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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 12:56 pm
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Well, that's actually how 二本松 is pronounced, so whether it's a typo or not is a bit debatable...
Sorry, I forgot that I clicked the english version of hyperdia and that it's written as english speakers pronounce it/hear it. My mistake, thinking in several languages makes me overlook those kind of things.

The sounds that ん makes in combination with the syllable after in some situation is very natural to adapt and imitate for some speakers (spanish-natives like me) that I had never realized the small variations that sometimes made it sound like an m or the other variations (for example, the way we move our lips to pronounce sanpo does make me pronounce it as sampo). I hadn't even realized that they romanize 新橋 as shimbashi! I guess you learn something everyday.
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