mikem55 Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 Why is that? And does this apply to all Asian languages? Or ranguages?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 try this have ur asian friend say Ray Bradbury. chances are you will hear "lay bladbuly" then tell ur friend to say lay bladbuly. bet it comes out close to sounding like the orig Ray Bradbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuytrede Posted December 10, 2001 Report Share Posted December 10, 2001 Thais can pronounce the r the way it is pronounced in English. But they have to learn it, as this pronunciation does not exist in Thai. Like for speakers of European languages, the English pronunciation of r is not natural for them. Uneducated Thais will try to imitate the English r using Thai sounds. The 2 possible sounds are Thai r (pronounced like the r in Spanish) and l. In many varieties of colloquial Thai r has disappeared and become l, so English r will be pronounced as l. This does not apply to all Asian languages. The English r is no big problem for native speakers of Mandarin Chinese. On the other side, speakers of Cantonese may have problems to distinguish between l, n and r in certain positions. [ December 10, 2001: Message edited by: iuytrede ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2001 Report Share Posted December 10, 2001 All- I guess asians have a hard time with the "R" sound the same way that many western english speakers have difficulty with the "NG" sound... --UPSer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2001 Report Share Posted December 10, 2001 you want clab fly lice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted December 12, 2001 Report Share Posted December 12, 2001 Do Thais have elections evely day ??? Couldn't help saying this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2001 Report Share Posted December 12, 2001 quote: Originally posted by mikem: Why is that? And does this apply to all Asian languages? Or ranguages?? mikem. It's not the letter R they can't pronounce properly it's the letter L!!! Try getting a Thai girl to say BELT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted December 13, 2001 Report Share Posted December 13, 2001 Hi! quote: Try getting a Thai girl to say BELT!! I think this might be more connected to their inabillity pronounce two consonants consecutively. regards ALHOLK P.S. I would love to hear a Thai speak polish. [ December 12, 2001: Message edited by: ALHOLK ] [ December 12, 2001: Message edited by: ALHOLK ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 13, 2001 Report Share Posted December 13, 2001 BelgianBoy Do Thais have elections evely day ??? Couldn't help saying this.... good one: probably why china has so many ppl, too many election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 13, 2001 Report Share Posted December 13, 2001 For the same reason Westerners can't say the 'kha' sound in semetic languages like arabic or hebrew or the 'ng' sound as noted previously or even between western countries like non spanish speakers who can't roll their 'r's. You have to learn what you've never heard before. Not a flame but it sounds a tad bit insulting if I were asian. I'll assume it wasn't meant to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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