tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366415993399868961.post4529290191958773328..comments2023-05-12T12:11:51.371+01:00Comments on Finlay in Japan: Ouen, ouen, will I be famous?Finlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14571906682380401474noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366415993399868961.post-76017017833138480022009-09-09T09:04:53.830+01:002009-09-09T09:04:53.830+01:00Well, my predecessor was a virtuoso pianist and si...Well, my predecessor was a virtuoso pianist and singer, so I guess I was thinking they might expect the same of me. Also, being a Zen master, thoughts of sexual relationships don't enter my mind. :)<br /><br />More to the point though, the Japanese apical postalveolar flap tends to sound closer to 'r' to an English speaker's ear in most contexts, and is thus transliterated as such in words like <i>karate</i>, <i>samurai</i> and <i>origami</i>.Finlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14571906682380401474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366415993399868961.post-658894498591174122009-09-08T15:24:41.851+01:002009-09-08T15:24:41.851+01:00Odd that you expected an ambiguous l/r to make the...Odd that you expected an ambiguous l/r to make the question 'are you singer' not 'are you single' (though both questions are strange). Did you have a kareoke reputation going ahead of you?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332262150730297136noreply@blogger.com