Dats out of rine!

http://www.engrish.com/

I applaud you! *crap crap crap crap...*

:)

The odd thing is, they even do this in writing. The Japanese equivalent is actually somewhere between the R and L sounds in English, and many native Japanese speakers can't distinguish the two. So it really is something of a, um, deaf spot.

Interestingly, there are some vowel sounds in British and Australian English that have been lost in American English. Again, American English speakers can't distinguish those sounds, because they're simply not used to hearing them.

...unless they watch Fawlty Towers..

I have zero aptitude in language. Even growing up where I heard Spanish nearly as often as English, I never picked up more than a smattering of words. I very much envy those who can speak multiple languages.