

I'm talking about names that transliterate poorly to the Japanese tongue such
as _Light-Raito, L-Eru, Lelouch-Ruruush, Bleach-Bureechu_ (yes they all have
an l, especially our one-lettered detective). Do manga authors place a premium
on unpronounceable names because they sound the most foreign?

Apparently people eyes is a symbol of exotic.
<http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PurpleEyes> is there a similar
documented trope for L-ven names?


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Is there a trope for exotic-sounding names?


Japanese is actually a sound poor language. Unlike English, which can be
considered as a sound rich language, Japanese language misses many syllabic
sounds like the letter 'l'. There is no specific pronunciation of the letter
'l' from English language in Japanese.

So, the pronunciation for letter 'l' in Japanese is actually eru.

Here is a link to all Japanese sounds possible
[here](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hiragana#Table_of_hiragana).


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