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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by permo-w on Thursday November 10, 2022 @01:39PM (#33551094)
christ that is horrendous, especially pon hon bon hon hon pon. is there some kind of historical logic behind it?
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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by sheepdestroyer on Thursday November 10, 2022 @01:45PM (#33551166)
It's for a better sounding liaison depending on the preceding number
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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by cecilpl2 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @01:52PM (#33551279)
ippon nihon sanbon yonhon gohon roppon
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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by a1369209993 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @03:09PM (#33552474)
That's just consonant mutation[0][1], like how english speakers say "a pencil" but "an umbrella". (Ie, "hon", "pon", and "bon" are all the same word, just pronounced differently due to environment.) The fact that ほ ぼ ぽ (ho bo po) are all the same underlying letter, just with different diacritics, kind of hints at this.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonant_mutation

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku

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