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Originally Posted by terra
Well Japanese English pronunciation is not as good maybe because they had their own pronunciation for English based on their language. They didn't have 'V' so they compensate it with 'B' because it sounds similar. 'Heaven' is written in Kana as 'Hebun' and pronounced 'Hey-bun', and most Japanese pronounce it like that so it's no surprise when Namie sing it like that.
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This. Exactly. And since by far and away the majority of listeners are going to be Japanese, the Janglish may be intentional.
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Originally Posted by pommy48
I don't even care about 'heaven'...I care about her pronouncing 'reason' as 'raisin'! 
@Chiharo: I love to blame Avex for everything, but in all fairness, they're just the company that distributes Namie's music. Her label is the one that produce her music. |
Also, people are looking over a fact that has kinda flown under the radar - this album is being released under Namie's very OWN record label for the first time.