This just popped into my head today, not sure why. I had a metals teacher back at BSU who insisted that she was “forever moved and inspired” by Japanese art. You could see it too, her work tended to gravitate towards a vertical orientation and she had a love for things that looked like this. However, for a person who had a self-proclaimed love for all things Japan, she sure couldn’t pronounce things to save her life. My favorite example, and purpose of this post:
Tokugawa: (toe-koo-gah-wah) She pronounced it “tork-uh-gow-uh.” How do rogue R’s end up in words anyway? Warshington. Derp.

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