Dorifto?

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Just a fun note... I was speaking with a Japanese speaking freind of mine, and he said that "drift" is pronounced and "spelled" "Doe-re-futo". I also noticed this while watching an Option video. Just figured I would say something, because it is often mispelled. Could be wrong though... ...but I trust my ear, and my freind's knowledge of Japanese.
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Dorifto not Dorifuto? And I meant Doe-re-fu-toe.
Dorifto (to my knowledge) is not something that would be in the Japanese language for one reason; all consensant sounds are attached to vowel sounds. For example, Ne-hone, or Ke-ee-chi. I could be wrong though. Why is it Dorifto? And why did the guy on Option say Dorifuto?
 
You cannot speel dorifto in japanese... It must be dorifuto ( how i would use romanji to spell it) or dorifito... a wierder way...

its Nihon and Keichi...pronounced how you spelled them..
 
Drift is obviously not a Japanese word. Therefore by using their pronuncation system (Katakana) "dorifuto" is the only way they can translate it. They don't have a choice. Nihon and Keichi are native Japanese words.
 
That I do not know. It could be either way and only depends on how it is pronounced really... If the i (e) is long then its ii and if its shourt its i...

You cannot spell dorifuto in kanji, you can only spell it in katakana...
 
Originally posted by 19xx
Drift is obviously not a Japanese word. Therefore by using their pronuncation system (Katakana) "dorifuto" is the only way they can translate it. They don't have a choice. Nihon and Keichi are native Japanese words.
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This post is 100% right. Anyone disagreeing with it is wrong.


"Drift" in Japanese is pronounced "Drift". As pointed out, it is a non-native word so they would attempt to say it as it is said to them. However, being slightly alien to their consonant-vowel language structure, they might not say it exactly as you would - there would certainly be the hint of a vowel (an O, obviously)between the D and R.
 
yep.. it is dorifuto.. i can see how it might sound like dorifto if you heard it though.. since there are only 48 symbols in each kana, you have to adapt foreign words if you are going to write them.. rather than invent a new symbol
 
i can write katakana and speak some japanese, the first word i ever learnt was do-ri-fu-to. saying this fast pronouces drifto with a VERY VERY slight u after the F
 
Dorifuto sounds like Dorifto when heard. Japanese adapt words in a manner like this Pool - Pu-ru which sounds almost the same.
Race = Re-su, Racer = Re-sa-, Drifter = Dorifuta-
They all sound the same if pronounced with proper japanese.
Here's a less obvious example Wheelie = Uiri- Sounds the same as well.

BTW... i was just wondering if Keichi means Strong ground or something?
 

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