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Postby Ashton » Tue Aug 13, 2002 12:38 am

Tell me, when you want to talk about multiple AMV, do you say AMVs, or AMV? Also, because anime is a Japanese word, it’s understandable that it probably wouldn’t be pluralized, but some people do anyway. Which is correct?
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Postby TokyoU15 » Tue Aug 13, 2002 12:40 am

As far as I'm concerned, the word "Anime" was adopted by American Japanese Animation fans.................correct me if I'm wrong.
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Postby priuscomet » Tue Aug 13, 2002 12:44 am

ur wrong...it was adopted by american fans of japanese animation.

for plural, i say AMVs... or vids... same diff. but...really, people don't care.
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Tue Aug 13, 2002 12:48 am

Hey it's a lot better then the old term "Japanimation"

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Postby kthulhu » Tue Aug 13, 2002 1:30 am

AMV (singular)

AMVs (plural)

Anime is a movie/animation genre description to me.
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Postby alternatefutures » Tue Aug 13, 2002 2:16 am

Anime Music VideoS, so AMVs. In this case, the words "Anime" and "Music" are adjectives, and the "Video" is the noun. Therefor, you use the endings of "Video". If "Anime" was the noun and the other two were the adjectives (Music Video Anime) then there would be no "s".

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Postby priuscomet » Tue Aug 13, 2002 2:43 am

..everyone is saying the same thing over and over again.

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Postby aaronlye » Tue Aug 13, 2002 6:20 am

As far as I'm concerned, the word "Anime" was adopted by American Japanese Animation fans.................correct me if I'm wrong.


I doubt the term 'anime' is exclusively American, though I'm quite certain 'Japanimation' is - I've heard the former being used universally to describe Japanese animation for years, but the latter only after I discovered not three years ago how popular the stuff is over in the West. :)
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Postby TekkaRepliroid Zero » Tue Aug 13, 2002 6:59 am

You know, I only just thought of this just now, but how come a lot us say AMVs but we don't refer to AMVs.org?
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Postby bloodyfang » Tue Aug 13, 2002 5:19 pm

Everytime someone calls it Japanimation i feel like killing someone.
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Postby Sidicas » Tue Aug 13, 2002 5:49 pm

Americanimation
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Postby jbone » Tue Aug 13, 2002 6:03 pm

"Anime" is a French word.
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Postby TekkaRepliroid Zero » Tue Aug 13, 2002 6:32 pm

Funny thing is that telling someone that is a really effective way to get them to pronounce it properly :lol: (just say the "e" is in fact "é")
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Postby Fluxmeister » Tue Aug 13, 2002 10:04 pm

So here comes the argument... or lack of actually...

How do you say anime (you personally).

I always just say 'anne-uh-may' (very oaf like hehe)

The snooty way(hahaha) 'ah-knee-may' always sounds weird to me.

Any other ways?

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Postby jbone » Tue Aug 13, 2002 10:11 pm

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