Re: Encounters with Katakana "YE"?
From: necoandjeff (spam_at_schrepfer.com)
Date: 08/31/04
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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:14:45 GMT
"Charles J. Lippert" <cjlippert@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hm. Let's try this again, since it seems my server stripped the
non-Unicode
> text out.
>
> Recently, I came across a strange Katakana that I've never seen before.
> However, from the context and shape, I recognized that the Katakana was
YE.
> Now, generally when I write YE, I write it as イェ (Ie) and I have seen ヱ
> (WE) used as
> YE. This strange Katakana I came across can be described as either エ (E)
> with
> the top-bar swashed like イ (I) or as an underlined イ (I). Have anyone
> else come
> across this version of YE? Was this part of a Meiji-era Katakana reform
> that never took hold?
Haven't you ever drunk Yebisu Beer?
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