Re: は versus わ


The Wanderer wrote:
I don't think that that can reasonably happen until the *spoken*
language completes its shift in that direction - which I'm not 100%
convinced is underway at all. を, at least, I have reasonably routinely
heard pronounced in a way which is not consistent with お (cites not
handy, I've been out of touch).

I'm sure(*) that を is commonly sung as "wo". "Kaze wo atsumete" being
an example. Here's Kazuyoshi Nakamura singing the song. What do people
hear?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln1BcWTcRlg

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