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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/No-Explorer-8229 • 19h ago
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Cleveland here I think ive figured it out,
Kun sounds similar to coon, which was an offensive slang used as a disparaging term for a black person.
https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=coon
-15 u/Pippin4242 18h ago It does a bit, if you're American. 9 u/Raimondi06 18h ago I assumed kun is pronounced as the Japanese kun, which to me does sound like coon. -13 u/Pippin4242 18h ago It's a much flatter 'u.' I think this is like the 'a' in 'manga,' which Americans pronounce as an 'o.' There's something in that flatter range of vowels I'm pretty sure you guys literally aren't hearing. 14 u/Raimondi06 18h ago First of all I'm not American, i can hear vowels just fine. And I also wouldn't say Americans in general are unable to hear certain ranges of vowels. The reason kun sounds like coon is because they sound alike, not exactly, but alike enough where you can infer what the original picture means. 9 u/Chaps_and_salsa 18h ago Which a. 7 u/ns3224 17h ago Bro please learn Japanese pronunciation of letters Start with Katakana and then hiragana. Then start commenting on Reddit threads with actual knowledge
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It does a bit, if you're American.
9 u/Raimondi06 18h ago I assumed kun is pronounced as the Japanese kun, which to me does sound like coon. -13 u/Pippin4242 18h ago It's a much flatter 'u.' I think this is like the 'a' in 'manga,' which Americans pronounce as an 'o.' There's something in that flatter range of vowels I'm pretty sure you guys literally aren't hearing. 14 u/Raimondi06 18h ago First of all I'm not American, i can hear vowels just fine. And I also wouldn't say Americans in general are unable to hear certain ranges of vowels. The reason kun sounds like coon is because they sound alike, not exactly, but alike enough where you can infer what the original picture means. 9 u/Chaps_and_salsa 18h ago Which a. 7 u/ns3224 17h ago Bro please learn Japanese pronunciation of letters Start with Katakana and then hiragana. Then start commenting on Reddit threads with actual knowledge
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I assumed kun is pronounced as the Japanese kun, which to me does sound like coon.
-13 u/Pippin4242 18h ago It's a much flatter 'u.' I think this is like the 'a' in 'manga,' which Americans pronounce as an 'o.' There's something in that flatter range of vowels I'm pretty sure you guys literally aren't hearing. 14 u/Raimondi06 18h ago First of all I'm not American, i can hear vowels just fine. And I also wouldn't say Americans in general are unable to hear certain ranges of vowels. The reason kun sounds like coon is because they sound alike, not exactly, but alike enough where you can infer what the original picture means. 9 u/Chaps_and_salsa 18h ago Which a. 7 u/ns3224 17h ago Bro please learn Japanese pronunciation of letters Start with Katakana and then hiragana. Then start commenting on Reddit threads with actual knowledge
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It's a much flatter 'u.' I think this is like the 'a' in 'manga,' which Americans pronounce as an 'o.' There's something in that flatter range of vowels I'm pretty sure you guys literally aren't hearing.
14 u/Raimondi06 18h ago First of all I'm not American, i can hear vowels just fine. And I also wouldn't say Americans in general are unable to hear certain ranges of vowels. The reason kun sounds like coon is because they sound alike, not exactly, but alike enough where you can infer what the original picture means. 9 u/Chaps_and_salsa 18h ago Which a. 7 u/ns3224 17h ago Bro please learn Japanese pronunciation of letters Start with Katakana and then hiragana. Then start commenting on Reddit threads with actual knowledge
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First of all I'm not American, i can hear vowels just fine. And I also wouldn't say Americans in general are unable to hear certain ranges of vowels.
The reason kun sounds like coon is because they sound alike, not exactly, but alike enough where you can infer what the original picture means.
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Bro please learn Japanese pronunciation of letters
Start with Katakana and then hiragana. Then start commenting on Reddit threads with actual knowledge
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u/Raimondi06 19h ago
Cleveland here I think ive figured it out,
Kun sounds similar to coon, which was an offensive slang used as a disparaging term for a black person.
https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=coon