/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Why do the Japs pronounce 'curry' in such a strange way? Is it that difficult for them?

I always end up tearing up after hearing them repeat it a couple of times. CURREH. CURREH. CUR-REH~

[Mika - Dedicated Maiha Cat Eyes Fan !!XFz1m138F1v No.]

I find "caré" so natural after hearing it throughout my childhood that curry sounds weird to me

[Anonymous No.]

They have a simplistic syllabary so they're not used to making lots of complicated sounds like in English

[Anonymous No.]

>>2078659
same here

[Anonymous No.]

This thread is both constructive and intuitive. Also, vowels are pronounced differently in Japanese.

'e' = 'eh' instead of 'ee'
'a' = 'ah' instead of 'ay'
'i' = 'ee' instead of 'eye'

You get the point.

[Anonymous No.]

Why do the Amerikkkans pronounce 'Schnitzel' in such a strange way? Is it that difficult for them?

I always end up tearing up after hearing them repeat it a couple of times. SHNIDZLE. SCHNIZZLE. SCHNIDD-ZELE~

[Anonymous No.]

Because they can't spell for shit.

English is obviously not one of their strong points.

[Derp No.]

>>2078674
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

[Mika - Dedicated Maiha Cat Eyes Fan !!XFz1m138F1v No.]

>>2078674
It's easier for latin language speakers since it has close phoneme for vowels
No wonder Engrish sounds awful whereas Japanese people here speaking crappy portuguese is somewhat easy to understand

[Mika - Dedicated Maiha Cat Eyes Fan !!XFz1m138F1v No.]

>>2078670
wow
Milanese Steak + French Fries has such a hard name?

[Anonymous No.]

TIMMEH!

[Anonymous No.]

>>2078703
It's not a steak, it's an escalope.
And the escalope is the only thing named Vienerschnitzel.
The fries are just fries.
And it's not milanese, it comes from Vienna.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2078742
I don't care. It just looks like food to me.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2078753
I take it you don't cook.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2078762
I'm not the type of person to feel comfortable leaving my room for long enough to go to the kitchen.

[Magister !J.hpxLWh4g No.]

Why is there so much curry and so little rice? You gotta have half-half at the very least, or it's like you never ate anything.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2078654
How do the Indians say it? I'm chinese and the way the Japs says it sounds like the way us chinese say it.

[Anonymous No.]

Why do Americans pronounce 'anime' in such a strange way? Is it that difficult for them?

I always end up facepalming after hearing them repeat it a couple of times. ANNIEMAY. ANNIEMAY. ANNIE-MAY~

[Anonymous No.]

>>2078782
Actually, I say Onnie-May...

[Anonymous No.]

>>2078670
I've never met an American who had a hard time pronouncing Schnitzel.

[Anonymous No.]

Why don't Americans pronounce croissant correctly? They obviously should because it's not a loanword or anything.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2078796

[Anonymous No.]

>>2079218
Aren't meh and may pronounced the same...?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2078782
I say it differently in my head than in real life.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2078782
anime is actually pronounced AHH-NEE-MAY like how the Japs did it.

Also, curry is supposed to be pronounced as KAH-REE.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2078782
Animal, how do you pronounce it? ah-nee-mAl?
No, an-E-mul or somesuch.

likewise when most americans go to pronounce anime they do so in the same way they pronounce animal, seeing as how both share the first 4 letters.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2079251
It's short for animation, so it should be pronounced the same way as the first half of that word. Logically speaking.

[Anonymous No.]

because it's Spicey!

[Anonymous No.]

>>2079270
English speakers butcher loan words even more than the Japs do. Stop complaining.