premise: The Western ear can discern the most predictable of language traits . 
hypothesis: To a Western ear , the most predictable of language traits , perhaps , is the well-advertised Japanese use of r for our l . Indeed , in my travels about Honshu during a three-month visit , I did hear coinrocker , see you rater , Adurt Graphics ( dirty books ) , blackwrrants ( hit-and-miss rendering of black walnuts ) , Coffee Corombia ( a chain of coffee shops ) , and Coconut Glove .