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Re: why can japanese people not pronounce english words well?

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ranaldo10 is not online. ranaldo10
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05 Dec 2016 12:58 PM
and if they can't speak it at all, why bother adding english parts into things like anime? just makes it sound weird

https://youtu.be/qiMGdryDni4?t=1m30s


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05 Dec 2016 01:00 PM
to satisfy the weebs or something idk
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milseachd is not online. milseachd
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05 Dec 2016 01:00 PM
because different languages have different pronunciations, and they don't just randomly add english words into anime, many, many english words have been added into the japanese lexicon

example: moon/ムーン
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3picTEHn00b is not online. 3picTEHn00b
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05 Dec 2016 01:01 PM
and soccer

i found that out with google translate
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05 Dec 2016 01:02 PM
It goes the same the other way.
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ranaldo10 is not online. ranaldo10
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05 Dec 2016 01:03 PM
@milsea
well ofc they have different pronunciations, but all im saying is it sounds like they dont even try, im sure pronunciation is put in front of them, but almost every time you hear the sounds "eh" "uh" added to it. in general it is weird, because i wouldnt start speaking japanese if i was singing a english song, only a minority would understand the words being said.

like in the song i just put in

"I want to diveh, lostu mind"
"Rolley(?) GOOOOO"


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milseachd is not online. milseachd
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05 Dec 2016 01:03 PM
also, there are whole classes of words that have been incorporated into japanese. One being gairaigo and the other wasei-eigo. These terms respectively mean foreign words and pseudo-english.

アイスクリーム aisu kurīmu ice cream
ボールペン bōrupen ball(point) pen
チアリーダー chiarīdā cheerleader
ドライバー doraibā driver
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milseachd is not online. milseachd
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05 Dec 2016 01:06 PM
also in Japanese culture, saying English words makes something look cool/exotic. However, in many cases with anime/music, most people saying the lines have no english experience and thus are reading a hiragana/katakana reading of the lyrics.
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05 Dec 2016 01:07 PM
北アメリカの万里の長城
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StraitOuttaBoston is not online. StraitOuttaBoston
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05 Dec 2016 01:11 PM
Some English letters simply don't exist in Japanese so for first time speakers they might not be able to pronounce them.

It's like Jalapeño is pronounced with an H despite being spelt with a J.
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05 Dec 2016 01:12 PM
hala-PAIN-yo
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Mashuplayer is not online. Mashuplayer
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05 Dec 2016 01:14 PM
There's a pronouncination of the number 4. Say Four and the word "Death" in Japanese.
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05 Dec 2016 01:15 PM
四人が死亡
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Mashuplayer is not online. Mashuplayer
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05 Dec 2016 01:17 PM
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Mashuplayer is not online. Mashuplayer
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05 Dec 2016 01:17 PM
Four is pronounced with "Shi".

Death is pronounced with "Shi".
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05 Dec 2016 01:21 PM
bump'd
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Dirty_Apron is not online. Dirty_Apron
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05 Dec 2016 01:25 PM
because of how thick their accent is i believe
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