On Sat, 10 May 1997, Gary Kleppe wrote:

On Sat, 10 May 1997 09:20:08 -0400, Matt Posner wrote:


 Scott puts a double-u: Shanpuu, probably just as a pronounciation aid, 
to show that the u is a long sound as in Tofu, not a short one as in 
Soun. This is something that is often done in romanized *Japanese*.

Right.  The teacher is pronouncing the name carefully because he doesn't 
know much Chinese, and Shampoo lets everyone know it's okay to use the 
nickname...

SKJAM!