Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Japanese English isn't even equal to native babies' English skills

I found a SHOCKING(?) article on one blog. That blog is written by an American woman who has two boys. A younger boy (very cute!!) is maybe 21 months old and he speaks some words, according to her blog, he says "meeyanyo" (piano), "nunnel" (tunnel) and so on. And I found the article that he had a new word. He can say McDonald's. Some people put comments on the article and they said their kids too. Really???

Actually McDonald's is one of the most difficult English pronunciations for Japanese. If I write the pronunciation of McDonald's Japanese speak forcibly, it's... maybe "mukoodonarudo"? Even if Japanese say McDonald's repeatedly, native speakers can't understand.

I have often heard that Japanese get a coke when ordering a cup of coffee from a flight attendant in the flight. Haha. Japanese pronunciation of "coffee" is... cauhe. Does it sound like cola or coke?

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