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[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I can't type out the pronunciation but have you guys heard American people read Japanese names? My god, it is so weird. Say that to Japanese people and I bet half of the time they don't recognise what it is. The way a foreign language is being butchered is beyond imagination.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The one that keeps surprising me over and over again is Karyohkey instead of Ka-ra-o-ke.

Not sure about names, I feel like I have heard proper pronunciations of Akira and Tanaka in media, do you have some good examples of ones that are frequently wrong?

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Reminds me of one of the best Kids in the Hall sketches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4iMZV83WYo

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