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nobora · (#1 (**permalink**))

Soi was watching the movie " Ichi the killer" and its about this guy who goes and kills people and a mob who is trying to find Ichi. Anyways the mob whever their yelling or talking harshly to someone they would make like a roaring sound. like they over roared their r's. Whys that?

MMM · (#2 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by nobora

Soi was watching the movie " Ichi the killer" and its about this guy who goes and kills people and a mob who is trying to find Ichi. Anyways the mob whever their yelling or talking harshly to someone they would make like a roaring sound. like they over roared their r's. Whys that?

Do you mean "rolled" their Rs? That is pretty common in gangster/yakuza speak.

KyleGoetz · (#3 (**permalink**))

I've always wondered if you can write yakuza rolling R's as something like こっら！ Probably not since the っ is not a "double consonant" but a "glottal stop," but you can't blame a guy for trying!

nobora · (#4 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by MMM

Do you mean "rolled" their Rs? That is pretty common in gangster/yakuza speak.

Yea Thats what I mean. Do they do it for intimidation or is it just a type of slang?

KyleGoetz · (#5 (**permalink**))

It's to sound gruff/masculine/hardcore/badass/whatever.