Friday, 12 September 2008

My Accent

Japanese consonants always come with syllables just like Oreos come with cream filling: ka,ke,ki,ko,ku, sa,shi,se,so,su. They always come in pairs. I don`t know why, maybe they`re lonely. Think about that for a sec. How strange and difficult would it be to chop a letter in half? That`s like chopping an atom in half. What would half of D or F or G sound like? Shopping(u).F(u)ried(o) r(a)ice(su).
When I say `Do you like to go to the park?` I hear my voice and it sounds like a chopstick gliding through soup, or a stone skipping across the water, making perfect circles: Do you like to go to the park?
I wonder what kind of Japanese accent I have. Maybe it`s the cotton mouth, where I sound like everything I say is muffled and has a hint of the words there somewhere do-you-ko-to-ze-paak. It could be the sound of a knife chopping vegetables DO/YOU/GO/TO/PAAK! Could be the ping of rain hitting metal do^youlike^togo^to^zuhpak. Maybe the sound of rich dirt or soup. MMM, from deep in the throat Ok.ok, I wheel go to ze park. Right now, I`m going for the accent with seasoning. It sounds like it has just a hint of flavor that comes out unexpectedly. Would yieou like to go to the parrk? Do you like schinnamon? I have two schisters. Just a touch of flavor, barely there, but enough to taste it and wonder.