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Originally Posted by DreamHunter
My question is whether these two words are exactly the same? Then why do they have different phonemes?
Hunter
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For the same reason "日本" is both "にほん" and "にっぽん"
Or how "nuclear" can be pronounced "nucular" and mean the same thing. JFK did it, Carter did it, Bush 2 did it. Heck, I think Clinton may have, too!