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03-20-2010, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by DreamHunter View Post
My question is whether these two words are exactly the same? Then why do they have different phonemes?

Hunter
For the same reason "日本" is both "にほん" and "にっぽん"
Or how "nuclear" can be pronounced "nucular" and mean the same thing. JFK did it, Carter did it, Bush 2 did it. Heck, I think Clinton may have, too!
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