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æbynæææi

Mar 22, 2008 00:45

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dontflamemebro, japanese

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dustinalfonso March 22 2008, 05:55:42 UTC

HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT JAPANESE HAS ONLY [a], [i], [u], [e], AND [o]? Japanese is standard language

alcarilinque March 22 2008, 06:29:39 UTC

NO U

gavinoftheufo March 22 2008, 08:46:52 UTC

What is it called when [æ] is an allophone for /a/, but only in rap music?

Well not just rap music... it does also occur in "silly speech", usually an imitation of the silly pronunciation of foreigners.

The /ɯ/ there sounds normal to me in that clip, though sometimes you'll hear something like [uʊ] or [ɯʊ] for the same reasons as above.

gavinoftheufo March 22 2008, 08:51:33 UTC

Here's an overdone example. May offend some users.

loudasthesun March 22 2008, 11:34:21 UTC

Rofl. Are you serious, people have been offended by that? Who the hell would be offended by that?

ブラじゃないよ〜 was quoted way too much amongst me and a couple friends for a couple weeks after we saw that (along with the rest of the Golden Eggs series).

gavinoftheufo March 22 2008, 14:13:00 UTC

Just covering my tracks, dude.

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