On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Craig wrote:

	Just a quick one this time -- I tried asking this on a.f.sm but never
saw any replies.
	Just wondered if there's any phonetic difference between translation
in Minako and Minakou?  Without giving anything away here (actually, it's
probably very obvious), I need to text-differentiate two versions of her in DC.

Definitely.  Minako is spelled with three characters - mi, na, and ko.
Minakou would be spelled with four - mi, na, ko, and u - which would
definitely imply both a pronunciation difference (you'd hold the 'o' sound
in Minakou longer than you would in Minako) and in the kanji (the 'ko' in
Aino Minako's name, which means 'child,' is never a lengthened 'o,' and as
such Minakou would need a different kanji in her name.)  Hope this helps!

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