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Re: interesting!
by Sophia (guest)
1/23/2003, 11:39 AM
in reply to a message by Satu
All Slavic languages pronounce 'J' as 'Y'.I think that English and Spanish('hapon'???) don't pronounce Japan with a 'y'.I have a problem with some names I like the English pronounciaton but hate the 'y' one,like Joshua.I would love to give this name to my son,but noone would pronounce it with a 'y' where I live(Croatia).
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- Yahalome (guest)   +1
1/23/2003, 7:42 PM
Si! Japan = Hah-pahn in Espanol. Anyone know how 'j' and 'g' became 'h'?
Y :)
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- Sophia (guest)
1/24/2003, 1:16 AM
Sorry,did studi Spanish a bit,but we never said why somethink happened.It was probably some languge change from Latin, like 'the great vowel shift' in English.
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