CuSO4 said:
:Tenchi3@aol.com <Tenchi3@aol.com> wrote:
:>
:>This is kinda of a pet peeve of mines, but WHY do people spell
:>Washu's name W-A-S-Y-U? Yes I know there are many ways to spell it,
:>but it was ment to be spelled W-A-S-H-U(-U), thats the way Pioneer
:>and AIC spells it.
:
:There exists 2 different method of romanization of Japanese gana into
:romanji (I forgot the names of the method, one seems to be something
:like Hepburn). One uses the SYU and the other uses SHU to denote the
:same gana.  So depends on which method you or your teacher adopt, you
:get different result.

    Correct.  Almost all American schools use textbooks that follow
    the Hepburn romanization system, mostly because its phonetics
    are easier for Americans.  The Japanese system, primarily used
    in Japan (duh), is easier for Japanese students mostly because
    it better reflects Japanese phonemes.

    It's not really an issue worth arguing over, because in the end,
    both romanization systems can never be absolutely correct.


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