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> The way English speakers say Tokyo as 'Toh-Kee-Oh' is the mistake you want to avoid here. Toh-kyoh. I once came across a “how to speak English like a native”
by wodenokoto 5y ago
> The way English speakers say Tokyo as 'Toh-Kee-Oh' is the mistake you want to avoid here. Toh-kyoh.
I once came across a “how to speak English like a native” video on YouTube aimed at a Japanese audience. It spend a lot of time teaching the viewer to say Tokyo with 3 syllables instead of 2.
- wccrawford 5y agoWhich is funny, because pronouncing it correctly doesn't cause any confusion. I've been learning Japanese for like 10-15 years now and that has changed my pronunciation of Tokyo, and nobody is confused when I say it correctly. They never even try to correct their pronunciation, but I take that as further evidence that they don't even hear anything different.