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[Counterpunch]

My question is why do you continually pronounce the word "continuity" incorrectly?

It is KAHN TI NEW ITY, not CONTINUE ITY. Sorry, I just find it annoying. There's a guy on the No Pink Spandex podcast who pronounces it the exact same wrong way, and it drives me crazy. Not trying to be a dick, but you sound really silly everytime you say it wrong.

Me? Was this me? I can see me doing this.

[BlueFlame]

Yeah, Counterpunch, it was you. lol

[amcgrath929]

What's next for the DotM toy line? The movie is now officially in theaters, Waves 1-3 of the deluxes have already been on the shelves, no big reveal at Botcon...so what's next? I know wave 4 has been confirmed and we have seen Walmart listings of a possible wave 5 (deluxe anyway) but it just seems like it's all happening really slowly. Are they holding back for the holidays or is there a real chance this line may be dying out already?

[Mindmaster]

This is for the HMW players like myself;

Will we expect future updates to the game? I would also like the return of Mini-cons. If that isn't possible, then just ignore the last part.

[BlueFlame]

Hey, guys, I would love it if you did an episode where you talked about the TFs competition (back in the day, I mean), the GoBots. Just a brief discussion on what you guys thought of them when they were out, the TV show, etc.

It could be funny. Anyway, just a thought.

[Kibble]

So how the heck is it pronounced? I hear it both ways on the Twincasts: Seibertron. Like Cybertron or is it Sabertron?

[Counterpunch]

So how the heck is it pronounced? I hear it both ways on the Twincasts: Seibertron. Like Cybertron or is it Sabertron?

If you say it as if it were a Japanese word, then it's "Say-ber-tron". I'm trying to do this because it seems that's how Seibertron envisions it.

Now, to me, it's not written in Japanese kana, if it were and it were the same word, the kana would need to go "Se-i-ba-ta-ro-n" or something similar.

I "think" the word as "Cyber-tron" because it was an English word, romanized for Japanese use. What I learned in my Japanese classes in college was that foreign words that were specifically romanized would be said as if they were written with kana.

Example: Bus
Romanization: Basu
Pronounced: Ba-su

Now, if the word did not have a Romanization, then they would attempt to say it as close to the original language as possible. That may be taught differently now, or it may have been a quirk of my particular professor.

To me, the shows were attempting to replicate the English "Cybertron" which is why I would pronounce it that way too. But...when in Rome.

[Sabrblade]

To me, the shows were attempting to replicate the English "Cybertron" which is why I would pronounce it that way too. But...when in Rome.

But they do successfully replicate it. Just... not for the planet's name, but for the Autobot (Cybertron) faction. With that, they instead correctly say "Sa-i-ba-to-ro-n" to emulate "Cybertron", whereas they, like you said, say "se-i-ba-to-ro-n" for their home planet of Seibertron.

Though, in recent years, they've thrown all this out the window with the using English terms now. "O-to-bo-t-to" (or how ever it's pronounced) for "Autobot" instead of "Sa-i-ba-to-ro-n" for "Cybertron", and what have you.

[shelli]

I don't get it.

[Counterpunch]

I don't get it.

No one does. We're adrift in a sea of confusion from while only the bonds of friendship and understanding light our way in these troubled times.