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AFAIK they are pronounced exactly the same. I don't fully understand the rules by which it is decided which spelling to use, but in transcriptions of foreign words and names, which is one of the major uses of katakana, one normally sees ー rather than the repeated vowel. If for some reason you wanted to use katakana for a word normally written in hiragana or kanji, maybe you would use the repeated vowel.So リューク is basically リュウク
So リューク is basically リュウク and in リュック there is a slight pause before saying the ク part? Thanks for the explanation. To be honest this is something I should have known a long time ago xD ありがとうございました
If you've been going along in your studies without a grasp on this very important point, then one thing for certain is that your vocal output is butchered and your listening ability is hamstrung before you ever left the starting gate. Go back and get a firm handle on this before doing anything else.
I see, but the same would hold for カート and カット, for example.