Re: CHAT: Japanese English (was Re: Correction, I hope, of M/C URL)

At 15:19 22/03/00 EST, you wrote:
>
><< > sairento guleivu sapuraisu!
>
> silent ____ surprise
> > >>
>    Perhaps:  grave?
It could have been, seen that Sailor Saturn is the senshi of death and
rebirth. But it's "glaive". And there was another mistake, it was 'sapuraizu'.

>This batch were a lot easier than the first ones-- or maybe I'm learning the
>language?
>My keeberu sisutemu doesn't offer the Cartoon Channel-- obviously I've been
>missing a lot.  A question:  when the characters actually say  these phrases
>(if they do), are they any more recognizable?
>
They actually do. It's generally a little more recognizable, but not that
much. Generally you recognize a little more as the 'u' get nearly silent
(so 'sapuraizu' sounds nearly like 'sapraiz', which is a little more
recognizable).

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