Re: Romanization question

jim_breen_at_idontreadhotmail.com
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 05:29:39 GMT

Sean Holland <seanholland@pants.telus.net> dixit:
>Yep, that's a good article. The following made me sniff a bit, though:

>"Advocates of Kunreishiki romanization argue that only in "Kunrei-shiki" is
[snip]
>Incidentally, in Hepburn the polite form of "sas" is "sashimasu," and this
>too makes a mess of the simple rule that can be achieved in Kunrei."

It really makes you wonder how those poor Japanese ever manage to conjugate
their verbs without the benefits of lashings of roomazi.

>All of the above hassle can be avoided by having students learn hiragana
>right from the start.

Hear, hear!

>It doesn't take long, and then they can learn verb
>forms simply. (I've only posted about this about a million times, so one
>more time can't hurt.) When I see something like "the root of the verb is
>'mat'," it makes my teeth hurt.

Wow. In my case my pulse rate rises, and a red mist forms in front
of my eyes....

>I hate that stuff! The whole thing is soooo
>simple when represented in kana.

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