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Anime Otaku Chik · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:20 pm Post subject:

Well I'm glad you did. It suits you.

Yeah, he says Spiku. Hehehehe Japanese and their not being able to pronounce English... They really are terrible. Of the Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese, I wonder who's worse? Like... Trying to teach a small sample from each group the same phrases with the same teacher and see how well they do. It would be a very interesting...statistic.
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JetBlack87 · Black Dog Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 318

That's why Japanese is the easiest language to learn. Alls you do is take an English word or phrase and turn it Japanese.

Example:
English: Super Hero
Japanese: Su-pah He-lo

swollenlymphnodes · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:09 am Post subject:

I think you're mistaking Chinese for Japanese.

Japanese have no problems with the letter 'R.' They have trouble with 'L's. Conversely, Chinese can't pronounce R's, and it sounds like L.

"You wanna buy fly lye?" (Would you like to purchase some fried rice?)

So Hero would be like how they pronounce 'Hiro' of Gundam fame.

Anyway, I did read an article on the tremendous amount of assimilating English into the Japanese language in the modern era. It's a problem for a lot of the old timers who can't understand those darn youngn's.

'Computah?!?' Nani?
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FallenAngel5766 · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:43 pm Post subject:

The problem isn't them not being able to pronounce English. Those Japanese that speak English, speak it just fine. The problem is that they integrate many English (and otherwise foreign) words into Japanese. Those words must then be phonetically changed to fit the Japanese writing system. If you remember, Japanese has no "L" sounds and no consonant-ending syllables. A, I, U, E, O, KA, KI, KU, KE, KO, SA, SHI, SU SE, SO, etc. See what I mean?

Therefore, "computer becomes 「コンピュター」 or "konpyutaa."
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Kerushi · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject:

you get use to it after a while
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GrinfilledCelt · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 2:00 am Post subject:

FallenAngel5766 · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject:

"N" is the only consonant sound they have, and it doesn't appear too often in Japanese words. You're probably right about the imperfect English of Japanese teachers, though. But I mean... accents are natural... as long as they're not too thick.
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GrinfilledCelt · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject:

I always laugh whenever I see an anime with an American character speaking English with a Japanese accent so thick he still needs subtitles.
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Anime Otaku Chik · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject:

JetBlack87 · Black Dog Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 318

You want to hear really bad Engrish? Wath Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad(or something like that)

swollenlymphnodes · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:30 am Post subject:

Yeah, it's pretty bad. That's why, the anime is only a poser, compared to the manga.
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GrinfilledCelt · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:03 am Post subject:

Beck sure is a prime example of an Engrish fraught anime. A real good show otherwise.
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