2006-08-31 08:22:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
shucky shucky, five dowwa
2006-08-31 08:26:59 · update #1
Ok, I agree. My posting was in bad taste. However, I am just joking. My apologies to those I have offended.
2006-08-31 08:40:56 · update #2
LOL
2006-08-31 08:44:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You may be referring to Japanese, in which there is no letter 'L'. Therefore, they never learn the proper placement for their tongues to be able to pronounce this letter. The letter 'R' replaces the letter 'L' from English words and names. So Ashley would literally be Ashrey. Japanese is also a phonetic language, meaning that every consonant is stretched out to include a vowel (except the letter 'N'). So, gum is 'gomu'. The 'u' at the end is more or less silent for us. We just say 'gum' with the m sound, but they keep going with the 'u'.
Or many Americans call the wierd sentence structure Engrish. So if you are referring to that, it is very common in Japan. Like this for example: "Enjoy Wonderful Gift". We know that the grammatically correct way of saying that would be "Enjoy the wonderful gift". Or "Enjoy this wonderful gift" which still sounds a litlle wierd. The point is that they write English to make their business looks better, but if they do it on their own (without the aid of a person who fluently speaks English) it turns out wierd for us. Even simple things like plurals and symbols can be easily mistaken. I have seen some Japanese use symbols like this: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4rd, 5rd, 6rd...So it may look right to them, but it isn't. So they get a lot of it from common mistakes.
And they get their speech from this kind of context. It's not just the way they speak, it's the way they structure what they say. And this leads me to saying that English is not an easy language. Of course we all think Asian languages are hard, but I know that at least Japanese isn't hard. They keep a lot of things consistent, like the spelling and pronunciation of words. All of their words are pronounced the same way they are spelled, in accordance to their phonetics. The word rendezvous (pronounced ran-day-vuu) would be very confusing for Japnese learning English because nearly every word has to be explained its pronunciation and spelling. In Japan, spelling bees are non-existant because of this. Their words are derived from Chinese, and the phonetics made to perfect their own way of speaking. So when somebody clearly pronounces a Japanese word, there is no need for spelling clarification. Very easy for those who can't spell. So all in all, English is tough. But those who can speak well should be commended for their persistence.
2006-08-31 08:45:59 · answer #2 · answered by Thardus 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's called an 'accent'...!!
; )
But you already know that...!
Contrary to popular belief, it isn't true that there's no 'L' sound in Japanese, in fact there is a sound that's a cross between an L and an R, and that's why when people say 'raw fish' it often sounds like 'law fish', and when they say 'like' it often sounds like 'rike'! It's just that these people have to put a LOT of effort into making Ls and Rs sound different, and it isn't practical in everyday speech!
It sounds obvious to us because we're used to hearing 2 completely different sounds, so it's very noticable when we hear something that sounds not quite the way it SHOULD...!
2006-08-31 13:10:16 · answer #3 · answered by _ 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't know nothing about Asians.
Eu to na Amazônia brasileira e falo potuguês.
I'm living at Brazilian Amazon and I speak Portuguese.
2006-08-31 08:37:50 · answer #4 · answered by Sin_ceros 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because of their accent, their language doesn't use the same sounds as ours although I noticed my Japanese teacher says "blush" instead of "brush" and "law fish" instead of "raw fish" which I thought it was supposed to be the other way around
2006-08-31 08:28:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
They try to learn English and their accent just gets mixed with it. also, they don't know everything about the language
2006-08-31 09:15:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Atleast asian speak English but sure you dont speak their.
2006-08-31 10:06:19 · answer #7 · answered by lolipop 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
DONT KNOCK THEM
YOU PEOPLE ON ANSWERS ARE SO AGAINST OTHER NATIONALITIES
IS IT THE JEALOUSY IN YOU
YOU JUST HAVENT GOT THEIR BRAINS CAUSE YOU GOT NONE!
2006-08-31 09:52:16 · answer #8 · answered by domazina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you really know what your talking about? do you know what asians are composed of?
2006-08-31 10:44:15 · answer #9 · answered by belle♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the Japanese.
They don't have 'l' in Japanese, so, they use 'r' instead.
2006-08-31 08:25:12 · answer #10 · answered by Lady Myrkr 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋