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Jun 5, 2020
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Boxey
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It's a Korean thing, too.
In Korean, the letter that makes the "L" sound is the same letter that makes the "R" sound depending on where it's placed in different situations.
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the_byu_flash
6/4/20 6:44pm
RE: Just saw a Tesla with the license plate “Tesra”. An Asian lady was driving, and
byuluvr
6/4/20 6:44pm
Yes. But since she put the license plate on her own car. You're probably ok.
Blue Ghost
6/4/20 6:45pm
No. This can't be true
TNT
6/4/20 6:46pm
Maybe her rines were crossed
TNT
6/4/20 6:46pm
RE: Just saw a Tesla with the license plate “Tesra”. An Asian lady
Zaphod
6/4/20 6:46pm
The only racist jokes I know, I heard from my black, Mexican, or Japanese
CougarTwins
6/4/20 6:55pm
Yeah my black parents are the worst with racist jokes.
coug almighty
6/4/20 7:06pm
There's a difference between laughing at yourself and laughing at someone else
Tricky
6/4/20 7:11pm
I know that Eddie Murphy's bit on why Asians have the eye shape they do wouldn't fly now.
No touching
6/4/20 8:18pm
Agreed. We had a black kid on our wrestling team who constantly asked me to
Santos L. Halper
6/4/20 7:36pm
It's really a Japanese thing, not an Asian thing. Chinese uses the "L" sound
chilango
6/4/20 7:03pm
I don't know - my Chinese SIL can't say her L's either.
Santos L. Halper
6/4/20 7:34pm
I think the English L is a bit of a different animal than the Chinese L.
SinkingQuffa
6/4/20 7:46pm
Maybe it’s only hard in conjunction with another consonant, as in “close”. They
chilango
6/4/20 7:51pm
That's probably right. I don't think Chinese uses L as a closing sound either.
SinkingQuffa
6/4/20 7:54pm
That’s weird, since Li (or Lee) is one of the most common surnames in China,
chilango
6/4/20 7:49pm
My SIL is from Shenzhen, and their family couldn't name their dog "Falcon" like
Santos L. Halper
6/4/20 7:58pm
Yeah, that's a closing L.
SinkingQuffa
6/4/20 8:00pm
Sounds like the issue isn’t the L sound itself, but the combo with the C, and
chilango
6/4/20 8:26pm
It's sad Mr Magloo has been banned as reruns. 🙁
SinkingQuffa
6/4/20 7:40pm
It's a Korean thing, too.
Boxey
6/5/20 2:57pm
I know of a Japanese guy that had a Lexus. Plate was Rexus.
sanitarium
6/5/20 2:42pm
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