/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

If I'm in Japan, do I introduce myself to people as (for example) Matthew or Massuyuu?xtra

i.e. should I scale my name back to the vowels and consonants in Japanese, or should I say my name naturally?

[Anonymous No.]

However you want I guess. Just know that a majority of the elevens will still say your name Massuyuu anyways.

[Anonymous No.]

>>1278828
You're a faggot Matthew.

[Anonymous No.]

Well, that depends, do you want them to be able to understand you well?

[Anonymous No.]

>>1278850
my name's not Matthew, faggot

[Anonymous No.]

Say it in Japanese. They don't understand anything if its not Japified.

[Anonymous No.]

This is pretty obvious if you've ever taken a Japanese class. Japanese is phonetically poor; you katakanize your name like any other foreign word and pronounce it accordingly so others can remember it and write it down. Otherwise how the fuck do you think they'll understand you?

[Anonymous No.]

boku wa doraemon desu

that'll shit them up good

[Anonymous No.]

>>1278868
same way i can understand them?

or a french guy?

or a spanish guy?

or fucking anyone from anywhere in any language

it's called being able to hear

[Anonymous No.]

This one's pretty easy. If you're speaking English, Matthew. If you're speaking Japanese,　マッスユー or however it is nippon-ized. Even though it often seems like a great portion of Japanese language is borrowed English words, you definitely don't say toilet instead of トイレ or hamburger instead of ハンバガー. It creates opportunities for misunderstanding and generally an awkward beat in the conversation since real people don't speak Japanese that way.

[Anonymous No.]

>>1278870

Ore wa Zangaa Zonvolto?

[Anonymous No.]

If I went to Japan I'd introduce myself as Robert so people, after they thank me can go "Domo arigato Roboto-san" Sure I'd prefer they called me Mr. Roboto, but it would still be great.

[Anonymous No.]

Just say ヴィイアボウ　です。

[Anonymous No.]

>>1278875
So if some Mandarin speaking guy said his name would you be able to maintain every accent and nuance that the natural speaker did? It is doubtful. Similar things are lost on the Japanese when it comes to English, and vice versa.