Joey Kay Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Question... The old Atari 7800 tv ads said "Care-a-teek-a" (soft a's), but I always thought it was "Car-aw-ti-ka" (rhymes with "erotica")... Which one is it? Is there an accepted pronounciation? Cheers! Joey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I've always gone by the first pronunciation. "Care-a-teek-a" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I used to pronouce it Car-Ra-Teka. I think the guy in the commercial was wrong. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I did too: Ka-ra-teka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I usually pronounce it 'crap', but that's me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Is that as in the way a priest pronounces couples husband and wife? I always just say it like "karate" with "KAH" stuck at the end. kuh-RAH-tee-KAH But then again, I'm an idiot. This is off-topic, but what I really want to know is, how do you pronounce XYPE? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csonicgo Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 zype? ksype? who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I usually give it that gutteral "kh" sound that is not really common in English, but occurs in languages like Russian and Hebrew. Chaunukkah, challah bread, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariman Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I usually pronounce it 'crap', but that's me. I was seriously going to put this in. I read the title and thought "I pronounce it 'crap'." beat me to the punchline 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaData Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Karate is the base word. Kah-rot-ick-ah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 I originally pronounced it "karra-tekka". But that sounded stupid even to me and I eventually fumbled my way to the rhymes-with-erotica pronunciation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 I usually pronounce it 'crap', but that's me. Me too - at least on the 7800. The XE version is pretty good though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I found an excuse to dig up this thread after over ten years! While researching for the next episode of The Atari 7800 Game By Game Podcast, I found this video where the original creator discusses how to pronounce Karateka: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 My personal opinion - and I do speak the language but not fluently - is that the ka-RA-te-ka is closer to how a Japanese person might pronounce it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Really cool necrobump. I didn't realize I pronouced Kotaku wrong until I watched one of their youtube videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Since the old thread has risen from the grave...I'll quote and follow-up accordingly: The old Atari 7800 tv ads said "Care-a-teek-a" (soft a's) Correct! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X4ZWtLYNLE There was no YouTube when the OP was created. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Karate kaka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) Cool commercial. One on One Basketball, Choplifter and Midnight Magic have different screens from probably some computer version (Probably the same with some other games) and they still had the Deluxe with Asteroids. Edited May 22, 2015 by nosweargamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I always pronounce it as. Ka-raw-tick-ah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaynz Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Correct pronunciation: KAH RAH TEA KAH It's not Japan's fault that Atari pronounced it like a bunch of rednecks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 In Merican its CAR RAAD ICK kUH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Care-Ah-Teek-Ah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaynz Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Care-Ah-Teek-Ah. No. In Japanese a syllable is a simple phonym of usually two letters. Ka ra te , for instance. The syllable "teek" is not part of their language. The 'k' is included with the last letter, making it 'ka - ra - te - ka'. Simple, guys, there's Bing and Google for this sort of thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Question... The old Atari 7800 tv ads said "Care-a-teek-a" (soft a's), but I always thought it was "Car-aw-ti-ka" (rhymes with "erotica")... Which one is it? Is there an accepted pronounciation? Cheers! Joey Second one is correct. Car-aw-ti-ka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 That ad is wrong. Karateka is pronouced much the same as karate, just a bit more emphasis on the e. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/karateka?s=t Dictionary has synthesied speech for words, click speaker icon after the word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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