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Comment by kazinator

> 塔 can be pronounced as tou

No it can't, unless someone is spelling it out, or singing it in a song where it is given two notes, or just hyper-correcting their speech based on their knowledge of writing.

Annoyed speech and such can break words into their morae for empahsis, which breaks up dipthongs.

E.g. angry Japanese five-year-old:

ga kkō ni i ki ta ku nā i!!! (I don't wanna go to school!!!)

"nā i" is not the regular way of saying "nai". The idea that "nai" has that as an alternative pronunciation is a strawman.

parent kazinator 10 months ago

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