| Janglish |
| One of the first things one notices, when working with people learing English is that they speak English with Japanese pronunciation, because of the differances in the language. So this page pokes a little fun at the most common mispronunciations. |
| engrish English
tawa tower eru L shi C rearry really hoteru hotel basu bus rabu love armond almond senta center hambuga hambuger footo foot feeto feet runna runner balebaru volleyball saca soccer cora cola Pepshi Pepsi |
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| Take a look, there is no way to pronounce certain syllables in Japanese. For example CD is pronounce shi-D. |
| Some common mispronunciations |
| It can be very difficult to correct pronunciation mistakes. Such as when everyone in the class says "basket" correctly, but as soon as they leave the class room, it's "basketo." However little by little the students do pick up on the differences. I only wish more emphasis would be put on pronunciation at the lower levels. * In the past year their has been a push from the Board of education to correct this problem. They have begun to incorporate english in their daily curriculim. |
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| These kids were great and eager to learn. Owada-sho 06' |
| *I always meant to expand this page, but never really got around to it. Unfortunatly my time at school has passed. I will not be adding anything new from here on out. October 8th, 2007. |