and when thy spell out english words phonetically in Japanese characters they use the same character for 'R' as they do for 'L', leading to the confusion.
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Sun 13 May 2007, 10:32,
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a rolled r covers it
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Sun 13 May 2007, 10:36,
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you probably know much more than me
just going on what my Japanese sister-in-law told me
she was drunk at the time ;)
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Sun 13 May 2007, 10:38,
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just going on what my Japanese sister-in-law told me
she was drunk at the time ;)
if she was asked about saying R...more or less. I'm not exactly a speaker who's never spoken to a native Japanese person. Apparently I make more sense than most when I speak Japanese. Must say something.
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Sun 13 May 2007, 10:44,
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