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czzr
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Out of curiosity, what’s the issue with those names in Japanese?
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another-dave
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I presume GP is talking about the
Perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception_of_English_/r/_an...
james_s_tayler
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It's probably more non-Japanese would pronounce the /l/ so differently that it would change the way the name sounds enough to be jarring to the individual who bears the name. That'd be a straight pain in the ass.
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