say "ha-mi-n-gu" its pronounced humming, or else it would have been written in japanese)

[Mirrorcle]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

+ is not the name of a song. The song is: independent+, which pronounces "independent plus". That song, which people insist to separate, is clearly a continuation to independent.

The confirmation that "A Song for XX" pronounces as "A Song for..." is in the CMs for the album, in which the title is spoken.

Oooohhh... That makes sense.

Originally Posted by noidea

^ but why does she perform it without independent then? and when she performs it solely the title is + on the dvds and setlists, + is a hidden track, it may continue where independent ends, but it also is an independent song by itself(lol)

Maybe fans assumed it was a seperate track because of the previous album which had Flower Garden as the hidden track at the end and from LOVEppears with kanariya as the hidden one there. :s

[naxxo.licious™]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

In Arena Tour 2005 she very clearly introduces the song as "hamingu yonbun no nana" right before the drums & guitar start up.

Ohhhh i see. I thought it was said in english. Thx for the info.

U really are like an ayucyclopedia 8D

[zyoeru]

So Humming 7/4 is Hummingu yonbun no nana, but on the subject of independent+ I don't think that's right imo... because if it was a continuation of independent, then it wouldn't even have a name...but I guess we're free to speculate.

[Mirrorcle]

Well, we'd pronounce it as Humming, I'm sure Ayu's saying it with a Japanese accent-thing, making it "hamingu", yeah? No? Yes? o.o

[Picaflor 7/4]

how the hell are we supposed to remember that? hamingu no yonban watashi kawai desu arigato mr. roboto?
I'm just gonna say humming seven four.

they say "a song for" twice in the video so its confirmed

[naxxo.licious™]

Originally Posted by Picaflor 7/4

hamingu no yonban watashi kawai desu arigato mr. roboto?

[panda♥]

I always say "A Song for XX" - I pronounce the X's out loud. I know it's not supposed to be that way but it's become a habit. XD

[Delirium-Zer0]

Dude, you're into japanese music. You probably have plenty of lyrics memorized. Is "yonbun no nana" REALLY that hard to remember? Honestly. I'm not saying we should pronounce "humming" with a japanese accent, i'm just saying what Ayu said. ~

[zyoeru]

^ Yonbun no nana is totally too hard to remember. :O

Nah, generally I just use whatever 2ch shorten the song titles together. Well...sometimes it depends.

[chloeM]

i've heard ayu called + as purasu~

[Picaflor 7/4]

DON'T.CARE

just going to say humming seven four.
also for the record. I say "Kree uh" not "ku rei ah" for Crea

I am white. I am not going to pronounce every english word with a japanese accent cause ayu does.

[zyoeru]

Originally Posted by Picaflor 7/4

DON'T.CARE

just going to say humming seven four.
also for the record. I say "Kree uh" not "ku rei ah" for Crea

I am white. I am not going to pronounce every english word with a japanese accent cause ayu does.

Actually...Crea is a brand name...and the brand name is pronounced cray-uh. So it doesn't change its pronunciation...so saying it kree-uh isn't not putting an accent on it's just pronouncing it wrong... like saying duvet doo-vet.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

××　in Japanese is like having a blank, blank in English, so it is not pronounced.

[Mitkki]

I recall "+" being referred to as 'more than' when it was first heard, however most sites list it as プラス　when crediting it as an ayu ready? ending theme. Also, I could have sworn that I've heard ayu refer to it as 'plus' before.