Shenzhou? Shenshen? Shooshoo?

[PicardSpeedo]

It's pronounced "Shenzhou"

Sound that out for me, buddy. I already know how it's spelled.

 

[fireproof78]

Sound that out for me, buddy. I already know how it's spelled.

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[Brainsucker]

The Mandarin words of Shen Zhou is this 神舟. Copy paste this word to Google Translate and hear how it's pronoun the words there.

 

[Cyrus]

Love the way Michelle Yeoh pronounces it. I assume that's the correct one. And nobody called it shenshen

 

[The Wormhole]

I'm pretty sure everyone pronounced it "shen-joe."

 

[Christopher]

Love the way Michelle Yeoh pronounces it. I assume that's the correct one.

Probably closer than most, but her accent is Malaysian rather than Chinese. I remember that when she did the Chinese-language film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a lot of Chinese viewers found her pronunciation pretty bad.

 

[Midquest]

Why don't you point us to a few time stamps in an episode or episodes? As this thread demonstrates, no one seems particularly bothered or aware of what you're describing. Help us see it so we have common ground to discuss.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I'd swear Michelle pronounced it sen-joe, without the h, but I'd have to rewatch to be sure one way or the other.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Sound that out for me, buddy. I already know how it's spelled.

It may be spelled Shenzhou, but it's pronounced "Throat Warbler Mangrove".

 

[Spot261]

It may be spelled Shenzhou, but it's pronounced "Throat Warbler Mangrove".

U.S.S Throat Warbler Mangrove.....

 

[Orac]

I noticed this happening on Star Trek The Next Generation when Patrick Stewart would often pronounce names differently than the American actors. At the time I presumed it was because he was French.

 

[Orac]

Also, since this discussion is about variations in pronunciation, perhaps this is relevant:

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[Christopher]

I noticed this happening on Star Trek The Next Generation when Patrick Stewart would often pronounce names differently than the American actors. At the time I presumed it was because he was French.

Err, you said "Patrick Stewart" and not "Picard," so don't you mean because he was English?

 

[David cgc]

Also, since this discussion is about variations in pronunciation, perhaps this is relevant:

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My favorites are both on-screen. In "The Corbomite Maneuver," where Balok's messages pronounce his name "Bay-lock," while all the live-action characters say "Bal-ok," which at least makes sense, and the completely inexplicable one in "The Squire of Gothos" where no one can seem to agree on whether the blue-shirt's name is "Yay-ger" or "Jay-ger."

 

[Orac]

^ Wasn't that last one just Deforest Kelley pronouncing Jaeger wrong though?

 

[Orac]

Err, you said "Patrick Stewart" and not "Picard," so don't you mean because he was English?

He was playing a french character.

 

[Nerys Myk]

He was playing a french character.

On paper at least.

 

[Christopher]

DeForest Kelley had weird pronunciations for a number of things. I once got a puzzled reaction from my father when I used Kelley's pronunciation of the word "crystalline" as "cris-TAL-in."

And Nimoy wasn't immune either. In "Journey to Babel," he mispronounced "cryogenic" as "seer-oh-genic." I figure he must've transposed the letters in his head and thought it was "cyrogenic." Or maybe there was a typo in the script.

 

[DaveyNY]

I'm not irritated. Why must everyone always assume outrage when someone notices an inconsistency and asks about it?

I just want to know how to pronounce the name of the damn ship without sounding like an ass.

Too Late ...

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

And Nimoy wasn't immune either. In "Journey to Babel," he mispronounced "cryogenic" as "seer-oh-genic." I figure he must've transposed the letters in his head and thought it was "cyrogenic." Or maybe there was a typo in the script.

Or just as likely, an experienced actor such as he would be much more familiar with “Cyrano de Bergerac” over some new-fangled sci-fi word someone probably just made up for the episode, at least in his mind, and adjusted accordingly.

Mark