[DanielSheen]

Yea maybe if you didn't have any knowledge of how Japanese is then you would pronounce it wrong. When I look at a word thats in romaji. I dont sound it out like I would in English. I know that Japanese sounds go like "a i u e o, ka ki ku ke ko, and so on". So when I see a word in Japanese, I know what the letters would look like in the correct kana. If your stupid you will start learning a language without knowing the alphabet sounds. I don't really know how to explain what I am trying to say....