peppers wrote:
so the Japanese tern for look alike is actually pronounced exactly Luigi?
They don't really have an "L", so it's more like "
Ruiji". I didn't know it could mean that though.
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kinda like how Ohio means good morning
It's not pronounced exactly like "Ohio" though.
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I somehow doubt マリオ is actually pronounced mario
It is. But the "R" is more like Mario himself says it (when he goes "It's-a me, Mario!"), not the typical american "R", which requires lip movement. In japanese (and italian, I guess, portuguese for sure) the "R" is made by air passing between the tongue and the roof of the mouth when they are close together, without any lip movement.