On Fri, 28 May 1999, Luriko-Ysabeth wrote:

> >     Furthermore, who the hell cares about "proper spelling."  This is
> > romanji for crying out loud.  A false language, a phonetical translation of
> 
> Roomaji. The only time i get *truly* annoyed at a roomaji-ization is when
> said transliteration CANNOT be pronounced the way the original sounds
> without great leeway, such as needed for the proper pronunciation of
> Taliaferro and Cholmondeley (Tolliver and Chumley, respectively).
> 
> Well, except for Tokio. That *is* a valid representation if one uses
> consonantal i, but I keep wanting to bat the hundred-years-past writers

Not really. It makes you pronounce the o's too short. There's hardly
a Japanese lesson that goes by without my teacher having to correct
me on that.


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