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The Japanese "R" & "L" Thing!


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Seriously though, it's not nice to make fun of people speaking a second language (badly). I'd like to see some of you start a board in which you attempt to converse in Japanese only, and we'll see how funny your posts turn out to be.

Alex definitely raises a good point here.

I find this stuff funny too, but at least they try to learn our language.

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:rolleyes: JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF FORK MUSIC / HAROLD LAND

IMPERIAL  LP 9247

CARMELL JONES (tp)  HAROLD LAND (ts) JOHN HOUSTON (p)

JIM BOND (b)  MEL LEE (ds)

1961 or 1962

時々クズ盤と同じエサ箱で見かける本作は本当にクズ盤なのか? タイトルが

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Some of this has to do with the way English characters are pronounced in Japanese. For example: the letter 'a' is pronounced 'ah' and the letter 'i' is pronounced like a long e, 'ee'. Also, the only consonant that can end a word is 'n', so any other word ending in a consonant gets an almost silent 'u' (pronounced 'ooo') put on the end of it, unless it's better to leave it off and go with the last vowel in the word. And sometimes syllables get broken up and have the 'ooo' inserted between them. So that's why a friend of mine pronounces two of his favorite saxophonists as "Sam-ooo Reev-ahs-ooo" and "Ah-roo too Peh-pah". Of course, when he says the words quickly it doesn't sound so drawn out as spelled previously.

Wish I had a picture of the "No Smorking" sign I saw on a train outside Tokyo. What made it funny was the guy smoking a cigarette in front of it - at least he wasn't smorking.

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Hey, I must admit I have a problem with L and R even after more than 10 years in the U.S., but stop making fun of Japanese!!! :angry:  :lol:

Okay, okay!!!....but only if you'll say 'Lollapalooza' 3 times in rapid succession! :P;)

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Lollapalooza..Lollapalooza..Lollapalooza.... Did I say it fast enough??? :P

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