Pitch Accent. One other thing you should at least be aware of is that Japanese makes use of pitch accent, as opposed to stress accent in English. This means that each mora in a word may vary in pitch, but not much in loudness or duration. The full story i

Pronounce both “i” and “e” like “ay”. This is a classic hallmark of a Texan accent—and of Southern accents in general. In a Texan accent, the open vowel sound of “i” (pronounced in the front of the mouth with the front of the tongue), an