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This Has Been Bothering Me For a While... Anonymous
So just how do you pronounce "ecchi"? I tend to say "ECK-key", though since it's a Japanese word I'm pretty sure that's incorrect.
>> Anonymous
"ET-chee".
>> Anonymous
etch, as in etchasketch, with a little bit of ii at the end. ecchi means "H" for hentai anyways
>> Anonymous
>>211065
wrong

>>211071
getting warmer

>>211073
totally backwards

Correct: "eh-chi"
>> Anonymous
Just watch Mahoromatic.
She says it plenty in that
>> Anonymous
>>211097
SORRY MR. BOO
>> Guodzilla
Bumpted for more Hatsuho. >;-)
>> Anonymous
>>211073
spelled, Ecchi is E (pause reduction) CHI
It's pronounced Eh CHI in two syllables a short Ay sound quickly followed by a CHI sound. and it in no way refers to the H you spell hentai with it basically means lecher or a less extreme pervert...
>> Anonymous
>>211501
Actually, 211073 got the part about how the term relates to hentai right. Ecchi originates from using the "H" as shorthand for hentai.
>> Anonymous
i always said ecchi like the begining of ICHIgo till i saw this video, they say it at the end

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sv9xaUEXPKA
>> Anonymous
>totally backwards

that would be you.

to quote wikipedia:
"It is universally agreed that the origin of the Japanese word is the English letter "H". The most common theory states that it derives from the first character of the word hentai (??)"
>> Anonymous
>>211520
Oh sorry sir can't argue with your ironclad failproof source
>> Anonymous
Even a cursory knowledge of Japanese pronunciation will give you the hint it's "eh-chi." While romanization isn't perfect, Japanese doesn't have the variance that English does in vowel sounds. You don't have "ea" being "eh" like in "weather" and then "ee" as in "eat." Or, a better case, "anime" is actually "ah-nee-meh" since it's the same sound as the a in "samurai" - "sah-moo-rah-ee." But many people will say "aaa-nuh-mee" and "sah-moo-rye." If you compared in in hiragana, it'd be easier to see the differences between something like "ichigo" and words that have similar sounds.

As for whether or not the word was derived from H in "hentai," that's a fairly accepted explanation, but really.. don't know, don't care.
>> Anonymous
My only question in this thread is: What DO you get when you turn:

>etch, as in etchasketch, with a little bit of ii at the end. ecchi means "H" for hentai anyways

...backwards?!

You get:

>Hentai, the japanese word, was invented to begin with the letter H. This was because of the pre-existing Japanese word for "Perverse" which was "Ecchi", which sounds like the english pronunciation of the letter H.

>And of course, it's pronounced "ii" with a little bit of "etch" (as in "sketch an etch") at the end.