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Isn't it a common transliteration of japanese to use R for L and show the devoiced U for voiceless consonant? I'm pretty sure I've seen it used often when the

Isn't it a common transliteration of japanese to use R for L and show the devoiced U for voiceless consonant? I'm pretty sure I've seen it used often when the intent is to show "japeneseness".

aidenn0 4y ago
I assume the mistake was the proper romanization of アイドル is aidoru.
- astrange 4y ago
  Indeed. Idoru would be pronounced like "ee-dol".
  - aidenn0 4y ago
    As a kid I pronounced the title of the book ee-doh-ru
- riffraff 4y ago
  ah, of course, thanks.