Daily Topics - Friday June 3rd, 2011

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Comments

Can we stop having an explanation of the difference between the Japanese and English pronunciations of "Fukushima" every time it's mentioned? We're speaking English here, how about we just use that pronunciation and leave it without comment. When talking about Argentina, we don't comment every time that it's pronounced /arhentina/ in Spanish.
BTW, Japanese has many dialects, and they often differ in where they place the emphasis in a word. To add to this, if you really want the Japanese pronunciation, you have to pronounce the f as a bilabial fricative rather than as a labio-dental fricative, pronounce the u's unrounded, and use a pitch accent instead of a stress accent.



I doubt there are many Kamikaze pilots left from WWII, their job description sort of doesn't lend itself to high survival rates afterall Thom.
BTW, I think Kamikaze translates to something like Divine Wind.
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