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How Do You Pronounce The X In Anime/Manga Titles Like Hunter x Hunter, Spy X Family, Highschool DXD, etc.?
- Thread starter HStallion
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OP
Most people I interacted with said vs when it came to something like sf x t
The x is like when you put an x at eth end of a message. It means kiss and is pronounced ecks. SF x Tekken. Because it's an orgy of characters
The x is like when you put an x the end of a message. It means kiss, and is pronounced ecks. SF kisses Tekken. With tongues. It's an orgy of characters from both properties all in one sexy package
That's your opinion and you are entitled to it
The x is like when you put an x the end of a message. It means kiss, and is pronounced ecks. SF kisses Tekken. With tongues. It's an orgy of characters from both properties all in one sexy package
It's a play off cross-brand collaborations. You see it in fashion and home design all the time... things like Nike x Louis Vuitton, or Crate & Barrell x Shinola. It's been going on for decades.
So that makes sense originally, say, in video games: "Street Fighter CROSS Tekken"
Then it became used even when it wasn't cross promotion/branding.
And from there, in anime, it's just dropped in the name of a show and thus should be silent.
It's a Japanese colloquialism with titles at this point.
The title in Japanese says "Spy Family"
People trolling with the nothing?
But nah, it's the letter. The only cross is the Jesus cross. Just what they want you to think, "...W, Cross, Y and Zed." Gross. No thanks.
But nah, it's the letter. The only cross is the Jesus cross. Just what they want you to think, "...W, Cross, Y and Zed." Gross. No thanks.
They didn't put an X in there
Letters don't randomly hover between words, an X would be on the same line a the other letters, it's a cross and it's silent.
Do you pronounce the hyphen in Spider-Man?
OP
OP
They didn't put an X in there
Letters don't randomly hover between words, an X would be on the same line a the other letters, it's a cross and it's silent.
Do you pronounce the hyphen in Spider-Man?
Spider Dash Man
They didn't put an X in there
Letters don't randomly hover between words, an X would be on the same line a the other letters, it's a cross and it's silent.
Do you pronounce the hyphen in Spider-Man?
If that's what they wanted, they could have used Spy-Family.
But they didn't.
Everyone who says it's pronounced ecks should be embarrassed, you are wrong and to stubborn to admit it.
They're japanese, they don't have to follow western conventions when it comes to spelling and writing. It's silent, end of story.
If you're going to write your title as something silly (Hunter x Hunter) then I'm gonna say it as something silly, (Hunter ecks Hunter) and that's how it's gonna be.
And if the creator told me it's silent and I'm wrong I'd tell them "Why put it there then. You could have used many other symbols like a simple - "
And if the creator told me it's silent and I'm wrong I'd tell them "Why put it there then. You could have used many other symbols like a simple - "
I'm gross and inconsistent lmao
I say 'X' for DXD
'times' for SpyXFamily
and just Hunter Hunter.
I say 'X' for DXD
'times' for SpyXFamily
and just Hunter Hunter.
In my country, which aired both the 1999 version of Hunter X Hunter including all the OVAs, and the 2011 version including the Chimera Ant Arc on Weekday mornings in competition with other children's shows (because it is one), the announcer has always pronounced it as "Hunter EKS Hunter"
GMA Astig Authority Promo - Hunter X Hunter 2011 (Chimera ant Story Arc)
Copyright 2018 GMA Network Inc.
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Isn't an X used in Japan to symbolize the word "cross"
LIke guilty Gear X (and XX) is actually pronounced Guilty Gear "Cross" (or "Cross Cross")
So None of those options and instead "Cross"
LIke guilty Gear X (and XX) is actually pronounced Guilty Gear "Cross" (or "Cross Cross")
So None of those options and instead "Cross"
In my country, which aired both the 1999 version of Hunter X Hunter including all the OVAs, and the 2011 version including the Chimera Ant Arc on Weekday mornings in competition with other children's shows (because it is one), the announcer has always pronounced it as "Hunter EKS Hunter"
GMA Astig Authority Promo - Hunter X Hunter 2011 (Chimera ant Story Arc)
Copyright 2018 GMA Network Inc.
Well, it's pronunciation is wrong.
That's... just not true. "Guilty Gear X" is pronounced "Guilty Gear Zex", "Guilty Gear XX" is pronounced "Guilty Gear Igzex", and "Guilty Gear Xrd" is pronounced "Guilty Gear Igzird".
As for the titles mentioned by OP, as others have said, it's not the letter "X", it's the multiplication sign "×", and in all three of those examples, it's silent (not that it's a hard rule or anything, other titles might pronounce it "cross", for example).
Didn't say it was right.
Canonically, it's only "Hunter Hunter".
I know it's Hunter Hunter or Spy Family. I still say the X though idk why.
My friend said his coworker was told this too and went "Wait…. So that means High School DxD is really just High School Double D and OMG THAT IS SO MUCH WORSE"
My friend said his coworker was told this too and went "Wait…. So that means High School DxD is really just High School Double D and OMG THAT IS SO MUCH WORSE"
To add to the confusion this is the in universe Hunter Association logo. Maybe the X stands for Hunter.
Hunter Hunter Hunter
