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[Fredrik]

Japanese has no r or l. They have a sound which is written as r when 
using roman letters. This is often corresponding to l in chinese.

Here's what wikipedia has to say about it:
/r/ (transcribed ÉºÌ  above) is a lateral apical postalveolar flap. It is 
similar to the Korean r. To an English speaker's ears, its 
pronunciation lies somewhere between a flapped r /ɾ/ (as in American 
English better and ladder), an l, and a d, sounding most like d 
before /i/ listen (help·info), and most like l before /o/ listen 
(help·info). Spanish speakers often associate it with a soft r, as in 
pared.

/Fredrik

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > >
> > > BTW, does anyone know why they say Godzilla, not Godzira after the
> > > Japanese pronunciation (Japanese has no [l] sound)?
> 
> 
> The Japanese original is 'Gojira'.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla
>


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