How do you pronounce "Tengen"

BreaKBeatZBreaKBeatZ
in Collector's Corner
Just wondering since I've heard people say it a lot of different ways.  Does anyone know which is correct (for example, was it ever said in a commercial)?

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  • Silent HillSilent Hill
    I've always said "Ten-Ghen"



    And I'm always right.
  • Loxx O)))Loxx O)))
    Ten and gin like the liquor.
  • jonebonejonebone
    I've always said it exactly like Ten - Gen as in Genesis.
  • LincolnLincoln
    my smarter friends use the j sound so that's what I go with now.
  • Bort License PlateBort License Plate
    I pronounce it "Atari"
  • GlovesGloves
    "Ten Men".
  • RedRed
    Originally posted by: BreaKBeatZ



    Just wondering since I've heard people say it a lot of different ways.  Does anyone know which is correct (for example, was it ever said in a commercial)?



  • QuazeQuaze
    Ten-ghen
  • DefaultGenDefaultGen
    Ten-ghen for me, but the Ten-jen people don't bother me much. If anyone wants to fight about Duh-Rye-Us, we can fight to the death.
  • empireempire
    Ten-Jin
  • rlhrlh
    I always said "Ghen" but I heard someone a little more knowledgable in the collector world say "Jin", so I started saying it that way.



    "Rye"-star or "Rist"-uhr... same sort of debate.
  • scottmogscottmog
    "Gar-bage"
  • CZroeCZroe
    I always said "Tin Gin" until the last few years where I've seen old videos of Tengen employees saying it the other way.
  • hybridhybrid
    10gen

    Sounds better with the soft g than the hard g
  • radicaldreamersradicaldreamers
    It comes from Japanese, therefore both parts rhyme with "men" and the G is a hard G like in "go."
  • theirontoupeetheirontoupee
    I like Ten Jen, but I know it's supposed to be Ten Ghen
  • retroupgraderetroupgrade
    Originally posted by: radicaldreamers

    It comes from Japanese, therefore both parts rhyme with "men" and the G is a hard G like in "go."





    I've always followed the correct pronunciation like stated above
  • Fleck586Fleck586
    Hard G for me
  • NESking80NESking80
    Ten gen, no poll?
  • Loxx O)))Loxx O)))
    Originally posted by: DefaultGen



    Ten-ghen for me, but the Ten-jen people don't bother me much. If anyone wants to fight about Duh-Rye-Us, we can fight to the death.



    Dare E us

     
  • dougeffdougeff
    I'm going to disagree with everyone. I say it like Teng--in. Similar to "tang". I guess that's a hard G like gorilla.
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