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Why do japanese mix up L and R? Obv they can make both sounds
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:10 PM Author: Labubu General Counsel It’s not a situation like a German who doesn’t have the “th” sound in his language and so needs to replace it with a “Z” sound. Where does the L/R mixup come from? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762013&forum_id=2#49181612) |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:13 PM Author: .........\'.........\'\'.......\'\'\' (Dotski Carlisle, You Old Shrew!) does their arphabet have characters that sound like R or L? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762013&forum_id=2#49181618) |
Date: August 13th, 2025 12:12 PM Author: Ass Sunstein They can't make both sounds generally.
In Japanese the sound denoted by "r" is halfway in between "l" and "r", and there is no separate sound denoted by "l". |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:12 PM Author: butt cheeks (✅🍑) I don't think they do have both sounds, they have one sound that sounds 1/2 way between L and R e.g. in the name of the city Sapporo the 'R' sound is just the tongue tapping the roof of the mouth, neither an L nor an R but a little of both (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762013&forum_id=2#49181617) |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:13 PM Author: Nothing Ever Happens (🧐) they don't mix them up, it's only one sound in japanese
the swapping in both directions thing is just a meme |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:18 PM Author: Brother Peter Dimond definitely not "just a meme" that they get them confused when trying to say english words
not just japanese ive heard koreans do it too |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:19 PM Author: Ass Sunstein They don't "get them confused".
They're just mapping both the "L" and "R" sounds in English to the same Japanese consonant sound, so they don't distinguish between the two. |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:21 PM Author: Brother Peter Dimond maybe its not as common as what youre talking about but i absolutely have heard shit like "lever" being pronounced "revel" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762013&forum_id=2#49181647) |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:27 PM Author: ''''''''''''' Was self studying Japanese phonology for a while and this is the answer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762013&forum_id=2#49181659) |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 2:22 PM Author: Labubu General Counsel No, they sometimes really do swap in both directions. I have a Japanese client who pronounces “Larry” as “Rally”. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762013&forum_id=2#49182023) |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 2:26 PM Author: Brother Peter Dimond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762013&forum_id=2#49182033) |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:13 PM Author: Ass Sunstein It's very confusing for them when they try to play SNES or N64 games. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762013&forum_id=2#49181622) |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:15 PM Author: lex Both sounds are similar (all languages) in that you make them by letting air pass over your tongue with little or no friction in any part of your mouth ('liquids' or 'glides' in phonology) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762013&forum_id=2#49181629) |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:16 PM Author: Judas Jones They do it just to fuck with birdshits (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762013&forum_id=2#49181630) |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:22 PM Author: https://i.imgur.com/EWp3mJ3.jpeg saw a jap lawyer with his Arren Edmonds on the wrong feet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762013&forum_id=2#49181648) |
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Date: August 13th, 2025 12:23 PM Author: Risten Don't you mean "mix up err and all" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762013&forum_id=2#49181652) |