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Anecdotally, I find this to be untrue. My wife, a native Japanese speaker who did not learn English until age 16, is able to distinguish between the two. I lear
by alphonsegaston 11y ago
Anecdotally, I find this to be untrue. My wife, a native Japanese speaker who did not learn English until age 16, is able to distinguish between the two. I learned Japanese in my twenties and am able to pronounce the r/l phoneme. The only oddity I've noticed is that on rare occasions I've unintentionally made the r/l slip in English. Do you have a source for this?
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception_of_English_/r/_and_/l/_by_Japanese_speakers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception_of_English_/r/_and_...
- alphonsegaston 11y agoRight, so more difficult and variable depending on time of acquisition and method of instruction. Not impossible. Thanks for the interesting article!