tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398781353996043657.post6683839898810038666..comments2009-07-10T16:39:52.400+09:00Comments on The Monster Flower: Pronunciation MattersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398781353996043657.post-76322603394360148392008-12-21T00:44:00.000+09:002008-12-21T00:44:00.000+09:00My husband still pronounces "city" as "shity", so ...My husband still pronounces "city" as "shity", so when he tells my mum he is "going to the shity" she in fact thinks he's going to the toilet!<BR/><BR/>No matter how many times we try to practice pronounciation, he still can't get it off the top of his head.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11634221078922326881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398781353996043657.post-7652468314437309912008-11-24T09:30:00.000+09:002008-11-24T09:30:00.000+09:00What you say is certainly true, Wally. That being ...What you say is certainly true, Wally. That being said, "sh" and "si" are sounds that exist in Japanese so they are definitely possible. "R" and "L" are another issue, but it's just lazy mouths and tongues that often lead to problems with some sounds. My students just don't like to move their mouths in certain ways because they find it embarrassing or unnatural.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment. :-)Orchid64https://www.blogger.com/profile/07132543155589881288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398781353996043657.post-48543165833562841842008-11-24T03:32:00.000+09:002008-11-24T03:32:00.000+09:00If you cannot pronounce a word, it is brutally dif...If you cannot pronounce a word, it is brutally difficult to learn/memorize it. Not to mention the problems of comprehension. I've found that most native Japanese speakers cannot understand the sentences, "Do you walk to work?" or "Turn right at the light."<BR/><BR/>And of course native English speakers can have real trouble with word pairs like "shujin" and "shuujin."Wally Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653591053915868274noreply@blogger.com