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nobora 12-29-2010 03:27 AM
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Soi was watching the movie " Ichi the killer" and its about this guy who goes and kills people and a mob who is trying to find Ichi. Anyways the mob whever their yelling or talking harshly to someone they would make like a roaring sound. like they over roared their r's. Whys that?

MMM 12-29-2010 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by nobora (Post 843974)
Soi was watching the movie " Ichi the killer" and its about this guy who goes and kills people and a mob who is trying to find Ichi. Anyways the mob whever their yelling or talking harshly to someone they would make like a roaring sound. like they over roared their r's. Whys that?
Do you mean "rolled" their Rs? That is pretty common in gangster/yakuza speak.

KyleGoetz 12-29-2010 05:28 PM
I've always wondered if you can write yakuza rolling R's as something like こっら！ Probably not since the っ is not a "double consonant" but a "glottal stop," but you can't blame a guy for trying! ;)

nobora 12-29-2010 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by MMM (Post 843989)
Do you mean "rolled" their Rs? That is pretty common in gangster/yakuza speak.
Yea Thats what I mean. Do they do it for intimidation or is it just a type of slang?

KyleGoetz 12-30-2010 01:06 AM
It's to sound gruff/masculine/hardcore/badass/whatever.


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