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Question about BL terminology

apathetic_ghost May 26, 2020 3:16 pm

I've been reading BL for like 8 years, and it just occurred to me that I don't know how to pronounce "seme" and "uke" out loud cuz I've never talked about BL with anyone in person. Can y'all help me out? It's really bothering me now ( ̄∇ ̄") In my head, I've been pronouncing them "seem" and "youk", but if these are Japanese words, I think that's incorrect and I feel super dumb XD

Responses
    DED =_= May 26, 2020 3:19 pm

    I thought it was youk at first too but it actually is oookay like wtf I was sad.

    DED =_= May 26, 2020 3:21 pm

    And seme is pronounced like ''seh-mei'' at least I got this one right.

    ✨Suujin May 26, 2020 3:29 pm

    uke → oo-ke
     oo as in cOOl
     e as in Elephant

    seme → se-me
     e as in Elephant

    apathetic_ghost May 26, 2020 4:17 pm

    Omg thank you both so much, I definitely feel dumb now ( ̄∇ ̄") Now I just have to train my brain to pronounce them correctly after mispronouncing them for 8 years...

    Redhead May 26, 2020 4:30 pm
    Omg thank you both so much, I definitely feel dumb now ( ̄∇ ̄") Now I just have to train my brain to pronounce them correctly after mispronouncing them for 8 years... apathetic_ghost

    lol dont worry my friend even idk if i prounounce those 2 word correctly lol......