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01-30-2008, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by SSJup81 View Post
Still odd that you chose cotton, MMM. For someone unfamiliar with Japanese pronunciations, I'd still use "Hawaii" as an example, and point out that you have to extend the "ii" part of it. Seems that'd be a closer similarity than the "co" in cotton for "ka".
The problem with that is that the emphasis in Hawaii is on the "wa" and it is a 3 syllable word in English.

Depending on who you are talking to, there is no stress in the 4-syllable Kawaii or it's on the last two syllables "ii". If you take "Hawaii" and replace the H with a K you will more than likely sound like you are saying "kowai" which, as mentioned before, means quite the opposite of "kawaii".
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