Well, then they may as well spell Ryouga's name "Ryohga." The reason that the
"ou" is tacked on the end of words for a long "o" is that the hiragana that is
added to make the long "o" is the one for "u," my friend. I don't play the games
of Japanese wanna-be's. I actually STUDY the language. I'm not someone who
memorizes phrases from shows or manga to impress people, you see...I actually DO
know what I'm talking about.
Not to be too hard on you, but if there's one thing in this world that drives me
crazy, it's when people get the wrong ideas about things I'm learning.
Now, as my civic duty to the list, remember: There is no substitute for "ou." No
artificial colors or flavors..With the exception of "oo," of course. Um...so
there IS a substitute. BUT JUST ONE! THAT'S IT! I will respond to little errors
like this individually, rather than to the list itself. Larger errors will
receive direct fanfictual C+C, because I can't let people be ignorant about the
very things they like, and I'm sure anyone that is on this list wants to be as
correct about their Japanese as they can.
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Ken Arromdee wrote:
On Thu, 18 Nov 1993, Ninja wrote:
Speaking of the letter "h," why did all these Japanese names end in
an "h" when the ONLY consonant that romaji words can end in is "n?"
Because the "ou" kana (which are pronounced as a long o) can also be romanized
as "oh".
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