Now I wonder what âF*ck you, I wonât do what you tell meâ sounds like to Japanese ears.
Probably about as eye-rollingly puerile as itâs always sounded to American ears.
the kind with proper sticky earwax like itâs supposed to be
âThose who diedâŚâ HAHAHAHA
I suppose it would have been worse after âwere justifiedâŚâ HAHAHA
WhatevâŚkeep snappin them chicken clumps, Pops.
Lived with a Japanese guy for 4 years. He actually had a book that taught English pronunciation like this.
âGourd is for dinnerâ (yuuhan wa canpyou da), spoken fast sounds like âYou have a computerâ.
Most of them were kind of a stretch, but not any worse than this video.
Sometimes I hear people comment about childhood years and how they sure wouldnât want to have to endure those times again. I remember some rollercoaster mood swings but I also remember times of being just as brainless and clueless as the silly little mutants in the video. Long live childhood and goofy kids. Iâd go back for absolutely uninhibited fun like this. Theyâre great!
Get off your lawn?
This is from the wonderful and very long running (over 30 years!) variety show Tamori Club on Japanâs TV Asahi, and its one segment âSoramimi Hourâ. Each episode, Tamori and illustrator/musician/continually giggling sidekick Hajime Anzai play three or four musical âsoramimiââforeign lyrics that sound like Japanese phrasesâalong with appropriate video skits, then cut back to the studio where Anzai cracks up and Tamori compares the real lyric with what they heard. Suggestions for lyrics come from the viewers, and the winners get a t-shirt.
When I lived there it was one of my favorite things on TV. I still mishear Kraftwerkâs âI need a rendezvousâ for âari naranderuâ (ants walking in a circle).
Thereâs loads of clips if you search for the show title in Japanese.
I went out with my japanese-speaking buddies once, our group was thanked leaving the restaurant and afterward they were goofing, saying âthirty-nine!â to each other. they explained to me that learning to say âthank youâ in english is most easily taught as saying â39ââsan kyuâin japanese, particularly for beginners since thereâs no âthâ sound in japanese.
fairly common knowledge in some circles, but still kinda neat.
I can understand that, but for some of us, being a kid/teen was a very painful experience. I personally wouldnât want to go back, and not because I was a dumb kid, but more because others were assholes and dumb kids!
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