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07-30-2009, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Nagoyankee View Post
Not true at all. You can't introduce a new sound to an entire nation/language so easily. That is rediculous.

You can use the katakana ヴ all you want, but that doesn't mean we Japanese will start producing the V sound.
Yeah, ヴ still has a "bu" sound to it. The Japanese simply dont' make a "V" sound, so they're going to use the closest equivalent: "B".

Remember that カクカク•シカジカ CM where シカさん was trying to teach Japanese people how to say Vikkuri?

"vvvvvvvvvvIKKURI."

I actually used that CM in teaching some of my Japanese students

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Each language is already complete with what they have.
You get a double high five for that!!

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