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Am I dealing with completely different pronunciation laws or something? Because to me, "Junsā" would be pronounced "jun-say", with the long a that the bar indicates--BJG | Am I dealing with completely different pronunciation laws or something? Because to me, "Junsā" would be pronounced "jun-say", with the long a that the bar indicates--BJG | ||
You've been entirely too far corrupted by English pronunciation. It is true, that once upon a time, the English long '''a''' was really a long '''a''' (say f'''a'''ther. Now stretch that vowel, without changing its quality, and you get close to what a ''real'' long '''a''' is.) But, the power of sound change changed [a:] to [eI], which is its present value. (If you want to learn more, read up on the [[wp:Great Vowel Shift|Great Vowel Shift]].) | |||
As a side note, in Japanese, short '''a''' doesn't sound like [æ] (as in c'''a'''t), long '''i''' doesn't sound like [ai] (as in '''I'''), short '''u''' doesn't sound like [A] (as in c'''u'''t), and long '''u''' doesn't sound like [ju:] (as in '''u'''topia). - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]]<sub>[[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]]</sub> 09:53, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC) | |||
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Am I dealing with completely different pronunciation laws or something? Because to me, "Junsā" would be pronounced "jun-say", with the long a that the bar indicates--BJG
You've been entirely too far corrupted by English pronunciation. It is true, that once upon a time, the English long a was really a long a (say father. Now stretch that vowel, without changing its quality, and you get close to what a real long a is.) But, the power of sound change changed [a:] to [eI], which is its present value. (If you want to learn more, read up on the Great Vowel Shift.)
As a side note, in Japanese, short a doesn't sound like [æ] (as in cat), long i doesn't sound like [ai] (as in I), short u doesn't sound like [A] (as in cut), and long u doesn't sound like [ju:] (as in utopia). - 振霖T 09:53, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
