ATOT Poll: How do you pronounce "Super Mario Bros"?

[janas19]

I say mareo
In the game is mariooooo~ lol

YES! See, we have one person who pronounces it Mareo. And there are others, we'll just need to wait and tally the results.

Thanks T_Yamamoto.

 

[Wyndru]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhadLMDWcGA

oops, it was already posted, oh well.

 

[FoBoT]

Poll fail.

yeah, where is your poll

 

[MotionMan]

mar-ee-oh

("Mar" like "car")

MotionMan

 

[Ichinisan]

I pronounce it both ways because I compulsively mess around with the pronunciation of most things I say.

 

[Baked]

Oh the madness! It's Ultimate Mustache Fighters!

 

[Golgatha]

mar-ee-oh

("Mar" like "car")

MotionMan

+1

 

[HardcoreRobot]

its a-me, maaahrio

why is this a debate?

 

[spidey07]

It's-ah Me, MAAHR-io.

Wahoo!

 

[janas19]

its a-me, maaahrio

why is this a debate?

Let me offer a bit of an explanation as to why: are you aware of sth called "translators liberty"? It was much more common back in the day when video games were smaller and the market more niche. Basically, the creator of the video game would have them shipped to the US, but they had to have them translated. Oftentimes, the translator would take liberties in the English version, and change dialogue and names around that didn't match the original. I saw this happen on console games from SNES to PS2.

The creator of Super Mario Bros was Shigeru Miyamato. To be 100% accurate, we need to know his pronunciation, since he created the character. We may know what the translator thought, but not Shigeru. I haven't found anything verifiable yet. That is why this subject continues to be debated.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Let me offer a bit of an explanation as to why: are you aware of sth called "translators liberty"? It was much more common back in the day when video games were smaller and the market more niche. Basically, the creator of the video game would have them shipped to the US, but they had to have them translated. Oftentimes, the translator would take liberties in the English version, and change dialogue and names around that didn't match the original. I saw this happen on console games from SNES to PS2.

The creator of Super Mario Bros was Shigeru Miyamato. To be 100% accurate, we need to know his pronunciation, since he created the character. We may know what the translator thought, but not Shigeru. I haven't found anything verifiable yet. That is why this subject continues to be debated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmu8OEXL91k

go away now?

 

[JujuFish]

go away now

This.

 

[janas19]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmu8OEXL91k

go away now?

See, he pronounces it "Maah-rio."

This is the correct way. I guess "Mare-io" is a northern mispronounciation, then.

Somebody tell Jimmy Fallon.

 

[BurnItDwn]

In pirate speak, it's MARRRRRRRRRR!!!!--- E O

 

[IAteYourMother]

Even if there are two different ways to pronounce it, one of those is clearly wrong.

 

[Gothgar]

lol wut

I came in here expecting an argument on whether to say simply "Bros" or to fully state it as "Brothers". Mario is Mario. He says his own fucking name. There's no debate to be had.

Thanks

 

[amdhunter]

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z168/klary_89/1up.gif

 

[Ichinisan]

Let me offer a bit of an explanation as to why: are you aware of sth called "translators liberty"? It was much more common back in the day when video games were smaller and the market more niche. Basically, the creator of the video game would have them shipped to the US, but they had to have them translated. Oftentimes, the translator would take liberties in the English version, and change dialogue and names around that didn't match the original. I saw this happen on console games from SNES to PS2.

The creator of Super Mario Bros was Shigeru Miyamato. To be 100% accurate, we need to know his pronunciation, since he created the character. We may know what the translator thought, but not Shigeru. I haven't found anything verifiable yet. That is why this subject continues to be debated.

Shiggy called him "Jumpman" in the original Donkey Kong. Nintendo of America decided to call him "Mario."

 

[Ichinisan]

Lame.

 

[BAMAVOO]

Oh the madness! It's Ultimate Mustache Fighters!

Even Jimmy pronounces it correctly during the fight. He was being a douche pronouncing it the wrong way sitting at his desk. Just like people pronounce TOURNAMENT incorrectly just to be annoying dbags.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Super Mar-ee-oh Brothers is the correct pronunciation. I guess saying "Bros" is acceptable as well since that's how it's written, but it's obviously just shortened to make it fit better.

 

[chitwood]

thread sucks

 

[Ichinisan]

Charles Martinet (voice of Mario) says "Mah-ree-oh"

 

[dank69]

According to Wikipedia, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has almost 1.8 million viewers. So a significant amt of people fall into the 2nd camp.

And the poll is not a failure, it has to gain more input before we reach the final results.

diabeetus

 

[lord_emperor]

This isn't even debatable since Mario got a voice in Mario 64.