#(scribbling notes) the ones that get the tone right often pronounce it /l/ (english L) instead of /ɹ/ (american rhotic R)...

[akira-seeya]

problem: uh oh! i'm gonna be an adult real soon and i'm planning on going to a japanese college/university as some point, but my username is my irl first name! this would be relatively ok in the us, but it wouldn't be as safe in japan because it's way easier to find people and i'm also in a way more of a minority!

solution (broke): change my username

solution (woke): change my irl name

#* #*txt #*en #i like the name itself but it never stuck for me as one for my flesh and bone body iykwim #so im gonna go namehunting over the summer #its good timing since im graduating high school which means a mostly fresh start #fun fact i made this my username as a sort of gauge to see whether i like to be called akira #bc name tester sites dont really work for me. and arent in japanese #turns out i like it online and in japanese but not in english #english speakers pronounce it right challenge. but also be fucking normal about getting it slightly wrong challenge. #surprisingly my close friends tend to get the tone right #not the /ɾ/ tho </3 only my linguistics freak bestie can pronounce the alveolar tap #studying my friends under a microscope #(scribbling notes) the ones that get the tone right often pronounce it /l/ (english L) instead of /ɹ/ (american rhotic R)... #you can tell linguistics freak bestie make me a linguistics freak too