Re: uh?



On 11/1/05 12:59 AM, "Paul Blay" typed:

> "Marc Adler" wrote ...
>> Paul Blay wrote:
>>> When transcribing "uh?" in Japanese characters
>>> what do you use? It sounds quite different to う to
>>> me but, although they use it all the time in anime and
>>> such, I can't think of an obvious way to note it down.
>>
>> You mean when translating it, or when transcribing it?
>
> I mean transcribing.
>
>> Also, what's up with your English, dude? It sounds "different to う
>> to" you?
>
> What's wrong with that?
>
> "The sound that I have described as "uh?" sounds quite
> different to the sound typically represented by the Japanese
> character う."

That "different to" thing is just another example of how the Brits are
mangling our language.

>
>> Is someone else posting under Paul's name?
>
> Because my reputation is _so_ worth stealing. :-P

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