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Old 03-28-2004, 05:03 PM   #356
Kid Icarus
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Buslady
I think you are right about pronunciation. But kids might get confused one the L thing so they just keep it the USA way to say Karai.
Yeha Kilala..funny....cute little thing too...I wanna real Kirara...no wait, I want my own InuYasha but I don't think I could give up Raph for him...heheh



Quote:
Originally Posted by Ookami Blue
Okay I can get blasted out of the water for saying this but it has been bugging me sense the first part of City at War.

I by no means know tons about Japanese culture or anything, but I watch anime and I thought that "r"'s in Japanese are pronouced as "l"s.....


So in fact Karai should be pronouced "Ka-la-e" or something simliar....


Kind of like how on Inu Yasha Kirara is pronouced "Ki-la-la"

I could be wrong..... but I had to say something its been driving me nuts *lol*
Yep, "R" = "L", and "I" = "E". Except the R is just muffled a squished a bit so it sounds more like an l. it's hard to explain unless you hear a native speaker do it >_>.
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