Talk:Ramune

message: Also, although a history of the name is provided, a standard pronunciation is not.  I am not linguistically skilled enough to do this. 
Ztras 03:53, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know IPA, so I won't bother with that, but it's not hard: just "ra-mu-ne" (rah-moo-neh), pronounced the way it's spelled, unlike in English, where we are taught to think that the final 'e' should be silent and change the pronunciation of the word. LordAmeth 18:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Using IPA spelling, I think 'ɺamɯne is the correct way to spell it phonetically...but I'm not entirely sure.  You might want to check an expert first. -Rycr (talk) 21:50, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I put up the way you say it, which would be pronounced "Rah-Muu-Nay" in Japanese, but I'm not sure if this is the correct format for wikipedia pronunciations. So if someone does know, change it to the way it should be, but that is how it would sound (Or, alternatively, Rah-Moo-Nei, that's the gist of it).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.198.21.161 (talk) 22:16, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: Look, I don't want to sound crass, but I got a look at some of the flavor selections for Ramune... and I couldn't believe what I saw.  I thought Jones Soda was crazy for coming out with a turkey-flavored soft drink... but flavors of wasabi and curry?  I imagine it has to take someone with an asbestos mouth to enjoy those flavors! Elwin Blaine Coldiron 06:41, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rude flavor combanations 

message: This product is also commercially available and distributed in the United States. I plan to clean up this article and provide better documentation in the near future. Including US distributor information. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 20:09, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean up. 

message: This article has "Introduced: 1876", while the Sim article states "In 1884, Sim introduced a carbonated beverage based on lemonade to the Kobe Foreign Settlement".  Which year is correct?
Also once this is straightened out I'd like to see year of introduction mentioned in the article text proper.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.14.228.137 (talk) 21:25, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year of introduction 

message: I'm a Japanese national, and I've never heard of the term "marble soda"/"mabu soda" until I read this article. I thought of the possibility of the term being used outside the Kanto region I live in, but a search for "マブソーダ" (Mabu Soda) or "マーブソーダ" (Marb Soda)　yield no results on Google search (I also feel the term sounds awkward as a Japanese), and a search for "マーブルソーダ" yields links to "Marble Soda Gum," (which has a marbled blue and white colors, hence the name) and a soda drink with marble-like tapioca balls in it. So, from my experience and the search results online, I'm quite confident that the term is not used in Japan. (Otherwise I'm sure there would be retailers using the term.) Now, I see the term "Mabu Soda" does yield results in English, so I believe it maybe something popularized by Korean/Chinese markets that often handle Japanese food as well.  Atlasia (talk) 02:00, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. I've never heard the term "marble soda" in or outside of Japan. I modified the description so that it specifies outside Japan, and added a cite needed tag. If a citation isn't added after at least a week, we can remove the description entirely. -Boneyard90 (talk) 15:26, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marble Soda 

message: This article is mostly unreferenced. How about removing what isn't referenced?
I don't even know how to parse "by both Japan and American companies such as Sangaria U.S.A., Inc.".
Here in Japan the stuff is normally (always?) called Ramune (ラムネ) and it's a product of Morinaga Seika. -- Hoary (talk) 13:20, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like an IP is trying to hijack the article, it seems. I've reverted them again and requested full-protection; if they're that adamant they can defend their position here.  —Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 18:52, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'd say removing all unsourced additions would be a good start to clean this article up. As one editor noted on the Teahouse (where I started a thread asking for help), the IP is claiming that "the majority of the population of Hawaii is of Japanese ancestry. This is false. Only 13.6% of the residents of Hawaii are Japanese-Americans." Given that jumping from 13.6% to a majority is a  leap, I'd be hesitant to assume any of their other claims are reliable as a result.—Ineffablebookkeeper (talk) ( me!) 19:49, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: This article is a mess

message: There's at least one good historical source, in Japanese but accessible wherever the interwebs are spun. 「ラムネの沿革について」 is part 6 of 「清涼飲料よもやま話」 (i.e. a variety of tales of soft drinks), and is informative. It's published by 一般財団法人日本清涼飲料検査協会: quite a mouthful, literally "Japan soft drink inspection society general foundation"; I see no authorized English name, but a nonce englishing might be "Japan Foundation for Soft Drink Safety". Clearly this publisher primarily concerns itself not with history but with consumer protection, but its work for the latter is recognized (see this page about it) and it has a reputation to protect. The web page is reproduced from the 15 March to 1 April 2002 issue of 清飲通信, a periodical that had been published for decades (ending in 2004). The article specifies its own source: a book published in 1935. It names its author: 堀部義巳, the reading of which is most likely Horibe Yoshimi (or as the MoS would dictate, Yoshimi Horibe). -- Hoary (talk) 00:40, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: A good source