Talk:Fukase/@comment-86.160.115.103-20170310163510/@comment-53539-20170516081427

@208.85.183.94, I think the biggest issue with some words is that English blends sounds. We don't think that it should be broken up that far. Without any prior knowledge to Japanese, a person seeing this nae would have issues.

"Hats"une, Kaga"Mine"... If it looks like it should comply to laws of the English language, and without enough knowledge prior on the language, everything turns out wrong.

Even if you know how, because we use so many vowel sounds, then the next issue is getting the vowel right. So writing about it sounds and sounding it out are two different things. A person trying to speak a non-native language comes off with a accent and its almost impossible to 100% hide it. Even if you get the sounds right, there is stress, expression and pitch issues that can make you fluff it. I always say its more important to a non-native to make sure everyone knows what their talking about, they getting it right, as honestly... I've known stars as Jackie Chan to struggle to say words like "intelligence", as "intell" is fine ut transitioning to "igence" is tougher. IF this works for someone speaking English when it isn't their first language, then the same thing will be the other way around.

I sometimes feel we're pushed too hard to focus on sounding things out correctly, raising expectations too high, when it is more important to get others to learn how to form sentences to communicate. It is more appreciative when someone tries to speak and fails, then it is when their ignorant to begin. Precision of language comes from experience, practice and time, as we learn best when we speak language.

Lets put it this way... If you say "Toilet" in a language you don't know perfectly, you may get funny faces, but asking "Where is the nearest toilet please" results in a lot less hassle even if some sounds aren't 100%. Incidentally... I consider this myself the sentence single most important thing to learn as it happens. If your lost in a foreign country, out of all the body functions you need to address this one is the only one you can't ignore for long... When you consider taking in more water can make it worst, you can go for food for a few weeks, and eventually you can find your way back to where you need to be even without knowing a language, if you can work out how. ^_^'

And even if you know a native language and you talk to another native....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_6SaqVQSw