Re: Leni/Reni
Niki-chan (niki-chan@SANCTUM.COM)
Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:56:25 -0400
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:56:25 -0400
From: Niki-chan <niki-chan@SANCTUM.COM>
Subject: Re: Leni/Reni
-_- Jesus...honestly, who cares? This is just an argument for arguments
sake...and I don't want to get anymore messages about it being Reni or Leni.
Both are generally accepted. If you don't want to use it, then don't. But
don't harp on someone else cuz Reni is the 'official' whatchamawhosit. Only
people w/WAY too much time on their hands care.
----- Original Message -----
From: terrence huey
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: Leni/Reni
> > >>Leni and Reni are interchangeable basically...since there is no L in
the
> > Japanese language...both are used, so Leni is acceptable.<<
> >
> > However, in all official RED publications, the guidebooks, and any time
> > Reni's signature appears, it's "Reni"- which indicates that this is the
way
> > RED intends it to be spelled.
>
> Sorry to bust in this thread but IMO, it should be Reni just because of
> what Richard said. If RED intended it to be Reni from the start, despite
> the potential unfaithful to German eror, it's still Reni.
>
> It doesn't bother me at all if you say Leni, but here's one thing to
> consider... you're always right when you romanize things with katakana.
>
> Even if JASTIN = Justin = Justine(according to Game Arts... heh heh), you
> can still write JASTIN and no one can flame you. Even if SUU is obviously
> Sue, you can still say SUU and no one can deny you that right because
> that's the way you write it.
>
> So in regards with Leni/Reni, I'll always write it Reni or RENI. But of
> course I'm a "LAIMU, CHERI to BUROODOBERI" type of person to begin with.
>
> -mp