Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-6433273-20150516191501/@comment-32500188-20150530115113

^^Even here in the states when we have the same types of reactions to pronunciation that bring about "skirmishes" over words. Clear example: " kar-uh-muh l" " kar-uh -mel" and "kahr-muh l " for "caramel". (Personally I take the second pronunciation as my own.) All are officially right, but everyone insists their way of saying it is THE right way. It just becomes a laugh-filled debate between the regions over words like that.

But yeah, all languages have their own beauty and attractiveness to each individual one. Even the native tongue, despite how depreciated it becomes over time for some folks (especially those who try to wing it with another language just to stand out.) //////brick own self.

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(*looks up at previous quote chains that happened while away*)

Well, I wasn't going to bring the topic back up after that epic derail/debate. (Even then, I only expected my initial post to just be a random "drive by" happy post in the first place, not stir up anything) ...but I will clarify one thing for Nick from my second reply: tags and views only show general hits for the subject in question, but does NOT give an accurate account to usage... most times, especially on YT, you're getting reprints of NND videos, MMDs, covers of songs, and even some unrelated material that either have similar terms in their discriptions or are severely mislabled for the sake of hits. It doesn't account for the number of overseas users/producers using her for originals, which is what I was trying to get at in my last paragraph. I know how popular IA is as well ('cuz I'd swear I'd probably win a contest for #1 fan if there ever were one), but again, it seems I keep going back to the realist's perspective that there has to be a proper potential market in order for a company to go forth with certain projects. And right now, it probably isn't something that's in their plans until they feel their overseas promotions are getting somewhere.

Clearly it's not something that's going to happen "right now", nor will everyone think it's a good idea for it to happen, but after seeing even a few Japanese users' reactions in comments during 1st Place's live broadcasts, there are even some folks their way wondering if she's going to get an English bank eventually. I just always thought it would be a nice addition, seeing as I'm an IA user myself and would love to use her voice for both languages one day. No harm in just wishing, right? :-)