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re: learning how to pronounce foreign words via exaggeration—a friend told me that pronouncing Japanese words in the most racist way possible actually earned hi
by undershirt 8y ago
re: learning how to pronounce foreign words via exaggeration—a friend told me that pronouncing Japanese words in the most racist way possible actually earned him nods from his teacher.
- reificator 8y agoThat exaggerated accent came from somewhere. It wasn't just invented by racist people for fun, though I'm sure it's changed over time.
- lotyrin 8y agoTeaching my wife her Katakana has been fun, all the words on the flash cards are loan-words, mostly from English, and the correct readings of the words certainly give her pause.
- farnsworth 8y agoWhen I was taking Chinese classes, our teacher would always demand that talk loud, exaggerate the pronunciation, and be as over-the-top as possible. Apparently there's a popular english learning method in China called Crazy English that takes this approach. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_English
- Bromskloss 8y agoMockery such as making fun of someone's accent surely does not constitute racism. If racism can be anything, then it loses its meaning.