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Sir,-The interest with which I have listened to many of the broadcasts "With the Kiwis in Japan® received a rude ‘shock to-night when tha? compére continually pronounced "Kyoto" and "Tokyo" in three syllables instead of two, and capped this with "Tackarazocka" for "Takurazuka" repeated many times, although the correct pronunciations were clearly audible from the Japanese to whom he was speaking, One of the first things the stranger in Japan learns is that "u" sounds are swallowed so as to be almost inaudible grunts.. My own stay in Japan was pre-war and only of three months, but some of this evening’s pronunciations made mv flesh creep.
LINGUA
(Wellington)_
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 475, 30 July 1948, Page 5
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110JAPANESE WORDS New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 475, 30 July 1948, Page 5
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