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Stewart Russell

@theAeon ū is the long U sound in the Hepburn romanization system of Japanese, incidentally.

6 February at 16:49 | Open on xoxo.zone
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Aeon
Stewart Russell

@theAeon it's quite important. English speakers tend to make Japanese vowel sounds too long. Many LOL-worthy moments arise, such as the word for "supervisor" apparently being one short vowel sound away from the word for a considered-rude part of the anatomy

6 February at 17:05 | Open on xoxo.zone
Advanced Persistent Teapot

@scruss @theAeon I mean that's probably by design tbh, we English missed a trick when we failed to make "manager" a homophone of "twat"

6 February at 17:08 | Open on hachyderm.io
Stewart Russell

@http_error_418 don't worry, in Scotland, we have that covered.

6 February at 17:09 | Open on xoxo.zone
Advanced Persistent Teapot

@scruss out of curiosity for a beginner Japanese learner what are these two easily confused words?

6 February at 17:14 | Open on hachyderm.io
Stewart Russell

@http_error_418 it's something like 黄門 vs 肛門, but I only got this secondhand from a learner

6 February at 17:27 | Open on xoxo.zone
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