View Single Post
(#12 (permalink))
Old
burkhartdesu's Avatar
burkhartdesu (Offline)
JF Old Timer
 
Posts: 740
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Alaska
02-27-2009, 09:06 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tangram View Post
I've never heard anyone that read manga say 'main-ga'. And yes, there's a huge difference in the Japanese mispronouncing English words because they've never had to move their mouths/tongues in that way and just ignorance. I'm not trying to really insult anyone that says 'main-ga', but if you know the right way to say it and are capable of such, why continue to mispronounce it?
Because it's an "Americanism."
Reply With Quote