Anonymous1: i think thats llira his friend who gets kidnapped. but i did hear a piece of info that said that Link whos name was "Rinku"(JAP version of the games) pronounced "Rink" was originally a girl. but changed to be a male due to the confusion of the americans....RETARDS... :/`
Anonymous2(1): what? are you american? or does it not make any sense, cuz its like 4 oclock in the morning here, and im slightly tired.
"Link was originally a girl. but sexual innuendo was too mature for america. they made Link a boy. so america could play too." is that better? seriously, im not trying to be umm malicious.
Anonymous4: Link was never a girl. Plus, trying to insult Americans and not understanding that the Japanese use the same "kanji" for both Rs and Ls makes you a total fucking idiot.
Anonymous5(1): i know that. im not stupid i was tired. but its obvious that that rs and ls have the same kanji. if they werent the same japanese people(all asian people) could say their "Ls" better. but i was pronouncing it "R-ink" because of statement above. as for Link being a girl youd have to look it up youself, im pretty sure i didnt read it wrong. but besides i already said sorry for being a douche. so im off to wikipedia... oh and by the way i am american , i was born on an american military base(though im not proud to be an american.) i read a lot. so i learn a lot. so if you dont like that I dont like the USA, you should read too, not specificly you anon4 but anyone who see this. oh a song you should listen to. its called..."home of the brave" song by ishues. i listen to it like every morning. gets me fired up. lol.
Gremrat: Uhh... I've studied quite a few Asian languages, and I can safely say many of them distinguish between L and R. Anyway, the Japanese "r" sound is not an L or and R, but a sort of cross between R, L and D. When you can pronounce it, you can rag on the Japanese for not pronouncing your own sounds.
Anonymous6(1): well i wasnt being rascist(i know thats not what you were trying to say), but i said theyd have an easier time making the "Ls" more pronounced so it most likley is a combonation of L and R. its like when im watching anime, i hear them say THANK YOU in english. when it sounds like SANK-YOU. even IF they make "Thee" sound. but i know what your saying.
Anonymous7: You know, the funny thing is, there are a shit-ton of languages in multiple parts of the world whose speakers would have trouble differentiating between English's L and R sounds (generally because they have only one distinct liquid consonant). Really, the only odd thing is that no languages of this kind are found in Europe; you can find examples on every other continent. The reason you can't find any examples of one-liquid languages in Europe is probably because most of Europe's languages belong to one family, and the remainder have been heavily influenced by said family. There's really nothing special about East Asia in this respect.
Raaku: Um, have you ever listened to some of the peoples in Great Britain or Ireland? There isn't much differentiation in the R's and L's there, and they speak English.
Anonymous8(7): (I'm #7)
I think Raaku may be referring to the pronunciation of these sounds in between vowels, which in some accents can sound similar or even the same, e.g. "parrot" may sound similar to "pallet" or "pellet". This is just one phonetic environment, though. What I meant was that, to the best of MY knowledge, there isn't a natively European language that lacks the distinction completely. Certainly there are partial mergers here and there; some Spanish dialects come to mind, for instance.
Raaku: Sen: "English" isn't really specific enough. There are a LOT of different groups that hail from that area, and most of them have some pretty noticeable speech differences.
A8: I see what you meant now. And yeah, I can't think of any offhand that have that particular linguistic quirk. It's kind of neat, but makes it more different during transition to different languages.
Raaku: Alright then, I don't see where the argument is here. I said SOME areas of Great Britain and Ireland; Manchester doesn't necessarily have to be included in that.
Anonymous9(7): And THAT still doesn't change the fact that giving an example of one speaker of one dialect does nothing to refute a claim that, out of all the dialects in England, at least one lacks such a distinction. However, the claim has been retracted now, so perhaps we should all nevar mind and get back to our fappery. This was a fun little linguistic interlude, though. I appreciate an occasional bit of quasi-scholarly semi-serious business around here, as long as it doesn't interfere with teh hearty lulfapz.
Sen: Well you could have mentioned regional dialects sooner and I would have got what you ment. But what your saying had no bearing on where they were from, I knew a guy growing up that didn't pronounce the letter S when he spoke, it was weird but had nothing to due with him being from any specific area as the rest of his family spoke normally.
An_Onymous: Wow, I never thought this would be necro'd again. I forgot just how odd Telma looks in this. (Anons #7-11 and #16 were me before I got an account.)
Anonymous31: anon 17, if you think that is Kyle's mother you have clearly never watched SOUTH PARK or played on TWILIGHT PRINCESS. and if you have your a total idiot!!!
Anonymous36: Wow this went a long time without a translation! Ahem:
Do you want to come on this girl once too? You know it won't cost you much! Eh, what? You say you want to come on MY face!? If you insist ♥
"Link was originally a girl. but sexual innuendo was too mature for america. they made Link a boy. so america could play too." is that better? seriously, im not trying to be umm malicious.
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You know, when I say it that way, it doesn't sound nearly as appealing.
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I think Raaku may be referring to the pronunciation of these sounds in between vowels, which in some accents can sound similar or even the same, e.g. "parrot" may sound similar to "pallet" or "pellet". This is just one phonetic environment, though. What I meant was that, to the best of MY knowledge, there isn't a natively European language that lacks the distinction completely. Certainly there are partial mergers here and there; some Spanish dialects come to mind, for instance.
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A8: I see what you meant now. And yeah, I can't think of any offhand that have that particular linguistic quirk. It's kind of neat, but makes it more different during transition to different languages.
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Shit, I got ninja'd again. My previous post was intended to be a response to Sen's most recent post.
Aaargh. I wrote my last post before Sen posted the "Well, you could have mentioned..." post.
Where's all the sexy Ilia art, man? Fuck.
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Do you want to come on this girl once too? You know it won't cost you much! Eh, what? You say you want to come on MY face!? If you insist ♥
Can't the rest of u idiots simply fap; whether u argue or not, ur still gonna do it anyway!