[Hanakuso]

Originally Posted by TuxedoCartman

I got mine from a friend who runs an import/ export business in Japan. I'll PM you her contact info.



Nope. It's actually pronounced "boo-rid-do", like you would say the last half of the word "hybrid" or "breed" if speaking in a Japanese accent (if that sounds like two different ways of pronouncing it, all I can say is I've heard Japanese people say it both ways; I think it's a regional dialect thing). But regardless whether you read the middle sound as an "ri" or a "ree", the end sound is definitely a "do" sound. Which always confuses me as to how I should refer to these seats when speaking, because the English is clearly "bride", as in a woman being married, but the Japanese spelling of the same word is completely different. I just use "bride" when speaking English, and "buriddo" when talking to Japanese people. [For what it's worth, I've studied Japanese on-and-off for ten years, and lived in Japan for three].

Here's what Google translate has to say on the matter: http://translate.google.com/#ja/en/ブリッド

You would be correct but actually it's "breed". At least that is how the people I meet that worked at Tee's and Bride Japan pronounced it. Actually that's how all my old coworkers said it as well.