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How to pronounce "Mana" properly
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Today I learned that it's an indigenous Māori word, and as such we should probably be respectful and stick with how they pronounce it.
And here I thought it was derived and bastardized from "manna" the bread. TIL
Which, to be fair, is also derived from a word which would be most accurately (with English vowels) pronounced as mah-nuh. Although at this point "manna" is definitively also a word of English whose correct pronunciation is with /æ/.
Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised. I love learning things about indigenous cultures.
Weirdly enough that's how I've always pronounced it because of the amazing language: rallienglanti (it's English read out loud in Finnish way)
Lmao yeah same thing, pronouncing like 'mana' would be in Finnish word.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjLVSEhB5DI
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