Is Akihabara Akibahara? 🙄 Morita 😎 Tamori.

In linguistics, there is a technical term called metathesis (metathesis). It refers to the phenomenon where words are swapped to make them easier to pronounce.

A famous example is "Akiba".
"Akihabara" was originally "
Akibahara" but became "
Akihabara". The "ba" and "ha" have been swapped.

Another example is "Sazanka", which shifted from "
Sanzaka" to "
Sazanka". Although it is not yet considered standard usage, many people say "
atmosphere

" not as "fun'iki" but as "
fuinki". I also used to think it was "fuinki" in the past.

Examples that coexist without either being considered incorrect are "new", "new".
"atarashii"
"aratana".

The reason why this kind of "metathesis" (metathesis) occurs is likely due to ease of pronunciation. Words change in the direction of being easier to say.

This phenomenon is seen not only in Japanese but also in English and other languages.

A famous example in English is "third".
Although "three" is "three".

Other examples include "
tax" (tax, to impose a tax) and "
task" (task, work).

"neuron" (neuron) and "
nerve" (nerve).

"Morita" is "
Morita" flipped to become "
Tamori". It is said that "Ichigi" originally comes from his relatives respecting a politician named "Tanaka Giichi".

"Giichi" somehow became "Ichigi".

However, in linguistics, the phenomenon where "Morita" becomes "Tamori" or "Giichi" becomes "Ichigi" is not called "metathesis".

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