Demundo almost 10 years ago [hidden] Yes, it's dangerous getting called auntie these days. 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
hikaritora about 9 years ago [hidden] Demundo said:Yes, it's dangerous getting called auntie these days.what happens is that grandmother, auntie and "Old hag" are pronounced the same in Japanese 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
NNescio about 9 years ago [hidden] hikaritora said:what happens is that grandmother, auntie and "Old hag" are pronounced the same in JapaneseNot really. "Auntie" is Oba(-chan/-san), with a short "ba", unlike the "baa" in Obaa(-chan/-san), "grandmother".Vowel length is important in Japanese, and easily distinguishable by native speakers, so they would almost never mistake "auntie" for "granny". 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
Demundo about 9 years ago [hidden] hikaritora said:what happens is that grandmother, auntie and "Old hag" are pronounced the same in JapaneseOkay, auntie is 叔母, grandmother is 御婆, old hag is 婆あ. As you can see, there only grandmother and old hag have the same character here. 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link