Ray Huang (jhuang@UCLA.EDU)
Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:38:51 -0800
X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) Message-ID: <199901260444.UAA26200@theta2.ben2.ucla.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:38:51 -0800 From: Ray Huang <jhuang@UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: Internet Message Header (Romanization)
> Speaking of romanizations, Sakura's last name seems to be converted to
> "Shinguji" a lot, not "Shinguuji". At least, it is on the Real Model and
> some other stuff I've seen. Which one is more accurate?
Both/neither. I like to romanize it Shinguuji because it corresponds
to hiragana phonetics (Shi n gu u ji). It makes it easier for me to
remember how to write her name in Japanese (hiragana). There
are a couple of school of thoughts on Japanese romanization.
Unfortunately, I forgot them all. ^^; One system is called Hepburn (I
think) -> I may be thinking of Chinese ... I get them mixed up
sometimes.
Ray
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