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• A lot, not that they matter. Anime Club President/Fuhrer till the end of this year.
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• (age 4) Tonari No Totoro
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• Gravitation, Weiss Kreuz, Hagaren (FMA), Kino No Tabi, .hack, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
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myOtaku.com: shiroikarasu

Wednesday, September 8, 2004

Because I art bored, a pronunciation guide for two languages
It's fun to know languages. Mwaha.
Fear my Japanese and Latin skills!

Japanese pronunciation junk-
All your vowels are pronounced the same way. Get used to it. Even if there is more then one of them. 'I' sounds like 'e', 'e' sounds like 'a', 'a' sounds like 'ah', 'o' sounds like itself, and 'u' sounds like itself without the y sound in the beginning. R's are ever-so-slightly rolled. Think of it as hitting the roof of your mouth with the tip of your tongue. Just practice. You'll get used to it. Also, often i's and u's are not pronounced, so pay attention to how other people say it. (For instence: "desu" = "dess")

Latin pronunciation junk-
Vowels are really similar to Japanese. You get a few variants, but they're easy to pick out. C's are always hard. T's are also always hard (scientia = skee-en-tee-a). Double l's are not pronounced as y's like in Spanish. V's are pronounced as W's (no matter how silly it sounds; try "provincia"). "Ae" is pronounced as it would be in Japanese, each letter by itself--Ah-eh to make an "ai" sound.
Ipsa scientia potestas est--Knowledge itself is power.
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