Ajna

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black / white Pokémon Black and White Translation Project v2

Ajna replied to Kaarosu's topic in ROM - NDS ROM Hacks

The Japanese don't have the same pronunciation of letters as the English language. The letter L and letter R are pronounced pretty much to same to them. If you've ever seen someone type "herro" rather than "hello" when making fun of a Japanese person, it's because of this. It's not pronounced with the R sound. I'm not sure which letters in the English language best describe the sound if you've never heard it. Maybe D. "Heh-do" = Hello pronounced by a Japanese speaker not fluent in English. If I'm not mistaken, Serebii.net is run by Japanese speakers, not English. Hence the name "Serebii", rather than "Celebi". The R replaces the L, and the double I at the end has something to do with a long E sound, I think. Like Chii(Japan) vs. Chi(America) from Chobits, as well. This will help with R vs. L if you're interested.