Originally posted by: Dumac
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Originally posted by: Dumac
I love how people always make fun of japanese for the r and l situation
I had a friend who got it backwards,though, and thought the japanese pronounced l's like r's. He thought they would pronounce love like 'ruv'.
Um.
They used to pronounce L's like R's...
It's because their r is similar to our L, but still contain the sound of r.
So technically, their r is a mix between our L and R.
So i don't think your friend got it backwards.
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Um, their R is similar to a mix between lLand R, like you say, but it is closer to an l. They do not pronounce L's like R's, since they don't really have a R sound like we do in their alphabet. It is much closer to L.
For example, kirara is much closer to the english prounced kilala than kirara.
OR aishiteru is closer to the english pronounced aishitelu than aishiteru.
EDIT: Point is, they would not pronounce love like 'ruv' or hello like 'herro'. They are more likely to pronounce angry like 'angly'. It isn't exactly an L, but closer to an L than an R.