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Old 17th March 2004, 03:03 AM
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Why is all Ayumi's songs are title in English?

What's so significant about it? I never heard Ayumi mention her song title when she is singing. Also, a lot of her songs title are one word. What's the deal?
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Old 17th March 2004, 03:06 AM
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i THINK its like...a japanese thing...and also i've heard its easier to express some things in english than in japanese

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Old 17th March 2004, 03:26 AM
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she said this is a trend
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Old 17th March 2004, 03:34 AM
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she said this is a trend
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Old 17th March 2004, 04:03 AM
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Generally,one English word has more various meaning than Japanese'one for Japanese people.
So English word leave room for the interpretation of the song name.
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Old 17th March 2004, 04:10 AM
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or it can be a way for me to remember which song is which, since I don't know japanese It's hard to refer to a song when you can't remember the song title
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Old 17th March 2004, 05:11 AM
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Hmmm...interesting.
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Old 18th March 2004, 04:45 AM
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its just her thing i guess
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Old 18th March 2004, 10:22 AM
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Just to sounds impressive, probably.

see? i can speak engrish. sankyou sankyou

uh.. yeah... but i know djs and stuff have difficulties pronouncing the song titles
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Old 19th March 2004, 12:26 AM
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I noticed a lot of Jpop artist have title in English too. Japanese must love Americans.
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Old 19th March 2004, 12:31 AM
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Probably because it has a nice ring to it and the English characters looks cool. Maybe some Japanese get mezmerized over it.
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Old 19th March 2004, 05:06 AM
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Maybe just because English has an influence in many countries, especialy Japan... it's 'cool' I think it is...

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