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Savetherocks (User)

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Re:Pronunciation in Japanese 13 Years, 9 Months ago

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That's true, the speaker's accent does change the sounds a lot. I'm from California, and the examples that TheShoggoth posted are pretty much the opposite of how the sounds are in American English (for example, "ho" is more like hotel and less like hostel). However, it isn't good to learn Japanese sounds using English under any circumstance, the best way is to hear a native speaker speak the Japanese sounds as they should be.

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