Ayu and Ken Hirai to perform on CNN International? - Page 9

truehappiness · #**161** 3rd December 2006, 06:38 AM

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Uhm, I don't think so :p

alternarist · #**162** 3rd December 2006, 06:43 AM

wow!! i wanna watch the interview session!!

i dont think ayu will speak Engrish for the entire session. jus some broken Engrish.

yeah!! i was hoping that ayu reveals her "secret" somehow..

freedreamer · #**163** 3rd December 2006, 07:08 AM

haha cool..cant wait to watch it!.at least something we can understand (at least some of it)

simonlau · #**164** 3rd December 2006, 07:25 AM

interesting
thanks for the info

ohsixthirty · #**165** 3rd December 2006, 07:28 AM

hrm...i really hope someone will be able to upload it... especially if she speaks in english. i suppose most of it must be done in japanese though.

Norrel · #**166** 3rd December 2006, 08:15 AM

There are such things as translators during the interviews, it's been done.

Eigakan · #**167** 3rd December 2006, 08:17 AM

I can't wait forthe interview!

truehappiness · #**168** 3rd December 2006, 08:17 AM

Yes, there are always translators, as the interviewer is not uberlingual :p

But the things that the interviewee says are not always in their native language.. BoA's was dubbed over in English.. I don't think the majority of Ayu's will stay in.. whatever-she's-speaking..

But since this is "FOCUS ON JAPAN".. I think MAYBE we'll get Ayu speaking some English and some Japanese rather than be dubbed by some British lady with no teeth.

alt.total-loser · #**169** 3rd December 2006, 08:20 AM

Ayu spoke English? I wonder if her accent was as horrible as it tends to be.

#**170** 3rd December 2006, 08:29 AM

well , when I heard it she did have accent, but it was pretty good english. but I still don't know why BoA was dubbed this week I know that she can speak english too, I hope ayumi doesn't get dubbed.

namiie · #**171** 3rd December 2006, 08:35 AM

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Ayu spoke English? I wonder if her accent was as horrible as it tends to be.

Yeah that's what I was thinking. The first time I heard Beautiful Fighters, I thought she was saying "Without you I would fight..." instead of "We are beautiful fighters" o_O;; Ayu is great, but maybe she should stick to a few popular phrases in English and then speak in Japanese the rest of the time.

I'm excited for this interview though. There are so few publications in English about her...

jeffycue · #**172** 3rd December 2006, 08:42 AM

wow! cnn is covering ayu now? hehehe. nice!

somethinglost · #**173** 3rd December 2006, 09:06 AM

I'm really excited for this interview! I hope someone can u/l it because I do not have CNN International.

Huaka · #**174** 3rd December 2006, 10:23 AM

I don't know, it doesn't seem that hard to learn English. My friend who came from Japan over to Hawaii, was able to speak English fluently in about six months.

alt.total-loser · #**175** 3rd December 2006, 10:24 AM

It seems to me that you can learn any language really well if you actually want to. =/

explodingbird · #**176** 3rd December 2006, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by *Petit*

Did she really wear the "arm dress"? O.o. Oh well.

Interesting to hear her english. She sounded very cute in B&D sidestory. But if she really know decent english and still used phrases like "a woman could ba having fun, a woman could be like a nun" and songslike are you wake up? I DON'T want her to release an album in english . Ever.

You are aware that "A woamn could be having fun, a woman could be like a nun" IS proper English, yes? Her pronunciation could've used work, but, really, the English in Real me was actually proper and not Engrish like Are You Wake Up? was. The prhases in Real me are correct, they effectively communicate ideas, and they (from what I can tell) fit in properly with the theme of the song. MAN, I wish people would stop using this song's English as an example of her "awful English" since, accent aside, it's not bad English at all.

alt.total-loser · #**177** 3rd December 2006, 10:35 AM

It is correct English, but people think that phrase in particular is stupid or isn't a very good line and that's why they always point it out.

At least. I think so. =/ I never saw too much wrong with the line, so~

haruki · #**178** 3rd December 2006, 11:20 AM

hahaha.... well, even if she has STRONG pretty pony~pretty pony~pretty pony~ accent in her english, no one could blame her right? coz she herself is a pretty pony~pretty pony~pretty pony~ =p

http://edition.cnn.com/ASIA/talkasia/

*Petit* · #**179** 3rd December 2006, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by explodingbird

You are aware that "A woamn could be having fun, a woman could be like a nun" IS proper English, yes? Her pronunciation could've used work, but, really, the English in Real me was actually proper and not Engrish like Are You Wake Up? was. The prhases in Real me are correct, they effectively communicate ideas, and they (from what I can tell) fit in properly with the theme of the song. MAN, I wish people would stop using this song's English as an example of her "awful English" since, accent aside, it's not bad English at all.

No, I KNOW It's proper english, but I was thinking about how many fans like the ambiguity of her lyrics and the "deepness" of them. Real Me english lyrics are NOT anything close to that. Another thing is that it's almost impossible to hear what she's actually singing.

I know that Real Me is just for fun, lke most of her girl power songs, and Real Me is one of my favourite songs of hers, but IF all her lyrics turned out anywhere near such lyrics.... >_< I fear it would loose a lot of appeal to at least her original fans outside japan.

immel · #**180** 3rd December 2006, 12:50 PM

Something tells me that it might have been the dubbed voice you heard?