Rakim wrote: The real test of otaku skills is when the time comes to pronounce karaoke.
I have two japanese friends and strangely enough their fathers both own sushi restaurants in my area. Regardless, they've pretty much given up trying to pronounce sake correctly because none of their customers ever do. Also when I was in Japan my brother wanted to buy some Berserk manga while we were there. He asked a lady at a book sale if they had "berserk" and she didn't understand him. Our friend, who speaks japanese, went up to her and said, "be-ru-se-ru-ku" or something and she immediately understood. It made me laugh :P
Language is cool.