At a Driving School
At a Driving School
Once upon a time, there was a man who was an immigrant to the U.S. from Japan. The man had just found a good job as an instructor at a driving school.
One day, he taught a boy who was also from Japan. Both the man and the boy had difficulty with English sound "R" or "L." The man could not pronounce "R" sound, and the boy could not pronounce "L" sound.
They started the lesson on the real streets. The teacher gave the boy a direction, "Okay, turn Light at the next block." The student replied, "Okay, I will turn Right." The boy turned right.
The man gave him the next direction, "Good, then turn Left at the next signal." The student said, "Sure, I'm turning Reft." The boy asked a question, "Should I make a turn Right?" The teacher answered, "That's Light!"
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In Japanese language, we don't have a consonant that matches to English sound 'L' or 'R' exactly. What we have is somewhere between 'L' and 'R.' How a person pronounces it depends on each person, and no one care about if the sound is close to 'L' or 'R' when speaking Japanese language.
The man gave him the next direction, "Good, then turn Left at the next signal." The student said, "Sure, I'm turning Reft." The boy asked a question, "Should I make a turn Right?" The teacher answered, "That's Light!"
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In Japanese language, we don't have a consonant that matches to English sound 'L' or 'R' exactly. What we have is somewhere between 'L' and 'R.' How a person pronounces it depends on each person, and no one care about if the sound is close to 'L' or 'R' when speaking Japanese language.
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