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02-25-2010, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by biocit View Post
Ok, I take number 2 back. Learning English through katakana would definitely mess up your speech, but I'm not talking about that. There's no real difference to using "Ga" over ”が”。 English is a flexible enough language that different sounds can be defined differently whilst using the same letters. Not knowing how to say, "Onegai Shimasu" using romaji is not the fault of romanized letters, but it's the lack of knowledge in Japanese speech and pronunciation. Just by knowing kana does not give you a Japanese accent.
There is no difference between が and "ga", but there surely is between ら and "ra", おお and "oo", えい and "ei", ふ and "fu", つ and "tu", し and "si" etc.

Bad habits start in the beginning. Fixing them later gets harder every day that goes by. This is why pronunciation and kana start from Day 1.
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