Edwin Hammond Meredith is passionate about traveling and learning about other cultures. While training under international professional chefs, Edwin Hammond Meredith learned German and Japanese.
English speakers learning Japanese often encounter difficulty properly pronouncing words. This is due to differences between Japanese and English vowel sounds and intonation. For example, while English speakers pronounce the “fu” sound by placing their front teeth on their bottom lips, Japanese speakers will not touch their teeth at all, producing what resembles a soft “b” sound. The Japanese "r" sound also falls between an English "l" or "d" sound. Further, vowels in Japanese are purer, meaning they only contain one sound. In English, many vowels are pronounced as diphthongs, which is a blend of two vowel sounds. Another difference is the placement of stress in a word. English speakers tend to place more emphasis on one syllable, while Japanese is spoken more evenly. However, certain syllables in Japanese words may be pronounced at a higher or lower pitch. This aspect of speech is not used as frequently in English.
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