:( no more engrish...

[JesA]

near the end of the Bold and Delicious, Ayu was thanking her crew....what she said scared me....she said "thank you guys" i was thinking, NOOOOO!!! ill miss Sankyuu... i wonder if she will start using more english....my friends think she should try and get a little more popular in the U.S.

[jerms]

wasn't she just talking to the american people?

[ph33r]

Yea. it's cause she was talking to americans...

She said the same thing when she performed M at MTV Asia Awards..in 2002

[yaten]

and sankyuu isn't really engrish as far as my understanding goes ... it has become an actual japanese word. like the other 'english' words they use for stuff like 'hamburger'...

[orenji_jaro]

Originally Posted by yaten

and sankyuu isn't really engrish as far as my understanding goes ... it has become an actual japanese word. like the other 'english' words they use for stuff like 'hamburger'...

yup hamburger in HANBAGA for us! and ssank yuu is just said because some japanese are not that fluent... ^^

[HanabiChick]

Originally Posted by xxcyborg_kurochanxx

yup hamburger in HANBAGA for us! and ssank yuu is just said because some japanese are not that fluent... ^^

Not really, it's because they have a smaller alphabet than english, so western words are learnt and written by how the word is pronounced in their alphabet. They don't use 'th' together, so 'thank' becomes 'saank' and 'you' becomes 'yuu'. It's not because they're not fluent, it's down to a difference in our alphabets and pronounciation.

[JesA]

oh i see. hehe i say sankyuu all the time

Perhaps because she was just talking to americans...
But i thought of the same thing last night ( i think )
Wouldnt that be kinda cool if every once in a while Ayu would make her same old awesome music type(instead of the new. I am... album quality. )
But in english?
I think that would be neat....

[voltron]

Originally Posted by Ayumi no Yume

Perhaps because she was just talking to americans...
But i thought of the same thing last night ( i think )
Wouldnt that be kinda cool if every once in a while Ayu would make her same old awesome music type(instead of the new. I am... album quality. )
But in english?
I think that would be neat....

Her new music should NEVER be compared with songs from I Am.... They are most definitely NOT of the same high quality.

[Mad_Cactuar]

I'd like her to speak fluent English like Utada though, that would open up the possibilty of Ayu singing in English and conquering the world music charts! ^^

[JesA]

that would be cool. an english Powder Snow would be good.....but a big issue of english versions, ive tried singing translations...its excruciating...the words dont line up...like in INSPIRE, at "You see, to talk about love or dream isnt uncool at all", yu finish saying that and shes still going....ive tried and tried and still cant lien them up. her older songs are harder. ive tried Limit from her Nothing from Nothing album and trust me...yu never want to try that....

[orenji_jaro]

Originally Posted by Sayonara_Ne

that would be cool. an english Powder Snow would be good.....but a big issue of english versions, ive tried singing translations...its excruciating...the words dont line up...like in INSPIRE, at "You see, to talk about love or dream isnt uncool at all", yu finish saying that and shes still going....ive tried and tried and still cant lien them up. her older songs are harder. ive tried Limit from her Nothing from Nothing album and trust me...yu never want to try that....

you can try atleast singing my ayu version of SELs it wud totally fit! ^^ its the same wz translatiuon although its made to fit the whole song! ^^

[minkAYuko]

I like ''sankyou'' a lot!

[DA1SUK1DAY01691]

Originally Posted by MikAYuko

I like ''sankyou'' a lot!

i know! i do too. everyone thinks i'm crazy.

[greggerz189]

I agree with Yaten. It could very well be integrated into the Japanese language now...Japanglish? XD She could just be saying Sankyuu like that just to be cute?

[Qt Mashi]

i think she just says "sankyou" to Japanese people but when she talks to Americans she tries to pronounce it better like "thankyou"

[hamasaki_edwin]

i like thank you better than sankyou...

[starr5245]

hey, I was thinking that her English had improved tremendously, so nothing against it.

[kendelle]

The first few times I heard the "Thankyou, guys! Thankyou..." I was, like, 'wait! That caaaaan't be Ayu's voice!'. I always found that she sounded more nasal when she spoke...but then I thought of the absurdity of her getting an American to dub her voice over in the clip... XDD

I guess she's been practising! That's good, as maybe soon we will hear more of her in English~

I say "sannkyuu" a bit, but only in the context of someone speaking Japanese to me. I guess it looks a little wierd to people nearby ^_^;;

[jasjasss]

she sounds so cute saying THANK YOU GUYS
and im so happy when even the AFro Americans were taking photo of her and not being racist or mean to her ~