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10-22-2010, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
That's why I also said "I guess, technically, sometimes おう=おお and ええ=えい in sound" in the post, too. But my post was the victim of oversimplification on my part, yes. I probably should have said "usually."

I was just trying to hammer the point home that うまい and うまそう are written fairly differently, so they're going to be pronounced differently.
Sorry, I missed that clarification. I get worried because sometimes I hear (especially self-taughts) say things like "sen-say-ee" or "iko-oo".
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