I'm pissed at the spelling of stuff, I don't mind Ryouga-Ryoga or that,
but I do mind the Jusenkyo-Jyusekyou-Jyuusennkyoou and that garbage, 

also

Nannichuan-Nanniichuann-Nanniichuan-Naniichuan etc. spelling is 

annoying.

Is there ANY correct spelling for this stuff?

Of course not, because they are transliterations of characters that are 
completely alien to the latin alphabet.  I know very little Japanese, 
but we used to run into the same problem with Russian.  Some things can 
be transliterated a number of ways.  Personally, I prefer the simply 
transliterations because the jumble of letters that Jyuusennkyoou or 
something like that ends up being is very difficult to read.  There is a 
reason for it, though, as the double letters and stuff indicate a 
slightly different sound in Japanese (long vowels vs. short, in most 
cases), but since an English reading is only going to be approximate 
anyways, I'd rather have a word I can make sense of.



Joshua Dyal
j-dyal@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/1958/


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